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− | This is a interview conducted by [[HXC]], with [[Peter Morawiec]].
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− | ==The Interview==
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− | '''[[HXC]]''': How was it to work with [[Yuji Naka]] personally? How did both of you handle new challenges? Something specially you remember and can tell us?
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− | '''[[Peter Morawiec]]''': When I was originally offered a job at [[STI]], I asked to speak with Naka - I wanted to get a sense of how the Sonic games were made. This made the manager a little nervous, but he introduced us anyway. It was clear that he spoke very little English, and that the [[Sonic Team]] were a very isolated, seperate entity from the rest of STI. I *was* told that he liked the Genesis 3D demo I had put together before joining, but otherwise I rarely interacted with him.
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− | '''HXC''': Do you know Motorola 68000 assembler? Did you help programming stuff for Sonic & Knuckles, and if so, what did you do? We like to hear specific details on your work.
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− | '''Peter Morawiec''': I know (or knew) 68000 assembler very well. I had previously worked on Atari ST and Amigas, which used the same chip. I did not work on ''[[Sonic & Knuckles|Sonic and Knuckles]]''.
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− | '''HXC''': You were not credited in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3|Sonic 3]]'', or ''Sonic & Knuckles''. The staff roll at the end of the games did not include your name. How does that feel?
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− | '''Peter Morawiec''': Since I didn't work on them, I think that not including my name was justified!
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− | '''HXC''': Roger Hector told us that you were sometimes "a stronger technical designer than Naka". I (the interviewer) have followed how Sonic has developed from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)|Sonic 1]]'' (year 1991) up to ''Sonic & Knuckles'' (year 1994), and I can find stuff in ''Sonic & Knuckles'' that was groundbreaking and at a higher math level than the previous games, such as the scorpion robot's attacking tail when aiming at Sonic, and a floating boss device that uses a shield to prevent attacks from Sonic, that will always be in the way no matter what angle Sonic comes from. I believe you must have been involved in those math routines since they are new stuff never used by Naka before. If you remember anything specific, please tell us!
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− | '''Peter Morawiec''': It's lucky for Roger that Naka doesn't read English then! Sadly though, despite my brilliance, I cannot claim any credit for any math routines in any Sonic games. He certainly wasn't the only programmer on the games - maybe a new guy (from Japan) came up with those?
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− | '''HXC''': Hm...thats really strange.....I swear that it mentioned you in the ''Sonic and Knuckles'' Rock the Rock MTV special..lemme look again...
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− | Yes! You were in there, explaining some Knuckles running mechanics..
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− | '''Peter Morawiec''': MTV needed someone who was technical and could speak English, and they found me!
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− | I wasn't completely bull-shitting - I really had been talking about that stuff to a programmer when the MTV people came in. They just asked me to do it for the camera. Did I actually mention Knuckles by name?
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− | '''HXC''': Hahah!, And yes, you did mention Knuckles by name :P
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− | ==External links==
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− | *[http://projectsonic.com/stuff/Google%20Mail%20-%20RE%20%20Press%20Interview.htm Source of Interview]
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− | [[Category:Interviews]]
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