Jamaica 10 ch08 Interview

interview                       bungalow
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boozoo guys! here's almighty bungalow,
who's back with another interview for
your entertainment!

this time we're going to talk to a
member of the well know swedish group
CENSOR. our victim is GEGGIN.
let's cut this crap and start with the
interview, then. i hope you like it...

? bungalow
! geggin

? tell us some info about yourself!

! my name is peter and i live in
  gothenburg, on the west-coast of
  sweden. i'm 21 years old and have been
  into computers since i was about 9.

? when did you buy your first c64 and
  who were your first friends on this
  machine?

! the first machine i got was an abc80
  in the early beginning of the 80's.
  i thereafter bought a vic20 and in 84'
  i bought a c64. i bought an amiga 500
  in '88 and a snes+magicom in '92.
  the first people i got to know were
  local guys whom i traded games with
  (ahhh, i only got a tape-recorder in
  the beginning).

? how did you get your handle?

  GEGGIN was a nickname my best friend's
  big brother used to call me when i was
  about 9-10 years old. it really means
  nothing and i never really understood
  why he called me that. he has
  explained to me that it was because
  one of his friends was called BEGGIN,
  but what i had to do with that guy,
  who knows?

? please tell us something about your
  "c64 career"!

! the first "real" group i was in was a
  group called PENTAGON with some local
  friends like an ex. member from
  technorats, if anyone remember them(?)
  before that i had started alot of
  weird groups which never turned out to
  be anything special. PENTAGON however
  had some releases like "io" (with an
  in-game trainer menu!) but after a
  while i left them for another local
  group called ALIENS. ALIENS released
  some demos on the c64, but then the
  group turned over to the amiga and i
  joined TRONIX at the ikari+zargon
  party in slagelse/denmark. TRONIX
  later splitted up and the "left-overs"
  formed MOCEAN which never released
  more than 1-2 demos. i knew the guys
  from CENSOR even when they were still
  in TRIAD, and we met alot of times at
  different parties (both big and small
  ones). at a party by LIGHT in
  bålsta/sweden we got really drunk
  together and they asked me if i wanted
  to join CENSOR, just 'cause we were
  such good friends and not because they
  really "needed" me in the group or
  anything. CENSOR was thrown out of the
  party 'cause of several reasons (read:
  BOOZE!) and i never really joined. we
  met again, as always, at a party in
  denmark and then i joined for real.
  i have been in CENSOR since, and i
  will NEVER leave, 'cause we are all
  very good friends. it has actually
  turned out to be so, that we are a
  bunch of good friends who just happens
  to have a group together.

? what made you quit the c64 scene and
  go snes?

! well, it were several reasons.
  i wanted to fullfill my old "boy"
  dream of being a game maker/producer/
  developer, and since the c64 market
  slowly decreased i thought that the
  consoles (snes & sega) were cool
  options. when i got my hands on the
  snes & sega megadrive manual i decided
  to put away my c64 for a while, to
  learn how to code the snes, while
  psycho learned how to code the sega.
  (SNES means: "super nintendo enter-
  ainment system). in october '92 we
  released the first intros for snes and
  sega, and we got more and more into
  the snes and sega scene.

? what are the biggest differences
  between the c64 and snes scene?

! the SIZE! the snes scene is much
  smaller, with only 5-10 major groups
  (maybe 3-5 groups that can really
  code). it is too much like the amiga
  scene, where all that seems to matter
  is the game-flow, and the speed of
  the releasing groups (amount of
  trainers etc.).

? what equipment do you need to get
  started on the snes (scene) ?

! you need a snes and some kind of
  copiers around like magicom, wildcard,
  pro fighter, mgh etc, etc...
  if you plan on buying one, i'd advise
  you to wait a couple of weeks, 'cause
  a new upgrade of the wildcard
  (wildcard 2!) is soon to be released.
  it's supposed to be much better than
  the ones available today and it will
  come in a "plus" version with an at
  or scsi port (i don't remember which).
  a copier can simply be explained as a
  "programmable" cartridge, which you
  insert in the snes cartridge port. on
  it is also is a parallell port for
  communication with a computer. it also
  has a diskdrive, so what you do is
  that you either load a file from disk
  or transfer a file from the computer
  to the copier, and then the file runs,
  as if it was an own seperate
  cartrige. that means that you also
  need a cable and a "send" program for
  the computer, but that's no problem.
  if you want to code you also need
  some kind of snes-assembler for your
  computer. if you use an amiga, there
  is a BRILLIANT assembler called SASM
  available. the program is a shareware,
  and a pirated version of it is hard to
  get since all major snes coders want
  to support the author of the sasm.
  therefore, do as me and the rest of
  the snes coders who use amigas, get
  your own registred version by sending
  50$ to:

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      IT IS WELL WORTH THE MONEY!!!

  also, if want to code, the snes
  hardware manual could be nice to have!

? can you tell us something about the
  snes scene in brief? which are the
  ruling groups and so on?

