 INTERVIEW WITH MILKY BAR KID
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 Interview by the GANGSTER / MAD VISION

]WHAT IS YOUR CODE NAME ?
MILKY BAR KID, ABSU, PAZUZU OR WHATEVER
I CHOOSE FOR THIS WEEK!!

]WHAT IS YOUR AGE ?
OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER - 22

]HEIGHT (FEET AND INCHES) ?
ABOUT 6 OR 6'1

]WHAT SORT OF APPEARANCE DO YOU HAVE ?
NOT  THAT  OF A TYPICAL COMPUTER HACKER
( I HOPE ! )

]WHAT SORT OF HAIR STYLE HAVE YOU ?
SOME SHORT AND SOME LONG....

]WHAT CITY DO YOU LIVE IN SCOTLAND ?
GLASGOW

]DO YOU SMOKE ? - WHICH BRAND ?
NO

]WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THE GROUP ?
HACKING, PACKING, CODING, SPREADING  OR
WHATEVER  ELSE NEEDS DONE AND GORDON IS
TOO LAZY TO DO!!!

]HOW  MANY  GAMES HAVE YOU CRACKED  FOR
]CYNIX ?
MOST OF THEM

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

]THEN WHICH GROUP(S) ?
MEDWAY BOYS, BBC.

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

]HOW MANY GAMES  HAVE  YOU  CRACKED  IN
]TOTAL ON THE S.T. ?
PROBABLY ABOUT 300 OR 400.... ??!?

]HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU TO CRACK
]A GAME NORMALLY ?
IT  CAN TAKE ANYTHING FROM 5 MINUTES TO
2 WEEKS !!!   SPEED  ISN'T   EVERYTHING
THOUGH, IT TAKES TIME TO FILE/PACK  AND
(MOST IMPORTANTLY) CHECK THAT A GAME IS
FULLY WORKING!

]WHAT WAS THE  HARDEST  GAME  THAT  YOU
]HAVE EVER CRACKED ?
SOME OF THE HARDEST HAVE BEEN  MAUPITI-
ISLAND,ANY DELPHINE ADVENTURE,ROBOCOP 3
WASN'T BAD EITHER (HI RUSS!), WAR HELI,
PLUS LOTS OF OLDER ONES LIKE GAUNTLET 3
INTO FILES. I'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT
IT TAKES AS LONG TO REMOVE A PROTECTION
SYSTEM AS IT TOOK TO APPLY IT. SO IF IT
IS JUST A LITTLE DISK  CHECK  STUCK  ON
THE FRONT END OF THE GAME  THEN IT WILL
ONLY TAKE 5 MINUTES TO REMOVE,  ON  THE
OTHER HAND IF THE WHOLE  GAME  CODE  IS
WRITTEN AROUND THE PROTECTION WITH LOTS
OF EMBEDDED CHECKSUMS AND  OTHER  NASTY
ANTI-HACKER ROUTINES THEN IT  WILL TAKE
DAYS TO REMOVE IT!

]ARE THERE ANY GAMES THAT YOU  HAVE  NOT
]BEEN ABLE TO CRACK ? - WHICH ONES ?
NEARLY ALL HACKERS COULD CRACK ABOUT 95
PERCENT OF GAMES RELEASED,SO YOU SHOULD
REALLY LOOK AT THAT SMALL PERCENTAGE OF
GAMES THAT HAVE REALLY NICE  PROTECTION
ON  THEM.  IF  AN   EXCEPTIONALLY  GOOD
PROTECTION   SYSTEM   IS  USED   ON   A
PARTICULAR GAME  & NO-ONE ELSE HAS DONE
IT  THEN I'LL SPEND AS LONG AS IT TAKES
( LIKE MAUPITI ISLAND! ),  EVEN  IF  IT
MEANS  DOING ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF IT AT
A TIME, BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY
DONE IT THEN A LOT OF THE CHALLENGE AND
AND INCENTIVE IS REMOVED SO I MIGHT NOT
BOTHER. EVERY PROTECTION SYSTEM CAN  BE
CRACKED.... THE  ONLY  QUESTION IS  HOW
LONG IT WILL TAKE, AND  IF BY IMPROVING
A PROTECTION SYSTEM TO A POINT  THAT IT
WOULD  TAKE   A  MONTH TO HACK  THEN  I
SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THAT NO-ONE WOULD
DO IT.....

