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wraggster
March 5th, 2008, 19:11
Im a few weeks late with this but im stunned to hear the very sad news that Heliophobe who was one of the nicest and most talented coders to hit the Dreamcast scene died a few weeks ago.

Heres the post from the SMS Power forums: (http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10896)


We regret to inform you, that
Nick Warren, aka Heliophobe, long time member and supporter of our community, passed away on thursday, january 29 at the age of 29.
Despite being active here, Nick was sick since a few months, and went to the hospital in january. You'll probably remember him for the quality, intelligence and sense of humor in his contributions. Additionnally, it isn't a well known fact but Nick generously handled hosting fees of the site for many years, which permitted our community to stay alive all this time.

More important parts of Nick's life are unknown to us, and I'm certain that his friends and family have more and better reasons to miss him. Our sincere thoughts goes to them.

His close friend Genevieve has setup a simple remembrance page here (page closed by Genevieve since then).

Shall I add some of the things that he created:
Nine Pixels (2006),
SMS Power 7 (2004),
Copyright Violation (2002),
SMEG (SMS Emulator for Dreamcast) (2001) + Interview (http://interviews.dcemu.co.uk/boobheliophobe.shtml),
Damiana (Y2Kode 2001 competition),
Tetracycline (2000),
Good Advice (2000),
Sprite (2000).

RIP.

This is very sad news for the Whole Homebrew Community and my tears go out to his friends and family. To die at such a young age is heartbreaking.

RIP

Dull Blade
March 5th, 2008, 19:52
How unfortunate, RIP. And another DC programmer leaves us... our numbers are getting sparse.

JKKDARK
March 5th, 2008, 20:37
Damn it's terrible news, we will miss him :(

turnerl
March 5th, 2008, 21:17
So young, very very sad my condolences to his family, and so commited to the DC scence is extra special.

ExcruciationX
March 5th, 2008, 21:17
Pretty sad... :(

Cast128dreams
March 5th, 2008, 23:11
iam sorry.
I will remember him and he will lstay forever in these forums.
Sad.

abeisgreat
March 6th, 2008, 05:34
Very sad

matsuura
March 6th, 2008, 06:23
Very sad.... :(
You know what they say though, when one passes on, another comes forward! Happened in hyrule, will happen here too!
I shall avenge you sir!

BaldMonk
March 6th, 2008, 10:25
Awww, that sucks.
Not only was he a grade-A guy, but he was a great programmer.

My heart goes out to his family and friends.

Rest in Peace.

WhizzBang
March 6th, 2008, 16:29
Terrible news. He was a very talented guy and will be missed.

obelisk
March 6th, 2008, 20:11
He will be missed, my thoughts and prayers are with his family. Smeg was one of the 1st emulators i played with on the DC.... damn, and he was 2 plus years younger than me... tragedy.
Rest In Peace, and may his code live on.

Wugy
March 8th, 2008, 00:15
Tu non te ne sei mai andato, rimarrai per sempre nelle nostre memorie, ma soprattutto nei nostri cuori! Chissà se un giorno sentirò parlare di te lassù...

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DaveJ
March 28th, 2008, 22:48
I am sorry for the loss.