Interview


Handle:
Exilon

How did you come up with your alias ?
Mr Boogaloo suggested it.

City / Country:
Gothenburg, Sweden.

Born year:
1971

What was your first computer, and when did you get it?
C64, easter 1984.

How did you get into the scene and what groups have you been a member of ?
I showed some of my stuff for Mr Boogaloo and Rush/MDT, who got pretty impressed. So we put a demo together(Bonanza/MDT) and went to the copy party in Alvesta '88. There we got to know Bagder, Kjer, Mastermind and Zagor/Horizon and joined them.

What was the proudest moment in your career ?
When we won the competition in Alvesta '88.

For what specific reason(s) do you think that you are remembered ?
The $D011-scroll that first appeared in Bonanza/MDT.

What would you like to be remembered for ?
Nothing, really.

What made you stop the scene activity ? (and do you remember when?)
Actually, we are still working on a game for the C64. That might be ready in another year or two.

Thinking back on the good old days, is there anything you regret?
That we didn't put a FLI-editor together, when we first got the idea (a year ahead of the first FLI-demo).

What was your favorite
GAME(S)
Fort Apocalypse, Shamus Case II, Decathlon, Giana Sisters.

DEMO(S)
Contribution/SSS, No sleep II/Xakk.

PROGRAMMER(S) (OR PROGRAMMING TEAM(S))
Jabba/Light.

CRACKER(S) (OR CRACKING GROUP(S))
None.

GROUPS :
Don't remember.

COMPOSER(S)
Don't remember.

BEST COMPOSED TRACK(S)
Don't remember.

EVENT(S) (E.G. COPYPARTY)
Alvesta '88, Eskilstuna '89.

MEMORY(S)
When we came to Alvesta '88 the Horizon guys speculated in if they had a chance to win the competition. The figured there major competitor would be Xakk. When we turned our computers on and started to work on our demo the Horizon guys got quite suprised and Mastermind approached us in shock and asked in a strange voice: "Skall ni va me i demotävlingen?" (That's Swedish for "Are you taking part in the demo competition ?" -Ed)

DRINK ?
Coke

What are you doing nowadays ?
I am a Ph.d student in Computing Science at the University of Gothenburg/Chalmers University.

What are you doing on your spare time?
I play chess, volleyboll and squash.

Is there anything you'd like to say to the public (read: admires)
No.

What is the meaning of life?
I haven't figured that one out yet.