Armin Gessert
Moby ID: 35317
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(June 13, 1963 - November 8, 2009)
Before Armin Gessert ventured the step to independently founding Spellbound, he worked as a game developer and programmer for the cult labels Rainbow Arts and Blue Byte.
His first work was the action adventure Street Gang which came out under the label Rainbow Arts in 1984. The following year Armin Gessert developed a real classic in cooperation with Chris HĂźlsbeck (sound) and Manfred Trenz (graphic): The Great Giana Sisters. The âGiana Sistersâ maintained its lead on top of the readersâ charts for 13 months. By publishing the sequel to the âGiana Sistersâ, a game called Hard ânâ Heavy, the cooperation with Rainbow Arts terminated and Armin Gessert went to a different job from GĂźtersloh to Kehl where he worked as freelance for the in 1988 newly founded developer agency Blue Byte.
The first game he programmed for Blue Byte was the adventure Tom and the Ghost. With respect to this adventure Armin Gessert participated in the development of the tennis simulation Great Court, which was the first big roaring success for Blue Byte in 1989. The last game Armin Gessert realised for Blue Byte was Dr. Drago's Madcap Chase.
Following in 1994 was the step to independence â the establishment of Spellbound Studios which developed real-time strategy games such as "Robin Hood - The Legend of Sherwood", released in 2002 and the two "Desperados" games, released in 2001 and 2006, respectively.
Source: Spellbound Entertainment company homepage
Credited on 26 games
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| ArcaniA: Fall of Setarrif (2011, Windows) | CEO |
| Airline Tycoon 2 (2011, Windows) | In Memory of |
| Giana's Return (2010, Linux) | In Memory of |
| ArcaniA: Gothic 4 (2010, Windows) | CEO |
| Giana Sisters DS (2009, Nintendo DS) | Executive Producer |
| Helldorado (2007, Windows) | Executive Producer |
| Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge (2006, Windows) | Executive Producer Spellbound |
| Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood (2004, Macintosh) | Producer & CEO |
| Smoking Guns: Shooting Gallery! (2003, Windows) | Producer |
| Cultures: Die Saga (2003, Windows) | Special Thanks To |
| Chicago 1930 (2003, Windows) | Producer & CEO |
| Airline Tycoon Deluxe (2003, Windows) | Producer |
| Airline Tycoon Evolution (2002, Windows) | Producers |
| Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive (2001, Windows) | Producer |
| Cultures (2000, Windows) | Special Thanks To |
| Airline Tycoon (1999, Windows) | Producer |
| Airline Tycoon (1998, Windows) | Producer |
| Perry Rhodan: Operation Eastside (1998, Windows) | Concept |
| Extreme Assault (1997, DOS) | Special Thanks to |
| Dr. Drago's Madcap Chase (1995, Windows 16-bit) | Programming |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 15 games with Jean-Marc Haessig
- 13 games with Serge Mandon
- 12 games with Myriam Haessig-Urocki
- 11 games with Eric Urocki
- 11 games with Fabrice Weiss
- 11 games with Andreas Speer
- 9 games with Thomas Friedmann
- 8 games with Thomas Holz
- 8 games with Arno Wienholtz
- 8 games with Sascha Gessert
Companies
- 14 games with Spellbound Entertainment AG
- 8 games with Valve Corporation
- 6 games with Virgin Lands
- 5 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 5 games with Ubisoft DĂźsseldorf
- 5 games with THQ Nordic GmbH
- 5 games with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment...
- 5 games with Computec Media GmbH
- 5 games with GOG Limited
- 5 games with CDP Sp. z o.o.
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