Spectrofon #23 20 июля 1997

Интервью

Mirror - an interview with the organizer of the Novgorod Digital Reality - Arty.

   Today we present
interview with the leader of the famous Novgorod
Group Digital Reality -

             Artem Kharitonov (Arty / DR)


Q: When DR started its activities? Were

   whether at this interesting case?

A: Well, it's like I'm still on Enlight'ovskoy

   cassette pains ... In general, the date

   Education, oddly enough, for sure

   known - it is August 10, 1995.

   So this year celebrate: 2 year

   on da scene! When you create a team (for

   At least at that time) in Novgorod

   There were several strong programmers,

   not bad musicians and artists. So

   happened that the DR - a kind of

   symbiosis hybrid Spectrum Elite


   our city.


   Interesting cases ... hmm ... yeah like

   particularly interesting was nothing ...

   although now and do not remember them.

Q: Well, call to mind something cheerful ...

A: Frankly speaking, nothing at all in my head

   does not climb (it was out of humor) ... Here

   not so much fun it was, but almost

   Crime ... But it's ok ...

In: Pulp? And this is even more interesting!

   Come kolis, unless, of course, the term pressure
   surface has expired ...

A: Yes childhood there was a solid ... Divide

   market, so to speak. In short - the blizzard ...

Q: Okay, let's leave this question ... Unfortunately
   Niya readers ... What teperyashny

   full of DR?

A: The composition of a huge, in my view, although

   monsters like Virt'Omega of

   Peter, we certainly do not compete in power

   but still ... At the moment, the constant
   GOVERNMENTAL members - 16 persons.


   They are:


   Coders:


  Flying -

    leader coder, author MegaBall and almost

    All intro. Did Sprite Land.


  Orion -

    involved, mainly, its editors
    rum Fast Tracker, as well as protection,

    small utilities and improvements and

    the main generator of know-how in the coding.


  Den't'Ripper -

    also encodes the game's release with an Internet,

    second specialist defenses. Author

    Passiance Klondike.


  Cyber ​​Strike -

    made Inertia Player, also encodes

    intra and the rest are needed.


  Andrew Mikhaylov -

    author of Direct Commander (last ver
    Sia 4.01), and is engaged in iron,

    repairing and breaking everything and everyone.

    Boss tusovka house:)


  X-Chaos -

    author of Paradise Lost, 10 fingers. This
    hour combines work and coding, we obtain
    is bad.


  Mirage aka ANS -

    also encodes a well fumbles in mathematics
    tick, which often is used.

    Makes introhi and plays music as

    on speccy and on the PC.


  Anil -

    coder, but speccy no longer writes

    Only PC.


   Music makers:


  Sauron -

    In addition to writing music, taking up a steep
    is also the coding, the author of some

    intro, Restaurant Game, and helps in creating
    Research Fast Tracker'a.


  Joe -

    only writes music, but does it

    very professionally, loves to work

    with Sauron'om. Sometimes as Xia
    FLS together ...

    Winner of Enlight'96 music compo!


   Gfx makers:


  Terror aka HiRez -

    draws for Games Paradise Lost, as well as

    the entire schedule for the 7th Reality and several
    FIR superb'nyh logo.


  Radio Alex -

    appeared in the DR about a year ago. Already


    involved in many projects. Draws

    for games, intro, graphics DeMouy on E'97

    author charts for Passiance Klondike and

    Doom.


   Hyper Soft 3D division of DR:


  Alexey Utkin -

    author of Doom. The main coder.


  AlSp -

    assist in the creation of thought. Our ftp sysop

    and webmaster. Encodes.


  Vova -

    support, coding.


   Well, I, Arty - main organizer, as well as

   swapping / trading, communications, design, frameworks
   main ideas, a bit encoding, just a little
   a little draw, but in all projects (or

   almost all): ideas, design, organization
   tion.

Q: Well you something I know well. But about

   Hyper Soft 3D division for the first time I heard ...

A: Just with these guys, we learn in

   one university, met with
   approximately one and a half years ago ... Tuesday

   autumn, coming out of the house (they do not Novgorod
   city's metropolitan master, live in the town of Staraya 
Russa) 

   They brought developments Engin and graphics

   Doom'a for that later spilled (some

   to add a custom graphics) in

   well-known demo ... On a given
   initial stage in Doom'e changed practice
   practically everything, to appreciate this can be looked

   pre-release game that is already ready.

