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                       tHE sIRiUS CyBErNeT!CS cORpoRatIOn
            - dynacore - llama - mc laser - scy - moondog - gizmo -
           !­!­ alive on atari st/e, falcon030, win95/98, linux -!­!
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 INTERVIEW WITH:                     CREATURE XL / THE SIRIUS CYBERNETICS CORP.
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Recently some new members  joined tSCc and I wanna introduce them to the  puplic
a little bit more.


UCM: Hi Creature.  Let us start with  some usual  questions. How  did you  start
     computing and what systems are you on now?

CXL: My math-teacher asked me to calculate  the faculty of 100. I tried it  with
     Atari Basic.  That was my first proggy I ever wrote.  Then I wanted to make
     a game... and so I learned assembler...



UCM: Why do you call yourself CREATURE XL?

CXL: In the  year 1992 or 1993 I wanted  to convert  the  game 'Creatures II' to
     the 8-Bit ATARI  and after month of loading 'creature.src' in the assembler
     I identified myself a lot with  this project, so I choosed it as my pseudo.
     The 'XL'-part is ofcourse from  the 'Atari 800XL' to show that this is  THE
     computer.



UCM: How did you became a member of TSCC?

CXL: As I started  coding on the Falcon I  realised that it is very hard  to get
     things going.  Then I heard that  MC LASER (tscc) is searching  for coders.
     That  was the chance  to get hints from  experienced folks and I joined.  I
     hope I can soon code something _useful_.



UCM: What do you define as 'useful'? :-)

CXL: Demoscreens or the like.



UCM: Why do you code on Atari 8 bit?

CXL: Because I know this computer by heart and it is really easy.



UCM: Do you have any current projects? What can we expect in the future?

CXL: A game for the 8-Bit.
     In the future? Some 68k-code.



UCM: Maybe we will see a Atari8 demo from tSCc someday?

CXL: Don't know. It's a nice  idea, but  ATM I  want to  code some games.  It is
     really hard to code demos like the polish guys do.



UCM: Please name five of your fave demos.

CXL: Sonolumineszenz
     Eko-System
     Asskicker (XL)
     Shoel (XL)



UCM: Please name five of your fave games.

CXL: Giana Sisters (C64)
     International Karate (XL)



UCM: What do you think  about the  latest  discussions  on the  DHS-board  about
     showing C64-Demos on an atari-party?

CXL: At first  such a discussion  should  take place  on  the EIL-Board. We have
     seen that some folks  feel the _OLD_ 'ATARI vs. COMODORE'-Spirit,  but that
     didn't fit in the time  we're living in.  Further it is really interesting,
     at least for me, to see what the  C64-hackers are  doing on their machines.



UCM: How does it come that you code your Atari 8 bit stuff on a Falcon?

CXL: It is anoying for me to code  on a 40-Byte  screen and ST-Texteditors,  qed
     for example,  are more comfortable.  The cross-assembler (ca65) has  a huge
     amount  of directives which  makes coding easier  and not to forget you can
     use   the   'make'-utillity   where   you   can  control  projects  easier.



UCM: What do you think about the future of  the demoscene  in general?  In which
     direction are we heading to?

CXL: The demoscene  lives from competition and there is not really a competition
     in the scene - but there should be  six Falcon demos today at EIL2 ;-). But
     one Atari-Party in a year is not so much.



UCM: What do you think of Multi-platform democrews, like for example Haujobb who
     are doing demos on PC, Amiga, C64 and Playstation?

CXL: It's  interesting, BUT they should  concentrate on one  platform to improve
     their skills on that.



UCM: So we are at the end. Any final words?

CXL: I LOVE INTERVIEWS ;-)


Thanx for your time.

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