INTERVIEW WITH MILKY BAR KID ------------------------------ Interview by the GANGSTER / MAD VISION ]WHAT IS YOUR CODE NAME ? MILKY BAR KID, ABSU, PAZUZU OR WHATEVER I CHOOSE FOR THIS WEEK!! ]WHAT IS YOUR AGE ? OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER - 22 ]HEIGHT (FEET AND INCHES) ? ABOUT 6 OR 6'1 ]WHAT SORT OF APPEARANCE DO YOU HAVE ? NOT THAT OF A TYPICAL COMPUTER HACKER ( I HOPE ! ) ]WHAT SORT OF HAIR STYLE HAVE YOU ? SOME SHORT AND SOME LONG.... ]WHAT CITY DO YOU LIVE IN SCOTLAND ? GLASGOW ]DO YOU SMOKE ? - WHICH BRAND ? NO ]WHAT IS YOUR ROLE IN THE GROUP ? HACKING, PACKING, CODING, SPREADING OR WHATEVER ELSE NEEDS DONE AND GORDON IS TOO LAZY TO DO!!! ]HOW MANY GAMES HAVE YOU CRACKED FOR ]CYNIX ? MOST OF THEM ]HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN ANY PREVIOUS ]GROUP(S) ? YES ]THEN WHICH GROUP(S) ? MEDWAY BOYS, BBC. ]HOW MANY GAMES HAVE YOU CRACKED IN THE ]OTHER GROUP(S) ? HUNDREDS ]HOW MANY GAMES HAVE YOU CRACKED IN ]TOTAL ON THE S.T. ? PROBABLY ABOUT 300 OR 400.... ??!? ]HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU TO CRACK ]A GAME NORMALLY ? IT CAN TAKE ANYTHING FROM 5 MINUTES TO 2 WEEKS !!! SPEED ISN'T EVERYTHING THOUGH, IT TAKES TIME TO FILE/PACK AND (MOST IMPORTANTLY) CHECK THAT A GAME IS FULLY WORKING! ]WHAT WAS THE HARDEST GAME THAT YOU ]HAVE EVER CRACKED ? SOME OF THE HARDEST HAVE BEEN MAUPITI- ISLAND,ANY DELPHINE ADVENTURE,ROBOCOP 3 WASN'T BAD EITHER (HI RUSS!), WAR HELI, PLUS LOTS OF OLDER ONES LIKE GAUNTLET 3 INTO FILES. I'VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT IT TAKES AS LONG TO REMOVE A PROTECTION SYSTEM AS IT TOOK TO APPLY IT. SO IF IT IS JUST A LITTLE DISK CHECK STUCK ON THE FRONT END OF THE GAME THEN IT WILL ONLY TAKE 5 MINUTES TO REMOVE, ON THE OTHER HAND IF THE WHOLE GAME CODE IS WRITTEN AROUND THE PROTECTION WITH LOTS OF EMBEDDED CHECKSUMS AND OTHER NASTY ANTI-HACKER ROUTINES THEN IT WILL TAKE DAYS TO REMOVE IT! ]ARE THERE ANY GAMES THAT YOU HAVE NOT ]BEEN ABLE TO CRACK ? - WHICH ONES ? NEARLY ALL HACKERS COULD CRACK ABOUT 95 PERCENT OF GAMES RELEASED,SO YOU SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT THAT SMALL PERCENTAGE OF GAMES THAT HAVE REALLY NICE PROTECTION ON THEM. IF AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD PROTECTION SYSTEM IS USED ON A PARTICULAR GAME & NO-ONE ELSE HAS DONE IT THEN I'LL SPEND AS LONG AS IT TAKES ( LIKE MAUPITI ISLAND! ), EVEN IF IT MEANS DOING ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF IT AT A TIME, BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY DONE IT THEN A LOT OF THE CHALLENGE AND AND INCENTIVE IS REMOVED SO I MIGHT NOT BOTHER. EVERY PROTECTION SYSTEM CAN BE CRACKED.... THE ONLY QUESTION IS HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE, AND IF BY IMPROVING A PROTECTION SYSTEM TO A POINT THAT IT WOULD TAKE A MONTH TO HACK THEN I SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY THAT NO-ONE WOULD DO IT..... ]WHAT IS YOUR SUCCESS RATE ? OVER 99 PERCENT - 'CAUSE I COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO