 INTERVIEW with JINX of SUPERIOR
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 by DEF KLF of MAD VISION


] - First  you   could   Jinx  introduce
]yourself to  the  readers.  How old are
]you ? What  are  you  supposed to do in
]Superior ?   How  long  have  you  been
]working on ST ?  What are you  doing in
]your life' ?

I'm 24 years old.In Superior I'm mainly
responsible  for coding and  packing. I
really do not know much  about  packers
and  so Axe is doing that but  the  FDC
routs are written by me.I'm studying at
the  moment  and it is taking more  and
more time... I guess I have to get some
sort of occupation!

] - In the begining of your  long career
]you cracked  your own games ?  Is it so
]hard  to  found   originals  in Finland
]now ?

Actually  I haven't cracked games of my
own  but it is true that in Finland you
just  can't  get any new games  for ST.
That's  because IBM and Amiga are  very
popular here and ST user base is small.
And  in past few years we  really  have
not    cracked    any    games   except
occasionally.

] - As the  Amiga  scene is  very active
]in Finland , why  do  you  stay on ST ?
]What do you think about the amiga scene
]and  about the amiga  ( the machine ) ?

Well,ST is the machine I bought back in
1988 &  I know so much about it there's
no point to change machine. I am  quite
satisfied with my STE even though Atari
should have given us better PCM chip  &
a couple of new graphics modes.Changing
the machine would take $$$ anyway(which
I do not have). And someone has to show
that there's ST owners in Finland too.I
can't understand this flame war between
ST and Amiga owners.Amiga is better for
games, graphics and chip music.Atari ST
is better for DTP and midi music and is
easier  to  program and use  (I haven't
seen if the new AmigaDOS changes this).
Who  would like to buy Amiga when Atari
is  going to give us all new and really
exciting machines in very near future.I
think  Commodore  is  not  keeping pace
with Atari in this race anymore.

]- Why do you do menus ?

I  once got a hold of these WAS NOT WAS
and  LSD  menus.  Then I later  got the
packer which they used & wanted to  try
if I could do the same.I guess that now
I  am  doing them just because  I can't
stop!

] - Do you sometime are  fed up  to make
]menus and  don't you  think  it's quite
]useless all that you/we do on ST ?

Yes,  occasionally  when I  feel really
down for some reason.

] - How  many games have you cracked  or
]packed ?

I don't know that.

] - What do you  think  about  the bands
]that sell cracked games ?

They  are fucking  lamers  and  profes-
sional criminals.

] - Don't you think that it is the  only
]way for  many bands  to  buy  originals
]they want to crack ?

The  biggest ST bands surely  don't buy
any of their originals.In general it is
just  good thing  if we all really  buy
the games that are worth buying.There's
just  so  much crap around  these days.
Screen  shots may look really great but
too  many  times  they are  not  really
worth the money.

] - If a band told you :  " Send me your
]menus I will sell them ,and I will send
]you  originals  or money to buy some ".
]What do you answer them? Do you agree ?

I tell them to f**k off. There's really
been  some people trying this. And  you
can read above what we have answered.

] - Okay , I will write down  some words
]and  you  just write down what  strikes
]you right away...


]The Union demo:

Greatest of 'em all.

]ex USSR:

Chaos.

]Finnish vodka:

Finlandia Vodka. Forget Absolut Vodka!

]Tv programs:

Pure shit.

]Music:

CD player (thanks Philips and Sony!).

]Modem:

USR HST/DS.

]Atomik packer:

Tough competitor.

]ICC #2 & Punish your machine:

Definitely great demo. When is ICC #3 ?

]J.J. Lehto:

Formula 1 (Hooray Scuderia Italia!)

] - Now I'd like we talk about  SUPERIOR
]and  relations  you  have  between  the
]Finnish section ( you & Wanderer )  and
]the German (Axe & Jabba ) ?  Does it is
]a bit hard to  manage ?  Do  you  often
]phone to Axe or do you use modem ?

I don't have a modem.  We do call  every 
now  and  then but mostly we  just  post 
letters.  We get along very well and  we 
have  no troubles.  We all are the  very 
best  friends.  I will get a  modem  and 
that helps us to exchange messages  much 
faster than before.

] - What is strange is that Finland and
]Germany are 2 countries  where the  ST
]is death agonying.Is it the reason for
]the reduction of ' production ' of the
]German section ?

You should ask Axe or Jabba about  that. 
I know that Axe is working hard to  code 
better packers and Jabba is doing a  lot 
of cracks and uploading them to  boards. 
If there's not so much stuff from  these 
two  fellows on the menus that does  not 
mean they are lazy!  And what I know  in 
Germany Atari is the number ONE  machine 
and  without  the  German  market  there 
wouldn't be STEs,  TTs and all these new 
and  exciting  machines  that  Atari  is 
planning to release.

] - Have you other projects than making
]menus for the future ?

No.  At least not anything I'll tell you 
about!

] - What do you think of  the ST scene ?
]Have you or had you problems with other
]bands ? Your scrolltext are always very
]calm you  never  talk  about the  scene
]your life , your hobbies...  just about
]the protections you broke. Is  it  your
]nature to be discreet or you don't mind
]about the scene ?

Umm...I don't remember when I last told
about  any  protection  I have  broken.
Maybe  that's because I haven't  broken
any  for a long time! I was  once  very
angry to Automation... they just fucked
all other crews because they  had  done
file version  and boasted  that  nobody
else can do the same. We don't want  to
be  part of these childish wars between
crews. We have good relationship to all
the  best crews on ST scene.

] - Do you want to  ask  yourself a/some
]questions and answer them ?

No. That would be really stupid!

] - As a conclusion. Can you give us few
]reasons to go in Finland? and few names
]of Finnish that we can know abroad ...
] Or reasons you may have to be proud to
]be Finnish...

Do  you really want to know  this? Just
come  and  see  for  yourselves!  Every
country  is a bit different with others
(except  if there's exact copy of  this
our universe somewhere). Just grab good
tourist  guide  in nearest library  and
have a look! (Although they are full of
old information and facts which are not
facts but lies...maybe those photos are
real  though?  Naah, probably taken  at
least 20 years ago.)

]- I thank you a lot to have consented
]to answer to my questions. Bye !

