FC:  Great!  And  what are the future
                      to SAMIR/ZENITH   plans of Zenith? Are you working on a
                        by Style/Vega   new kind of demo? more trainers?
                                        
                                        S: Well  at the  moment we're working
  Wow,  fellows!  And here's a little   on a new demo which will contain some
interview of my friend from Zenith...   old routines made by me and Belzebuth
SAMIR!  He's known for his cool trai-   but  I  think that it'll be  released
ners...  Thanks,  Sam to have written   before this mag so... We plan also to
all this ITW!                           start seriously cracking games, we've
                                        found some original suppliers! And of
FC: Freedom Crack                       course we'll continue our great trai-
S:  Samir                               ners!
                                        
FC:  Yep, Samir...  tell us something   FC: You're a trainer maker,  but what
about yourself, real name, age,  hob-   is  your  satisfaction,  what  do you
bies, sexual life (hehehe)              'win' when you finish a trainer?
                                        
S:  Well,  my real  name is ... Samir   S: Humm, well when I finish a trainer
(cool, eh?!), I'm a student in an en-   I  get the authorisation to sleep for
gineering school at Lausanne. My hob-   3 hours... cool, hein... And as I ne-
bies are the Football,  Science  Fic-   ed 9 hours per night of sleep you can
tion, and of course Fiestas...(Partys   count  how  much trainers I make in a
rule...)                                week...Well, seriously, I don't 'win'
                                        anything more than 40Kb of code which



we  can spread all over the world and   S:  About the  actual trainer scene??
which make the game more 'playable'!    Well,  at the time this  interview is
                                        written (1st  March),  it's quite bo-
FC: Why do you make trainers?  Do you   ring...  Only few crews make trainers
make them for fun or for business?      worth  beting mentioned,  but someone
                                        makes them for fame etc... and that's
S:  We don't  work on Amiga for busi-   a pity...  They claim to be the best,
ness,  If we would like to make money   the fastest etc... Bah, fat jerks!  U
it  won't be  with an Amiga!  All our   know, in the past (and I mean 2-3 ye-
work  in  the  scene is made just for   ars ago  and more),  making a trainer
fun! Business sucks, fun'n'friendship   was a  bit harder coz u  didn't  have
rules!  But don't forget  to write us   then  any Cartridges,  so the trainer
for a cheap abo... Just kidding :-))    makers had to  disassemble  the game,
                                        hunt for some 'sub' etc..it was real-
FC:  When you make a trainer,  do you   ly  longer  than  nowadays,  but  the
think  that  you  are  destroying the   trainers  were also smaller  (I would
work  of someone  who worked hard for   like  to see if all The  old  Trainer
the game?                               Makers  would  be able to make a +100
                                        or more in a game without cartridges.
S: Yeah,  I think that I'm destroying   .. this would take months...).  But I
some nasty 'Sub' hehe...                think it  was cooler to make trainers
                                        in the past!
FC: What do you think about the actu-   
al trainer scene? Is there any diffe-   FC: What's your opinion about the ac-
rence with the past?                    tual scene and the scene in the past?



S: Pfff,  The scene has become BIGGER   gh,  even thought I don't have a  mo-
and FASTER,  in other words more pro-   dem...I  spend  hours  on  my  phone,
fessional, that's all!                  chatting  with my friends... I  don't
                                        use Calling Cards,  but all our Modem
FC: Zenith is also known in the modem   Traders use CC...
scene  (a  lot of BBS),  so tell  us:   
what  do  you  think about  the modem   FC: What  do  you think about calling
scene?                                  cards, blue boxes etc...?
                                        
S:  Well,  I can't really speak about   S:  Nothing special to say about (The
the modem scene coz I don't own a mo-   Blue Boxes don't work here in Cheese-
dem but as I  live near a modem owner   Land)
(Anome)  I can  use  it  sometimes...   
Well  the  modem  scene is  something   FC: What's your opinion about Freedom
special,  a  lot of dudes spend hours   Crack?
to U/L and D/L stuff without even ta-   
king a look at'em... Quite strange...   S:  Cool mag,  even  cooler with this
but  it has got something special,  a   interview... :-) 
strange feeling... Hummm!  Well, it's   (He got $1000 for this answer/STYLE!)
cool!                                   
                                        FC: You're in the swiss scene since 3
FC: Do you have phone bills problems,   years, so what do you think about the
or do you use calling cards?            swiss  groups  (or sections),  what's
                                        your opinion about the swiss scene?
S: Well, my phonebills are really hi-



