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Henrik Adelsten interview | Henrik Adelsten was a member of the Danish Duo, The Danish Circle, The Goonies, Illusion 2016 and 2000 A.D. Henrik was active in the scene from the mid eighties until 1989. In the various groups he worked on demos, ripped music, cracked games and made trainers for games. You can read the complete interview on the C64.com web page.

Dave Needle interview | In the 90's Rick Spence from New Media News had an interview with Dave Needle. Dave was one of the designers of the Amiga computer. You can now watch the interview on YouTube.

Nick Jones interview | Nick Jones is a video games developer. His first computer was a Oric-1, but later he switched to a C64. He worked on the following games: Frostbyte, Equinox, Exolon, Beyond the Ice Palace, Vixen, Cybernoid, Cybernoid 2, Stormlord, Deliverance, Smash T.V., Supremacy, Dan Dare 3 and Time Machine. You can read the whole interview on the C64.com web page.

Interview met Dave Townsend | The Codetapper's web page had an interview with Dave Townsend. Dave developed the game Bull Run for the Amiga. Bull Run lets you step into the shoes of the Union or Confederate commanders at the Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War.

Alex Goldblat interview | The web page C64.com has had an interview with Alex Goldblat (Dr.J). Alex was active in the scene between 1988 and 1992 as a member of The Gold, Hotshot, The Force and Delysid. Alex did cracking, swapping, import, cover designer and graphics.

Petro Tyschtschenko interview | Robby from the web page MOS 6502 had an interview with Petro Tyschtschenko. Petro worked for Commodore and later became president of Amiga Technologies. Petro talks about his time with Commodore, Amiga, Escom and Gateway.

Russel Comte interview | Russel Comte worked for Melbourne House. Russel worked on the following games: The Hobbit, Fist 2, Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo, Rock'n Wrestle, Asterix and the Magic Cauldron, Bop'n Rumble (Street Hassle), Shadows of Mordor, Fighting Warrior and Sgt. Slaughter's Mat Wars. You can read the complete interview on the C64.com web page.

Geoff Phillips and Stuart Taylor interview | Geoff Phillips is a programmer who made games for the Commodore C64. He worked on C64 games such as the Young Ones and Mighty Bomb Jack.
Stuart Taylor was the musician in the group XESS from 1982 to 1986. He made his music with the help of the program Electrosound. He later replaced his Commodore C64 for the Commodore Amiga.

Interview with Brian van de Peer | The Amiga Lore web page had an interview with Brian van de Peer. Brian talks about the game Son of Zeus for the Amiga. The team behind the game were: Mick, Brain and Tobias. Work on the game was started in the early nineties but it was never finished. At the moment only a Amiga Action cover disk demo exists.

Brian Flanagan interview | Brian Flanagan worked ten years for Ocean Software in Manchester. He started work for Ocean in his school holidays. He worked on Operation Wolf and Operation Thunderbolt. He also worked for Core Design, Warthog, EA, Nintendo, Wayforward Technologies, Capcom and Namco. You can read the whole interview on the C64.com web page.

Interview with Antony Crowther | The Amiga Lore web page had an interview with Antony Crowther. Antony got into game programming at his school together with Ben Daglish, Nigel Merryman and Martyn Peverley. He worked on the following games: Bombuzal, Phobia, Captive, Captain Planet, Knightmare and Liberation.

Thomas H Pedersen (Blitz) interview | Thomas H Pedersen also known as Blitz was active in the Commodore C64 scene from 1984 until 1991. Thomas was a member of many groups: Danish Duo, Danish Circle, Dominators, Illusion 2016, 2000 A.D. and Photon. Thomas worked mostly with graphics: sprites, chars, fonts in all sizes, logos and full-screen graphics. You can read the complete interview on the C64.com web page.

C64.com interviews | The web page C64.com has added more interviews. The most recent interviews are: The Overlord of Warriors of the Wasteland. Daw of Triad and Censor Design. Jeff Smart of Bojesoft, German Spreading Service, Triad, Scouse Cracking Group, Elite and the Illegal paper magazine. Hex of Pixel Developments and Tob of Pixel Developments.

Interview with Dave Semmens | The Codetapper's web page had an interview with Dave Semmens. Dave worked on many Amiga games, a few examples are: Rainbow Warriors (1989), SAS Combat Simulator (1990), Spellfire The Sorceror (1990), Kid Gloves 2: The Journey Back (1992), The Incredible Crash Dummies (1994) and The Lion King (1995).

Interview with Ned Langman | The Codetapper's web page had an interview with Ned Langman. Ned was the graphic artist behind many Amiga games: Silkworm, Ninja Warriors, Judge Dredd, NARC, SWIV, Saint Dragon, Double Dragon 3, Rod-Land, Big Run and Indy Heat.

Joe Bonar and Allan Shortt interview | Joe Bonar started his career at Telecomsoft and later worked for UBik, Simon Pick and Probe. The games he worked on are: BMX, Savage, Tintin on the Moon, Chase HQ 2, Dan Dare 3, Back to the Future 3, Supremacy, North & South, Viz, Alien 3, 3D Pool, Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, Mr Heli, Peter Packrat, Arcade Classic, Beach Buggy Simulator, European 5-a-side, Extirpator, Thrust, Ball, Micro Rhythm and International Speedway.

