Costa Panayi
Computer game programmer
Costa Panayi is a former computer game programmer active during the 1980s. He founded Vortex Software with Paul Canter, publishing games for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Costa Panayi (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Oct 11, 1957.1
About
He is of Greek Cypriot descent, and studied engineering at the University of Salford. After graduation, he started to work as a mechanical engineer for British Aerospace, when he got into programming games business from his hobby interests.
In 1982, he studied Sinclair BASIC and subsequently formed his company Vortex Software along with Luke Andrews and Mark Haigh-Hutchinson. They wrote a variety of games, including Gunlaw, Deflektor, the Android series, and Tornado Low Level for the ZX Spectrum.
His games achieved critical success; Tornado Low Level and Highway Encounter appeared in the "Your Sinclair official top 100", for example, and in them he developed original 3D interfaces.
In 1995, he was working as a design consultant for Fisher Price.
From Wikipedia’s article on Costa Panayi, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Vortex SoftwareFounder6
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Salford3
Career
Occupation: engineer.5
- Date not recordedFounded Vortex Software4
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Sources
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- 1WikidataCosta Panayi on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCosta Panayi on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataVortex Software, Founder