S: Swiss  Scene??  Is  there a  Swiss   FC: Please,  tell us a typical day in
scene??  Only  few (and  I mean  few)   your life!                          
crews are worth being mentioned...all                            
the  others  are  just  swapping  and   S: Hum, I wake up, study,  eat, shit,
inactive.  The scene was a bit better   sleep  and so on...  (Ah sometimes  I
in the past...(better crews, a lot of   piss too!)
productions etc...).  The swiss scene   
has  got a BIG  potential but as most   FC: What's your opinion about Europe?
of the guys have  got  other  occupa-   Is there any chance for Europe?  (Eu-
tions beside the Amiga they  don't do   ropean girls, hehehe!)
so much...                              
                                        S: Europe?? Bah, the CEE is an utopic
FC: What's the best group for you and   idea,  just  take  a look  at what is
why?                                    happening  in  the Old URSS,  or what
                                        happened in Yougouslavia,  in Albania
S: I dislike the word 'Best'...It has   etc... And all of these countries are
got  no sense!  What's  the best  for   european too... In the beginninig the
you, the most active? In this case we   CEE  was  built up  to be an economic
are the best, or maybe u mean the be-   force  against the URSS,  the USA and
st demo makers, in this case Alcatraz   Japan, but now,  all these puissances
is the best, or u mean the most famo-   are  (or already have)  falling down,
us?  In  this  case Brainstorm is the   even Japan has some problems now,  so
best...  Well,  I think that the best   u  know, there's  no  need to build a
crews  in Switzerland are  the 3 ones   great Europe... In french,  there's a
mentioned above!                        famous  sentence  which  is:  'Chacun



pour soit et Dieu pour tous'!  And it   nes!  U know,  here in Switzerland, u
means,  think  about yourself and God   can find some of the  most  beautiful
will care about all the peoples... It   girls in Europe,  so u can be sure if
is quite egoist but realist!  The old   u go to a disco that you'll meet  HOT
continent  has ruled the world in the   HOT girls...  It's reason why I go so
past,   and   will  rule  it  in  the   often to the Discos...
future...                               
                                        FC: What do  you think about your own
FC:  What's  your  relationship  with   interview !???!
girls... do you have a girl friend?     
                                        S: Funny but a bit too long...
S: Girls?? What's that?? Hehe... Gir-   
ls  have always  ruled the world  and   FC: Do  you have good  relations with
will rule again... We can't live  wi-   the other Zenith's members?
thout girls (same thing for them)!  I   
love  the  girls!  At  the  moment  I   S: No, I hate them... You know, we're
haven't got one!  I  will  manage  to   in Zenith just for money,  our leader
find a new one just to speak a bit a-   pays  us,  and we hate each other coz
bout  modems,  trainers,  Blue  Boxes   we wonder  how much money they get...
etc...                                  more  than me,  or less??  that's the
                                        question... Just joking! Of course, I
FC: Describe  the hottest  girl  that   like all  our members for their cool-
you've seen in your life!               ness and kindness.  (Do u know anyone
                                        who hates the members of his group?)
S: Huh,  I've  seen hundred of HOT o-                                        



FC: Ask yourself a question,  and an-   FC: What hardware do you use?
swer!                                   
                                        S: I think  I've an  Amiga  500,  but
S: Who's the Best?? Surely not you!     not sure...It's so dirty that I can't
                                        verify... Well, I've got an A500 with
FC: What do you  think about the fact   1 mega,  a  2nd drive and a very nice
that you sleep 30 years in your life?   Joystick...
                                        
