Microprose

Microprose, Inc.
Type	Brand owned by David Lagettie
Founded	1982 (Micrprose Software) 1983 (Spectrum Holobyte) 1993 (Microprose)
Headquarters	Alemeda, California, United States
Key people	Bill Stealey (Microprose) Sid Meier (Microprose) Jeff Sauter (Spectrum Holobyte) Phil Adam (Spectrum Holobyte) Mike Franklin (Spectrum Holobyte)
Industry	Video games
Products	Video games
Employees	not disclosed
Website	N/A

Microprose is a brand owned by David Lagettie.

Microprose Software

MicroProse Software Inc. was founded by Bill Stealey and Sid Meier in 1982.

Spectrum Holobyte

Jeff Sauter, Phil Adam, and Mike Franklin founded Spectrum Holobyte in Boulder, Colorado in 1983.

It was the first company to release Tetris outside Eastern Europe.

Microprose, Inc.

In December 1993, Spectrum HoloByte merged with MicroProse Software to form MicroProse, Inc.

Acquisition by Hasbro

Hasbro acquired Microprose in 1998 and closed the Microprose offices in Alameda, California and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Acquisition by Infogrames

In 2001, Microprose was acquired by Infogrames.

Acquisition by Interactive Game Group

1n 2007, the Interactive Game Group acquired Microprose.

Acquisition by Cybergun

In 2010, Cybergun acquired Microprose.

Acquisition by David Lagettie

In 2019, David Lagettie acquired Microprose

Video games by Spectrum Holobyte owned by WEC Museum

Title	System	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Tetris	DOS, Mac OS	1988	April 5, 2020	Included in the 1992 Tetris Gold CD-ROM owned by WEC Museum.
Welltris	DOS, Mac OS	1989	April 5, 2020	Included in the 1992 Tetris Gold CD-ROM owned by WEC Museum.
Faces... Tris III	DOS, Mac OS	1990	April 5, 2020	Included in the 1992 Tetris Gold CD-ROM owned by WEC Museum.
Super Tetris	DOS, Mac OS, Windows 3.x	1991	April 5, 2020	Included in the 1992 Tetris Gold CD-ROM owned by WEC Museum.
Tetris Classic	DOS, Windows 3.x	1992	April 5, 2020	Included in the 1992 Tetris Gold CD-ROM owned by WEC Museum.