]WHAT IS YOUR SUCCESS RATE ?
OVER 99 PERCENT - 'CAUSE I COULDN'T  BE
BOTHERED TO SPEND THE TIME ON THE OTHER
LESS THAN 1 PERCENT!!!!!

]WHAT SET UP HAVE YOU GOT ?
A 2.5 MEG STFM,TOS 1.40, 2 DOUBLE SIDED
FLOPPY DRIVES, COLOUR MONITOR AND A 160
MEG SCSI HARD DRIVE.

]HAVE YOU ANY OTHER COMPUTERS ?
I'VE HAD A  Z X 81, BBC 'B',  ATARI ST,
AMIGA, BBC A 3000,  SUPER FAMICOM   AND
LAPTOP PC OVER THE YEARS!!

]HAVE YOU BEEN TEMPTED TO GO ON TO  THE
AMIGA ?
I  HAD  AN  AMIGA FOR ABOUT A YEAR  BUT
SOLD IT 'CAUSE I WAS ONLY PLAYING A FEW
GAMES ON IT.
I KNOW ABOUT 4 PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD  AN
ST AND AN AMIGA- WITH ACCESS TO ALL THE
LATEST  SOFTWARE   ON   BOTH   MACHINES
COMPLETELY FREE, AND THEY HAVE ALL SOLD
THEIR AMIGA AND KEPT THEIR ST....
DOES THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING ???
JUST  WAIT 'TIL THE NEW  ATARI  32  BIT
COMPUTER COMES OUT....
THEN THE AMIGA WILL BE OLD NEWS!

]HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TEMPTED TO  GIVE  UP
]THE ST SCENE FOR GOOD ?
A FEW TIMES WHEN ALL THE HASSLE MADE ME
QUESTION  WHETHER  OR  NOT  IT  WAS ALL
WORTH IT!!

]WHO IN YOUR OPINION IS THE BEST CRACKER
]IN BRITAIN (CYNIX MEMBERS NOT ALLOWED!)
WAS (NOT WAS), VAPOUR, HOTKNIFE - ALIAS
ROB !!

]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!) ?
WHO ELSE IS THERE???

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

]WHO IS THE BEST BRITISH CODER ?
PROBABLY GRIFF OR MANIKIN !!

]WHO IS THE BEST CODER IN THE WORLD ?
I'VE  NOT  SEEN  EVERYONE'S CODE  SO  I
CAN'T REALLY SAY, BUT NIC OF  TCB  WILL
NO DOUBT BE THE FAVOURITE ANSWER!

]WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FILM OF ALL TIME
I DON'T HAVE A FAVOURITE FILM   OF  ALL
TIME, BUT A FEW GOOD FILMS I'VE SEEN IN
THE    LAST  YEAR   WERE   DELICATESSEN
(FRENCH!) AND JACBOS LADDER.  ANY  MARX
BROTHERS COMEDY IS GREAT, AND I LIKE  A
LOT OF HORROR STUFF  LIKE  TENEBRAE  OR
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST !!
ANYTHING BUT THE TYPICAL HOLLYWOOD CRAP
FOR THE 'MINDLESS MASSES' WHERE ALL THE
CHARACTERS LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER  AND
YOU  CAN PREDICT WHAT WILL  HAPPEN  FOR
THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF THE FILM!!

]WORST FILM YOU HAVE EVER SEEN ?
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF REALLY SHITTY HORROR
FILMS LIKE SNUFF, BLOODSUCKING FREAKS &
HORRIFYING  EXPERIMENTS  OF  S.S.  LAST
DAYS !!! 


]FAVOURITE T.V. PROGRAMME ?
 I DON'T WATCH MUCH TV, BUT SOME OF THE
COMEDY STUFF IS PRETTY GOOD.

