INTERVIEW
Today there are quite a few companies
organizations, corporations closely related to
Spectrum. The trouble is that we know about them
so little. Some consider themselves without it
quite well-known, others do not see
reasons to advertise their actions. In many
numerous scrolls and intragames before games
painfully familiar names often slip through
on and names. But what or who is hidden
are after them...
Today our guest is Buder Evgeniy
Yurievich (W), initiator of the creation and permanent
ny head of the Welcome association.
KOR: Evgeny Yurievich, what does he represent?
the Welcome structure is creative
group, company?..
W: "Welcome" is a union of: groups,
individual programmers or simply creative
creative individuals in any field of knowledge,
to which we (the people entering this
ment into the association) we help to approve the se-
bya. The association is constantly changing its association
Tav, no one here is forcibly detaining anyone.
lives, but everyoneinvites; "Welcome" -
our credo. Number of members of the association
in the most active years it reached 50 people
century, but in total you can count more than 100
people who actively worked on the creation
collections.
It all started in 1992:
1) collecting game programs;
2) diskette recording of cassette versions;
3) refinement of 48K versions: launch from mode
128K;
4) creating your own programs (material
al and moral support for the program
mists);
5) processing of programs from InterNet;
6) work on a collection for opportunities
functioning of programs with emulators
on PC and AMIGA.
KOR: Does it make sense to claim
membership in the Welcome association, living in
another city?
W: Of course. We would be very happy.
KOR: What is the criterion for valid-
nogoMembership Welcome?
W: No problem. Anyone interested
can work with us.
KOR: With any collecting there is
danger of slipping into the abyss of collecting
va. Are there any criteria according to which
who selects programs for the collection
Welcome?
W: Our collection is replenished from different
sources and, if you like, you can
to say, we are already “in the abyss of collecting”
game programs. So be it!
KOR: Is someone doing a description?
collections?
W: At the initial stage of collecting
all programs were accompanied by a description
games, but later we abandoned this
ideas. Almost every floppy disk contains a
catalog of the collection at the moment and it is
is replenished regularly.
KOR: In 1995, an incomplete
version of "The Dizzy Editor" - editor for
game creationgenre DIZZY. Within its framework
it was possible to create a labyrinth, design a logo
cation with available sprites, but there was no
the use of objects is implemented. Came out
is there a full version of the editor and what additional
boots, have any changes been made to it?
W: We have released version 1.00 and are expected to
gali to release the next versions. Work
over the editor, to our deep regret-
nyu, did not continue for various reasons.
us: one of the authors left us, and
expected financial support from
there were no buyers.
KOR: Mini-games appeared: DIZZY 6.5,
DIZZY 8, NEW DIZZY... Judging by the sprites,
they are made in the editor "The Dizzy"
Editor", but contain relatively little
number of locations. This is a flaw in the car.
ditch, or the editor imposes his own restrictions
nia?
W: We do not know whether our
work in creating these games. Of course we
I would also like to know this. And if someone-
or would like to continue working on this
editor, please let us know.
KOR: There werewhether feedback, wishes, criticism
on DIZZY EDITOR?
W: There were no serious responses, there were ringing
ki on the phone at the level of questions... But
There were also negative statements - with
sides of programmers who had their own
natural editors, and our editor, with
its widespread use could undermine
their commerce.
KOR: How is the situation with assets in general?
the majority of spektrumists?
W: Unfortunately, there is activity in St. Petersburg
spektrumists are gradually losing mass
vost. There are many (even a lot) programs
rammists who brew in their own
juice on the SPbZXnet or FIDO network.
KOR: A person's view of the Russian capital
Speccy: Is Spectrum dying or being reborn?
W: I can give my point of view on this issue
state it like a trader: demand for programs with
side of the masses drops sharply, and, as a consequence,
Indeed, the enthusiasm of the creators of the program is lost.
ramm, not only because the programs are not
buy, but also because from their creators
The question increasingly arises: “Asomeone
is this necessary?" - and they answer themselves: "No-no-
mu!" So we lost a lot of our active
programmers (we won’t list them so that
don't forget someone).
KOR: What are your impressions of FunTop? Sprouted
new stars, old ones dimmed, maybe
was it not worth starting?
W: FunTop is very necessary and not only for
to light new stars, and in order
to show the masses that: SPECCY is alive!
SPECCY will live!
KOR: FunTop is behind. What's ahead - for now -
time... Maybe there are some
suggestions to those who will be in the future
arrange something like this?
W: Wishes to future organizers: pain
advertising, in order to attract new lovers
lei SPECCY (FunTop, after all, was for a narrow
circle of people - the elite, who were present in person
or in absentia at this wonderful festival
arts).
KOR: What is Welcome doing today and what?
what are the plans? W: We answer: as long as we are alive, we will be together
with SPECCY! You can only dream about the future!
Let's be OPTIMISTS!!!
KOR: Finally, I would like to ask about
WELCOME - electronic magazine: released only
to one number - first?
W: Thanks for mentioning our
dear brainchild - the magazine "WELCOME PRESS".
Indeed, only 1 of his issues was published!
If anyone other than us knew how
all the strength and energy was devoted to its creation
nie! How many people worked on it!
How many unrealized ideas are left behind?
frame! But they started working on it,
when only Spectrofon, N3 was released!
The thought was: “Isn’t Peter going to be able to do this?”
is it better to bark? But only one came out -
a measure that is still remembered today! But
it is not similar to any of the currently produced
th infinite multitude!
KOR: How to contact you and where I can
find out detailed information about catalogs and
services that Welcome offers?
W: Our address: 193318 St. Petersburg,PO Box 11.
Welcome corporation
tel.: 584-34-14
FIDO: 2:5030/362.15 (Evgeny Buder)
Our services:
V Anyone who wants to receive our catalog
(programs) can send us your clean
floppy disk(s) and transfer to any amount
mu, from which money will be deducted for
shipping by postal receipt plus
cost of copying work to your
floppy disk ($0.3). The directory is being written
free.
V The cost of copyrighted programs is determined
say the authors themselves.
V Author's programs are accepted
implementation (unimplemented copies using
returned within a certain period).
Thank you all for your attention!
R.S. It turns out that there are people ready
support, lend a helping hand, provide
moral support. By the way, you too
those reading these lines, you can join them
rows - some are coders, others are simply
member who loves Speccy...
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