spookt Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Sad news indeed, a great loss. Thoughts and prayers for his family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JAC! Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 (edited) Tonight I was preparing my stuff for the Fujiama party. When I was there last year I met Raster personally after all the years of admiring and using his tools, games, demos and hardware. He always had the strangest and funniest ideas what to do and how to do it on the Atari. We all competed in his multijoy game Cervi. He won - of course :-) I was hoping to see him again next week. Now I'm deeply sad and to be honest don't know how to handle it. I met him on the 30th of July, and that's also the day when I lost him. Edited July 29, 2011 by JAC! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.atarimania.com Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 That's really tragic... -- Atari Frog http://www.atarimania.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slampam Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 From fandal's site, Aug 2010. "The revolution has begun! After more than a year of working with Raster, we finally succeeded in the eight-bit Atari port of the Phamphrlon (Famfrlon) programming language!" I guess geniuses always have something more to give. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Hello guys BTW Fandal is the guy on the right in the second one of JAC's photo's. sincerely Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 What a tragic event. The Atari world has suffered a great loss. He made many significant contributions... just last night I was pouring over the information on his SDrive page. He will surely be missed and well remembered in the Atari community. Condolences and prayers to his family, Fandal, and all those who were close to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 RIP Raster. That's real sad to hear. One of the most prominent figures of the Atari community. His presence is probably there in more than 75% of every new game or demo release of the last several years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+hunmanik Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 So sad to hear... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puppetmark Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 This is so very sad indeed. He will be missed but never forgotten. My condolences and prayers to his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipj Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I think I remember the guy... His website link is one I hit once before. That's sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrathchild Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Condolences to his family and friends, the loss of such a talented guy is sad news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepax Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 111 prods on Fandal's website and there will be no more. Game over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pps Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Initially clicking into this thread I thought of another version of "Where is the site gone?" or something like that. But sadly it´s not that. I don´t know what to say now - sadness comes over me... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I am very sad. Rest in peace, Raster. I ask myself, why is destiny so cruel sometimes. Why good people have to die, when it seems it will not happen, but it happens. Anyway, I sometimes believe in heaven and I also believe in reunion with people who I know and care about. Great loss for his family, for us, for Atari scene... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashjazzcat Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Dreadful news, this. I didn't appreciate just how prolific Raster was until now, but it's clear that his work permeated many aspects of the Atari world. He also evidently had those most valuable of things: a good character and a fine reputation. Condolences to his friends and family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauntman Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 This was indeed terrible event - a great contributor to the 8-bit scene, lost early. My condolences and prayers to family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Why must the good die young... I never knew him personally but I used his works many times over..RIP young man.. I use the following as a sig for my mother but it applies to all.. "They are never gone as long as you remember them..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beamer320i Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Wow...a tragic loss both to family and friends as well as the Atari community. I never realised how much of his Atari goodness I used until I read this thread and visited his websites. Rest in peace Raster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXG/MNX Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Now I would like to send condolences to the family and other people who were very close to him. I had the luck to meet several times with him in Czech when I was there to visit some meetings, and I remember him as a nice, friendly, kind person and a truly gifted programmer. He was one of those who was born with an Atari heart. I never will forget him...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr0be Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 (edited) I'm shocked... Raster was one of the most talented guy in our scene - he did almost everthing... He was very good coder, good graphican and one of the best musican on Atari scene. He composed so much outstanding tunes - "Time to turn", "No Promises", "L45T M1NUT3", "I'm sure", "Id Doesn't Matter", "Shademorph" (tune from 1k Intro) He put a lot of heart in our scene... Great loss.. Rest in Peace Raster. I will remember You forever... Edited July 30, 2011 by pr0be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheddy Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 This is terribly sad news ..just want to add my condolences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 The same from me, all my condolences... So young... May he overlook us all and see that we all use his software to produce some excellent new Atari software. I'm sure that's what he would have wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 (edited) I hope his website will be preserved. No need to produce much more traffic there, as I just mirrored the site. Any idea where to put the <50 MB archive? (Or at least the Atari related part which is half of the size?) Edited July 30, 2011 by Irgendwer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjmann Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I have Mirrored Rasters RMT site. Here are the domains: http://www.rastermt.info http://www.rastermusictracker.info They will be active in a couple of hours. Rest in Peace Raster. you were a good soul and a great musician. =( 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Sad News. Condolences to his friends and family. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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