Share memories of games, win games

[catharton]

Just to explain, I run a games site called Catharton Electronica, the idea of which is partly to get people to leave comments and memories on old and new games from any computer or console.

 

As I said in another thread on here, I think gaming is destined to become really mainstream in the same way other media like books and music and film have become, with something for everyone. With this in mind I'd like to try and help create a record of people's memories of how gaming began, how people who played these games on their first release remember them.

 

To jog people's memories, I've tried to compile games lists for all the systems I could find that have had commercial games released for them, and I'm adding screenshots all the time to further remind people what the games used to be like. You'd be surprised how many people post who remember the games but have never heard of emulators.

 

The Contest Itself!

 

To help encourage people to leave their memories and comments on games, I'm running a monthly contest where the author of the best-written comment wins a game of their choice. The rules are availble in detail at the link below, but in short the comments have to be new and not taken from anywhere else, the idea of the prize is to encourage new material to appear on the internet rather than recycling of existing material. Also, the winner is based on quality, not quantity, so people with something to say are more likely to win than people who just waffle.

 

The comments can be for any game, old or new, and if it's missing from the system's game list post a message telling me so and I'll fix it.

 

Just to emphasise, the comments can be anything to do with the game, your memories, opinions, stuff you know about the game's production etc. They don't have to be a traditional review, although if you want to write a review that's okay too.

 

Contest Details & Rules (please read if you're thinking of entering!):

 

http://www.catharton.net/electronica/index.php?topic=21211.0

 

Catharton Electronica:

 

http://www.catharton.net/electronica/index.php

 

 

 

 

 

(ORIGINAL POST: I run a general gaming site which tries to cover all systems retro and current, the idea is to give people a place to leave memories of games from the past or the present.

 

We've got a monthly contest where the person who leaves the best comment wins a game, and I was wondering if it would be okay for me to mention the site and contest on here?)

Edited February 2, 2006 by catharton

[bcprs1]

Don't see why anyone would have a problem with that.

[catharton]

Don't see why anyone would have a problem with that.

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Okay, thanks for replying...

 

I'll edit my first post so it has more about the contest.