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This is a interview conducted by [[WetflameG]], with [[Brenda Ross]], the Level Artist for the Desert Zone. It has been reformatted for better readability.
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This is an interview conducted by [[User:Wetflame|Wetflame]], with [[Brenda Ross]]. It has been reformatted for better readability.
  
 
==The Interview==
 
==The Interview==
 
'''WetflameG''': Hello, Ms. Ross?
 
'''WetflameG''': Hello, Ms. Ross?
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'''Brenda Ross''': Hello?
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Hello?
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'''WetflameG''': Ah, hello. Could I talk to you for a minute, if you're not too busy? I have a couple of things I want to ask.
 
'''WetflameG''': Ah, hello. Could I talk to you for a minute, if you're not too busy? I have a couple of things I want to ask.
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'''Brenda Ross''': Sure. How can I help you?
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Sure. How can I help you?
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'''WetflameG''': Okay, thanks.
 
'''WetflameG''': Okay, thanks.
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'''Brenda Ross''': And who am I speaking to?
 
'''Brenda Ross''': And who am I speaking to?
  
'''WetflameG''': I like your hair by the way. Oh, my name is Leigh Walsh. I'm interested in an interview you did a few years back, well an email you answered. About some art you did for Sega many years ago. Well, that's the first thing anyway.
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'''WetflameG''': I like your hair by the way. Oh, my name is Leigh Walsh. I'm interested in an interview you did a few years back, well an email you answered. About some art you did for [[Sega]] many years ago. Well, that's the first thing anyway.
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'''Brenda Ross''': Okay.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Okay.
  
'''WetflameG''': See, a bit of an argument broke out on a message board over the name of the Desert Level. People always gave it one name.
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'''WetflameG''': See, a bit of an argument broke out on a message board over the name of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) scrapped levels|Desert Level]]. People always gave it one name.
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'''Brenda Ross''': Okay, ask your question.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Okay, ask your question.
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'''WetflameG''': Yes, people are arguing over the name of the Desert Level.
 
'''WetflameG''': Yes, people are arguing over the name of the Desert Level.
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'''Brenda Ross''': You want to know if there was another name for the Desert Level?
 
'''Brenda Ross''': You want to know if there was another name for the Desert Level?
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'''WetflameG''': Yep, people say Dust Hill is not correct name and that you said that name, because in a previous e-mail someone had mentioned it and I thought it was a little insulting to presume that happened, so thought I'd double check with you.
 
'''WetflameG''': Yep, people say Dust Hill is not correct name and that you said that name, because in a previous e-mail someone had mentioned it and I thought it was a little insulting to presume that happened, so thought I'd double check with you.
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'''Brenda Ross''': You know when you're working on a movie, and you haven't yet decided on a name so you use a working name...
 
'''Brenda Ross''': You know when you're working on a movie, and you haven't yet decided on a name so you use a working name...
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'''WetflameG''': Yep?
 
'''WetflameG''': Yep?
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'''Brenda Ross''': ...Desert level
 
'''Brenda Ross''': ...Desert level
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'''WetflameG''': Was the name Dust Hill ever actually used?
 
'''WetflameG''': Was the name Dust Hill ever actually used?
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'''Brenda Ross''': The art was never put in the game as you know...
 
'''Brenda Ross''': The art was never put in the game as you know...
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'''WetflameG''': Yep
 
'''WetflameG''': Yep
'''Brenda Ross''': ...Yasuhara the designer really liked it. I also had a Winter level...
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'''Brenda Ross''': ...Yasuhara the designer really liked it. I also had a [[Winter level]]...
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'''WetflameG''': Why did it get the can?
 
'''WetflameG''': Why did it get the can?
'''Brenda Ross''': ...with christmas trees and stuff.
 
