Ciaran Gultnieks
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
Star Wars
| Year | Title | Platform | Role |
| 1983 | Star Wars: The Arcade Game | PC | Programming |
| 1988 | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | PC | Grafix System, Programming |
Other
| Year | Title | Format | Role |
| 1989 | Strike Aces | PC | Design, Programming |
| 1991 | Killing Cloud | PC | Vektor Grafix system development |
| 1993 | Air Duel: 80 Years of Dogfighting | PC | Game Design and Programming |
| 1995 | Slipstream 5000 | PC | Programming |
| 1998 | Hardwar | PC | Development |
