Simtex

Simtex was a video game developer established by Steve Barcia in 1988. It created a number of well-known turn-based strategy games for the PC, most notably the first two Master of Orion games. The company closed in 1997. The rights to Simtex's games are now held by Atari — a third Master of Orion game was published by Atari (a subsidiary company of Infogrames) in 2003, having been developed by Quicksilver Software.

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Steve Barcia

Steve Barcia is a game programmer, game producer and entrepreneur, having founded the computer game developer Simtex Studios Inc. in 1988. The company released computer games such as Master of Magic, Master of Orion and Master of Orion II. Simtex went out of business in 1997. Following a corporate...
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