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PopTop Software: History, Art & Companies

PopTop Software Inc. was an American video game developer based in Fenton, Missouri. Phil Steinmeyer started the company in 1993, creating Iron Cross and co-developing two Heroes of Might and Magic games with New World Computing. In 1998, the studio co-founded the publisher Gathering of Developers, which released its Railroad Tycoon II, Tropico, and…

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PopTop Software topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Art and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around PopTop Software.

Related topics
26
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
28
Extracted relationships
50
Concept neighborhoods
20
Bridge connections
28

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 15 topics
Overview · 11 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1993; 33 years ago (1993)
Industry
Video games
Headquarters
Fenton, Missouri, US
Defunct
March 2006 (2006-03); 20 years ago
Fate
Merged into Firaxis Games
Founder
Phil Steinmeyer

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How PopTop Software connects Entity context

The extracted context around PopTop Software shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, PopTop Software → April, At, Bonnie's Bookstore, Company, Developers, Firaxis Games, Games, Gathering, He, Heroes, In, In January, Iron Cross, It, Magic, Magic II, May, MicroProse, Might, New Crayon Games Another extracted example is PopTop Software → Railroad Tycoon 3, Railroad Tycoon II, Tropico. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

PopTop Software

Top relations

related to history · 38
PopTop Software → April, At, Bonnie's Bookstore, Company, Developers, Firaxis Games, Games, Gathering, He, Heroes, In, In January, Iron Cross, It, Magic, Magic II, May, MicroProse, Might, New Crayon Games
Products · 3
PopTop Software → Railroad Tycoon 3, Railroad Tycoon II, Tropico
Parent · 2
PopTop Software → 2K Games (2005–2006), Take-Two Interactive (2000–2005)
Defunct · 1
PopTop Software → March 2006 (2006-03); 20 years ago
Fate · 1
PopTop Software → Merged into Firaxis Games
Founded · 1
PopTop Software → 1993; 33 years ago (1993)
Founder · 1
PopTop Software → Phil Steinmeyer
Headquarters · 1
PopTop Software → Fenton, Missouri, US
Industry · 1
PopTop Software → Video games
Type · 1
PopTop Software → Subsidiary

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

games poptop software studio gathering developers take-two interactive 2k steinmeyer railroad tycoon 2005 new video ii tropico game world computing

PopTop Software relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 50 structured relationships around PopTop Software. Examples in this analysis include PopTop Software → Defunct → March 2006 (2006-03); 20 years ago and PopTop Software → Fate → Merged into Firaxis Games. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PopTop SoftwareDefunctMarch 2006 (2006-03); 20 years ago1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareFateMerged into Firaxis Games1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareFounded1993; 33 years ago (1993)1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareFounderPhil Steinmeyer1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareHeadquartersFenton, Missouri, US1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareIndustryVideo games1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareParentTake-Two Interactive (2000–2005)1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareParent2K Games (2005–2006)1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareProductsRailroad Tycoon II1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareProductsRailroad Tycoon 31.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareProductsTropico1.00infobox
PopTop SoftwareTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around PopTop Software bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Software, Announced and Games. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • PopTop Software
    • Software
    • Announced
    • Games
    • 2k
    • Interactive
    • Take-two
    • Inc
    • Company
    • Publisher
    • Developers
    • Gathering
    • Studio
  • poptop software
    • Software
    • 2k
    • Games
    • Interactive
    • Take-two
    • Announced
    • Inc
    • Company
    • Firaxis
    • Merged
    • Video
    • Publisher
  • 2k games
    • Firaxis
    • Merged
    • Interactive
    • Take-two
    • 2k
    • Games
    • Software
    • Announced
    • Studio
    • Steinmeyer
    • Poptop
    • Phil
  • firaxis games
    • Merged
    • 2k
    • Interactive
    • Take-two
    • Software
    • Firaxis
    • Games
    • Studio
    • Steinmeyer
    • Poptop
    • Missouri
    • Phil
  • real-time strategy games
    • 2k
    • Interactive
    • Take-two
    • Software
    • Firaxis
    • Merged
    • Studio
    • Steinmeyer
    • Poptop
    • Phil
    • Announced
    • New
  • heroes of might and magic ii
    • Might
    • Computing
    • Railroad
    • Steinmeyer
    • Tycoon
    • World
    • New
    • Tropico
    • Working
    • Iron
    • Phil
    • Released
  • video game developer
    • Video
    • Fenton
    • Missouri
    • Interactive
    • Take-two
    • Inc
    • Phil
    • Working
    • Games
    • Firaxis
    • Merged
    • Software
  • business software
    • 2k
    • Games
    • Interactive
    • Take-two
    • Announced
    • Company
    • Firaxis
    • Merged
    • Video
    • Publisher
    • Developers
    • Gathering

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For PopTop Software, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects PopTop Software with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
PopTop Software — History · splits 13 ⟂ 16
PopTop Software — Overview · splits 17 ⟂ 12

Map overview Semantic statistics

PopTop Software

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples50
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around PopTop Software to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — PopTop Software · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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