Great interview! I was especially amused by the licensing saga, and the explanation for why the game is so hard. :-D
I'm glad that you plan to keep doing similar interviews on retro games. It's nice to get a peek behind the curtain, especially when enough time has passed that everyone's comfortable with spilling the beans. I'm especially impressed that he managed to remember all the details from twenty years ago, although I guess we'll never know who Mystery Sprite Man was supposed to be.
Looking forward to the next interview!