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ÌÉINTERVIEW  WITH MR.HYDE / ANDROMEDA
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ÊMr.   Hyde / Andromeda is one of the
best  coders  in  Norway.   His last
demo " Decaying Paradise " was good.
Now   he  is  working  on  a  bigger
project!

È"Decaying Paradise" was a good demo.
Have you started coding another demo
of that quality?

ÉYes.   Dr.Jekyll  and I are, just as
you  read  this,  coding  on our new
demo  called  "D.O.S.",  which  will
contain new and tuff ideas.

ÈI've  heard  some  roumors your next
demo   will   be   released  at  the
Crusaders  easter  party?   Can  you
confirm that ?

ÉNo.   The  only  thing I can say for
sure  is  that we will release it at
one of the big parties in 1992.

ÈWere    you   satisfied   with   the
"Decaying Paradise"?

ÉWell,  as  you  probably expected, I
must  say no.  When I look at it now
I see many things I would have liked
to  change,  like  making it work on
all sorts of Amigas and so on.  (And
maybe   an   exit   option   on  the
greetings-part?)

ÈDid you expect to get more attention
on the demo?

ÉYes, if it had been spread better.

ÈThe  swappers  in  Andromeda are NOT
allowed  to make any sorts of packs.
Why not?

ÉAndromeda   tries  only  to  release
products  of  quality.  All sorts of
products   are   always   controlled
before   it   is  released,  or  not
released.  We discussed if we should
release  packs  long  time  ago, and
agreed not to.  The reason is simply
that  we  want  to  be  known  as  a
demogroup, not as a demoPACKgroup.

ÈAre   the   swappers   in  Andromeda
allowed to wear black underwear?

ÉALLOWED??   THEY HAVE TO!!!!!  (Have
you ever visited Ralph on a Saturday
night?)

ÈDo  you  think there are FEW quality
coders in Norway right now?

ÉYes.   And that is a shame!  Quality
rules!

ÈIn  the  past  you  only  released a
quality  demo  each  six  months and
that  was  it, now you are releasing
more  "small"  demos and intros.  Is
this trend going to last also in the
year 1992?

ÉI  hope  so.   A combination between
large  and  "small"  demos is pretty
nice.   But  I  am not sure, because
almost all of the coders are working
on     large    projects.     Andy's
"Multica",    ours    (Dr.Jekyll/me)
"D.O.S." and Hydra's "Rivendell" are
all, more or less, large demos.

ÈHow will the best demos in 1992 look
like?

ÉThey will contain lots of fast code,
brilliant  ideas,  nice graphics and
music   and   they  will  of  course
contain good design.

ÈFor  how  many hours have you sat in
front   of   your  computer  without
taking a break?

ÉStupid  question!   Ask rather about
for  how  long  I've  NOT  sitten in
front  of  my  computer.   That's  a
question  I  may  answer.  (But am I
going to?  -No).

ÈIs  it  hard  to  find  new ideas to
code?

ÉIt's  not  hard  to  find ideas, but
it's  hard to find GOOD ideas.  Most
often ideas pop up at school when we
are having a boring lesson.

ÈTell  me  what  you  think  of a IBM
machine?

ÉTremendous  machine  if  you like to
play      6-frames      per     sec.
adventuregames.

ÈWhat  is  your  motivation to use so
much time to code demos?

ÉSugarcubes  (Not  the popgroup, real
ones!),  and  the great force called
"Code-gleden".

ÈYour  last  demo "Decaying Paradise"
don't  work  on all machines.  Isn't
compability  important  for you when
your coding?

ÉYes  it  certainly  is!  That is why
the  fact that the demo doesn't work
on  all machines irritates my a lot!
When  we  coded it, we checked it on
several  amigas, including 1/2 mbyte
machines,  1  mbytes machines and an
Amiga 2000.  And it worked perfectly
all times.  (Hmmmm.)

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