Q: Actually, this program has entered into with
   expansion to 22 rooms spectrophone ...

A: More on the Hyper Soft: guys - profession
   tional to the programmers are working on two

   platforms - Speccy and PC. Cool sharyat

   in mathematics and programming,

   Alex (the author Doom'a) - Winner


   heaps of competitions in the coding and math ..

Q: Awesome composition. What do you already

   released?

A: small enough to write his memoirs,

   but has a lot to where to start somewhere.

   This is, firstly, khaki (forgive me

   The authors of games and magazines that we "word
   Mali). Release branded Games (sufficient
   but a large number). As well as proper
   vennye things:


    Passiance Klondike v.1.00

    10 Fingers

    Sprite Land v.1.19

    Paradise Lost + demo

    MegaBall + demo v.1.01b

    Inertia Player v1.2

    Direct Commander v.3.04 and v.4.00, 2001

    Fast Tracker v.1.0b

    7th Reality demo

    Orion Protection System v.1.0

    Heap gift'ov


    Doom Playable Demo

    Doom pre-releaze

Q: "First, khaki ... You really

   declared in the first place is a hacker
   skuyu activities DR?

A: No way! DR - it is still

   creative team and we are closer

   creative work than hacking

   path, but I will not deny - hack ...

   At the moment the author's software does not

   break - it makes no sense, because in themselves

   "Skin" the authors ... Krekaem only

   branded games to release them under the TR-Dos

Q: Can you name at least a rough quantitative
   celebrates the release issued by you?

A: The estimated ... I think I can, although it may

   it is accurate. This 1981 release, including

   all that we produced ... But we do not th
   nimsya for quantity - the main level

   Its something we are trying to save. Tell


   one thing: we have done and will do for

   speccy, at least until

   until there is someone who will need!

Q: tell you more about the work of Direct

   Commander, Sprite Land, Orion

   Protection System v.1.0 ... By the way,

   I use only when Sprite Land'om

   making sprites. But on the other
   GOVERNMENTAL two jobs for the first time I heard ...

A: Well, about Sprite Land you yourself said -

   is a program for the production of sprites

   Thx for the fact that it yuzaesh - Flying is

   happy ... Direct Commander - Disc

   Commanderie having a whole slew of bells and whistles,

   Meanwhile, best-written. On

   Currently out 4'ya version. Of all
   On the best of my abundance Commanderie

   I use only them, because comfortable things

   I have not seen, and besides all Navo
   company invented together and, if

   necessary, are implemented - in fact

   author of a hand ... OPS - it's just


   protector code files - forms

   BASIC file from the code, followed by

   the launch of the latter. All releases DR (or

   almost all) of them are protected ... Soon (maybe

   be) a new version.

In: Fast Tracker ... Now it appears

   just a sea of ​​music editors, ...

   For example, selecting an application to Speck
   trofonu had to make a choice from 9 ...

A:?? Is it so much? Of the deserving,

   except FT, I only know PT 3.0 and PSC, but

   says Sauron, and he, as in any way,

   musician, better FT unavailable and it

   happy!

In: Software is much more than

   it may seem. The fact that the user
   Tel sees in the markets and can, as a result
   result, to buy - this is only

   tip of the iceberg ... perhaps, ten
   melting part. For you it is no secret - the normal
   mal distribution on the Spectrum


   absent.

A: Yes, I agree ... Although there are programs

   who know everything there is no

   distribution is not needed - they won

   people's love. But a lot of software so

   remains unknown, the limited

   their geographical location. And there was
   kivayas with the impossibility of normal

   sell / trade their programs, people

   forced to withdraw from the scene ... This is not

   is good, although you never know - it may

   natural selection ... Good program

   always finds its way to the consumer.

   On the other hand, due to outbursts of indiscriminate

   distribution networks, we will soon awaits

   wave base pioneering products

   While this may not be (people

   lazy - doing so only to the newspaper

   magazines), but such "threat" exists
   exists.

Q: In the application, after all, entered Fast

   Tracker - I was not mistaken in choosing?

A: Yes, the idea was to make really

   the best editor. I think that as long as

   turns bad. But there is one sample
   Lem! The full version comes out soon

   probably not until the autumn. This is due to

   that the author works in the summer time and

   at almost no coding ... But the music in Deme

   by Enlight, music for the components will be

   written exactly in the FT! True, in some

   simplified version of the ...

