My name is Alkis, but I reckon you already guessed that. I was born in Chania, Crete Island, Greece in 1975. I was really into computers at a young age. Well, 11 years old doesn't sound so young for someone to learn how to use a computer today, but trust me it was back in 1986 when my parents bought me a ZX Spectrum + (48 Kilobytes of RAM, believe it or not). In 1987 I got an Amiga 500, and in 1993 an Amiga 1200 which I still use almost daily. It was only in 1997 that I reluctantly purchased my first PC, a Pentium 200MHz MMX. Programming fascinated me right from the start, and so did computer games which I proudly still play religiously and will continue to do so until arthritis gets the best of me. I'm more into retro gaming than modern titles, but I do play new adventure games as well as the odd racing game now and then.

I have created a handful of games, some of which are still available. The best ones are Other Worlds, a simple looking yet quite deep freeware adventure game and Diamonds in the Rough, a commercial adventure game. Although Atropos Studios, the company behind it is no more, I still have some copies left which are being sold on E-Bay at a low price for whoever is interested. On retro computer systems, I also made Super Hangman (self explanatory) and Flipper (a foosball simulator) for the ZX Spectrum + as well as Cornelius saves Christmas, a fun little platform game for the Commodore Amiga.

I regularly participate in tournaments of the Kick Off Association, in which we play Kick Off 2 against each other, a 1990 Amiga football title which is my all time favorite computer game. We even host an annual world cup.

I studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Patras, where I specialized in Telecommunications & IT. I am employed as the Editing Manager of a scientific organization and I've been happily married to Roula since December 2006. We live in Athens. If you happen to know me personally, you can also find me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/alkis21 .