About me

Nickname(s): Shiru, sometimes shiru8bit. In the past Shiru Otaku, DJ Uranus (as composer)

Location: Russia, Moscow

As coder: Started in 1994. C/C++, J2ME, Java, JavaScript, Lua, AS3, PHP, AngelScript, Assembler. 8080, Z80, x86, ARM, AVR, MCS51, 6502, 65816, 68000, SPC700. ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Game Boy, IBM PC (DOS/Windows), MSX, NES, Palm, PocketPC, PowerTV, Radio 86RK, Sega Master System, Sega Megadrive/Genesis, SNES, Symbian, TI8x, ZX Spectrum. Worked as a sound/tools/games programmer for several years.

As composer: Started in 1997. Any trackers, MIDI sequencers, DAWs, and other stuff. Both chip and sampled music. I also made music and sound effects for few commercial games. My favorite sound chip is 2A03. I prefer XM and FT2/Skale/MilkyTracker out of sample-based formats and trackers, and Psycle out of modern trackers.

As artist: Not an artist in general, I have basic skills of hand drawing, pixel art, digital painting, low and hi-poly 3D modelling.

Interests: Computers and game consoles. Anything related to video games. Programming for low spec systems and embedded devices. Music as a whole. Electric guitars and gear. Punk rock. Amateur electronics. Industrial history. Space. Nuclear power and weapons. Anime. Movies. Movie and animation making. VFX. Happiness for one and all.

Contacts: shiru at mail dot ru

ICQ 359664889

Skype shiru8bit (text only)

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