SPEND THE TIME ON THE OTHER LESS THAN 1 PERCENT!!!!! ]WHAT SET UP HAVE YOU GOT ? A 2.5 MEG STFM,TOS 1.40, 2 DOUBLE SIDED FLOPPY DRIVES, COLOUR MONITOR AND A 160 MEG SCSI HARD DRIVE. ]HAVE YOU ANY OTHER COMPUTERS ? I'VE HAD A Z X 81, BBC 'B', ATARI ST, AMIGA, BBC A 3000, SUPER FAMICOM AND LAPTOP PC OVER THE YEARS!! ]HAVE YOU BEEN TEMPTED TO GO ON TO THE AMIGA ? I HAD AN AMIGA FOR ABOUT A YEAR BUT SOLD IT 'CAUSE I WAS ONLY PLAYING A FEW GAMES ON IT. I KNOW ABOUT 4 PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD AN ST AND AN AMIGA- WITH ACCESS TO ALL THE LATEST SOFTWARE ON BOTH MACHINES COMPLETELY FREE, AND THEY HAVE ALL SOLD THEIR AMIGA AND KEPT THEIR ST.... DOES THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING ??? JUST WAIT 'TIL THE NEW ATARI 32 BIT COMPUTER COMES OUT.... THEN THE AMIGA WILL BE OLD NEWS! ]HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TEMPTED TO GIVE UP ]THE ST SCENE FOR GOOD ? A FEW TIMES WHEN ALL THE HASSLE MADE ME QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT!! ]WHO IN YOUR OPINION IS THE BEST CRACKER ]IN BRITAIN (CYNIX MEMBERS NOT ALLOWED!) WAS (NOT WAS), VAPOUR, HOTKNIFE - ALIAS ROB !! ]WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST CRACKER IN THE WORLD ? AS ABOVE ]WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST BRITISH ]CREW (CYNIX NOT ALLOWED!) ? WHO ELSE IS THERE??? ]WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST CREW IN ]THE WORLD ? WHO ELSE IS THERE ??? ]WHO IS THE BEST BRITISH CODER ? PROBABLY GRIFF OR MANIKIN !! ]WHO IS THE BEST CODER IN THE WORLD ? I'VE NOT SEEN EVERYONE'S CODE SO I CAN'T REALLY SAY, BUT NIC OF TCB WILL NO DOUBT BE THE FAVOURITE ANSWER! ]WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FILM OF ALL TIME I DON'T HAVE A FAVOURITE FILM OF ALL TIME, BUT A FEW GOOD FILMS I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST YEAR WERE DELICATESSEN (FRENCH!) AND JACBOS LADDER. ANY MARX BROTHERS COMEDY IS GREAT, AND I LIKE A LOT OF HORROR STUFF LIKE TENEBRAE OR CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST !! ANYTHING BUT THE TYPICAL HOLLYWOOD CRAP FOR THE 'MINDLESS MASSES' WHERE ALL THE CHARACTERS LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND YOU CAN PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT HALF HOUR OF THE FILM!! ]WORST FILM YOU HAVE EVER SEEN ? I'VE SEEN A LOT OF REALLY SHITTY HORROR FILMS LIKE SNUFF, BLOODSUCKING FREAKS & HORRIFYING EXPERIMENTS OF S.S. LAST DAYS !!! ]FAVOURITE T.V. PROGRAMME ? I DON'T WATCH MUCH TV, BUT SOME OF THE COMEDY STUFF IS PRETTY GOOD. ]T.V. PROGRAMME THAT YOU HATE MOST ? ANYTHING WITH 'CANNED LAUGHTER' - LIKE THAT 'GRACE IN FAVOUR' BULLSHIT. ]WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM ? NONE ]WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM DO YOU HATE MOST ? AS ABOVE ]WHAT SORT OF MUSIC TASTE DO YOU HAVE ? ALL SORTS - ANYTHING FROM KATE BUSH,NWA OR MOZART TO DRI, BAD RELIGION OR SEPULTURA. ANYTHING GOOD!!! ]WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO