thumb|right|Armin Gessert {{Short description|German computer game developer (1963 – 2009)}} '''Armin Gessert''' (June 13, 1963 – November 8, 2009) was a computer game developer from Germany.<ref name="gamasutra">{{cite web |last=Caoili |first=Eric |title=''Giana Sisters'' Co-Creator Armin Gessert Passes |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/-i-giana-sisters-i-co-creator-armin-gessert-passes |website=Game Developer |date=November 11, 2009 |access-date=February 12, 2026}}</ref> Along with Manfred Trenz and Chris Hülsbeck, he was one of the developers of the 1987 computer game ''The Great Giana Sisters'' for Commodore 64.<ref name="gamasutra"/> His previous employers included the labels Rainbow Arts and Blue Byte.<ref name="mobygames">{{cite web |title=Armin Gessert |url=https://www.mobygames.com/person/35317/armin-gessert/ |website=MobyGames |access-date=February 12, 2026}}</ref> He was the founder of Spellbound Entertainment.<ref name="gamasutra"/>
== Career == Gessert's first title was the action adventure ''Street Gang'', released under Rainbow Arts in 1984.<ref name="gamasutra"/><ref name="mobygames"/> In 1994, he established his own company, Spellbound Entertainment.<ref name="gamasutra"/> Spellbound released several titles, including ''Desperados'', ''Desperados 2'', and ''Airline Tycoon''.<ref name="gamasutra"/> Gessert's last title, ''Great Giana Sisters DS'', was released in 2009 in Germany and Australia.<ref name="gamasutra"/>
== Death == Gessert died of a heart attack on November 8, 2009, after 25 years in the video game industry.<ref name="gamasutra"/><ref name="mcv">{{cite web |title=Veteran dev Armin Gessert dies |url=https://mcvuk.com/business-news/publishing/veteran-dev-armin-gessert-dies/ |website=MCV/Develop |date=November 2009 |access-date=February 12, 2026}}</ref><ref>[http://www.spellbound.de/?idcat=10&idart=284 Armin Gessert's obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113085840/http://www.spellbound.de/?idcat=10&idart=284 |date=2009-11-13}} {{in lang|de}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080521020206/http://spellbound.de/ Spellbound Entertainment] * {{moby developer|id=35317|name=Armin Gessert}} * {{imdb name|id=1597788|name=Armin Gessert}}
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