  
'''WetflameG''': Were the trees reused in Hill Top zone? Also, there is a level in Sonic CD, Quartz Quadrant, which is quite similiar. Craig's level, Hidden Palace, which was scrapped, had a background reused in Sonic Spinball.
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'''Brenda Ross''': ...with Christmas trees and stuff.
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'''WetflameG''': Were the trees reused in Hill Top zone? Also, there is a level in ''[[Sonic CD]]'', [[Quartz Quadrant]], which is quite similar. [[Craig Stitt|Craig]]'s level, [[Hidden Palace Zone|Hidden Palace]], which was scrapped, had a background reused in ''[[Sonic Spinball]]''.
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'''Brenda Ross''': No because we ran out of time and I was the last artist assigned to the project, so mine was the stuff that was cut - we had no choice.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': No because we ran out of time and I was the last artist assigned to the project, so mine was the stuff that was cut - we had no choice.
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'''WetflameG''': That sucks! The Desert level is the Sonic community's favourite lost level.
 
'''WetflameG''': That sucks! The Desert level is the Sonic community's favourite lost level.
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'''Brenda Ross''': Craig must have recycled the art since it wasn't used.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Craig must have recycled the art since it wasn't used.
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'''WetflameG''': It's really nice art.
 
'''WetflameG''': It's really nice art.
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'''Brenda Ross''': Yes, Yasuhara and I were not too happy we all worked so hard.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Yes, Yasuhara and I were not too happy we all worked so hard.
  
'''WetflameG''': Shame. Oh, by the way If it makes you as Yasuhara happier, the level has been recreated using your edited art from a screenshot in a ROM edit.
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'''WetflameG''': Shame. Oh, by the way if it makes you as Yasuhara happier, the level has been recreated using your edited art from a screenshot in a ROM edit.
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'''Brenda Ross''': Oh, cool.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Oh, cool.
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'''WetflameG''': I'll take a pic.
 
'''WetflameG''': I'll take a pic.
'''Brenda Ross''': Thanks i have to go. I'm in the middle of a bunch of work.
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'''Brenda Ross''': Thanks I have to go. I'm in the middle of a bunch of work.
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'''WetflameG''': Oh, okay will you be on later?
 
'''WetflameG''': Oh, okay will you be on later?
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'''Brenda Ross''': Do me a favor, Leigh?
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Do me a favor, Leigh?
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'''WetflameG''': Yes?
 
'''WetflameG''': Yes?
'''Brenda Ross''': Please dont give this IM to anyone.
 
  
'''WetflameG''': I won't
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'''Brenda Ross''': Please don't give this IM to anyone.
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'''WetflameG''': I won't.
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'''Brenda Ross''': Or you'll force me to change it. I only use this for work and I'm busy enough all day long you know it's funny...
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Or you'll force me to change it. I only use this for work and I'm busy enough all day long you know it's funny...
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'''WetflameG''': I'm sure you are. Sorry if I took up too much time.
 
'''WetflameG''': I'm sure you are. Sorry if I took up too much time.
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'''Brenda Ross''': ...people always ask me and Craig questions about Sonic 2 but they never ask for Tim Skelly.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': ...people always ask me and Craig questions about Sonic 2 but they never ask for Tim Skelly.
  
'''WetflameG''': Yes, because you're the only ones we can contact. Tim Skelly?
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'''WetflameG''': Yes, because you're the only ones we can contact. [[Tim Skelly]]?
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'''Brenda Ross''': He did the bonus rounds.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': He did the bonus rounds.
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'''WetflameG''': Oh!
 
'''WetflameG''': Oh!
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'''Brenda Ross''': I can give you his e-mail he's agreed to talk to you guys.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': I can give you his e-mail he's agreed to talk to you guys.
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'''WetflameG''': That would be GREAT. Thanks.
 
'''WetflameG''': That would be GREAT. Thanks.
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'''Brenda Ross''': He was the art director on the project, I think.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': He was the art director on the project, I think.
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'''WetflameG''': But can you remember is the level may have been intended to call Dust Hill?
 
'''WetflameG''': But can you remember is the level may have been intended to call Dust Hill?
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'''Brenda Ross''': I think it was, yes. I always called it the Desert Zone or Desert Level.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': I think it was, yes. I always called it the Desert Zone or Desert Level.
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'''WetflameG''': And it's not just because people flooded you with e-mails asking about "Dust Hill"?
 
