 INTERVIEW WITH SUPERNOVA/CYNIX
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[ by >> THE GANGSTER OF MAD VISION <<



]WHAT IS YOUR CODE NAME ?

Supernova.

]WHAT IS YOUR AGE ?

21 years and 10 months.

]HEIGHT (FEET AND INCHES) ?

Six(ish) feet.

]WHAT SORT OF APPEARANCE DO YOU HAVE ?

Modesty forbids me to.

]WHAT SORT OF HAIR STYLE HAVE YOU ?

Long(ish).

]WHAT CITY DO YOU LIVE IN SCOTLAND ?

Edinburgh.

]DO YOU SMOKE ? - WHICH BRAND ?

Yes - OXO cubes(!!!!???)

]WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THE GROUP ?

Hack,code and draw occassionaly.

]HOW MANY GAMES HAVE YOU CRACKED
]FOR CYNIX ?

2 out of the 2 originals I  got  ( hint
hint).  But have filed  the  occasional
thing  when  i've  been  REALLY  bored.

]HAVE  YOU  EVER  BEEN  IN  ANY PREVIOUS
]GROUP(S) ? 

Yes.

]THEN WHICH GROUP(S) ?

Automation,B.B.C.

]HOW MANY GAMES HAVE YOU CRACKED IN THE
]OTHER GROUP(S) ?

A few,mostly did art though anything by
XER/XERUD/LOW LIFE - yes I was first! 

]HOW  MANY  GAMES HAVE  YOU  CRACKED  IN
]TOTAL ON THE ST ?

20(ish)  including  several  demos  and
utilites have also filed quite a lot of
stuff as well.

]HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU TO CRACK
]A GAME NORMALLY ?

5 minutes to an hour.

]WHAT WAS THE  HARDEST  GAME  THAT  YOU
]HAVE EVER CRACKED ?

Hunter - ok  so  I've been sent lots of
easy stuff. Stuff written in C can be a
bit of a pig though.

]ARE THERE ANY GAMES THAT YOU HAVE  NOT
]BEEN ABLE TO CRACK ? - WHICH ONES ?

None I can think of.

]WHAT SET UP HAVE YOU GOT ?

520ST of 1985 vintage, 2.5 meg ram,40mb
hard drive CM8833 monitor.

]HAVE YOU ANY OTHER COMPUTERS ?

No. - Gameboy ?

]HAVE YOU BEEN TEMPTED TO GO ON TO  THE
]AMIGA ?

Yes.

]HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TEMPTED TO GIVE UP
]THE ST SCENE FOR GOOD ?

Yes.

]WHO IN YOUR OPINION IS THE BEST CRACKER
]IN BRITAIN (CYNIX MEMBERS NOT ALLOWED!)

Hot Knife (VAPOUR/WAS NOT WAS).

]WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST CRACKER   
]IN THE WORLD ?

As above.

]WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST BRITISH
]CREW (CYNIX NOT ALLOWED!) ?

Inner circle for demos. 
If you mean hacking then probably Unity
(also the laziest).

]WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST  CREW  IN
]THE WORLD ?

TCB for demos.

]WHO IS THE BEST BRITISH CODER ?         

Me , err  maybe  not , probably  griff,
manikin or andy the arfling ( definatly
the laziest)

]WHO IS THE BEST CODER IN THE WORLD ?

Nick of TCB.

]WHAT  IS  YOUR FAVOURITE FILM  OF  ALL
]TIME ?

Apocalypse Now.

]WORST FILM YOU HAVE EVER SEEN ?

Hardware,Star trek 5.

]FAVOURITE T.V. PROGRAMME ?

StarTrek TNG,Red Dwarf.

]T.V. PROGRAMME THAT YOU HATE MOST ?

Take the high road - barf city.

]WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM ?

Celtic.

]WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM DO YOU HATE MOST ?

Rangers.

]WHAT SORT OF MUSIC TASTE DO YOU HAVE ?

