query: designer desperados: wanted dead or alive
supports: Spellbound was a German developer of computer games based in Kehl, Germany. The company was founded in 1994 by Armin Gessert. The company is best known for the Desperados Series.  Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe. It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world. Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin. Other major cities include Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Düsseldorf. Armin Gessert (June 13, 1963  November 8, 2009) was a computer game developer from Germany. Along with Manfred Trenz and Chris Hülsbeck, he was one of the developers behind the computer game "The Great Giana Sisters" for Commodore 64. His previous employers included the labels Rainbow Arts and Blue Byte. Desperados : Wanted Dead or Alive is a stealth - based real - time tactics computer game , developed by Spellbound Entertainment and released in 2001 . In the game , the player controls up to six characters in a wild west setting . The protagonist is a worldy knife fighter and gunslinger , John Cooper . He takes on a bounty to capture a notorious train robber named `` El Diablo '' . As Cooper sets off on his quest , he is aided by five other friends and they work together in a real - time , stealth based structure very similar to that introduced in Commandos : Behind Enemy Lines , although an all - out gunfight is still highly possible in the game . A sequel called Desperados 2 : Cooper 's Revenge was released in late March 2006 . A second sequel , Helldorado , ( announced as expansion pack Desperados 2 : Conspiracy but made into a full game ) was released in mid- 2007 in Germany . The English version was released in some regions in November 2007 .
candidates: armin gessert major
answer: armin gessert