Mr.Hyde Of Andromeda interviewed

                 By Zerox/Gods


 ZX = *  MH = *

 I started this interview with the  winner of the Party 4 demo  competition by
 actually thanking him for giving the DISC Team this  exclusive interview, and
 afterwards I asked him  to  introduce  himself,  and  that was what he did...

 I am a student of mathematics, and about 19 years old. I once  lived in Italy
 but  I  can't   remember   much  of  it.  My  scene-'career'  is  like  this:
 Archmage and I founded the marvellous  crew  'Mind Warriors' (kewl...), after
 'releasing'  one  production  with a  flicking  scroller and ripped music, we
 joined  up  with Ralph and Bingo under the same  group name.  So  we released
 more  demos  with rotating skulls,  rasterbars,  techtech-logos and bobs.  At
 the   IT/CRB   party   (the   one  that  was  busted),  we   met   Hydra-Lord
 Interface-Dr.Jekyll  of  ANDROMEDA.   They  were very serious, and they spoke
 frequently  about  something they called  'design'.   After a while we joined
 up  with  them  under  the  name  'Phantasm'  -  but due  to some other group
 calling  themselves  the same,  we changed back to Andromeda.   Here ends the
 story  of  me  coding  what ever fell into my mind,  and setting  the colours
 myself.   Andromeda  products I was  involved in:   Decaying Paradise - DOS -
 Mirror - Surrealism - Nexus 7...

 As Andromeda really started up as a kind of local crew in the south of Norway
 before it expanded  to  different  parts of Norway,  I asked if Mr.Hyde could
 tell us a few words about his local sourrounding?  An area that seems to give
 birth to many talents of the Amiga scene...

 We live in  (or close to)  Kristiansand.  The town  sucks.  The people sucks.
 Therefore, we sit inside our houses in front of computers.  We are saved from
 the terror.

 The DISC readers all know that Andromeda has  been releasing good productions
 for a while now,  but what does Mr.Hyde consider as the definate  breaktrough
 for Andromeda?

 The year we released D.O.S. & Multica.

 I've noticed  that Mr.Hyde  has  been choosing  nearly the same people within
 Andromeda  to  coopearte  with  when  making  productions.  Is  this  just  a
 conincident  or  are  there other reasons why he is doing projects with about
 the same people?  I mean, Dr.Jekyll, Interphace, Archmage and Mr.Hyde are the
 main  persons  behind  a  few  Andromeda  productions. And then there is also
 Quest and/or View...

 It comes natural when you  concider  where we live, and who used to cooperate
 in the old days - before HeadX++ joined from absence. However, it was planned
 that HeadX also should have been in the Nexus 7 project.  Due to a heavy load
 of school work, he couldn't.

 So what do the following words mean to Mr.Hyde:  " The Universe Is Infinite -
 And So Is The Realm of Andromeda " ?  By the way,  it was taken from a famous
 demo, he he... one of those Mr.Hyde decribed as the breaktrough for his team.

 Yes, I know the words.  It is the longest  slogan ever.  It  states  that the
 universe is infinite. Personally I think that is a very hazardous  statement.

 I've heard that  many  of  the Andromeda  members are not only friends in the
 scene, but also in their social life. Is this true?
 Yes, about half of my friends are Andromeda members. As an example, this year
 Hydra,  View,  Interphace,  Dr.jekyll,  Archmage and myself are attending the
 same school.

 Think of that all you other groups out there,  Andromeda certainly has a real
 nice  advantage  by  attending  the  same school and living nearby eachother. 
 Anyway, lately it's a fact that  Andromeda  has become quite inactive really,
 even Mr.Hyde told me, so we can't hide that fact. Quite some people in Andro-
 meda seem to be a bit tired of the scene.  Therefore I simply  had to ask the
 question: "Why  do  you  think  Andromeda  has become a bit inactive and just
 releases bigger productions at some parties?"

 Releasing demos has  become a very hard task. That is why we don't release as
 much as before.  Many  of  our  members  have  some schoolwork to do as well.
 
 As Mr.Hyde has been  around for some years,  we asked  him a question that is
 far  from  original:" What changes  have  you noticed concerning the scene of
 yesterday and the one of today?"



 As everyone has noticed, there are fewer releases than before between parties
 This is of course due  to  the fact that it takes more work to make something 
 that is worth watching now, than it did a couple of years ago. If you are not
 making Melon productions,  then  you  will  not release your demo if it can't
 compete in any competition.  Another  thing about the scene that has changed,
 is  people's attitude. There seems to be no hatred  whatsoever between groups
 today. (At least not compared to how it used to be!)

