[Albert]

/images/news/CastleCrisisContest.gifFans of the classic Atari arcade game Warlords will be pleased to learn that Bryan Edewaard has developed a version for the Atari 5200 titled Castle Crisis. Supporting up to four simultaneous players, Castle Crisis is a fast-paced game where the goal is to see if you can outlast your enemies by destroying their castles while defending your own. Gameplay mechanics and graphics closely match the arcade, with additional gameplay options available, adding variety to an already great game. Before the game goes on sale, AtariAge and Bryan Edewaard have teamed up to sponsor a contest to develop a unique label for Castle Crisis that will grace all copies of the 5200 version of the game sold. The label artwork will also be used for the Castle Crisis manual and box. Visit the Castle Crisis Label Contest page for more information on how to enter!

[Kepone]

I'm going to take a shot at designing a label later.

Sounds like it's going to be an interesting game.

[krisjohn]

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any labels that use artwork from a previously submitted label will be rejected.

Rats. One of my Castle Blast labels would be perfect.

[Xot]

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any labels that use artwork from a previously submitted label will be rejected.

Why is this? If the label in question wasn't actually USED, then what's the problem?

[Bryan]

Xot said:

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any labels that use artwork from a previously submitted label will be rejected.

Why is this? If the label in question wasn't actually USED, then what's the problem?

Where is the quote from? I know the rules generally prohbit submitting 50 entries with only the background color changed, but I'm not sure about unused artwork from another contest. Albert?

-Bry

[CPUWIZ]

bryede said:

Xot said:

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any labels that use artwork from a previously submitted label will be rejected.

Why is this? If the label in question wasn't actually USED, then what's the problem?

Where is the quote from? I know the rules generally prohbit submitting 50 entries with only the background color changed, but I'm not sure about unused artwork from another contest. Albert?

-Bry

From this page.

http://www.atariage....s/CastleCrisis/

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I'll get right to work. I know I can do fireballs!

[Bryan]

CPUWIZ said:

From this page.

http://www.atariage....s/CastleCrisis/

Duh! I don't know how I missed it. So does that refer to this contest only, or others as well?

I'm thinking about giving the award to Albert's avatar right now!

-Bry

[Albert]

bryede said:

Where is the quote from? I know the rules generally prohbit submitting 50 entries with only the background color changed, but I'm not sure about unused artwork from another contest. Albert?

I'm willing to allow artwork from a previous contest as long as it is from the same individual and the artwork was not selected as the winning entry. Given that both games (Castle Blast and Castle Crisis) involve castles, this is a pretty unique situation.

..Al

[Albert]

I have just posted the first several entries for the contest (boy, that was fast!) Here they are for your viewing pleasure:

Jeremy Tirrell - Entry #1
Jeremy Tirrell - Entry #2
Jeremy Tirrell - Entry #3
Manu Pärssinen - Entry #1
Manu Pärssinen - Entry #2

We're off to a great start!

..Al

[rpmxxipt]

Darn, those are five outstanding entries already!

C'mon Atari Pitbull! You are THE MAN.. this one CRIES OUT for your original artwork and MSPaint skills!!!!!!

rpm

[Bryan]

rpmxxipt said:

Darn, those are five outstanding entries already!

I'm very impressed so far.

-Bry

[krisjohn]

Got some props for a photo entry yesterday. Will be taking photos tonight, should hopefully have my first entry in a day or two.

[Albert]

krisjohn said:

Got some props for a photo entry yesterday.  Will be taking photos tonight, should hopefully have my first entry in a day or two.

Great, can't wait to see them!

..Al

[krisjohn]

My first entry. I picked up the castles for a total of A$2 at last weekend's big charity swap-meet.

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[liveinabin]

Hot damn, there's some good art being submitted for this! (feels threatened)

[Albert]

Just posted a great looking entry from Colin Finch:



Keep up the great work!!

..Al

[CPUWIZ]

Albert said:

Just posted a great looking entry from Colin Finch:  



Keep up the great work!!  

..Al

That is bad ass, I want that either way. LOL

[Allan]

That looks sweet. Nice job!

Allan

[Callipygous]

Nice labels. And the 8-bit only gets a brown label Maybe I'll make one form the contest winner

[Bryan]

The 8-bit cart gets the kind of art I could do well.

This is going to be tough. No one has submitted a label I can easily dismiss yet!

-Bry

[bcprs1]

There is no possible way I could compete with you guys. Your labels are just too good and I don't have the art skills to pull it off.

[Albert]

Just added two more entries submitted by Luis David Meneses Macchiavello:



You can look at all the submissions here.

..Al

[mojofltr]

I ran out of time on this one - school finals and such.
Anyways, here's some rough mockup drafts of where I was going to go with my label... not nearly where I had imagined it... but oh well. It has been scaled down to post on the web. (The color one was colored after the rescale... for quick reference - which is why the quality is so poor.)

k thx

[krisjohn]

I'm hastily putting together my second. I wish I had more time for this, but since I used up most of my castle ideas with the previous label, I'm not sure it would help.