Computer Gaming World Issue 54 - TextFiles.com

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Contest Results
The 50th Issue Trivia Contest Results
The entries for CGW's Scavenger Hunt were so excellent, they
even surprised us. Since we received two perfect responses and
a couple of near-perfect responses, it seemed ludicrous to try for
a tie-breaker. Our philanthropic playboy publisher has decided to
dig deep in his wallet and pay a $100.00 first prize to both:
William N. Moes of Defiance, Ohio and Alan Mandell of DeSoto,
Texas.
In addition, the second prize (a two year complimentary subscription
to CGW) goes to Kenneth Helms of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Unfortunately, Ken missed question #41 and that was an
extremely difficult question. The question asked, "What is the current
name of the game reviewed on page 12 of CGW #30?"
When the game was reviewed, its name was American Dream,
but the name was later changed to Managing for Success.
Third prize (a one-year complimentary subscription to CGW)
goes to Steve Wadsten of Livonia, Michigan who only missed
two questions.
One surprising response was in regard to question #1: "What
is the score of the Dodger baseball game in issue 5.3?" The expected
answer was Brooklyn Dodgers 2, New York Yankees 0.
However, several readers correctly pointed out that the SSI advertisement
on page 6 had the Yankees ahead by a score of 2-1.
Alan Mandell suggested that the screen was difficult to read, " . .
. but with the pitchers involved [Ed: Don Newcombe is listed on
the screen], it had to be the Dodgers leading the Yanks by a
score of 2-0."
Question #4 was one of the hardest to answer. Vince
DeNardo's first issue as Art Director was technically CGW 5.5.
However, he was not listed as such during the next four issues
(#25-29). He was listed as "Graphics Coordinator" during that
period and not referred to again as "Art Director" until #30. Congratulations
to those who discovered the first time he was listed
in 5.5 and apologies to those who were tricked into thinking it
was #30.
Question #9 had two correct answers. Respondents could
have answered either CGW 3.3 or 3.5 as the debut of
Electronic Arts. 3.3 mentioned the formation of the new company
in Hobby and Industry News and 3.5 had a feature article
on "Trip Hawkins' Dream Comes True."
We liked Robert Thurman's perceptive answer to Question
#16, "What do Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Jerry Pournelle,
and Roger Zelazny have in common?" We were merely looking
for the observation that all of these famous science-fiction
authors contributed to the article on the future of computer
games in CGW #45. Thurman observed a more technical
relationship: "All are sci-fi writers who have had their work transferred
to computers. Doug Adams co-wrote Infocom's
Bureaucracy and had his Hitchhiker's book turned into a game.
Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber is a computer game.
Jerry Pournelle writes computer books. Isaac Asimov was one of
the first sci-fi writers to convert to word processing (It did not increase
his productivity, but his editors loved his spelling checker).
His Robots of Dawn is a computer game."
Those of us at CGW offer our sincere thanks to all of those
who participated in this scavenger hunt and our congratulations
to those who won prizes. We also offer our respectful congratulations
to those who offered us more than we asked for.