 Yes, Mr.Hyde is right about that. There are less hatred between groups today.
 One of the reasons  can be  that the  scenemembers have become older now, and
 besides, we don't attack groups anylonger, just people, he he... 

 It would be interesting to know about the production plans of Andromeda, so I
 asked Mr.Hyde about that. I had heard something about an AGA trackmo coded by
 Jaz and graphics by Decker...  Following is what Mr.Hyde answered:

 For  the  moment  we  have  no projects under development. Jaz is no longer a
 member so there will be no AGA demo from him.
 
 As Hydra didn't want to be organiser anylonger and stopped making Andromeda's
 internal letter, I've heard that much of the communiction between the members
 are by using internet. So what I wanted to know was, how the present organis-
 ing in Andromeda is, and if Archmage still is the organiser?

 The  present  organizing  is  quite  good, as always. The title 'organizer of
 Andromeda' still belongs to Archmage.
 
 The year is 1995, and as stated before,  Mr.Hyde has  been a scener  for very
 long.    So  how  can  he  explain  the  fact  that  he  has  no  harddisk???

 I had in fact one, but it broke down after 8-9 months of annoying R/W-pro-
 blems.  Anyway  I am going to buy one, so no need for you out there feeling
 sorry for me and sending money and/or flowers.

 I guess of you out  there want to join a very good group,  and  Andromeda  is
 definately  that.  Therefore I asked  the  following  question:  "What does a
 scener  have  to  do  to be  allowed  to join Andromeda, in addition to being
 Norwegian?"

 Being good at either coding/music/graphics,  and  having the  right attitude.
 

 At each and every party the Andromeda members go and spread their productions
 after the competitions to everybody,  so I guess all  their party productions
 get very well spread.  But  how  is  the  condition of the Andromeda traders?

 Fine. They trade.

 After  that  short  answer,  I  asked another question (suprise!),  but I was
 hoping  to  get  a  bigger   answer  as  well,  here's  my  question  anyway:
 "Andromeda  is  known  for  its  exellent  designs.  So when you start making
 a production,  do you start by making the design first,  and  then  make rou-
 tines that fit afterwards, or???

 We usually start by coding some routines.  While  this is done, we develope a
 sort of a concept. This was the case of Nexus 7.  When  we know what we have,
 and what we are going to have on the demo, we start making a designchart with
 links.  When  we  made  Nexus 7,  the  music was made with the design so that
 Dr.Jekyll and I had a design to follow.

 What is Mr.Hyde's  motivation  to  continue  coding  and  being a part of the
 scene?

 I want to realize my ideas concerning coding.  It is great to watch a program
 run after having thought about it for a long time.

 Ok, I bet you  want  to  know more about Nexus 7 now (in addition to the text
 about its making at the FOCUS ON PARTY 4 corner),  so  here's  what I said to
 Mr.Hyde: "It's time  to  ask  you some questions in connection with your last
 great production. I'm of course talking about the latest success release, the
 winner of the party 4 - Nexus 7.  So  I'll  begin  with  asking  you a simple
 question:  Was Nexus 7 just  another  demonstration  of superiority?  At  the
 competition in Herning it beat  the  demo that came second with over twize as
 many votes...". And Mr.Hyde answered:

 I know the scores, and I find it peculiar.  When Dr.Jekyll and I saw the demo
 on the bigscreen, we where sure to be among the 4-5 best.  We  did not expect
 to win.  If any conclusion should be drawn from this,  it must be that people
 still like good design and realtime effects. It seemed like none of the demos
 with large animations managed to fool the audience.

 Nexus 7 really got some fantastic effects,  I counted  about 12 routines, and
 in addition to that there are those  great links between the different parts,
 appr.3 of those + the picture by Archmage.  So  this  production  was another
 well-designed release for Andromeda.  What  is  Mr.Hyde's  favourite  routine
 from Nexus 7? And what is the most stunning effect after his opinion? He told
 me earlier that he got  about  3  different  versions  of the Natural Motion,
 which he worked with about a year...  This is what he had to say:

 You  are  right  - the Nat.motionpart was a real pain for some time. But I am
 afraid I can't point out any effect I like better than the others. What I can
 do is to say that perhaps routines like the  Landscape  and  the Gouraud part
 are out of date,  but they were not when I made them.  We  agreed  that  they
 wouldn't spoil anything, so we included them in the demo.
 
 I've noticed that the music fits perfectly to the different routines in Nexus
 7. How important would Mr.Hyde say the music is for a production?

 Very. Very important. Much so. Indeed.

