Inteview with Disney

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GOODBYE DISNEY 
Disney of Sanity has left the scene before the fall of 1994. After having caused a major stir in the scene, with the release of the serious disk magazine Compass, the so-called Devil of the scene (who actually isn't any more devilish than anyone of us), decided to put an end to his scene life, to dedicate his time, studying Telematic at the Graz University.

Disney waved goodbye to nine whole years of scening, in time with the fall of Commodore. A scene legend like Disney, couldn't simply drop 9 whole years of hard scene work, just as if nothing had happened, so his last faithful words had to be written. These last words won't be words about Compass and it's dark future, nor words about bitter experiences with Sanity; but wise words about the true scene spirit, that most of us have lost down the tunnel of forgetting.

The Orange Door

It must have been in the summer of 1985, when a 12 year old Martin faced that huge orange door. After never ending minutes of indecision, he finally decided to knock. He had never seen Andreas before, though he knew that he would soon have the pleasure to meet him. Andreas also happened to own this state-of-the-art computer, the C64; Martin knew this from a common friend. Suddenly, Andy opened the door.


"Hi, I'm Martin. Christian told me that you've got a C64. I was hoping that I could copy some games from you..."

Andy, kind of confused, invited him to come in. The games that were copied to the music cassette have by long been forgotten, just as the words that were exchanged between the two youths. On that summer day of 1985, I couldn't imagine that I would make friends with Andreas, and that this friendship would be one of the most important things for years to come. Andy's family home soon became the place of new and amazing adventures, where experiences and feelings, which cannot be easily explained today, took place.

It was all about Green Beret, Uridium and Ghosts n Goblins. It was about Rob Hubbard, Andrew Braybrook and Martin Galway. It was Commodore who had taken our hearts by storm. We were just kids, still looking up to the man who let Mitchie, his pet dog, place a footprint inside his computers. While other youths spent their time reading Bravo, we'd rather have RUN or 64er, and while the many believed that a computer was nothing either than a box with a Pacman inside, we had learnt our first 6510 mnemonics.

Commodore has always been there; it's gone all the way with us. We didn't consider it something important, but when I look back now, I see that it was a substantial part of my upbringing. I've got to hand it to Commodore for having had the guts to let real freaks make a machine for freaks. That was the outcome, wasn't it? I also respect the people at Lucasfilm Games, for giving us the Maniac Mansion micro world that was so amazing back then. I look up at all the other computer legends; I did really enjoy every single byte they gave us.

Even if I might be the only one, I'd always stand up and say that it was those ones who gave such a very special facet to my early years. After I'd gone through a period of changes, maybe also known as growing up, Commodore seemed to fade away. Personally, I'm not exactly heartbroken that this dream is over. After all these years, the orange door is closed; yet I've been able to snatch a whole lot of important things from it's inside. Unique experiences, unforgettable memories and most of all, a friend. It now seems that I'm at the end of my long scene adventure; though, 1994 isn't as important to me. It's 1985 that counted and I'm glad that I was there, I'm glad I that had the guts to knock on that orange door. I found an important friend on the other side; a friend with whom I shared my first steps into the world of computers. My adventures in this world and the ones I have met won't be forgotten from my side.

Everything I have seen and done during my time with computers, I hold it up to Commodore and the spirit of 1985, when every day brought something new.

Disney has confessed to ROM, that the scene won't ever see any further Compass issues, neither from himself, nor from any third parties. Compass issue 1 was his first and last appearance as an editor of a scene magazine. 
"Compass was Compass, and any kind of resurrection from outer hands would only be illegitimate". The editor of ROM, also past editor of Compass, fully supports Disney's last scene wish.

After getting rid of his Amiga and moving place, Disney now wants to live away from the scene and its involving hectic circumstances; his adventure is now over. Nowadays Disney can be found, riding the waves at 66 megahertz!