S: Well  for me,  it represents a lot   FC: Tell us  your scene story  from A
of trainers,  if you count 3 hours of   to Z!
sleep  per  trainer,  that  30*365*8=   
87600 trainers in 30 years... Pff,  I   S: Well, it'll be quite fast,  I for-
would like to sleep a bit less... :-)   med in 1989 a little group called 'A-
                                        stron' I've coded  then my first demo
FC: What do you think about all these   (ugly!)  and a bit later I joined the
shitty and lame swiss groups? (What a   forces  of  the most  sympathic  crew
positive question!!!)                   I've ever  seen,  Zenith!  So you see
                                        I've  fly  over 24 letters,  I jumped
S:  Again  a  word  that  I  dislike,   directly from A to Z!
'lame'! Hum, everybody has been lame,   
even me... (crazy eh??),  I hope that   FC: What kind of music do you  listen
these  "lame"  groups  (like  u  call   to?
them) will grow and  be better in the   
near future!                            S: I like a lot  Pink  Floyd,  Super-
                                        tramp,  Dire Straits,  U 2,  Funschis



(euhh...humm!), Jon'n'Vangelis,  Juan   animals in the same way,  for example
Miguel Jarre, Depeche Mode,  The Bea-   I  like  the  dogs for their fidelity
tles, Queen,  some old Rock bands and   and  the   kitchens  for  their  legs
few other ones!                         (mmmh, with some  mustard)... :-)  Or
                                        maybe u asked about the album of Pink
FC: Who's the coolest guy in the sce-   Floyd 'Animals' ??
ne, and why?                            
                                        FC: What do you think about all these
S: And   again  an  'Eurochart  style'  problems in  the  world like  nuclear
question...  (Eh  Stef,  what's for a   bombs, poor people, wars...?
question?? hehe),   Well I like a lot   
of dudes,  usually it's for their hu-   S: Hummm, I just think that human bo-
mour  and  kindness,  and  one of the   dies are the most  stupid'n'dangerous
coolest guy  I  know in the  Scene is   race of the animal reign!  We are not
Anome of Zenith, our guru!              worth having  such a nice planet! But
                                        as  the  things are  going,  I  don't
FC: Do  you have any animals at home?   think that  we'll keep our planet for
What do you think about animals?        a long time...Just see with all these
                                        nuclear and strategic  arms which are
S: Yeah, I've got a sister... Seriou-   sold  in the  ex-URSS,  everybody can
sly,  there's only a bird at home,  a   buy tanks, boats, planes and maybe e-
stupid'n'crazy  bird which looks very   ven nuclear  bombs for an extreme low
nice! (even nicer on a cook!)  I like   price... With all these problems, how
all kind of animals, I'm a bit Ecolo-   can  we be optimist??  Enjoy yourself
gist,  But you know  I don't like all   dudes coz life is so short...        



FC: Are you still in studying,  or do   bout the so called friendship, this's
you have allready a job?                again a  strange word,  when u search
                                        for fame etc..., u claim to everybody
S: As I said before, I'm still study-   that Friendship rules, and when u be-
ing (2 years and I'll be an engineer,   come  famous  u start  to claim  that
cool eh??)                              u're an  elite dude  and that all the
                                        beginners are lame etc...You know the
FC: What was the  best party you have   slogan  of the "elite"  dudes:  We're
visited?                                the best  and fuck the rest!  I don't
                                        have to tell what I think about those
S: Well,  I haven't gone to  a lot of   'Elite' guys...
partys, the best one was The Pentcost   
Mega party held by Alcatraz!            FC: Is  friendship important in  your
                                        group?
FC: Do you like parties?                
                                        S: No,  only the work of the  members
S: Not copy parties, but real partys,   is important,  if one of our  members
with girls etc... But Copy Partys can   got ill,  we kick him out,  if one of
be very cool too...                     our swappers looses a contact we kick
                                        him out... No  seriously,  in Zenith,
FC:  What  do you think about the war   we've got a GREAT relationship betwe-
between friendship and business?        en the  members we try to keep in to-
                                        uch  with everyone,  and organize in-
S: Bah, always the same thing...  But   ternal Boozing Partys to meet each o-
I would like to tell ya my opinion a-   ther etc...                          