]T.V. PROGRAMME THAT YOU HATE MOST ?
 ANYTHING WITH 'CANNED LAUGHTER' - LIKE
THAT 'GRACE IN FAVOUR' BULLSHIT.

]WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM ?
NONE

]WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM DO YOU HATE MOST ?
AS ABOVE

]WHAT SORT OF MUSIC TASTE DO YOU HAVE ?
ALL SORTS - ANYTHING FROM KATE BUSH,NWA
OR  MOZART  TO  DRI,  BAD  RELIGION  OR
SEPULTURA. ANYTHING GOOD!!!

]WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU HATE ?
ANYTHING FALSE OR MINDLESS

]FAVOURITE FOOD ?
ANYTHING  TASTES  GOOD  WHEN  YOU   ARE
HUNGRY!

]FAVOURITE DRINK ?
ANYTHING  CAN  TASTE GOOD  WHEN YOU ARE
THIRSTY!

]WHO WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO BE STUCK IN
]AN ELEVATOR FOR HALF AN HOUR WITH ?
GOD - SO  I COULD ASK HIM WHY HE FUCKED
UP SO BADLY AND IN SO MANY WAYS!!

]WHAT  POLITICAL PARTY WOULD  YOU  VOTE
FOR ?
NONE OF THEM-'CAUSE ALL POLITICIANS ARE
BY DEFINITION  POWER MAD, HYPOCRITICAL,
CHILDISH  ,  BICKERING  BACK - STABBING
BASTARDS!
VOTING   WILL   NEVER   REALLY   CHANGE
ANYTHING ANYWAY,THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE
AN  ELECTION  EVERY FIVE  YEARS  IS  TO
RE-INFORCE  THE MYTH THAT  WE  ACTUALLY
LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY.ALWAYS REMEMBER, IF
VOTING  REALLY  CHANGED   ANYTHING  YOU
WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DO IT!!!


]IS IT TRUE TO SAY THAT THE BEST BRITISH
]CRACKERS ALL LIVE IN SCOTLAND ?
THE  MOST  ACTIVE BRITISH CRACKERS LIVE
IN SCOTLAND....  SO  WORK  IT  OUT  FOR
YOURSELF.

]DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO
]MAKE SCOTLAND INDEPENDENT FROM ENGLAND
]AND  TO  LET IT HAVE ITS  OWN  SCOTTISH
]GOVERNMENT ?
LIKE  ANYTHING  ELSE ,  IT  WOULD  HAVE
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES, BUT OVERALL
I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY  BETTER  OFF AS
PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.


]WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON A UNITED EUROPE?
I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA....
MAYBE  IT  WOULD PULL BRITAIN UP TO THE
SAME  STANDARD AS SOME OF THE  REST  OF
EUROPE.


]HOW WELL DO YOU THINK SCOTLAND WILL  DO
IN THIS YEARS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP ?
WHO KNOWS? WHO CARES!

]WHAT DO YOU THINK OF  PEOPLE  WHO  SELL
]CYNIX CRACKS FOR PROFIT ?
GOOD LUCK TO THEM.... 

]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 ?
WHO KNOWS? WHO CARES?


]IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE ST SCENE
]THAT YOU HATE ?
THE LACK OF UNITY BETWEEN GROUPS.THAT'S
PROBABLY  DOWN TO  THE  MANY  BICKERING
ASSHOLES  THAT  ARE  STILL  AROUND. YOU
WOULD THINK THAT  IN  THE  5-6 YEARS OF
THE ST SCENE WE  WOULD  HAVE  ORGANISED
A  BETTER  SYSTEM   THAN   THE  ONE  WE
CURRENTLY HAVE TO ENDURE.....

]DOES ANYTHING MOTIVATE YOU ?
NOT ANYMORE....  IF THERE'S NO-ONE ELSE
LEFT TO HACK SOMETHING  THEN  I SUPPOSE
I'LL HAVE TO DO IT, BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE
DOES  IT  FIRST THEN IT  SAVES  ME  THE
BOTHER....

