Inteview with E$G
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INTERVIEW WITH ITALIAN BAD BOY 106 MULTI ! ! Interview done by Bukaroo/L.S.D. BK - First could you present yourself University of Architecture here (job, age, how long have you got in my dirty town in this place your Amiga). you can find about 700 girls !!!! E$G - Well let me introduce myself as a pioneer of amiga scene I own BK - We'd like to know the list of my Amiga till beginning of 1987. the group you have been before My name is Enrico, my handle is to be in IBB. E$G and together with Franz we built the amazing ITALIAN BAD E$G - On Amiga I have started as an BOYS! I'm 25 years old and I IBB member and I'll stop work in paradise also known as (NEVER!) as an IBB member. On Politecnico of Turin that is the 64 I've been in E$G software ! team and E$G legion team. prices, so not many people can afford it. The most of Amiga BK - Could you compare the nowadays users of those times still own Amiga scene and the old one. In the great 64 there were few your opinion which was the best? group, bad copiers, and normal programs .... but believe pals E$G - Well more than 4 years ago, when those were big times, there 64 dominated supreme, commodore weren't so many wars between decided to create a new computer groups and most of the dudes are with more chips, memory a all friends most of swappin were serious microprocessor & so on made by mail, only in late 1987 .... A-1000 was born! were introduced modem swappin but still at 2400 baud. It was very expensive in comparison with todays hardware There were few good parties but ! well organized, all were happy introduced, low price - high and everybody tries to do best quantity of computer sold! Most to improve the quality of the of 64 users upgrade them to demos ... do ya remember SODAN, Amiga, so many programs were TWILIGTH ZONE, STAR FRONTIERS, developed, hundreds of groups TLC, RSI, GSC, TSK, MEGAFORCE & were generated many others also to find originals was very hard and ... LAMERS arrived ... people like HEADBANGER with good connections in the states have The BIG BUSINESS started. Too the exclusive of many progs. many people, too jealousy, too money flattering around, some But as all great things this leading (commercial) groups, wonderful scene was goin' to days of panic to stay on the rotten. So the A-500 was scene and to be faster and ! faster! Some of the dudes of downloading but they run endless amiga beginning scene sick of conferences .... I'd like to this things left the scene, remember: Mike (PHI), Thomas, others were caught by the police George, Metallica, Rastan, expecially in WEST-GERMANY (yes Heiko, Mr.Commodore, Daniel, at those times there were still John, CPU, Franky, and all cool two GERMANY!) but don't worry girls and boys that spend nights for one that stop ten joined the to have fun in conferences, 3 scene. ways & so on !! But modem were near to explode and thanx to USR Thanx god there aren't so many ROBOTICS fast standard all the bbs around and the few that can things are goin' to finish..... phreak were week ahead, other cool guyz that were able to So as you can guess I loved the phreak don't lose time in past scene but I'm still in this ! scene 'cause I've many good it's so boring to connect to friends yet... bbs... sometimes you can have a chat with a sysop but some of But today, in my opinion, the them are really shitty (normal best things are letters, because ratio, no messages, no chats & all the good releases are so on) maybe something in the available on bbs so the main future will change try to groups just swap their connect to PHIL THRUST new productions... to be on top I central europe BBS with think you must, as I'm doin, multichat line. Hoping in a have an HST modem to get all better future we just sit next latest wares plus a good mail to the river and wait as the swappin to get all good prods of last lamer will pass !!!!! group that still don't swap with modem.... but believe dudes BK - In your opinion which is the ! best Amiga scene country and BK - IBB future projects? explain why? E$G - TOP SECRET... if we said it all E$G - Well nowadays I think best Amiga now where will finish the scene as piracy is Germany they surprise... by the way you can are so fast there are the stay tuned to get our fanzine biggest number of BBS good "THE BAD TONGUE", a special crackers, also France is good about Japanese cartoons & comix but french don't care so much to and something called be so fast. In Amiga TECHNOLOGIKO.... maybe we'll productions I think best country open soon a new bbs and of is Finland there are so many course we will go on with our good coders there .... but also requested collections.... and in other countries we can find if Cap'n'Duracell will be not so good people .... lazy we will hit again the scene ! with our trainers. also in Italy there are talented and cool guys but they own to BK - What questions would you like different groups or don't care that I ask you and what will be about Amiga scene. Othere your reply? people like Terminator of Zero Defects or Storm of Divina are E$G - Well a question I'll love to too jealous of IBB success and answer could be ... what about attacked us to get their ratio ITALY? Well what can I say of publicity. Yes this could be beautiful country, good pizzas, a fine way to get popular but big tits girls ... NOOOOO !! NOT FAMOUS, the glory must be Yes the amiga scene ... well gained day by day in the right you can read about it in way ! millions of boring articles but what I'd like to say is that BK - A last word... ! E$G - Well thanx to BUKAROO/LSD for the interview .. it could be fine to be interviewed in 1995 and compare the 2 interview to see what's happened in the future years ! Also a big hello to all IBB members worldwide plus all the people I've been in touch with ! And always remember IBB ... a slap on your face