Founding members of Factor5

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shmupBaker
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Founding members of Factor5

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Does anyone know all the five members who founded Factor 5 back in 1987?

I believe some of them are:
Julian Eggebrecht,
Achim Möller,
Thomas Engel,
Holger Schmidt

I'm not sure about these. Could anyone give a more accurate list?
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Herr Schatten
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Re: Founding members of Factor5

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I'm not sure either, but in the credits of Katakis (their first official game) these five are listed:

Achim Möller
Lutz Osterkorn
Willi Bäcker
Stefan Tsouparidis
Holger Schmidt
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Re: Founding members of Factor5

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I definitely think Julian, Holger, and Achim have been with the company the longest, but have yet to find any info stating that they formed the company.
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Re: Founding members of Factor5

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Those were the founding members:

Achim Möller
Lutz Osterkorn
Willi Bäcker
Stefan Tsouparidis
Holger Schmidt

I believe Thomas Engel and Julian Eggebrecht joined them after their R-Type conversion.

What really would interest me though is what Holger Schmidt and Thomas Engel are doing now, or whether they are still working together with Julian Eggebrecht ?

Thomas Engel and Holger Schmidt were the programming wizards at F5, some of the best programmers ever. Some of the tech they developed was just unbelievably good.
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