Anything  alternative  including  stuff
like Nirvana, nine inch nails and  lots
of other stuff.

]WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU HATE ?

Heavy metal pomp rock-the kind of stuff
most americans and europeans go for.

]FAVOURITE FOOD ?    

Indian.

]FAVOURITE DRINK ?

Guinness/murphys/malt whisky

]WHO WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO BE STUCK IN
]AN ELEVATOR FOR HALF AN HOUR WITH ?

Anyone not boring.

]WHAT  POLITICAL PARTY  WOULD  YOU  VOTE
]FOR ?
 
None, theyre all two faced bastards.
                                        
]IS IT TRUE TO SAY THAT THE BEST BRITISH
]CRACKERS ALL LIVE IN SCOTLAND ?

Of course.

]DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO
]MAKE SCOTLAND INDEPENDENT FROM ENGLAND
]AND  TO LET IT HAVE ITS  OWN  SCOTTISH
]GOVERNMENT ?

Alex Salmond thinks so.

]WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON A UNITED EUROPE?

Would make a great football team.

]HOW WELL DO YOU THINK SCOTLAND WILL DO
]IN THIS YEARS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP ?

Crap as usual.

]WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PEOPLE WHO SELL
]CYNIX CRACKS FOR PROFIT ?

Loopholes in the law allow it.

]THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF NEW PEOPLE
]CRACKING CYNIX GAMES, BUT THEY ARE NOT
]MENTIONED ON A MEMBERS LIST, SO TO SET
]THE RECORD STRAIGHT, WHO ARE THE
]CURRENT MEMBERS OF CYNIX ?

[The Milky Bar Kid          
[Skywalker
[Supernova
[Halfield
[Zorro

Ask TMBK as he knows the rest!

]IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE  ST  SCENE
]THAT YOU HATE ?

 The  wars  that all you european  guys
seem to have between crews.

]DOES ANYTHING MOTIVATE YOU ?

Fame.                                                                    

]WHICH CRACKER OR CREW DO YOU ADMIRE ?

Ziggy Stardust - cool 3d routes.

]WHAT  DO YOU THINK OF MENU  CREWS  WHO
]CAN'T CRACK ?

Round them up, put them in a field  and
bomb the bastards.

]DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS WORTH DOING     
]MENUS ON THE ST AT ALL ?

Keeps kids off the streets so they can
write childish annoying scrollers.

]WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PEOPLE WHO CLAIM   
]THEY ARE ABLE TO CRACK AND CODE, WHEN
]A FEW WEEKS EARLIER  THEY  WERE  JUST
]LAMERS WHO COULD DO NOTHING ?

[You mean Ruthless??

]IS THERE ANY ONE PERSON OR CREW THAT            
]YOU REALLY DO NOT LIKE ?

I'm too polite to say. 

]I WILL NOW GIVE YOU A  LIST  OF  THINGS
]AND I WANT YOU TO WRITE THE FIRST THING
]THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND ABOUT EACH :-

[MRS THATCHER            

Better not,  there  might  be  children
reading.

[RUTHLESS OF HOTLINE

A sad case who doesn't  know  my  phone
number.

[GLASGOW RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB

The 'HUNS'.

[CONSERVATIVE PARTY

Bastards. 

[DEREK M.D.

AT&T numberless M.D.

[POLL TAX

Used to pay my wages ?????

[LAMERS

Guess who!!

[EDINBURGH

As cool as fuck.

[AUTOMATION

RIP.

[BLUE BOXES

Like babies only they dont scream.

[HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB

2-1 ha hah.

[NOW 5

Where did they get that name from?

[GUNS 'N' ROSES

Barf.

[ILLEGAL

$10.w.

[A LARGE BOTTLE OF SCOTCH

A hangover.

[JAM PACKER 4

As slow as cancer.

]AND THE FINAL QUESTION :-       
]WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR
]THE ATARI ST CRACKING SCENE ?   

Very little. 

]THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
]I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR NOW.

