Nasir Gebelli

Nasir Gebelli
ناصر جبلی
Born1957 (age 66–67)
NationalityIranian-American
Occupation(s)Programmer, video game designer
Years active1978–1993
Known for
Notable work

Nasir Gebelli (Persian: ناصر جبلی, also Nasser Gebelli, born 1957) is an Iranian-American programmer and video game designer usually credited in his games as simply Nasir. He became known in the early 1980s for programming action games for Apple II,[1] such as Space Eggs (a clone of Moon Cresta). These were initially published by Sirius Software, then he started his own company, Gebelli Software.[2] Several of the games he wrote for Gebelli Software were 3D space combat simulators for the Apple II.

From the late 1980s to the early 1990s, Nasir developed home console games for Squaresoft. He programmed the first three Final Fantasy games,[3] the Famicom 3D System title Rad Racer, 3-D WorldRunner, and Secret of Mana.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference barton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ John Romero, Nasir Gebelli at MobyGames
  3. ^ Gifford, Kevin (December 21, 2011). "Hironobu Sakaguchi on Final Fantasy I's Roller-Coaster Development: How a college dropout and an Iranian programmer created the JRPG blockbuster". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2011.