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.A Rock Star Ate My Computer – Crash 64 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. Gultnieks worked on more games with the company, until it was bought out by MicroProse in 1992.MICROPROSE BUYS VEKTOR GRAFIX
He stayed with MicroProse through the release of the flight simulator Dogfight. In 1993, MicroProse was bought outCOMPANY NEWS; MICROPROSE PLANS MERGER WITH SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE – The New York Times 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.Hardwar FAQ: Where did the Software Refinery go?
==Works==
Year	Title 	Contribution
1983	Star Wars: The Arcade Game 	Programming
1988	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back	Grafix System, Programming
==Notes and references==
==External links==
*Personal site
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Category:Star Wars game developers