Manfred Trenz (born 29 November 1965 in

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) is a German video game developer. He is the developer of the ''

Turrican ''Turrican'' is a 1990 video game developed by Manfred Trenz. It was developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, and was Video game port, ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz programmed ' ...

'' video game series as well as the

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version of the game ''

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''. He also made '' The Great Giana Sisters''. He is currently developing games for his own company, Denaris Entertainment Software.

Games

References

External links

The Manfred Trenz FanpageDenaris Entertainment Software
* * 1965 births Living people 21st-century German inventors German video game designers Video game programmers {{videogame-bio-stub