krisjohn Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Okay, it's about time I hosted one of these competitions myself. I'm currently in the process of photographing pretty much every item in my video game collection. The list is at http://krisjohn.atari.org/stuff.html A little past half way down (for the moment), on the left, is a mystery cart. Only the slightest bit of the end label is still intact. I have not played it, I have no idea what's on it. Sometime in the next weekend, local time, I will insert it into my PAL Atari 7800 and play a single game of whatever it is. I will then record anything score-like (score, time, whatever). You have to guess what the title is and what the score/time will be. Of the people who guess the title correctly, the closest score/time will win the cart and their choice of: Jungle Hunt, Sky Skipper or any other 2600 title I'm sure I have a spare of (the list will be PMed to the winner). * One guess per person. Once you've made your guess, you're stuck with it, except... * Make your guess unique -- if it's the same as an earlier post, yours doesn't count. * Any editing of messages rules you out of the competition. If you accidentally guess the same as someone else, post another message. If two people both guess the winning title and their scores/times are the same amount away from the winning score/time (eg; ten over and ten under), the person that guessed the lower score or higher time (ie; worse performance) wins. My message indicating what the game is and the score I achieved will signal the end of the competition. My next message will announce the winner. If the game doesn't work, the game otherwise doesn't suit the competition above, or no-one guesses the correct title, the winner will be picked randomly from everyone that posted a guess. Remember, Perth is eight hours ahead of GMT/UTC and somewhere around 13-15 hours ahead of most of the US. If I do this on Saturday morning it may still only be Friday evening where you are, so don't wait until the last minute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Error 404 - Not Found The page you have requested is unavailable on this server. If you are looking for the site of a particular OptusNet member or just browsing, why not look through our Members Listing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 * One guess per person. Do we PM the guess or post it publically? I have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Using the link from the Marketplace post, I'm saying the game is Pac-man, your score will be 10,500 and you will give it a go around 11AM Saturday your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisjohn Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 Sorry, the BB parser glued the full stop onto the URL. http://krisjohn.atari.org/stuff.html And yes, you post your guess, which should include a title and a matching score or time, to this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisjohn Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 and you will give it a go around 11AM Saturday your time. Okay, that's not what I mean when I say score/time. Say the game is Barnstorming -- guess my time to complete a game, since there is no "score" as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Can the PM I sent count anyway? I didn't want to divulge my guess before I knew the rules, but it was the same as sku_u's and I can't fathom making another one since I'm absolutely sure that's what it is (and I submitted my PM before he put up his post). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Can the PM I sent count anyway? I didn't want to divulge my guess before I knew the rules, but it was the same as sku_u's and I can't fathom making another one since I'm absolutely sure that's what it is (and I submitted my PM before he put up his post). Why don't you just post the game with a different score than mine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Kay-o. Pac-Man, score 5200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Kay-o. Pac-Man, score 5200. That's a nice number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Pac Man, 3000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 It's obviously Pac-man but I guess it's non-functional. Score/Time of 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixellated Ghost Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Pac Man, 4779. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 PACMAN, You wont even bother playing-score:0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorlaxnut Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I am going to say Breakout with a score of 375. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sage of Sega Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 Pac-Man, 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 I will say Pac-man with a score of 7250!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisjohn Posted June 23, 2003 Author Share Posted June 23, 2003 ATARI TROLL has posted a duplicate answer, he may guess again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooterb23 Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Just to be different, I'll say it's Canyon Bomber...and you'll score 460 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jetset Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 PAC-Man, 5600, 20 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Pac-Man I guess a score of 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 I will still say pacman, I will give you a score of 1134 pts. Hopefully no one bids a dollar (price is right jk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Pac - Man krisjohn will get tired of it and shut it off at 101 points! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophero Sly Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Pac Man. 4283 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted June 24, 2003 Share Posted June 24, 2003 Kay-o. Pac-Man, score 5200. That's a nice number It's a number on my mind a lot of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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