PopTop software
| PopTop software | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1993 |
| resolution | May 2006 |
| Reason for dissolution | Merger with Firaxis Games |
| Seat |
St. Louis , Missouri , United States
|
| Branch | Software development |
PopTop Software was a computer game developer based in Fenton, St. Louis , Missouri .
The company was founded in 1993 by Phil Steinmeyer. It gained fame through the business simulation Railroad Tycoon II , published in 1998 , the successor to the classic Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon (1990). In July 2000 PopTop Software, together with the previous publisher Gathering of Developers , was bought by Take 2 Interactive .
With the satirical business simulation Tropico the company landed a surprise success in 2001. However, the development of the successor Tropico 2 took over Frog City Software , as PopTop concentrated on the third part of the Railroad Tycoon series; Railroad Tycoon 3 was released in 2003. With the turn-based strategy game Shattered Union , the studio released its last game in 2005. At the beginning of May 2006 it was announced that PopTop Software would be merged with the developer studio Firaxis , which also belongs to Take 2 Interactive .
Games
- Railroad Tycoon II (1998)
- Tropico (2001)
- Tropico: Paradise Island (2002), extension to Tropico
- Railroad Tycoon 3 (2003)
- Shattered Union (2005)
Web links
- PopTop software at MobyGames (English)
- Blog from company founder Phil Steinmeyer (English)
- Inside the Sausage Factory ( Memento from May 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) multi-part column on the Tropico and Railroad Tycoon development by Phil Steinmeyer (eng., 1999)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Take 2 on a shopping spree , message from July 24, 2000 at GameStar .
- ↑ PopTop folded into Firaxis? , Message dated May 7, 2006 at gamespot.com. Retrieved May 9, 2010.