Celal Kandemiroglu
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Celal Kandemiroglu is a graphic artist in the German
computer games industry. He was born in 1953 in Turkey
and made his first comic when he was five years old. After graduating at the fine arts academy in Istanbul
he started to offer his comics to the Bastei-Verlag in Germany around 1978. Since 1985 he has created many video and movie covers until he became a cover artist for the German computer game industry in 1988.
Celal created more than 800 illustrations between 1982 and 2000, some of them more detailed, others done in a rush. Besides that, he created the in-game graphics for many games.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
computer games industry. He was born in 1953 in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
and made his first comic when he was five years old. After graduating at the fine arts academy in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
he started to offer his comics to the Bastei-Verlag in Germany around 1978. Since 1985 he has created many video and movie covers until he became a cover artist for the German computer game industry in 1988.
Celal created more than 800 illustrations between 1982 and 2000, some of them more detailed, others done in a rush. Besides that, he created the in-game graphics for many games.
List of games
- Battle Stations (1990), Magic Bytes
- Dragonflight (1990), Thalion SoftwareThalion SoftwareThalion Software was a personal computer game company, during the time of the 16-bit home computers, like the Atari ST and Amiga.The company was formed by members of the Atari ST demo scene in October 1988, in Gütersloh, Germany. The main aim of Thalion Software was to produce cutting edge...
- Legend of Faerghail (1990), reLINE SoftwareReLINE SoftwarereLINE Software was a German game development company.The company was founded by Uwe Grabosch and Holger Gehrmann in Hannover in 1987.They started at first as a developer for Softgold, Rainbow Arts, Golden Games, Magic Bytes, micro-partner and Robtek...
- M.U.D.S. (1990), Rainbow ArtsRainbow ArtsRainbow Arts is a German game developer company founded in 1984 in Gütersloh by Marc Ulrich which was later bought by Funsoft, and eventually absorbed by THQ in 1999...
- X-OutX-Out (computer game)X-Out is a video game released by Rainbow Arts in 1989 for the Commodore 64 and in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.-Gameplay:X-Out is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up with eight levels and an underwater setting....
(1990), Rainbow Arts - Masterblazer (1991), LucasArtsLucasArtsLucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC is an American video game developer and publisher. The company was once famous for its innovative line of graphic adventure games, the critical and commercial success of which peaked in the mid 1990s...
- Fate: Gates of DawnFate: Gates of DawnFate: Gates of Dawn is a computer role-playing game released by reLINE Software in 1991 for the Commodore Amiga and in 1992 for the Atari ST.The game is notable for its huge game world...
(1991), reLINE Software - Monster Business (1991), Eclipse Software Design
- The PatricianThe Patrician (game)The Patrician is the title of a series of historical trading simulation computer games for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST published by Ascaron Entertainment...
(1992), ASCARON Entertainment GmbHAscaronAscaron Entertainment was a video game developer based in Germany. Founded as Ascon and later renamed in October 1996 due to the possible confusion with the Swiss company Ascom AG, the company produced titles primarily for the PC until it was made insolvent in 2009.-Background and history:Ascaron... - Der Planer (1994), Greenwood Entertainment
- Menateus (1995), Siemens Nixdorf
- Biing!: Sex, Intrigue and Scalpels (1995), Magic Bytes
- Elisabeth I. (1995), Ascon
- Emergency: Fighters for Life (1998), TopWare InteractiveTopWare InteractiveTopWare Interactive is a video game publisher and developer located in Paradise, Nevada.TopWare Interactive started out in 1995 as a video game publishing subsidiary of the TopWare CD Service AG based in Mannheim, Germany— which included a inhouse development studio based in Poland. In...
- Zeus (1998), Blissware Entertainment
- Panzer Elite (1999), Psygnosis Limited
- Sacred (2004), Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
- Sacred Plus (2004), KOCH MediaKoch MediaThe Koch Media group is a media enterprise started in 1994 by Franz Koch and Dr. Klemens Kundratitz.The Koch Media group produces and markets digital entertainment products and accessories in Europe and North America...
UK Ltd. - Soeldner: Secret Wars (2004), JoWooD Productions Software AG
List of famous cover paintings
- (1988) Axxiom / Micro Partner - Spinworld
- (1988) EAS - Zero Gravity
- (1988) Rainbow Arts - Volleyball Simulator
- (1988) Time Warp / Rainbow Arts - Detector
- (1989) Magic Bytes - Air Supply
- (1989) Factor 5 - Denaris aka Katakis
- (1989) Rainbow Arts - Rock'N'Roll
- (1989) Rainbow Arts - Spherical
- (1989) Rainbow Arts - X-Out
- (1989) Rainbow Arts / TimeWarp - Berlin 1948 - East vs. West
- (1989) reLINE Software - Dyter-07
- (1989) Starbyte - Tie Break
- (1990) Magic Bytes - Big Business
- (1990) Magic Bytes / Micro Partner - Domination
- (1990) Play Byte / Psygnosis - Atomino
- (1990) Rainbow Arts - TurricanTurricanTurrican is a 1989 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was first developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, but was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personally programmed Turrican on the Commodore 64...
- (1990) Rainbow Arts - M.U.D.S.
- (1990) Rainbow Arts - Masterblazer
- (1990) Rainbow Arts - Z-Out
- (1990) Rainbow Arts / Amiga Artists - Startrash
- (1990) reLINE - Legend of Faerghail
- (1990) Starbyte - Crime Time
- (1990) Thalion - Dragonflight
- (1990) Thalion / Eclipse - Wings of Death
- (1991) Eclipse - Lethal XcessLethal XcessLethal Xcess is a shoot 'em up game developed by two members of the Atari ST demo crew X-Troll and published by Eclipse in 1991. An Amiga version was also created.-Gameplay:- Story :...
- (1991) Eclipse - Monster BusinessMonster BusinessMonster Business is a platform game which was released in 1991 by Eclipse Software Design. The aim of the game is to remove monsters from a construction yard by inflating them. The player must get close to them without being touched and start pumping...
- (1991) Rainbow Arts - Turrican II
- (1991) reLINE Software - Fate: Gates of Dawn
- (1992) Eclipse - Stoneage
- (1992) Thalion - No Second Prize
- (1993) Rainbow Arts - Turrican 3
- (1995) reline / Magic Bytes - Biing!
- (1999) Wings Simulation - Panzer Elite
- (2004) Take Two - Sacred
- (2004) Wings Simulation - Soeldner (Secret Wars)