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[xredmenacex]

Did the winner ever get posted anywhere?

[8bitclassics]

Not yet. Must be a hard decision. They also might be waiting for this coming weekend when it first goes on sale at Midwest Gaming Classic. Will be a fun time.

Corey

[DaveD]

I haven't really been following this contest and I just had a chance to check-in and see all the entries. As usual there are a bunch of good ones. But I really love Henry Lee's old-school, comic style illustration. Nice job!

[Jacob Rose]

DaveD, on Thu Jun 1, 2006 10:31 AM, said:

I haven't really been following this contest and I just had a chance to check-in and see all the entries. As usual there are a bunch of good ones. But I really love Henry Lee's old-school, comic style illustration. Nice job!

Me too - reminds me of the Awful Green Things From Outer Space board game - just imagine if his design wins and the manual is a comic book.

Although, at this point, I don't think we'll ever know who wins...even the label will be printed in invisible ink to prevent the secret from getting out.

Edited by Jacob Rose, Thu Jun 1, 2006 9:19 AM.

[Han]

I really like Nathan Strum's contribution, really dynamic and evil aliens . He gets my vote... But now, let's have the winner already

[stop_rebel_scum]

Was mr. lee's entry really entered past the cutoff or merely not posted when it came in?

nicely done, anyway.

I imagine we'll find out who won on the day after tomorrow.

[Albert]

My apologies for not announcing the winning entry sooner, I've been incredibly busy the last two weeks getting ready for the Midwest Gaming Classic. Heck, I'm posting this from a hotel room outside of St. Louis, the first time I've had a moment to relax in many days! Without further ado, the label Silvio Mogno chose to grace copies of Rainbow Invaders is the following:



This is one of Nathan Strum's entries, tweaked a slight bit from the winning entry (the rainbow effect in the title was changed, and the "Produced by AtariAge" text was added). Congratulations to Nathan, and many thanks to everyone who took time to submit the many wonderful entries we received!

..Al

[8bitclassics]

Congrats Nathan!

[Jacob Rose]

Albert, on Fri Jun 2, 2006 12:10 AM, said:

...
Without further ado, the label Silvio Mogno chose to grace copies of Rainbow Invaders is the following:

This is one of Nathan Strum's entries, tweaked a slight bit from the winning entry
...

Great label, Nathan - I think I said before how much I admire the energy of your characters, but I also think your design really makes the game look fun!

[Nathan Strum]

Thanks! They were fun characters to draw.

I really liked the "bowl full of powerups" in your labels. That was a cool idea (especially how they turn into the AA logo). I couldn't figure out how to include the powerups, and that was a great solution.

I agree with DaveD about Henry Lee's entries, too. Nice retro comic book feel.

[Henry Lee]

BRAVO NATHAN! yours was my favorite, specially the one eyed invader!

i also really liked Eliseo Ruiz Jr's invaders..

Edited by Henry Lee, Sat Jun 3, 2006 10:54 AM.

[Silvio Mogno]

Hi to all,

all of the entries had very nice ideas and good art (thanks to all for a so great feedback ). But the entries that really made my decision hard were:

- the ones of Jacob Rose for his great description of the game concept
- the ones of Henry Lee for his "old Atari catalogue" style

they are equally placed in the second place of the contest

I hope the game will be great like the labels that inspired

Ciao, happy playing!

Silvio

[yuppicide]

Good job everyone. I just wanted to point out that I really liked Henry Lee's entry.