Ciaran Gultnieks

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Ciaran Eugene Gultnieks (born 1970) is a British computer game programmer, whose projects include Star Wars (1988, for home computers), Dogfight (1993), Slipstream 5000 (1995) and Hardwar (1998)[1] for the PC. He also founded F-Droid, a software repository for free Android software, and contributes to the microblogging platform StatusNet.

Biography

Gultnieks was the first employee at Vektor Grafix,[2] later moving on to work for Microprose and Spectrum Holobyte.[3] In 1993, he co-founded development house The Software Refinery,[4] which closed its doors in 2002.[5] In recent years he has contributed to various open source software projects, most significantly microblogging platform StatusNet.

Works

He is credited on the following games:[6]

  • Star Wars (1987), Domark Software, Inc.
  • Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1988), Domark
  • Fighter Bomber (1989), Activision
  • Strike Aces (1990), Activision
  • Killing Cloud (1991)
  • Dogfight (1993), Microprose
  • Air Duel: 80 Years of Dogfighting (1993), MicroProse
  • Slipstream 5000 (1995), Gremlin Interactive
  • Hardwar (1998), Gremlin Interactive

References

  1. ↑ Magazine interview about Hardwar
  2. ↑ Crash Article
  3. ↑ Ciaran Gultnieks' bio, Mobygames.com
  4. ↑ Article/interview in PC Format - Best of British supplement
  5. ↑ Hardwar FAQ - Closure of The Software Refinery
  6. ↑ Mobygames profile
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