MicroProse-Spectrum HoloByte UK-Europe

Moby ID: 4801

AKA +
  • MicroProse Ltd.
  • MicroProse Software Limited - variant for the name of MicroProse's UK operations

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MicroProse Ltd. was a studio of MicroProse Software Inc. and located in Chipping Sodbury, England. Publishing and distribution to European countries was also handled out of this location.

In 1996, after Spectrum Holobyte acquired Microprose, the studio was renamed MicroProse-Spectrum HoloByte UK-Europe.

The studio was closed in September 2002.

Credited on 135 Games from 1984 to 2002

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Grand Prix 4 (2002 on Windows)
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th! (2000 on Windows)
Avalon Hill's Squad Leader (2000 on Windows)
Grand Prix 3 (2000 on Windows)
Mech Collection (2000 on Windows)
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (2000 on Windows, Macintosh)
Risk II (2000 on Windows, Macintosh)
Worms: Armageddon (1999 on Windows, PlayStation, Dreamcast...)
Em@il Games: X-COM (1999 on Windows)
Spirit of Speed 1937 (1999 on Windows, Dreamcast)
Falcon 4.0 (1998 on Windows, Macintosh)
Top Gun: Hornet's Nest (1998 on Windows)
The Full Wormage (1998 on DOS, Windows)
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Klingon Honor Guard (1998 on Windows, Macintosh)
Mech Commander (1998 on Windows)
X-COM: Interceptor (1998 on Windows)
300 Favourite Games (1998 on Windows 3.x, Windows)
Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition (1998 on Windows, Macintosh)
Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy (1998 on Windows, Amiga)
Worms 2 (1997 on Windows)

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History +

September 20, 2002

The last UK-based MicroProse studio is closed down.

Trivia +

Company information in 1986:

Microprose Software Limited
2 Market Place
Tetbury
Gloucestershire
GL8 8DA
England

Location and contact information in March 1995:

MicroProse UK Ltd.
The Ridge, Chipping Sodbury
Avon, BS17 6AY, England
Tel: +44-(0)1454-326-532

Company information in November 1996:

MicroProse-Spectrum HoloByte UK-Europe

The Ridge

Chipping Sodbury

Bristol

England, UK, EU

BS17 6BN

Phone: 44-(0)1454-893-900

Fax: 44-(0)1454-326-499

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