Interview
Handle: The White Knight of Anthrox
How did you come up with your alias ?
I used to play Chess when I first got my 64! and then one day, I managed to gee a 1541.. WOW! (until then, just a 64 that I had to use Carts.. tape drives were not popular in USA) so a friend of mine asks me to pick a name/handle.. so I said "The Knight" (my favorite chess piece).. but he thought I said "The White Knight".. so he told me it fits perfectly on a 64 disk name.. so I said.. okay.. and that was it..
City / Country:
New York - USA
Born year:
1971 - In INDIA
What was your first computer, and when did you get it?
64! 1985 (I wated to get Atari 2600 but then I saw a friend with a 64 & disks).. the disks can hold as much as 10 games & the games can be copied! WOW! cheaper than carts.. & Bruce lee, Popeye, Gyruss, Buck Rogers looked quite cool :)
How did you get into the scene and what groups have you been a member of ?
I was learning how to program.. you know, typing in those programs from magazines, making erros & when you finally correct everything.. you get some crap program.. later, I met someone in school that I traded warez with (disk swapping) and then someone else as well... somehow, 2 of these people disliked each other and one of them pissed me off as well.. so, the other guy (his name is Danial) & I became better friends and Danial told me to get a modem. (Danial got tons of disks every day) So I ran out and got a COOL! SUPER DUPER! MEGA FAST... NOT! 300 baud modem and called some local boards he told me to call.. I got on some local lame boards when I d/l'ed 100 block (24K?) games in only 15mins or so.. Until this time, I was looking at BASIC (64@HOME, Apple][e@school & PASCAL (on a PeeCee in school)... but Danial had some nice connection with others throughout USA and showed me some ripped fonts, ripped music, etc and told me how some of the cool screens were done.. (ESI/UCF etc) Danial wasnt a programmer but tried to help me by telling me some tools which were used.. then during the summer, he moved to Florida & I was on my own! :( At this time, I only learned JSR init music JSR music (enable IRQ .. set $0314/0315) :(
Danials handle was Commodore Kid (I am not sure how much he was known but he had some cool stuff)
Then I ran into some dicks from New York.. you know.. those pretend elites at local swap meets, boards etc..
from that point on, it was just learning to do everything on my own! eventually, I did (64 PROGRAMMERS MANUAL from Commodore).. also looked at some routines of others like JCT/1001 crew/The Dreat team/Trianon etc...
The only groups I was a member of was
- Hardcore
- NEC
shortly due to probs at home..
- Baseline 2091 (SNES)
- Anthrox
What was the proudest moment in your career ?
When I learned how to code & met a lot of Europeans :)
Then being able to work with Front Far East for SUPER WILDCARD DX..
For what specific reason(s) do you think that you are remembered ?
I dont even know if I am remembered...
What would you like to be remembered for ?
Just being a nice person that I try to be
What made you stop the scene activity ? (and do you remember when?)
Not exactly stopped.. but maybe lack of time..
I became quite inactive in 95 on the SNES.. just got bored.. barely any europeans on the console scene... training/trading/supplying is not my idea of fun.. I prefer coding..
Thinking back on the good old days, is there anything you regret?
The attitude of some people in the scene who try to rip off others in the scene or start racist shit and are serious about it.. I wont mention any names, but I used to think they were friends..
What was your favorite
GAME(S)
Too many.. here are few
Donkey Kong - Popeye - Gyruss - Tetris - Defender of the Crown - Marble Madness - Gyroscope - Rtype - Delta - Katakis - Shadow of the beast - Super mario world - Yoshis Cookie - Transformers - Gryzor (contra) - Ikari warriors
I can still go on.. but these are the ones I can easily recall
DEMO(S)
Ikari Demo (forgot the name but a full disk demo on 64)
State of the Art - Space balls
Red Sector Mega Demo (the one with Iron maiden guy)
Cave mega demo
Predator Mega demo
Real from Complex
PROGRAMMER(S) (OR PROGRAMMING TEAM(S))
Dont remember the names but can tell the groups
Zenith - 64
FBR - 64
NEC - 64
PANINARO (PAN/ATX - 64/AMIGA/SNES)
Changeling/Abyss - 64
Real from Complex (the one coded by GENGHIS.. not Genghis/Bomb)
ANTHROX AMIGA (coolest TRAINERS & MENUS.. GFX/MUSIC/etc)
IKARI(64) intros .. with cool tunes..
CRACKER(S) (OR CRACKING GROUP(S))
UCF(64) - ESI(64) - IKARI(64) - HORIZON/NEC(64) - QUARTEX(AMIGA) - FUSION(64)
OVERALL GROUPS :
IKARI - 64
ANTHROX - AMIGA
COMPOSER(S)
JCH - MON - Chris Huelsbeck
BEST COMPOSED TRACK(S)
almost all tunes from JCH :)
BEST GRAPHICS
TITAN - exComplex.. now BOMB.. from PARIS/FRANCE - AMIGA
EVENT(S) (E.G. COPYPARTY)
This is quite difficult since I am from USA.. but I liked The Party 94 in herning, Denmark
MEMORY(S)
Cebit 93 in Hannover/Germany
DRINK ?
Snapple Lemon Flavored ICED TEA :)
What are you doing nowadays ?
I can really describe. .but keep looking at http://www.ANTHROX.com to see :)
What are you doing on your spare time?
Just relaxing because its something I consider a luxury these days. (lack of time.. too much work)
Is there anything you'd like to say to the public (read: admires)
dont know.. except you can EMAIL me at ANTIROX@TNP.COM and well, just be nice & honest with everyone.. it would only make this world a better place to live for everyone..
What is the meaning of life?
to live, enjoy & let others live.. to each his/her own..