]WHICH CRACKER OR CREW DO YOU ADMIRE ?
WAS (NOT WAS)/VAPOUR/ROB  'CAUSE  HE'S
BEEN  ON THE  SCENE  SINCE  THE  START,
HACKED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING  AND  HE'S
STILL GOING!!!   ALSO  THE  REPLICANTS,
NOT  SO  MUCH NOW, BUT  I  CAN REMEMBER
WHEN  JUST THE MENTION  OF  THEIR  NAME
COULD INSPIRE AWE !!!

]WHAT  DO  YOU  THINK OF MENU CREWS  WHO
]CANT CRACK ?
THEY  HAVE THEIR PART  TO  PLAY... GOOD
LUCK TO THEM!
WE ALL HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND IT'S
A GOOD THING TO DO TO LEARN  68000  AND
HACKING. THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE ANY NEW
GROUPS OR HACKERS APPEARING ANYMORE. IN
FACT MANY  OF  THE  BEST  HACKERS  HAVE
ALREADY QUIT... 007, KAM, BLADERUNNERS,
REPLICANTS,   MEDWAY BOYS,  AUTOMATION,
TEX, UNION ETC. ETC.

]DO YOU THINK THAT IT  IS  WORTH  DOING
]MENUS ON THE ST AT ALL ?
IF  THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THEN GET
ON WITH IT....

]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 ?
I THINK THIS QUESTION HAS SOMETHING  TO
DO WITH A CERTAIN PERSON  IN  WALES  BY
THE  NAME OF JIMMY, BUT  I CAN'T  QUITE
THINK WHY THAT SHOULD BE!!!

]IS THERE ANY ONE PERSON  OR  CREW  THAT
]YOU REALLY DO NOT LIKE ?
THAT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME & THOUGHT

]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
THE ACCEPTABLE FACE OF FASCISM!

[RUTHLESS OF HOTLINE
A GUY WITH A GOOD FRENCH ACCENT!

[GLASGOW RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB
THEY BEAT CELTIC 2-1 ON TUESDAY...

[CONSERVATIVE PARTY
30  OF  THEIR MP'S ARE DIRECTORS OF  50
COMPANIES.....
DOES THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING???

[DEREK M.D.
HE'S GOT A GREAT TASTE IN FILMS!!

[POLL TAX
THEY NEARLY GOT AWAY WITH IT....

[LAMERS
WE WERE ALL LAMERS ONCE....
BUT I THINK THE  D.R.I.  SONG  'GO DIE'
SUMS IT UP FOR ME AT THE MOMENT.....

YOU'RE BOTHERING ME,
FOR ANYTHING FREE,
WHY CAN'T YOU SEE?,
I'M OUT ON A LIMB,
MY NERVES ARE STRETCHED THIN,
YOU REALLY DON'T WIN,

GO DIE!!

YOU SERIOUSLY ASK,
FOR MY AUTOGRAPH,
I CAN'T HELP BUT LAUGH,
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE,
WHY CAN'T YOU GO HOME?,
A BRAIN YOU DON'T OWN,

GO DIE!!

FOLLOWING ME AROUND,
JUST LIKE A LOST HOUND,
ANY YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN,
I TELL YOU GOODBYE,
AND YOU ASK ME WHY,

GO DIE!! GUESS I'M JUST SHY....


[EDINBURGH
THANK GOD FOR THE BYPASS!

[AUTOMATION
THE GOOD OL' DAYS!

[BLUE BOXES
THEY'RE ILLEGAL, AREN'T THEY????

[HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB
WHO CARES!

[NOW 5
I THINK THEY'VE QUIT NOW...

[GUNS 'N' ROSES
I'VE GOT ONE OF THEIR ALBUMS....

[ILLEGAL
$4AFC.W

[A LARGE BOTTLE OF SCOTCH
HIC!

[JAM PACKER 4
NEVER USED IT...

]AND THE FINAL QUESTION :-
]WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR
]THE ATARI ST CRACKING SCENE ?
NOT  A  LOT,  'CAUSE  THE  ST IS  GOING
DOWNHILL FAST....... 

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


