[Albert]

/images/features/lead_shot.pngWill you lead?

Find the answer by travelling through the 20 tunnels of Lead, where you'll have to fire at incoming enemies, dodge deadly asteroids, scramble past menacing sentinels and catch wandering satellites to survive, and finally prove to yourself that you can do it.

Lead is a fast paced action game created by Simone Serra, whose first Atari 2600 homebrew release was the unique collection of puzzle and rhythm games in Sync. AtariAge and Simone Serra are sponsoring a contest to create original artwork for Lead. This label artwork will appear on all copies of Lead, which will be released at the beginning of December in the AtariAge Store. This artwork will also be featured on the cover of the manual created for Lead. You can learn more about the contest and how to enter by clicking the following link:

Lead Label Contest

[Zoyx]

Is there a .bin file for our emulators? Some designers probably would like to play the game before making a label.

This post has been edited by Zoyx: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:31 PM

[Nathan Strum]

The current binary is available here.

[Jess Ragan]

Personally, I was thinking of a spiraling, roller coaster-like loop in space, stretching out toward a wormhole set in the distance. It's kind of hard to explain, but it would look like a cross between a Cedar Point ride and the old arcade game Tempest.

[Albert]

Zoyx, on Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:30 PM, said:

Is there a .bin file for our emulators? Some designers probably would like to play the game before making a label.

There is a bin posted on the contest page, but Nathan's already pointed it out.

..Al

[the.golden.ax]

I uploaded my first label about 12 hours ago. I'm really excited about seeing that on the page. Did you get it yet?

Thanks,
AX

[Albert]

the.golden.ax, on Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:30 AM, said:

I uploaded my first label about 12 hours ago. I'm really excited about seeing that on the page. Did you get it yet?

Thanks,
AX

Yes, I sent you an email a few minutes ago..

..Al

[Opo Terser]

Cool! I'll try to submit one this year.

I had a great time making a few for the b*nQ contest last year.

[Albert]

Opo Terser, on Tue Sep 23, 2008 12:50 PM, said:

Cool! I'll try to submit one this year.

I had a great time making a few for the b*nQ contest last year.

Great, look forward to seeing your entry (or entries!)

..Al

[Godzilla]

Soooo.... when this cart is finished, where oh where will it be sold???

[Nathan Strum]

eBay. Albert's plan is to just eBay everything from now on. Drive up demand, increase the price, sell one or two at a huge profit, then repeat every few months.

[Zoyx]

Shipping via space-time portal.

[Albert]

I've posted up the first seven contest entries:

http://www.atariage....ad/#Submissions

Enjoy!

..Al

[bomberpunk]

finding out that this game will finally be released on cart makes angry ticks fire out of my nipples!!

[Albert]

Three more entrants just posted:

Holger Bommer (Entry #1)
Robert Gillespie (Entry #1)
Quentin Tracy (Entry #2)

..Al

[Albert]

Another entry just posted:

Ivan Machado (Entry #1)

Keep up the great work!

..Al

[DaveD]

Oooooo...big fan of Ivan's entry. Holger's entry is nice too. Cool interpretation of the tunnel.

This post has been edited by DaveD: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:48 AM

[Albert]

DaveD, on Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:20 PM, said:

Oooooo...big fan of Ivan's entry. Hoger's entry is nice too. Cool interpretation of the tunnel.

I don't see an entry from you yet!

..Al

[Dee96]

Albert, on Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:46 AM, said:

Three more entrants just posted:

Holger Bommer (Entry #1)
Robert Gillespie (Entry #1)
Quentin Tracy (Entry #2)

..Al

Thanks!

[Albert]

Dee96, on Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:46 PM, said:

Albert, on Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:46 AM, said:

Three more entrants just posted:

Holger Bommer (Entry #1)
Robert Gillespie (Entry #1)
Quentin Tracy (Entry #2)

..Al

Thanks!

Is one of those labels yours?

..Al

[Dee96]

Albert, on Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:54 PM, said:

Dee96, on Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:46 PM, said:

Albert, on Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:46 AM, said:

Three more entrants just posted:

Holger Bommer (Entry #1)
Robert Gillespie (Entry #1)
Quentin Tracy (Entry #2)

..Al

Thanks!

Is one of those labels yours?

..Al

Yes, I sent 2 of them

[Jess Ragan]

Ivan's label gets my vote for sure.

[the.golden.ax]

Hmn. I gotta get some better programs, I made mine with windows paintbrush on windows 3.1 (yes, really).

AX

[LS_Dracon]

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Ivan's label gets my vote for sure.

Tnx

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Hmn. I gotta get some better programs, I made mine with windows paintbrush on windows 3.1 (yes, really).

I use an old photoshop (6.0), for me not worth buy a new version, I recomend previous photoshop versions (5.0 up to 7.0) for people that need a quick and professional program, my case. And these old photoshop are faster I have mine for years!
But I don't know if run in windows 3.1...

This post has been edited by LS_Dracon: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:03 PM

[the.golden.ax]

I have XP SP2 as well, I bought an old copy of 4.0 that DID work on XP, I hadn't used it in over a year and now it said out of memory when trying to load (but I'm not out of memory). It would certainly help. I love using paintbrush though, as a teen I pushed it to the limits and did stuff with it no one could do at the time without big money and machines.

AX