Allan Shortt started as a computer games programmer in 1985. He worked for Ocean Software, Origin Systems, Malibu Interactive, Time Warner, Candle Light Studios and Platinum Interactive. The games he worked on are: Yie Ar Kung-Fu II, Mario Bros, Athena, Combat School, Arkanoid II - Revenge of Doh and Terra Cresta.

Interview with Erlend Robaye, Peter Verswyvelen and Kim Goossens. | The Amiga Lore web page had an interview with the people that developed the game Ziriax for the Amiga. Erlend Robaye (Rataplan) made graphics for Ziriax, Peter Verswyvelen (Chatterbox) did the programming of the game and Kim Goossens made graphics and animations. You can read all three interviews on the Amiga Lore web page.

Mathew Carr interview | Amigapd had an interview with Mathew Carr. Mathew is the developer of the Gravity Beam game for the Amiga. Mathew's first computer was a Sinclair, but he later used an Amiga 500. He started making games with the help of AMOS for the Amiga and DarkBASIC and Blitz Basic for the PC. You can read the whole interview on the Amigapd web page.

Jonathan Abrams interview | In episode 75 of Triangulation host Leo Laporte talks with guest Jonathan Abrams. Jonathan is the founder and CEO of Nuzzel, Friendster and HotLinks. In this interview Jonathan talks about the Commodore PET, C64, start ups and more.

Interview with Marc Djan | The Codetapper's web page had an interview with Marc Djan. Marc was the head of Ocean France, and kindly answers some questions about the company including why so many of their games were never released!

Interview with Rob Hewitt and Retroguru | The AmigaPD web page had an interview with with Rob Hewitt. Rob is the developer of the Amiga game Timebomb. He also worked on the games JetHunt, Coagulus Pairs AGA, Hard Ammo, Skulldriller, Mr.Earth and A-Bomb. You can read the complete interview on the AmigaPD web page.

The AmigaPD web page also had an interview with the Retroguru team. Retroguru made the game Sqrxz for the Amiga.

Interview with Bobby Earl | The Codetapper's web page had an interview with Bobby Earl. Bobby worked on Amiga games during the 90s for Westwood in the USA. Examples are: Flip-it, Magnose: Water Carriers from Mars, Total Recall, Hook (for Ocean software) and Dune 2.

Jonathan Potter interview | The Amiga Lore web page had an interview with Jonathan Potter. Jonathan is the creator and programmer of Directory Opus for the Amiga. Jonathan started his programming on the Commodore C64 in 1986. Nowadays Jonathan is still working on Dopus with two other developers. You can read the complete interview on the Amiga Lore web page.

Karen Davies interview | Karen Davies used to work as an graphical artist for computer games. She worked at Imagine, Denton Designs, Ocean Software, Special FX and Rage. A few examples of games that Karen worked on are: Batman the Caped Crusader, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Hysteria and Short Circuit. You can read the complete interview on the c64.com web page.

Tero Heikkinen Interview | You can read an interview with Tero Heikkinen on the Amigapd web page. Tero is the developer of the Amiga game Top Hat Willy. This game is a clone of the Jet Set Willy that was released for many 8-bit computers such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 16 en 64, Acorn Electron, MSX etc. In the game you must clean a big house before you can go back to your bedroom.

Kristi Louise Herd interview | Kristi is a graphical artist and worked on many computer games from the year 1989 to 2002. She started her career at Imagitec Design and later worked for NMS Software, Revolution, Rockstar games and others. A few examples of the games that Kristi worked on are: Fiendish Freddy's Big Top 'o Fun, Stratego, Daemonsgate, Mass Destruction and Ramparts. You can read the complete interview on the c64.com web page.

Elton Bird interview | The Amiga Lore web page had an interview with Elton Bird. Elton Bird, the creator of top tennis games Tennis Champs and Super Tennis Champs tells about his work on Amiga games. After the Amiga period he worked on games for on the Sega, Nintento, Xbox, Playstation, etc. You can read the complete interview on the Amiga Lore web page.

John Croudy interview | John worked as a programmer on games for the Amiga and the Atari ST. A few examples of games he worked on are: Silkworm, Ninja Warriors, SWIV, Rodland, Saint Dragon and Indy Heat. You can read the whole interview on the Codetrappers web page.

Arthur van Jole interview | The web page c64.com interviewed Arthur van Jole. Arthur was active in the Commodore scene from 1985 to 1988. He was a member of the The Amateurs and Boys Without Brain. He later started working on games, and made graphics for the Commodore C64 games Hawkeye, Super Trucker, Flimbo's Quest and Last Ninja 3.

Steven Day interview | The Amiga Lore web page had an interview with Steven Day. Steven also known as STE'86 and STE made artwork for the Commodore 64 and the Amiga. A few examples of games he worked on are: Stormtrooper, Fireforce and Prince of Persia. You can read the complete interview on the Amiga Lore web page.

Darren Melbourne interview | The web page c64.com interviewed Darren Melbourne. Darren developed games for many computer systems. For the Commodore C64 he worked on Hades Nebula, Blazer, Shinobi, Ninja Warriors, Gemini Wing and Speedball. Nowadays he develops games for the Nintendo and the iPhone. You can read the complete interview on the c64.com web page.

Allan Elegeert (Mad All) interview | The web page c64.com has interviewed Allan Elegeert, also known as Mad All. Mad All was active in the Belgium C64 scene from 1985 until 1990. He was a member of Commando and Commando Frontier (CFR) and did a lot of demo design and disk swapping. You can read the whole interview on the c64.com web page.

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