Ciaran Gultnieks was a programmer for Star Wars: The Arcade Game and The Empire Strikes Back for personal computers.
Biography
In 1987, Gultnieks was hired by Vektor Grafix, a British computer game company.[1] He was the first employee, along with two founders. The three men were tasked to port Star Wars: The Arcade Game to home computers. After the success of that project, Vektor Grafix was tasked to port The Empire Strikes Back in 1988.[1] Gultnieks worked on more games with the company, until it was bought out by MicroProse in 1992.[2]
He stayed with MicroProse through the release of the flight simulator Dogfight. In 1993, MicroProse was bought out[3] and closed down their UK office. Gultnieks set up The Software Refinery with Ian Martin and a few other programmers. That company released Slipstream 5000 and Hardwar in the 1990s, and closed down in 2002.[4]
Works
| Year | Title | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Star Wars: The Arcade Game | Programming |
| 1988 | The Empire Strikes Back | Grafix System, Programming |
Sources
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Rock Star Ate My Computer – Crash 64
- ↑
MICROPROSE BUYS VEKTOR GRAFIX on www.cbronline.com (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- ↑ COMPANY NEWS; MICROPROSE PLANS MERGER WITH SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE – The New York Times
- ↑ Hardwar FAQ: Where did the Software Refinery go? on www.capsu.org (backup link archived on February 24, 2005)
