Interviews: Gertjan Fortuin

1. Will you introduce, just like Barbara, yourself?
My name is Gertjan without hyphen. My surname is Fortuin. I'm 22 years old and I live in Maarssenbroek, just above Utrecht.

2. What is your education level and what work have you done?
I have done the MAVO, LTS and MTS (technical). After that I started working as a host in a restaurant. I wasn't really interested in that. What I'm doing now is much and much better.

3. Do you sport too and do you have a hobby?
I jog much and with pleasure. After my work I run long ends. I do that for my condition and not as a training, because I don't participate in races. I'm not a club member either, because I don't have time for that.

4. Do you watch many TV?
No, not really. What I don't forget to watch is "The Prince of Bel Air". I think that's really humor. I also like to watch big tennis tournaments and events. I'm looking forward to the Olympic Games this summer in Barcelona.

5. What is the most beautiful video game according to you?
If that may be a video game that is not for sale in the Netherlands yet? Then I say "Act Raiser". That is a very comprehensive adventure with a lot of action. For the Super Nintendo. It's the number 1 in the States for months.
Besides, for the Nintendo I persist in finding that "Battle of Olympus" is the most beautiful game.

6. Which video game do you think is the hardest for you and why?
For me that's "Hyper Lode Runner" for the Game Boy. You have to get through 99 different levels. In every level you have to collect treasures in a certain order. If I don't do that correctly, I can start all over again. And…how further I will come, the harder it gets. But that applies not only for me, I know that from my experience.

7. What is your personal Nintendo Top III?
Those are consecutively "Battle of Olympus", "Kickle Cubicle" and "The Adventure of Link". I think that at the moment for the whole Netherlands "Maniac Mansion" is going to be the number one hit!

8. Last question? Have you played all Nintendo games?
No. Not all yet, because there are so many. But I have played the most by far. As a matter of fact that are precisely the sorts of video games, which appeal me the most.

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*** This interview was taken from Club Nintendo #4 1992 and was translated from Dutch to English by Ruudos.***