FC: How many members do you have, and   3 issues (it  was  before  AckerLight
who's the leader of Zenith?             got  busted)  and  after the death of
                                        the  french light  we've stopped  the
S:  Actually,  we have got 23 members   mag!  But now, we come back!  after 3
in  Switzerland,  1 in  France,  2 in   years of absence!
USA, 5 in Sweden and 4 in Norway! Our   
Leader is  Saddam  Hussein,  euh  no,   FC:  Why do you want  to publish this
Anome 68000!                            diskmag in french? Is there any chan-
                                        ce for a french diskmag?
FC: Do you have any other hobbies be-   
side the Amiga scene?                   S: Why in  french??  Well  just b'coz
                                        there're too much good mags in engli-
S: No, I live for my Amiga!  I eat on   sh, it's stupid to bore the scene wi-
my  Amiga,  I shit over  my Amiga,  I   th a  new mag,  and there's no french
drink under my Amiga, I fuck my Amiga   mag at all,  so why  not making a mag
... I'm totally crazy about my Amiga!   just  for us,  in the language of our
Amiiigaaa!                              Victor Hugo.  And now,  there're more
                                        crews in France, Switzerland and Bel-
FC: You  will  publish a  diskmag  in   gium, so why not? We'll try and see!
french... tell us more infos!           
                                        FC: What do you think about the Olym-
S: Yeah,  We'll publish  again  Acker   pic games?
News,   all  the  old  french'n'swiss   
freaks  remember  this old  great mag   S: Quite funny, unhappily Switzerland
published in 1988-89, we've done then   haven't been so brilliant!           



FC: What's  the  best movie for  you?   crew,  Anome  with  some  other dudes
and why?                                formed Zenith! They continued to make
                                        cracks'n'trainers  but not for a long
S: Pfff, I don't remember...            time! But now, we're Back,  and we'll
                                        stay!
FC: Do you want to stay in Zenith, or   
do you want to leave? Why?              FC: Why did you decide to be a  "mem-
                                        ber" of the Amiga Scene?  How did you
S: No,  actually  I'm looking  for  a   start?
better crew...  But it's hard, coz of   
the lack of  rich groups...:-)  Well,   S: I really  don't know,  I was a co-
seriously,  When  I'll  leave  Zenith   der, I liked the demos and because of
that will mean that I'll leave the A-   that I went  into a crew to meet more
miga Scene,  and even in this case  I   Amiga  Freaks and  became a member of
won't  really  leave  Zenith coz I'll   the 'scene'
stay in touch with the other members!   
Zenith for ever.                        FC: What's the best key of the Amiga?
                                        (hehe)
FC: Since how many years is Zenith in   
the scene? Tell us the Zenith's scene   S: The 'ESC' Key!
story!                                  
                                        FC: What's a lamer for you?
S: Since 3.5 years. Zenith was formed   
by an ex-member of Ackerlight, Anome,   S: A guy who thinks that he's the be-
After the  death of the great  french   st and claim that he's the best!     



FC: Do you have any troubles with so-   are a part of Zenith! Our Dad is Ano-
me one in the scene, or peace rules?    me, Our Mum is euh...??  Belzebuth...
                                        :-)))
S: Yeah,  I've  got  troubles with  a   
crew  called Zenith...No,  I  haven't   FC: Ok,  Sam!  It's  the end  of this
got any troubles, I've got only great   little   interview,  so  here's  your
friends! (well, at least I think so..   chance to write something...
hehe)                                   
                                        S: Okie,  I must give a Big Thanks to
FC: What  do you think about the  war   Style  for his interview  (I  thought
between groups?                         that I will never  finish it!),  mega
                                        Greets to all the Zenithics  Worldwi-
S: It doesn't interest me (a childish   de,  Apologizes  for my few  contacts
behaviour...)                           who  haven't  got  an  answer since a
                                        long time (I will  write u  back  du-
FC: Is there  any chance for the  new   des!) and long life to Freedom Crack!
groups to be at the top of the scene?   And now a message in French:  Message
                                        a tous les Francophones, Si vous etes
S: Sure, they just have to work hard!   interesses par un mag  fait seulement
                                        pour nous alors  envoyez nous des ar-
FC: Tell us  something about the dif-   ticles etc... Y en a  marre de  l'An-
ferent sections of Zenith!              glais... A nous les delires in  Fren-
                                        ch! Vous trouverez notre adresse dans
S: We've got 4 sections, but we don't   les Advert. Ciao et a la revoyure!   
consider'em as foreign sections, they