Nasir Gebelli

Developer BIO

Initially a programmer for Sirius Software, and helped propel them to millions of dollars. When Sirius software went bankrupt, he founded his own company, Gebelli Software. He produced and published a small number of titles games with this company.

After the closing of Gebelli Software in 1984, Nasir (an Iranian) went on a long vacation travelling the world. He came back in 1986 and went to visit his friend Doug Carlston, owner of Broderbund . He told Doug he wanted to get back to game coding and asked what he should do. Doug told him about the rise of the Nintendo gaming system and that Nasir should start programming on it - Doug offered to fly to Japan with Nasir and introduce him to his friends at Nintendo and Square.

Nasir met with Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo and several people at Square. Nintendo was not interested in hiring Nasir. The programmers at Square, on the other hand were well aware of Nasir's legendary reputation and were excited to have him there. This helped Nasir make the decision to join Square in Japan and work on games for them.

The known Square games that Nasir produced are: Battles of the 3D World Runner, Rad Racer, Rad Racer II, Final Fantasy I, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III and Secret of Mana.

After programming these games, Nasir once again disappeared and traveled the world, this time with much more money in the bank. He basically retired with the income from Square royalties.

In August 1998, Nasir resurfaced to attend John Romero's 1998 Apple II Reunion in Dallas, TX at the Ion Storm offices.

Nasir once more remains in hiding - he is surprisingly non-technology-oriented now.

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Games Credited

Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (2004), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Final Fantasy Origins (2002), Square Co., Ltd.
Secret of Mana (1993), Square Co., Ltd.
Final Fantasy III (1990), Square Co., Ltd.
Final Fantasy II (1988), Square Co., Ltd.
3-D WorldRunner (1987), Square Co., Ltd.
Final Fantasy (1987), Square Co., Ltd.
JJ - Tobidase Daisakusen Part 2 (1987), Square Co., Ltd.
Rad Racer (1987), Nintendo of America Inc.
ScubaVenture (1983), IBM
Horizon V (1982), Gebelli Software, Inc.
Zenith (1982), Gebelli Software, Inc.
Firebird (1981), Gebelli Software, Inc.
Gorgon (1981), Sirius Software, Inc.
Space Eggs (1981), Sirius Software, Inc.