YOU HATE ? ANYTHING FALSE OR MINDLESS ]FAVOURITE FOOD ? ANYTHING TASTES GOOD WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY! ]FAVOURITE DRINK ? ANYTHING CAN TASTE GOOD WHEN YOU ARE THIRSTY! ]WHO WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO BE STUCK IN ]AN ELEVATOR FOR HALF AN HOUR WITH ? GOD - SO I COULD ASK HIM WHY HE FUCKED UP SO BADLY AND IN SO MANY WAYS!! ]WHAT POLITICAL PARTY WOULD YOU VOTE FOR ? NONE OF THEM-'CAUSE ALL POLITICIANS ARE BY DEFINITION POWER MAD, HYPOCRITICAL, CHILDISH , BICKERING BACK - STABBING BASTARDS! VOTING WILL NEVER REALLY CHANGE ANYTHING ANYWAY,THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE AN ELECTION EVERY FIVE YEARS IS TO RE-INFORCE THE MYTH THAT WE ACTUALLY LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY.ALWAYS REMEMBER, IF VOTING REALLY CHANGED ANYTHING YOU WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DO IT!!! ]IS IT TRUE TO SAY THAT THE BEST BRITISH ]CRACKERS ALL LIVE IN SCOTLAND ? THE MOST ACTIVE BRITISH CRACKERS LIVE IN SCOTLAND.... SO WORK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF. ]DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO ]MAKE SCOTLAND INDEPENDENT FROM ENGLAND ]AND TO LET IT HAVE ITS OWN SCOTTISH ]GOVERNMENT ? LIKE ANYTHING ELSE , IT WOULD HAVE ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES, BUT OVERALL I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY BETTER OFF AS PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. ]WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON A UNITED EUROPE? I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.... MAYBE IT WOULD PULL BRITAIN UP TO THE SAME STANDARD AS SOME OF THE REST OF EUROPE. ]HOW WELL DO YOU THINK SCOTLAND WILL DO IN THIS YEARS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP ? WHO KNOWS? WHO CARES! ]WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PEOPLE WHO SELL ]CYNIX CRACKS FOR PROFIT ? GOOD LUCK TO THEM.... ]THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF NEW PEOPLE ]CRACKING CYNIX GAMES, BUT THEY ARE NOT ]MENTIONED ON A MEMBERS LIST, SO TO SET ]THE RECORD STRAIGHT , WHO ARE THE ]CURRENT MEMBERS OF CYNIX ? WHO KNOWS? WHO CARES? ]IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE ST SCENE ]THAT YOU HATE ? THE LACK OF UNITY BETWEEN GROUPS.THAT'S PROBABLY DOWN TO THE MANY BICKERING ASSHOLES THAT ARE STILL AROUND. YOU WOULD THINK THAT IN THE 5-6 YEARS OF THE ST SCENE WE WOULD HAVE ORGANISED A BETTER SYSTEM THAN THE ONE WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO ENDURE..... ]DOES ANYTHING MOTIVATE YOU ? NOT ANYMORE.... IF THERE'S NO-ONE ELSE LEFT TO HACK SOMETHING THEN I SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO DO IT, BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE DOES IT FIRST THEN IT SAVES ME THE BOTHER.... ]WHICH CRACKER OR CREW DO YOU ADMIRE ? WAS (NOT WAS)/VAPOUR/ROB 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN ON THE SCENE SINCE THE START, HACKED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING