Alowishus

Alowishus is a user of the forums on SydLexia.com.

Origins

Arrival

Alowishus first found the site after seeing a link online. After reading a few articles and seeing the interest in retro gaming within the forum community Alowishus decided to sign on up.

Username

Alowishus is one of the few usernames that he uses both as forum usernames and gaming IDs.

The name originates from a likening he took to the name after listening to the song "My Name is Mud" by one of his favourite bands "Primus":

My name is Mud, but call me Alowishus Devadander Abercrombie

Interests

Music

Since his early teens Alowishus has had a deep interest and passion for music. He loves lots of genres of music but his favourite genres include Polka, Gruntcore and Spaghetti Eastern.

He plays three musical instruments: Drums, Bass Guitar and Guitar. He has played bass guitar for his school big band and a local band. He has also played drums in another local band.

Video Games

Alowishus also has an interest in gaming. He has an interest in both retro and modern gaming and likes most genres of games. He is less enthuastic about racing games and some third person shooters.

He got his first games console when he was 4 years old (a SNES). He now has a PS1, PS2, PS3, PC, Gameboy Colour, Nintendo DS, Sega Megadrive(Genesis) and Nintendo 64. He used to own an Apple Mac which was his families first computer they bought in 1993. It later burnt out and stopped working.

Steam

Alowishus would like to provide you with his steam ID: Alowishus1989. He states that he will happily add and play with you - providing he is not busy and owns the game! To see what multiplayer games Alowishus owns on Steam check the following list.

• Alien Swarm
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2
• Borderlands
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Counter Strike: Source
• Company of Heroes
• Doom 1,2,3
• Garrys Mod
• Half Life: Deathmatch
• Half Life 2: Deathmatch
• Left 4 Dead
• Left 4 Dead 2
• Magicka
• Quake 1,2,3
• Serious Sam: First and Second Encounter
• Civilization IV
• Worms Reloaded

He has his own server for playing Doom online on Zdaemon and a server for Minecraft - albeit a slightly laggy one the last time he checked.

Playthroughs

Alowishus occasionally uploads playthroughs to his youtube channel. He is currently working on or has completed

• Amnesia: The Dark Descent - work in progress
• Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - completed
• Ultimate Doom - work in progress

To keep track of what games Alowishus is currently playing click HERE

Games Owned

Here is a list of the games Alowishus owns, [X] denotes completion:

SNES

• Aladdin [X]
• The Blues Brothers [X]
• Donkey Kong Country [X]
• Donkey Kong Country 2 [X]
• Donkey Kong Country 3 [X]
• Earthworm Jim
• The Lion King [X]
• Jurassic Park
• Lost Vikings
• Lost Vikings 2 [X]
• Mickey Mania [X]
• Street Fighter II: Turbo
• Super Adventure Island
• Super Ghouls n Ghosts
• Super Mario Allstars
• Super Mario Kart
• Super Mario World [X]
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshis Island [X]
• Super Star Wars [X]
• Thomas the Tank Engine - hahaha [X] - it can't really be completed but yano
• Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster busts loose
• Tom and Jerry [X]
• Zombies Ate My Neighbours

I'm pretty sure i have more i can't remember.

Sega Megadrive/Genesis

• Golden Axe
• Mickey Mouse in Castle of Illusion
• Mortal Kombat 3
• Quackshot
• The Revenge of Shinobi
• Sonic the Hedgehog [X]
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Streets of Rage [X]
• Streets of Rage 2

Nintendo 64

• Armorines
• Banjo Kazooie
• Diddy Kong Racing
• Doom 64
• F1 Pole Position 64
• F Zero X
• Goldeneye 007
• Killer Instinct Gold
• Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Mario Kart 64
• Quake 2

Playstation 1

• Actua Soccer 2
• Asterix
• Bomberman
• Broken Sword
• Bugs Bunny Lost in Time [X]
• Crash Bandicoot
• Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped [X]
• Crash Team Racing [X]
• Destruction Derby Raw
• Diablo
• Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas [X]
• Doom [X]
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy IX
• Gran Turismo
• Grand Theft Auto
• Medievil [X]
• Medievil 2 [X]
• Metal Gear Solid [X]
• Myst
• Psybadek
• Resident Evil 2 [X]
• Resident Evil 3 [X]
• Sentinel Returns
• Simpsons Wrestling [X]
• South Park Rally [X]
• Speed Freaks
• Tekken 2 [X]
• Theme Hospital [X]
• Theme Park [X]
• Time Crisis [X]
• Wipeout

I used to own Syphon Filter 2 - completed it.

Playstation 2

• 007 Nightfire [X]
• 007 Agent Under Fire [X]
• Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings
• Crash Nitro Kart [X]
• Final Fantasy XII
• Guitar Hero 3 [X]
• Guitar Hero: Rock the 80s [X]
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas [X]
• Half Life [X]
• Medal of Honor Frontline [X]
• Medal of Honor Rising Sun [X]
• Metal Gear Solid 2 [X]
• Metal Gear Solid 3 [X]
• Obscure
• Resident Evil: Code Veronica [X]
• Resident Evil: Outbreak [X]
• Resident Evil 4
• Robin Hoods Quest
• Stuntman
• Tekken Tag Tournament [X]
• Timesplitters
• Tom Clancys Ghost Recon [X]
• Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 [X]
• Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4 [X]
• Tony Hawks Underground [X]

Playstation 3

• Aliens vs Predator
• The Beatles Rock Band [X]
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [X]
• Fallout 3
• God of War Collection
• Ghostbusters [X]
• Grand Theft Auto 4
• Guitar Hero: World Tour
• Heavy Rain [X]
• Metal Gear Solid 4
• The Orange Box - just Episode 2 to go.
• Red Dead Redemption [X]
• Resident Evil 5 [X]
• Sega Megadrive: Ultimate Collection
• Skate 2
• Tekken 6
• Uncharted 2

Gameboy

• Pokemon Gold [X]
• Pokemon Blue [X]
• Pokemon Yellow [X]

Others i cannot remember - haven't played my gameboy in years.

PC

• Command and Conquer - Red Alert 2
• Diablo II
• Half Life 2 [X]
• Hitman 2 [X]
• Hitman Contracts [X]
• Rollercoaster Tycoon 2
• Sims and expansions.
• Starcraft and expansion [X]
• Warcraft II [X]
• Warcraft III [X]
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne [X]
• Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War
• World of Warcraft - All expansions.

Other games which are not even noteworthy

TV and Film

Alowishus states that he doesn't have a favorite film but enjoys the genres of Sci-fi, Horror, Action and Comedy. If he had to pick films that he enjoys he would mention: Ferris Buellar's Day Off, The Illusionist, American Psycho and most of Jim Carreys films. In comedy he prefers witty/dry humor. With regard to television programmes he enjoys Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Third Rock From The Sun, Frasier and Futurama. Alowishus is also very fond of cartoons. He particularly enjoys Schulz's Peanuts, Ren and Stimpy, Beavis and Butthead, Dexters Laboratory, among many others!

Books

Alowishus doesn't read too much reading for enjoyment these days and probably reads more scientific papers than books for enjoyment. Though when he does read he enjoys the work of Dr Seuss.

Current Life

Alowishus is in his final year of university studying for a Bsc in Geography in his hometown in Ireland.

Life Goals

• Eat a whole cake by himself
• Walk into Sandyknowes Roundabout to see what it is inside it.

Watch this space!