The Gunfight Label Contest winner is...

[The Gunfight Label Contest winner is...]

Oh my god!! er....I'm Dave Exton and I'm deeply humbled!

Everyones entries were brilliant and I didn't think for one moment I'd win (especially with that girl one haha!)

 

I like the idea of giving everyone their own cart,...hang on! That means I'm the only one who gets a 'stock' cart hehehe

[the box for the Atari 32 in 1 cart.]

interesting, I don't personally own a 7800 yet (I'll attempt to rectify that this weekend) so if someone can have a go with one of these proline sticks on their system and let me know if the 2 buttons actually do different things, I'd be grateful.

On my 2600 both buttons just act the same, so I naturally assumed they were wired together

[Worst 2600 game I have and what is the worst ever?]

I'd have to say about half the games in combat are pretty pointless, but the tank stuff is fine

[Worst 2600 game I have and what is the worst ever?]

If anyone's after Xenophobe PAL (or indeed pretty much ANY PAL game) new copies can be ordered from telegames

[Doom for atari 8bit]

yeah, maybe at 80x48 you could pull it off with a respectable frame rate.

[Earthworld Solution]

hehe, nice. One thing about swordquest that intrigued me (don't worry it's not the game - I'm not that backward) is that the prize for beating Airworld was going to be a Philosophers Stone. Hmmm, as in Harry Potter and the... ?

What the heck IS a philosophers stone anyway??

[Atarinvader]

wow! Thanks jobf, that is completely outstanding - I can stop looking for Quadrun now

A bit off topic, but what would you guys say were the rarest PAL games in the UK?

[Doom for atari 8bit]

Mind, though I'm convinced this is fake (or at best VERY slow), there's no reason why a decent version of Doom with a good frame rate couldnt be done in line vectors with hidden-line-removal, as in Novalogics' Mercenary.

[Doom for atari 8bit]

the difference with this is that its filled vectors for floor, walls and ceiling.

This has been done before, very expertly on the c64 and spectrum by Incentive software (their 'freescape' system) in games like Driller in the late 80s.

But the freescape games, which had a playfield about as complicated as those Doom shots, moved at about 0.5 frames per second. OK for an adventure, no good at all for a fps.

[What time is it?]

well, I don't really have any need to know my own time on the messageboard ( i got a watch for that ) It's just kinda nice to know if I'm trying to get a raise out of you guys at 4 in the morning.

[The Activision Quest rolls on!]

OK, you gotta keep the clutch out for the countdown, revving the t*ts in 1st, count in your head or out loud - you hit zero more accurately that way. then just redline into 2nd,3rd (watch this one, its REAL easy to blow your engine here).then when you get into 4th, pop the clutch a couple of times so you're just over 2/3 up the speedo and rev till it whistles. You should break 6.

[Your emulator preference.]

I use stella on my mac. Its OK but there are problems on some carts - most notably Custers revenge...which I was only...er...testing...you know,...for...er....research and that.

[My $0.02 on ET for GBA.]

I dont think you'd need a landfill for 5 million GBA carts, more like a shoebox

[What time is it?]

hehe yeah, cheers

[An Atari Cartel???]

still, it makes me happy to remember all those idiots who practically stabbed each other to get a mint Darth Maul figure on release day when I see about a hundred of 'em in a basket down my local £1 shop

haha

Maybe we should all start collecting Commodore c-16 games, theres no way anyone would be buying them up

[Atarinvader]

I'd be glad to help out, if its any use, I'm also an illustrator and have a bit of experience with flash (but don't ask me to do actionscripts )

[Worst 2600 game I have and what is the worst ever?]

thanks rolenta. I very nearly bought sssnake the other day

["Frogger" vs. "Frogger II".]

I like Frogger - it's got that stark simplicity that makes a good game.

[5 Million Copies of ET]

So with this 'new' version of the film getting released, does this mean that the only DVD we're ever going to be able to buy of it is the 'special edition' - dammit! I'm sick of this - I just want Star Wars back - as is!!!

[Worst 2600 game I have and what is the worst ever?]

After seeing EVERYBODY slate skeet shoot, I'm really tempted to buy a copy- just to see how bad it really is.

["Xenophobe" is the best 2600 game ever!]

I must say, I'm intrigued. I've just ordered a copy.

["Xenophobe" is the best 2600 game ever!]

2600. And tomorrow I'm buying a 7800 so if I like it I might get it for that too

[Atarinvader]

Wow, UK action on the Atari front!

How about some perspective on VCS cart availability in the PAL market? I for one would LOVE to know which Activision games I should be expecting to find for our system.

[What time is it?]

The looming deadline on the Gunfight label competition presented a new confusion on your site. Living in the UK, I have no idea what time it is in whatever bit of america you guys are in. Would it be possible to have some spot on the main messageboard that tells us what the time is where you are?

[Gunfight Label Contest!]

Yeah go ahead (I'm Dave Exton), although I'm unlikely ever to see it in print - being english