AND HE'S STILL GOING!!! ALSO THE REPLICANTS, NOT SO MUCH NOW, BUT I CAN REMEMBER WHEN JUST THE MENTION OF THEIR NAME COULD INSPIRE AWE !!! ]WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MENU CREWS WHO ]CANT CRACK ? THEY HAVE THEIR PART TO PLAY... GOOD LUCK TO THEM! WE ALL HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO TO LEARN 68000 AND HACKING. THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE ANY NEW GROUPS OR HACKERS APPEARING ANYMORE. IN FACT MANY OF THE BEST HACKERS HAVE ALREADY QUIT... 007, KAM, BLADERUNNERS, REPLICANTS, MEDWAY BOYS, AUTOMATION, TEX, UNION ETC. ETC. ]DO YOU THINK THAT IT IS WORTH DOING ]MENUS ON THE ST AT ALL ? IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THEN GET ON WITH IT.... ]WHAT DO YOU THINK OF PEOPLE WHO CLAIM ]THEY ARE ABLE TO CRACK AND CODE, WHEN ]A FEW WEEKS EARLIER THEY WERE JUST ]LAMERS WHO COULD DO NOTHING ? I THINK THIS QUESTION HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH A CERTAIN PERSON IN WALES BY THE NAME OF JIMMY, BUT I CAN'T QUITE THINK WHY THAT SHOULD BE!!! ]IS THERE ANY ONE PERSON OR CREW THAT ]YOU REALLY DO NOT LIKE ? THAT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME & THOUGHT ]I WILL NOW GIVE YOU A LIST OF THINGS ]AND I WANT YOU TO WRITE THE FIRST THING ]THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND ABOUT EACH :- [MRS THATCHER THE ACCEPTABLE FACE OF FASCISM! [RUTHLESS OF HOTLINE A GUY WITH A GOOD FRENCH ACCENT! [GLASGOW RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB THEY BEAT CELTIC 2-1 ON TUESDAY... [CONSERVATIVE PARTY 30 OF THEIR MP'S ARE DIRECTORS OF 50 COMPANIES..... DOES THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING??? [DEREK M.D. HE'S GOT A GREAT TASTE IN FILMS!! [POLL TAX THEY NEARLY GOT AWAY WITH IT.... [LAMERS WE WERE ALL LAMERS ONCE.... BUT I THINK THE D.R.I. SONG 'GO DIE' SUMS IT UP FOR ME AT THE MOMENT..... YOU'RE BOTHERING ME, FOR ANYTHING FREE, WHY CAN'T YOU SEE?, I'M OUT ON A LIMB, MY NERVES ARE STRETCHED THIN, YOU REALLY DON'T WIN, GO DIE!! YOU SERIOUSLY ASK, FOR MY AUTOGRAPH, I CAN'T HELP BUT LAUGH, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, WHY CAN'T YOU GO HOME?, A BRAIN YOU DON'T OWN, GO DIE!! FOLLOWING ME AROUND, JUST LIKE A LOST HOUND, ANY YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN, I TELL YOU GOODBYE, AND YOU ASK ME WHY, GO DIE!! GUESS I'M JUST SHY.... [EDINBURGH THANK GOD FOR THE BYPASS! [AUTOMATION THE GOOD OL' DAYS! [BLUE BOXES THEY'RE ILLEGAL, AREN'T THEY???? [HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN FOOTBALL CLUB WHO CARES! [NOW 5 I THINK THEY'VE QUIT NOW... [GUNS 'N' ROSES I'VE GOT ONE OF THEIR ALBUMS.... [ILLEGAL $4AFC.W [A LARGE BOTTLE OF SCOTCH HIC! [JAM PACKER 4 NEVER USED IT... ]AND THE FINAL QUESTION :- ]WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR ]THE ATARI ST CRACKING SCENE ? NOT A LOT, 'CAUSE THE ST IS GOING DOWNHILL FAST....... ]THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ]I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR NOW.