Q: What's cooking, and when approximately?

A: All of this was announced demami. Continue
   press release of the game with InterNet'a, although

   Last time there was a set

   competitors in this field. This is not surprising
   Indeed, because access to the network now

   appeared to many as the program swings

   from the same site!

Q: And by the way, I notice that many of

   releases are appearing more in the raw

   as ... I will not point fingers,


   just mention that the version of DR does not reduce
   exist on its own level as under otrestorennosti

   games, and the diversity intro.

A: Yes, the trend towards conveying

   Release of games there ... This is a very

   sad. Become merely annoying version

   guys from Flash, when you see one and the

   same intro for the umpteenth time, and besides, with

   the same (although cool) music ...

   I do not know me personally in a release is needed

   Harmony - the perfect intro to a good

   music, classy and beautiful treyner

   game (if necessary restored
   Nye).

Q: We turn to copyrighted works. When

   will be ready to Paradise Lost, Megaball?

A: From the author of things if anything comes out

   then only in autumn, because summer - reducing

   demand. But as promised, you will see on

   At least two things - Doom

   pre-releaze, as well as on DeMouy E'97!
Q: Your work in the RPSG ...

O: Hmm ... Was there RPSG? Of course not

   been there, but now, as such, it has

   no ... Main organizer - Kano on speccy,

   like scoring, so that the tow

   useless abbreviation has more than

   sense, since in fact Russian Prestige

   broke up (I really sincerely

   sorry!), but his influences were not lost -

   thanks to him that DR has become a popular

   team and maintains a good relationship

   with all the "former" members, and (I

   I hope at least) with the organizers
   rum Russian Prestige - Kano aka Andrew

   Isaev. Verily, that M.K.H.G., that

   RPSG - it's bigger (imho)

   organization speccy! So that's the case.

Q: Well, there are new "brigade" -

   Prestige, Extreme ...

A: Pro Extreme nothing heard

   (Except for a couple of mentions in fidoshnoy echo)


   and saw nothing.

Q: Who are you - hackers demomeykery, geymmey
   kery ... ?

A: We have - little bit of everything ... Both those and these

   All have to deal with, but hacks -

   this is not what it was ...

Q: You once distribute "duty"?

   Someone makes a game, someone the system ...

A: Absolutely! We are just as fashionable now

   was wont to say - are professionals!

   Therefore, a clear separation exists.

   Project (the game) is written as follows:


  Lead Programmer.


  Subsidiary coding and assistance from the side
  other hand coders.


  Artist.


  Musician and (this is only Sauron) coder

  all that has to do with music.


  Privacy


  Organization, design, ideas, support,

  Distribution (doing it for me).


   In short, everything is done together!

Q: Your work brings some

   profit?

A: We are still very large-scale did not

   released, but for some individual

   things got money ... I'm also taking
   yus proliferation programs in the Novgorod
   kind.

In: Authors software still break?

A: Not anymore! And I want to take this opportunity to

   apologize (as possible)

   to those authors, whom we have offended,


   pursuit of selfish goals!

Q: Is it worth "pushing hackers, according to

   some well-known geymmeykery?

A: Well, why so rude, certainly not!

   Pressure must be pirates, not hackers!

Q: Which cars do you mainly work
   those? And in general?

A: Basically, all the Speccy, also have:

   Flying'a, Den'a the Ripper'a, Mirage'a,

   Anil'a, Andrei Mikhailov, and I - PC.

   Joe, Cyber ​​Strike, Terror aka HiRez,

   Sauron, Orion - Amiga1200. And all the guys

   of Hyper Soft working on the same PC, and

   fixed DOOM on Speccy!

In: The presence of relatively powerful machines

   reflected somehow in relation to

   Speccy? You have more respect for him,

   Conversely, to treat with indulgence?

A: Sure said ... Each of times
   nomu. Personally, my attitude - Speccy me

   roads, and not only as the first computer
   ter, but also as a machine that succeeded
   elk realize themselves. In general, the presence
   The presence of other machines only helps (IMHO)

Q: Were there times when, having acquired

   PC / AMIGA, a member of the DR has not returned to

   work on the Spectrum?

A: Yes, but it happened gradually. So

   Anil and Suha essentially "beat" on

   Spectrum ...

