Paul Cuisset
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Paul Cuisset is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 programmer
Game programmer
A game programmer is a software engineer, programmer, or computer scientist who primarily develops codebase for video games or related software, such as game development tools. Game programming has many specialized disciplines all of which fall under the umbrella term of "game programmer"...

 and designer of several popular video games.

Career

Paul Cuisset was the lead designer of Delphine Software International
Delphine Software International
Delphine Software was a French video game developer company. They were famous for their games Another World and Flashback, which bore a similarity to Prince of Persia, both in gameplay and in utilizing rotoscoped animation...

 and the creator of the computer game smash hit
Flashback,
released as Flashback: The Quest for Identity in the US. The game was published by U.S. Gold
U.S. Gold
U.S. Gold was a British video game publisher and developer from the early 1980s through the mid-1990s, producing numerous titles on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-History:...

 in United States and Europe,
and Sunsoft
Sunsoft (company)
is a Japanese video game development company founded on April 16, 1971 as a division of Sun Corporation, itself a division of Sun Electronics, or in Japan is a Japanese video game development company founded on April 16, 1971 as a division of Sun Corporation, itself a division of Sun Electronics,...

 in Japan. The game is listed in the Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...

 as the best-selling French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 game of all time.

Today Cuisset is the Managing Director of the French computer game developer VectorCell
Vector Cell
VectorCell is a French video game developer founded in 2005. The company is owned by Paul Cuisset and Lexis Numérique. The company is currently developing the title A.M.Y for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360....

, which he co-owns with the French game developer Lexis Numerique.

In 2004, Delphine Software closed down due to Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....

 and Liquidation
Liquidation
In law, liquidation is the process by which a company is brought to an end, and the assets and property of the company redistributed. Liquidation is also sometimes referred to as winding-up or dissolution, although dissolution technically refers to the last stage of liquidation...

, along with its created subsidiary, Adeline Software International
Adeline Software International
Adeline Software International was a video game developer founded in February 1993 as a subsidiary company of Delphine Software International, and based in Lyon, France...

, created in 1993.

Cuisset is currently working on a downloadable PSN and XBLA title called Amy for release in late 2011.

Games

Titles released involving Paul Cuisset are listed below in chronological order.
  • Operation Wolf
    Operation Wolf
    Operation Wolf is a one-player shooter arcade game made by Taito in 1987. It spawned three sequels: Operation Thunderbolt , Operation Wolf 3 and Operation Tiger .-Description:...

    (1988)
  • Space Harrier
    Space Harrier
    is a third-person rail shooter game, released by Sega in 1985. It was produced by Yu Suzuki, responsible for many popular Sega games. It spawned several sequels: Space Harrier 3-D , Space Harrier II , and the spin-off Planet Harriers ....

    (1988)
  • Future Wars
    Future Wars
    Future Wars, subtitled in Europe as Time Travellers and in North America as Adventures in Time and known in France as Time Travelers: The Menace is an adventure game from Delphine Software International, released in 1989...

    (1989)
  • Bio Challenge (1989)
  • James Bond: The Stealth Affair
    Operation Stealth
    Operation Stealth, also known as James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair in the United States, is an adventure game from Delphine Software International, released in 1990...

    (1990)
  • Cruise for a Corpse
    Cruise for a Corpse
    Cruise for a Corpse is an adventure game from Delphine Software International, made for the Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC....

    (1991)
  • Flashback: The Quest for Identity
    Flashback: The Quest for Identity
    Flashback, released as Flashback: The Quest for Identity in the US, is a cinematic platformer developed by Delphine Software of France, a now defunct company, and published by U.S...

    (1992)
  • Shaq Fu
    Shaq Fu
    Shaq Fu is a 2D fighting game released on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Game Gear, Super Nintendo, and Game Boy game platforms on October 28, 1994. It was later ported to the Amiga platform, exclusively in Europe. The game was published by Electronic Arts and developed by the now-defunct...

    (1994)
  • Fade to Black
    Fade to Black (video game)
    Fade to Black is an action-adventure game released in 1995 by Delphine Software International. Directed and designed by Paul Cuisset, it is the sequel to his previous game, Flashback .The game was released for DOS and PlayStation; planned Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn versions...

    (1995)
  • Time Commando
    Time Commando
    Time Commando is an action-adventure computer and video game developed by Adeline Software and published by Electronic Arts in Europe, Activision in America , and Virgin Interactive and Acclaim Entertainment in Japan.It was originally released for the PC on July 31, 1996 in Europe, United States...

    (1996)
  • Moto Racer
    Moto Racer
    Moto Racer is an arcade style motorcycle racing game released in 1997 by Delphine Software International for the PC and PlayStation. It features both dirt and street bikes, and a variety of tracks.- Gameplay :...

    (1997)
  • Moto Racer 2
    Moto Racer 2
    Moto Racer 2 is a motocross racing game developed by Delphine Software International and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation and the PC...

    (1998)
  • Darkstone (1999)
  • Moto Racer 3
    Moto Racer 3
    Moto Racer 3 is a motocross racing game developed by Delphine and published by Infogrames for the PC. It was released in North America on January 31, 2002, and in PAL regions during 2002...

    (2001)
  • Mister Slime
    Mister Slime
    Mister Slime is a video game that was first released on May 2, 2008...

    (2008)
  • Amy (in development)

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