! some of the ruling groups are CENSOR,
  ANTHROX,PARADOX,PREMIERE,ELITENDO etc,
  but there are a lot of other cool
  dudes around. i don't want to list
  them all up here, 'cause it changes
  from week to week. the group illusion
  has started to come with a few
  releases, maybe they are something for
  the future? the scene is unfortunately
  much to like the amiga scene:
  COMPETITION!

? do you think the snes scene will live
  for a long time and that lots of c64
  and amiga guys will go snes in the
  future?

! hmm, hard question. no, i doubt that
  the snes scene will ever be so big as
  the amiga & c64 scene, but there will
  be people around as long as the games
  keep on coming. i hope more c64 coders
  will discover the snes 'cause it is a
  bit similar to code as the c64, and
  maybe one day a complete demo scene
  will exist on the snes.

? what is your function in censor?

! i code snes and kinda organize things
  on the console side of censor. me and
  psycho started up censor/console and
  we are pretty much into organizing
  the things in there. sure, i trade a
  bit, and maybe train a game or two now
  and then, etc, etc...

? as most of you know, censor is making
  the SH0CK mag on snes. are there lots
  of other mags in the snes scene?

! nope, there was a mag called CONSOLE
  WORLD for a while but it is no more.
  also, just some days ago the first
  issue of a mag called SNES TRAINER
  CHARTS was released but i personally
  think that it was pure shit. SH0CK,
  however, has been massivly delayed
  from time to time, but it was
  THE FIRST mag on the snes and in many
  people's opinion it's the best, hehe!

? will we see any more c64 products from
  censor?

! hehehe... well,dunno... we once said
  that wonderland 9 would be the end!
  then in wonderland 10 we said:
  "now it's definately the end". and
  spasmolytic? hehe, well... i must
  honestly say that i do not know if we
  will make another c64 demo.
  spasmolytic was made in about 1 month,
  just to try a few effects out and to
  put something together for the party
  in denmark. (GOSH, IT TOOK CAMELOT
  ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE THEIR DEMO
  FOR THE HERNING PARTY!!! ED.)
  maybe, on a rainy day someone will put
  a part together..? who knows..?

? what are the future plans of censor?

! plans? who need plans? we live each
  day as it comes... the more you plan,
  the more can fuck up.

? what are YOUR future plans? both on
  the scene and in real life!

! i want to start up an own software
  company here in sweden someday, and
  produce games on the console, but this
  is FAR in the future. now i just want
  to enjoy the summer with friends,
  girls and booze... just try to live as
  easy as possible before it's too late.
  (sob, am i growing old?)

? what do yo do apart from computing?

! everything that is fun!! i LOVE to
  party with my friends, go to local
  clubs, meet/kiss/fuck girls, listen to
  music, ski... the list is endless. i
  do not have a job at the moment.

? do you like to go to compo parties and
  which is the coolest party you've been
  to?

! i like parties VERY much because you
  get the chance to meet people that you
  normal have no chance to meet.
  the coolest one i have ever been to
  was the upfront christmas party in
  denmark 1990, i think. i met alot of
  cool guys, and had a real blast at the
  local pubs.

? here comes a very original one...

  GEGGIN'S FAVIES

  food:    pizza
  drink:   beer
  color:   bloodred
  girl:    blond & horny
  country: sweden
  music:   all kinda hardcore(YEAH! ED.)
  book:    neuromancer
  movie:   all kinda horror/splatter
  sport:   hackers don't sport!!!
  group:   censor
  coder:   ME! hehe
  artist:  dragon
  composer:rob hubbard

? what is the most disgusting thing in
  the world?

! girls, who don't clean their pussies
  well enough. YUK!
  no, seriously i have no big complains.

? have you got a girlfriend and if, what
  does she think about your computer
  activities?

! i broke up with my latest girlfriend
  in good time for the summer holidays,
  but her opinion about computers was
  that she hated it. i have had girls
  before who have thought it was
  interesting though. a good advise is
  NOT to spend so much time with the
  computer if you got a girl. who needs
  the scene more than a girl? also,
  an advantage is that since i'm in the
  snes scene i have tons and tons of
  snes games, and all girls i know like
  to play snes every now and then.
  (hey baby? wanna use my joystick?)

? have you got any last words?

! last words? it is VERY nice to see
  that there are still plenty of
  activity on the c64! who would have
  thought that in the early 80's ?
  keep it up all guys, 'cause you and me
  both know: THERE WILL NEVER BE  A
  "COOLER" MACHINE THAN THE C64! EVER!

  phew! greetings..... i will simply
  say that i want to send a big greet to
  all those people i have met since i
  started with computers. the list is
  endless, i have really been lucky
  enough to get to know alot of guys.

? thank you very much for this nice
  interview, geggin! i wish you good
  luck in your future projects on the
  snes!


  that's it! another chapter is
  finished... see you in the next issue
  of jamaica!

  if you want to get interviewed in
  jamaica, don't hesitate, just write me
  a letter...

             BUNGALOW of JAM

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