Interview with MAXI of the REPLICANTS.
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by SPY 3 of MAD VISION


]Where's coming your name "MAXI" ?

- Some years ago ,  I was looking for a
name , but that was hard to find one...
 At this time , everybody  was  using a
superlative , and this superlative was
"maxi" . You want examples....
 By  example  when  we  saw a great car
(a Porsche by example) , Everybody  was
saying oh !  what  a  maxi car.... then
like I was adding the  superlative maxi
at all  the  great  things , I suddenly
decided to call myself "MAXI" ! 

] In what crew were you before entering
]in the REPLICANTS ?

- First I was in the SPYJACK CIE , with
SPY 3 ,PSI and other freaks...
after SPYJACK dead ,I found a crew with
PSI,SPY 3,ALPHA  and other fellows,that
was BAT CREW .And again after , we have
entered   an  association   called  the
INTRUDERS with ,  in this association ,
CLONE,ARK,MAD VISION and BAT CREW.
 After... I have entered in the fucking
best REPLICANTS....

]  How did you do to enter in the famous
]REPLICANTS ?

-I was a very good friend of ST WAIKIKI
and at this  epoch ,  He was not yet in
the REPLICANTS ,but he was in very good
relations with DOM.
 One morning,suddenly,the phone rang...
that was  DOM  asking me if I was agree
to enter in the REPLICANTS !
 What a surprise that was for me !
Allright ,I have accepted very fastly !

] Just for memory  tell  me  your  first
]cracks on ST .

- First REPLICANTS cracks or others ?

]Both ones ! 

- Under SPYJACK I simply cracked DRAGON
NINJA. Under BAT CREW I cracked several
games ,  in order  , HAWK EYE , AAARGH!
LICENSE TO KILL  ,  INDIANA JONES III ,
XENON II , EYE OF HORUS .   And for the
REPLICANTS ,  My  first  cracks  were ,
  THE UNTOUCHABLES  ,  IRON LORD ,  BAT
and others..........

]Why do you crack ?

- There is no answers..... 

]Now tell me what was the most difficult
]games to crack for you 

- Ok, MAUPITI ISLAND  was really hard ,
but my version was perfect,the problem
was that lamers were copying  the game
on crap disks and then because  of  my
mega format,the game need good disks . 
SPACE ACE (520 Version) was also very
hard for me ! ,and for LES VOYAGEURS DU
TEMPS (For english FUTURE WARS)that was
also very very hard to crack ! 

]Nowadays it seems you are the only guy
]able to crack READYSOFT games.
]Please  could  you explain us why is it
]so hard ?  Which method are you using ?

- I never use twice the same method,all
games must be put in a normal format.
 The original  READYSOFT game is always
in equivalent 12 sectors ,that's why it
is impossible to copy it . 
First  I  must extract all the data and
then put all of it on normal disks ,But
the problem is not only to put the game
on a better format . 

]What is the other problem ?

-You must always keep the same speed of
game , cozz  the game is always loading
when you play , It's also why you can't
pack the games from READYSOFT...
Ask for  DRAGONS LAIR II , this version
is now FASTCOPYABLE  and is perfect but
that was a very hard work !

]What is your hardware ?

- My hardware  is  composed  of  an old
ATARI 520STF color , a MAC SE monochrom
a printer , a NEC COREGRAFX + CDROM and
about 20 games ( Both CD and cards) and
an HP 48 SX.
  Before the army I was owning an AMIGA
a SUPERGRAFX and an ATARI 2080 STE with
2 drives...

]  And  what  are  your projects for the
]future ?
- I will buy very soon a  PC 80486 with
VGA screen .

]Will you crack on this machine ?
- Yes ! allright ! 

]Why ?
- Why not ! 

] Will you continue cracking games on ST
]in the future ?

- Yes , I am always using the  1040 STE
of a friend , I've  cracked  some stuff
this christmas .
[NOTE FROM M.V.: MAXI is now just active
[on PC.

] Now I will give you words and you will
]tell me very fast what you think about: 

TCB - Number one !

