Awards
- In 1996, GameSpot named him as the number one in their listing of the Most Influential People in Computer Gaming of All Time, calling him "our Hitchcock, our Spielberg, our Ellington".
- Also in 1996, Computer Gaming World ranked him as eight on the list of the Most Influential Industry Players of All Time, noting that "no one game designer as many CGW Hall of Fame games as Sid Meier."
- In 1997, Computer Gaming World ranked him as number one on the list of the Most Influential People of All Time in computer gaming, for game design.
- In 1999, he became the second person to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. The first to receive that honor was Shigeru Miyamoto from Nintendo.
- In 2008, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 Game Developer's Conference.
- In 2009, he was ranked second in IGN's list of Top Game Creators of All Time, called "the ideal role model for any aspiring game designer."
- In 2011, the people search company PeekYou claimed that Meier has the largest digital footprint of any video game designer.
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