Raistlin started his scene career in a c64 group called Silsden Cracking Crew with his brother, Kreator. The both of them left Pyrotech to help form the group Excess with former members of DCS. He moved on to Rough Trade Inc., left them for Nato in september 1989, then later moved on to Oneway, and then Genesis Project in may of 1990. The intro for Stolen Data 5 in december of 1990 announced Raistlin had left the scene to concentrate on his studies. 27 years later, he returned to the scene with his first new demo on the C64 and rejoined Genesis Project.

He was interviewed for Sex'n'Crime 16 in june of 1990.

Raistlin worked on a number of games, including Destruction Derby (1995), Test Drive 4 (1997), Test Drive 5 (1998), Test Drive 6 (1999), Demolition Racer (1999), Test Drive (2002), L. A. Rush (2005) and Wheelman (2009). He co-founded the UK development studio Pitbull Syndicate Limited in december of 1996, which ran until 2005 when it was acquired by Midway and renamed to Midway Studios Newcastle. It was closed in july 2009 when Midway in turn was acquired by Warner Bros. In july 2010 he formed a new development studio, called Pitbull Studio Limited. (source: Mobygames profile).