Onto Season 9 then......Please post your 3 chosen games using the guidelines below and submit them in this thread. Please ensure the game exists online (I'll continue posting so that you can download from the Complete BBC Games Archive - http://www.bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php). If it doesn't exist there then please check that it exists in the pages here: http://www.stairwaytohell.com/bbc/index ... diskimages If you know of an internet location of a game that isn't at either of these sites (highly unlikely though) then please post that for me.
It will start on February 5th, 9:00 PM UK time. Cutoff for admitting games will be February 2nd at 9:00 PM UK time in order to give me time to get the 9th season site set up so we can start on time.
Again, please submit (ONLY) 3 games that you like. The stipulation is that they must not have yet been played within Season 7 or 8. If you have a game(s) that wasn't chosen in Season 7 or 8 then you may Choose it for Season 9. If there are duplicate games chosen (if you check the list though, there shouldn't be) then whoever chose the game first keeps the choice and the duplicator may choose a different game if they wish. See up to 3 game rule below.
Try also to choose 3 games that make sense as a score competition. ie: Elite or Revs don't make sense for this competition. There must be a proper score within whatever game is chosen or it will be replaced. Also, the games should not be ones that take forever to play through one go otherwise few will want to play it. If you're proficient then the game may get long but first you must be proficient and that's ok.
If you don't want to choose 3 games, you don't have to but it will allow us more choice for Season 9.
Some games have the ability to start different ways..... ie: different levels to start. If you have a preference, kindly state that in this thread when you pick the game.
These are more guidelines than rules but I think most people understand how it works.
It's a crap shoot what games are chosen. It's completely random (my wife picks a game from a bowl that is raised over her head so she can't see in). Also, the papers are folded so she could be looking at them and still not see so it's more random than the random generator in the Beeb.
I can't think of anything else at the moment but I will get the thread set up for choosing your games for Season 9.
If you have any questions, please hold them for the thread that needs to be set up and I'll answer them in there for everyone as well as possible. Also note that Sydney is an admin for this section of the site and can answer anything that's asked as well.
Thanks again everyone for participating and see you in the next round.
Just so everyone is aware of what was chosen the last 2 seasons, please don't choose any of these games again.....tx....Ed......
These are the games that may not be chosen for Season 9: I will add and subtract these as as explained in my previous message.
Season 8
A Maze In Space
Manic Miner
Star Wars
Caveman Capers
Cosmic Camouflage
Felix Meets the Evil Weevils
Bumble Bee
Pipemania
Bug Eyes
Skirmish
White Light
Season 7
Banana Man
Hunchback
Galactic Firebird
Estra
Zalaga
Vindaloo
Video's Revenge
Repton
!Blast
Galaforce2:Alien's Revenge
Rocket Raid
