Interview
Handle: Conan
How did you come up with your alias ?
Read about it in my Interview in Jeff Smart's Illegal.. Oki! I played handball and my handball-pals called me ironical CONAN, because of my bodycondition .. hehehehe..
City / Country:
Bochum-Wattenscheid / Germany
Born year:
1971
What was your first computer, and when did you get it?
TI 9994A, later I got my C64.. Forgot when!
How did you get into the scene and what groups have you been a member of ?
I got into the scene through my schoolmate "PERSHY", he told me what a Crack was and why there were Intros in front of the games. PERSHY was in touch with the legendary MOVERS. Throught this contact we got new wares and started to swap a bit, while building up our first group "GCC".
After that we builded up STRIKE FORCE, and more and more we got in touch with THE MOVERS. As other Members slowed their Actions down, we (PERSHY AND ME) helped GENERAL ZOFF a bit, in exchange we got some very hot Originals from the OMEGA MAN/TCS, which were mostly First Releases. At that time we worked so much together with GENERAL ZOFF/MOVERS, that we both parties tried to rethink what to do! Neither GENERAL ZOFF wanted to join STRIKE FORCE and neither we wanted to join THE MOVERS. So we came up with a Cooperation STRIKE FORCE/MOVERS. We got a offical tradeagreement with MAYHEM, the #1 in the States at that time and so we went Germany's #1 ... till we all got busted by the german police (B.K.A - Bundeskriminalamt!). Some of us left the Scene afterwards. Then the Radwar #2 took place, where the german Elitescene sat together and thought about doing something special... The group "ELITE" was born (...maybe some of you know it better as GERMANY'S ELITE)formed and MWS/RADWAR, DEEJAY, MARKUS SCHNEIDER(DIFLEX/LEVEL99),ZAZ+CHAOS/WANDERER GROUP,WALTER/711,GENERAL ZOFF/MOVERS ,me and more joined up... We got WORLDWIDE #1 in our first month with several First Releases and were 4-5 months on the Top .. Of cause we were Germany's #1 all the time... After that we got lazy and finally faded away.. I started to make a Notewriter for a german Discmag and afterthat I coded the C64 Version of a game by STARBYTE "LEONARDO".. Some more followed... As it jumped, I started doing SNES related Stuff together with Midfit/TRSi under TRISTAR & RED SECTOR INC., later I tried my own luck with "NO RESPECT" and as I remarked that you can't live up the old times again, I stopped... The most remarkable thing on the SNES for me was my Crack of Donkey Kong Country2! Hard one, through!
What was the proudest moment in your career ?
As the people came on up to me, to ask me forming ELITE together with them.. I never thought I would work together with such talented people like them... Nevertheless I was really happy at that moment!
What would you like to be remembered for ?
For being the only german Sceneguy at that moment which got a own B.K.A (It's the german FBI!) folder of everything I did, during my SF/MOVERS time. I think STING OF PARAMOUNT/TOMMY OF MCG was the second Dude beneath me having this noble pleasure..hehehehe...
What made you stop the scene activity ? (and do you remember when?)
It was the point where I got damned lazy... If you're for years active, you need a rest..
Thinking back on the good old days, is there anything you regret?
No.. I won't do more and I won't do it better anyway!
What was your favorite
GAME(S)
Hawkeye by my old friend Mario van Zeist!
DEMO(S)
The THINK TWICE Series by THE JUDGES...
PROGRAMMER(S) (OR PROGRAMMING TEAM(S))
THE JUDGES / 1001 CREW / TMC OF SCOOP DESIGN
CRACKER(S) (OR CRACKING GROUP(S))
Cracker:WEETIBIX Group:OLD IKARI with TRI DOS!
COMPOSER(S)
MARCUS SCHNEIDER (DIFLEX/LEVEL 99/X-AMPLE)
BEST COMPOSED TRACK(S)
The STRIKE FORCE/MOVERS THEME BY DIFLEX/X-AMPLE/LEVEL99
EVENT(S) (E.G. COPYPARTY)
The IKARI+ZARGON PARTY / RADWAR PARTY #2
MEMORY(S)
The things happened on RADWAR #2.. First we met in Venlo, then the Radwar with our forming of ELITE and also the german TV Series "HIGHSCORE"... I'll never forget that...
DRINK ?
Krefelder (That's OLD DUESSELDORF WITH COKE!)
What are you doing nowadays ?
I am working for a german Phonecompany in the Mobilnet Division.
What are you doing on your spare time?
The normal life stuff.. Working, Girlfriend and stuff like that!
Is there anything you'd like to say to the public (read: admires)
Not really, except for thanks to everybody who made my Success in the old golden times possible...
What is the meaning of life?
I don't know...