Ian Bell
Also Known As
- I. Bell
Game Credits
Design | ||||
| Elite: Dangerous (2015) | (Original Elite Game (1984-1991)) | |||
| Elite: The New Kind (2001) | (Original concept) | |||
| Elite Plus (1991) | (Original Concept) | |||
| Elite (1984) | (Original game by) | |||
Programming/Engineering | ||||
| Elite (1984) | (Authors) | |||
| Elite (1984) | (Authors) | |||
Writers | ||||
| Frontier: Elite II (1993) | (Written Material) | |||
Creative Services | ||||
| Frontier: Elite II (1993) | (Written material) | |||
Thanks | ||||
| Dark Horizon (2008) | (Thanks to) | |||
| Elite Plus (1991) | (Special Thanks To) | |||
Developer Biography
Ian Bell is a programmer, game designer and producer best known for developing the game Elite with David Braben. He also wrote the game Free Fall which was released for the BBC micro in 1983.
Bell graduated from Cambridge University with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. He has worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Autodesk since 2008.
Last updated: Oct 15, 2016
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Portrait
from his website at http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/
Related Sites
- Ian Bell (Blimey! Games) Gamasutra interview -- Interview covering the unique development methodology of Blimey! Games (Dec. 6, 2006)
- Ian Bell Interview -- An interview with Ian Bell from 2000 about his days working on unlicensed NES games