Q: Your attitude toward fixed only Pentagon?

A: It depends on what: DeMouy at Enlight, or steep

   dentro / intro (if you can not do without

   Pentagona) - Ok! In other cases -

   lamerizm!

Q: Well, your attitude lamerizmu? Not

   Do you think that now the ratio


   lamer to the professionals more

   increases, because the last adult
   exist, cease to work for Speccy and

   young change ...

A: Of course, since what happens. People

   something attained, became profes
   Lamy on the Spectrum, they leave. It is natural
   venny process, the Spectrum - the machine

   Young, a kind of school. Some

   still, it's his turn into

   hobby, but this is another case. And in

   Overall, everything is correct, the "green shift"

   should replace the outgoing. So it was

   always, at least before ... But in

   Nowadays, young people (I mean

   16-17 years old) do not give anything to achieve,

   they just bought a Pentium or Amigo -

   hence lamerstvo. Man, do not give

   qualification is lost for the Spectrum.

   Are people, for whatever reason

   they can not afford to buy more

   powerful machine, these people all

   hope.


   Actually, I wanted to with Spectrum

   was the same situation as with c64 on

   west. Highly developed stage, a large

   number of teams, the components in the most pres
   Tyzhden party! That would create a

   Spectrum scene!

Q: By the way, about "young change" ...

   Maybe it's prejudice, but it seems to me
   It turns out that the place is now gone, "the elderly"

   engaged more often by those who had

   ashamed to show their work

   the audience laughed like ... And now ...

   So many magazines appeared, where you can

   "Speak out" ... By means
   vennye programs have become a kind of mill
   Darth ...

A: Yes, exactly ... People leave, leaving

   scene, opening a niche that immediately

   filled sometimes known as ... But

   I think that is the formation of

   some pseudo scene, namely the union
   of people around ZXNet. This, of course,


   good but not as widespread as it should

   be. In essence, demo / game scene is

   a little away from ZXNet, but the situation
   tion is changing for the better! Remains

   ZXNet wait to become a single

   integer in the maximum possible number
   Unpack the kettle cities!


   Regarding the new names: appear

   Now talented team, for example:

   E-Mage, BeerMans, Cosmix, Prophecy,

   Fatality, and more!

Q: "This is certainly good, but not so widely

   as we would like ... "Well, in all ZXNet

   still ahead. Not sure, however, that this

   will be a huge network - unfortunately,

   networks for many, although often a desire to

   have "his network" over their own

   opportunities as a result - users
   Teli such "networks" are deprived of

   services ZXNet ...

A: I would like to continue ZXNet

   expand, the more so after

   Enlight'a, I hope, for her accession
   nitsya and Novgorod!

Q: But this is really fun! I am glad that the ZXNet

   joins more active

   spektrumistov whose work the floor
   She graduated fame ... Although "ryado
   curves "users we were not less expensive

   This question was not, as advertising pause ...

   And here's the question: What do you think of the rotation
   between a sprinter, Scorpio, general development
   Tia Hardy on Speccy?

A: My opinion, of course, will not make

   no progress on this issue, but I

   a reasonable amount of capacity resources.

   Now requires all: HDD, General

   Sound with 512Kb and 256/512Kb RAM. This

   until everything! Oh, I forgot about two things (well

   it should be standard): Kempston

   Mouse and Modem.

Q: And hires / hicolor? Will there be supported

   these regimes coders, artists, according to

   do you think? And members of the Digital

   Reality?

A: The new graphics processor involves apgreyd

   and the media, but it is not

   Speccy turns out - why reinvent the

   bike, if there are Amiga / PC. Indeed, in

   That's the buzz Spectrum - an attempt to Rhea
   formalize technologically difficult things to

   weak architecture (I mean soft)

   So to maintain the schedule for neime
   Niemi most of these improvements, and

   just because of the lack of standards,

   meaning does not currently have, and

   there, we'll see ...

Q: And the last question - how can

   contact you and for what reason?

A: You may contact us virtually

   any occasion.


   Our details:


   Email: 173025, Novgorod, PO Box 1997

   Email: arty@telecom.nov.ru or

          arty_dr@hotmail.com


   Fido: 2:5032 / 7.44

   Phone: (81622) 07.05.1987 Artem

           (Call after 23.00 msk)


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   Interviewed - Dmitry Grigoryev (Oldman)