HOTLINE - Eternal loosers! I don't want
to talk about them here,because I don't
want  to  see  this  shit  name in this
interview !

FREDDY/LITTLESWAPP/CARIBOU - The lamest
never seen a guy so stupid !

PARIS - Good 

AMIGA SCENE - Not interesting !
                   No modem = Dead !

TERMINATOR II - It's a very  good  film
especially  when  you  have  it  in VHS
before his release in france !
              Thanks MAD VISION ! 

UNION DEMO - Very Good 

DAVID GILLARD - In french : "Un exemple
type du mec  qui n'a  pas la reconnais-
sance du ventre !"

VMAX - Big lamers , see hotline.

OM - Don't care !

MARSEILLE - In 3 months my new address.

OLIVER - Mad guy ! great'n'cool friend!

]Ok now back to the interview , Where is
]coming your slogan:Enjoy the violence!?

- It's not my slogan, It's Def KLF/MV'S
slogan , I've just used it a lot .
Simply because that was a great one , I
haven't any personnal slogan ! 

] How old are you and what are you doing
]nowadays ?

- I am 21 years old  and  I  am  in the
french  navy .    I'm  speciallised  in
nuclear submarine.

] Does  your  father  know what you do ?
]What does he think of that ?

- Yes ,  he   knows   all   about  that
and he doesn't care ! 

] What  do  you  think  of  the minitel,
]especially RTEL ?

- Rtel is a big shit  full  of lamers ,
my last bal was  MAXI-ST and I think it
is always on . But I'll never return on
this crap .
 So if you  want  to  contact  me  find
another way ! 

] Let's change of subject , what is your
]fave food ?

- All sorts of pastas !!  and also  all
the steaks ! 

] According  to  you  who  are  the best
]crackers on the scene ?

- Silly  question ! there  can  be only
one . The REPLICANTS rulez ! 

]Do you have an idea about the number of
]games / utils you  have cracked , Fab ?

- Yes , about 500 or perhaps even more,
I think so !  And  that's  not  over  ! 
( Note from AMAZINE => If  somebody  is
able to tell us  how many games / utils
were cracked by MAXI write us !)

] Who  is  according  to  you  the  best
]cracker on  the  St  scene  ( You can't
]answer MAXI ! hehe) ?

- I think it's <<R.AL>> . 

] I think you are not playing very often
]on the ST but tell  me  what are as for
]you the best games on this machine . 

- SPACE ACE I & II,DRAGON'S LAIR I & II
and SINGE CASTLE  and  also an old game
called SUPER SPRINT.

]   What  do  you  think  of  the  AMIGA
](the machine , not the scene.)

- That is really  better than  the ST ,
nobody  can  say that the  ST is better
than the AMIGA ,  that's not true.

] And about the  Consoles , what  do you
]think of them & what are the best one ?

-I own a COREGRAFX + CD ROM and I think
it is the  best configuration , I think
it's even better than the SUPER FAMICOM
from  NINTENDO   because   nothing  can
replace a CD ROM.  I am waiting for the
CD ROM for the MEGA DRIVE of SEGA , but
I'm sure  It'll be also very very good!
 So as for me , If you've a CD ROM with
 your  Console  ,  It's  a  great one !

]  Some rumours are saying  that  you're
]working on a game,could you tell me his
]name, and also who were on this project
]and,then, if you'll finish it one day ?

- What a big question.Rumours are true,
The name of the game was  ALIEN RACER ,
 And all the Graphics  are by ALPHA/MV,
And all the code is by me. I've already
done all the joystick routines and also
all the  scroll routines , and also the
intro , but  I've  been  stopped by the
mapping.  I didn't  find  a good mapper
that's why the game is not finished...
 If I finish it one day , It will be on
PC,and I will  not make the translation
on ST,but perhaps  somebody will do it.

]When will you be back ?

- In March ,  I'll be back for one week
at  home , then  I'll  be in TOULON.
 So watch out for new cracks  from me ,
after MAY 1992 on PC.




]  Ok , thanks  for this interview , and
]good luck for the future !
- Bye & Buy a PC !
