NAME:
Stephen Robertson

COMPUNET ID:
SIR

WHAT HE DID:
Demos and artwork mainly, including one of the chicken song demos. I wasn't very good at coding or music, so a couple of friends did that, while I did the art.

I was working for various software companies at the time doing loading
screens, so I occasionally uploaded the odd loading picture too.

I was frequently on party-line having a chat. One of the things I remember
was that there were very few women on Compunet, and new guys were always trying to chat-up the Editor - Jane Firbank, obviously not knowing that she was a psychologist!

CLAIM TO COMPUNET FAME:
I suppose my real claim to compunet fame was that I got satirized in a
ZZap!64 compunet article along with MANIAC and a couple of others. I was really annoyed at the time, but I suppose I must have been famous enough to take the mickey out of, so it was quite flattering really.

I was fairly well known for some of my C64 artwork. A couple of my pictures are on this site.

WHAT'S HE UP TO NOW:
I'm a senior designer for a games company called Particle Systems, working on a PC space game called Edge Of Chaos- Independence War - ( Shameless plug: http://www.independencewar.com )

I've worked in the games industry almost continuously since the Compunet days, and have worked for lots of games companies, including: Firebird, Activision, Hewson, Andromeda Software, Argonaut, Philips Media, Cranberry Source, and Particle Systems.

I'm married with 2 children, and living in Sheffield.

OTHER STUFF:
I'd love to hear from other Compunetters who may remember me. Oh, and take a look at my alien autopsy site, which you can find by jumping to http://www.ravenger.demon.co.uk

Me and a bunch of colleagues at work put together a little alien autopsy
spoof video, and put it on the site. However, the alien autopsy fanatics out
there frequently miss the joke...

TOP THREE FAVOURITE PROGRAMS/HARDWARE:
Elite - I played that for six weeks straight to get to Elite. I was lucky
enough to win a copy at a computer show. You had to get the most cash in two dockings. I missed winning a disk drive by 30 credits.

The Koala Pad - It made drawing much, much, easier than using a joystick. I bought mine second hand for 50 pounds, and earned enough with it to get an Amiga 1000.

The C64 - It was my gateway into the computer game industry, and it had some of the best games ever, including MULE.

BETWEEN WHICH DATES WERE YOU A MEMBER OF COMPUNET:
I have no idea - it's so, so long ago. I realise that I'm getting old now.
It must be around 85 / 86 as that's when the majority of my artwork was
done.

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