 Now to a question that I thought  might  be  very  difficult  for  Mr.Hyde to
 answer as it was  quite rude,  but I asked  the question anyway.  And it goes
 like this: "Why do you think Nexus 7 won the  demo  competition at the  party
 and not one of the other good demos?  Can it be because  your demo came first
 of the good ones, or maybe because of your very good reputation???"
 I think we won because  we  got the  best demo as a whole. Nexus 7 was not as
 much of a 'rush-work' as some of its competitors.  And as for  the placement,
 it  is  common  knowledge  that  it is an advantage to be the last demo to be
 shown in a competition.

 Ok...  What does Mr.Hyde think of the other good demos  released at the party
 then? I was especially thinking about Psychedelic and Motion...

 Psychedelic and Motion are both great demos.  I  think  Motion  has  the best
 concept,  but they  have fairly  few  routines.  The Doom  routine  is  quite
 impressive though.  As for Psychedelic,  it  has absolutely  no links between
 the  numerous parts.  This I don't  like,  but the coders have sure done some
 work. They could have excluded some parts.  And don't forget Roots by Sanity.
 The perspectiverotator is great.

 There is really no doubt  about  which team is the best in Norway  anylonger,
 that is,  there has actually  never  been  any  doubt about  that the lastest
 years... it's of course Gods...err...I mean Andromeda. A certain world famous
 main-editor  with  the  name  Lord Helmet  thinks  however that Spaceballs is
 Norway's leading team.  As a matter of fact  that is one  of the  reasons why
 Lord Helmet wrote that untrue article about Hydra in RAW 6. Another reason is  
 of course that he wants RAW to become even more interresting to read. I guess
 this is the background  information  for  why Andromeda sent some fuckings to
 Lord Helmet  which  they  called a pathetic  figure  and  lier.  BUT  what do
 Andromeda have to say about the whole matter?

 The scroller is a PUNISHMENT-scroller.  This is an important fact.  We  don't
 hate Lord Helmet. We just wanted to see justice done. Our way.

 Hydra once said "Good article writers  don't need an alternative to reality".
 What's Mr.Hyde's opinion?

 I  totally  agree  with  my  mast..  eh I mean Hydra.  He's  right as always.

 So Hydra is always right, eh? Well,  then  all the  articles in DISC are 100%
 true also... as this interview?  Err,  DISC readers,  I'll rather ask Mr.Hyde
 another question instead...  have you  ever  wondered what the winners at the
 different  competitions spent the money on? I do, so I asked  this: "What did
 you spend the money you received from  winning  the  demo  competition at The
 Party 4 on?  I hope  Dr.Jekyll  didn't take all the money from you, he he..."


 Haven't spend any yet. I will use some of my share to fix my A1200. Under the
 development of Nexus 7, I lost all my blue colours as well as my harddrive.

 SO I didn't get to know  afterall.  Ok,  here's  finally the end part of this
 huge interview.  Mr.Hyde  will  just  answer  the first thing that comes into
 his mind when I say a word.
 
  PC                chaos - different expansion hardware
  Life              ninja
  Video             violence
  School            tall building
  Pollution         smoke
  War               has never been so much fun...
  Monty Python      John Cleese
  1995              a prime number (!!!)
  Friendship        diskmag
  Fashion           clothes
  Coca-cola         a can of coke with drops of water on it
  Pain              screaming face
  Love              Virtual Dreams
  Fun               person jumping on a trampoline
  Drugs             needle
  Hope              abstract
  Vote-Sheets       sucks, trouble
  Mickey Mouse      dr. Jekyll
  God(s)            temple (the intro of your demo)
  Interviews        this one

 Now my last words:  "Thank you very much for answering all these questions. I
 appreciate it very much!!!  May the God(s) be nice to you!  Now you can write
 whatever you want Sverre..."

 As always, we had not much time to finish our demo, three things were neglec-
 ted/bypassed:   Some  mmu-code  (sorry!  -just  coldreset  and  boot  without
 startup!), the vectorclipper(so?), and the hidden text.  The  two first I can
 not help now, but the hidden text (at least my contribution) is here:

 'Mr.Hyde sends greetings to the following persons for various reasons:?:

 Hydra: I will send you the half of my share soon.
 Onkel: Ninja - the way of the sword.
 Dr.Jekyll: Albert Einstein is still waiting.
 Size: ringa paa data!
 Archmage: I agree to release Nexus 7 at the Gathering. 

 I thank everyone who gave me christmas presents / cards.

 write to...  'slunoe-n@krs.hiagder.no'

 Have a nice day...    Mr Hyde Andromeda