'''WetflameG''': And it's not just because people flooded you with e-mails asking about "Dust Hill"?
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'''Brenda Ross''': Sure.
 
'''Brenda Ross''': Sure.
  

Latest revision as of 21:01, 16 November 2019

This is an interview conducted by Wetflame, with Brenda Ross. It has been reformatted for better readability.

The Interview

WetflameG: Hello, Ms. Ross?

Brenda Ross: Hello?


WetflameG: Ah, hello. Could I talk to you for a minute, if you're not too busy? I have a couple of things I want to ask.

Brenda Ross: Sure. How can I help you?


WetflameG: Okay, thanks.

Brenda Ross: And who am I speaking to?


WetflameG: I like your hair by the way. Oh, my name is Leigh Walsh. I'm interested in an interview you did a few years back, well an email you answered. About some art you did for Sega many years ago. Well, that's the first thing anyway.

Brenda Ross: Okay.


WetflameG: See, a bit of an argument broke out on a message board over the name of the Desert Level. People always gave it one name.

Brenda Ross: Okay, ask your question.


WetflameG: Yes, people are arguing over the name of the Desert Level.

Brenda Ross: You want to know if there was another name for the Desert Level?


WetflameG: Yep, people say Dust Hill is not correct name and that you said that name, because in a previous e-mail someone had mentioned it and I thought it was a little insulting to presume that happened, so thought I'd double check with you.

Brenda Ross: You know when you're working on a movie, and you haven't yet decided on a name so you use a working name...


WetflameG: Yep?

Brenda Ross: ...Desert level


WetflameG: Was the name Dust Hill ever actually used?

Brenda Ross: The art was never put in the game as you know...


WetflameG: Yep

Brenda Ross: ...Yasuhara the designer really liked it. I also had a Winter level...


WetflameG: Why did it get the can?

Brenda Ross: ...with Christmas trees and stuff.


WetflameG: Were the trees reused in Hill Top zone? Also, there is a level in Sonic CD, Quartz Quadrant, which is quite similar. Craig's level, Hidden Palace, which was scrapped, had a background reused in Sonic Spinball.

Brenda Ross: No because we ran out of time and I was the last artist assigned to the project, so mine was the stuff that was cut - we had no choice.


WetflameG: That sucks! The Desert level is the Sonic community's favourite lost level.

Brenda Ross: Craig must have recycled the art since it wasn't used.


WetflameG: It's really nice art.

Brenda Ross: Yes, Yasuhara and I were not too happy we all worked so hard.


WetflameG: Shame. Oh, by the way if it makes you as Yasuhara happier, the level has been recreated using your edited art from a screenshot in a ROM edit.

Brenda Ross: Oh, cool.


WetflameG: I'll take a pic.

Brenda Ross: Thanks I have to go. I'm in the middle of a bunch of work.


WetflameG: Oh, okay will you be on later?

Brenda Ross: Do me a favor, Leigh?


WetflameG: Yes?

Brenda Ross: Please don't give this IM to anyone.


WetflameG: I won't.

Brenda Ross: Or you'll force me to change it. I only use this for work and I'm busy enough all day long you know it's funny...


WetflameG: I'm sure you are. Sorry if I took up too much time.

Brenda Ross: ...people always ask me and Craig questions about Sonic 2 but they never ask for Tim Skelly.


WetflameG: Yes, because you're the only ones we can contact. Tim Skelly?

Brenda Ross: He did the bonus rounds.


WetflameG: Oh!

Brenda Ross: I can give you his e-mail he's agreed to talk to you guys.


WetflameG: That would be GREAT. Thanks.

Brenda Ross: He was the art director on the project, I think.


WetflameG: But can you remember is the level may have been intended to call Dust Hill?

Brenda Ross: I think it was, yes. I always called it the Desert Zone or Desert Level.


WetflameG: And it's not just because people flooded you with e-mails asking about "Dust Hill"?

Brenda Ross: Sure.

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