And The Winners Are...

#1 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 - 02:48 68kMLA

It was really tough picking winners, especially since many entrants qualified for multiple categories... not to mention the judges complete lack of consensus. Anyway, without further ado:

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Programming: This was the toughest category to judge, but PrintStar's efforts with The DEC Rainbow 100 were thoroughly entertaining. Bonus points for the most obscure and least glamourous platform.

Creative: Mycroft wins again with his belly-dance drumming tutorial put together and hosted on a vintage PowerBook.

Endurance: Scott Baret took this category by whipping up an entire novel on his failing Mac Plus.

Hardware: Oldbitcollector's Commodore 64 game controller hacks were thoroughly inspiring.

The four first place winners will receive an official RetroChallenge mouse pad... everyone else gets a well-deserved pat on the back!

#2 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 - 05:05 68kMLA

Woot! Glad to see it all wrapped up. Congrats to the 4 winners!

BTW Luddite, can we see what the mousepads look like, for those who didn't win?

Oh yeah, I should say I don't mind not getting the neat 'pad: I'm getting an Apple IIc+ this weekend!

#3 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 - 06:05 68kMLA

BTW Luddite, can we see what the mousepads look like, for those who didn't win?

http://www.cafepress.com/RetroChallenge.294780796

#4 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 - 14:58 68kMLA

Congrats to the winners -- and to everybody else! All your 'Challenges were fantastic [

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#5 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 - 02:16 68kMLA

Congrats to the winners. The mouse-pad looks nice. I have to say, I think PrintStar and Pukka should have been co-winners of the programming category and split the mouse-pad.

#6 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 - 09:03 68kMLA

I think PrintStar and Pukka should have been co-winners of the programming category and split the mouse-pad.

Surely a timeshare would be more practical ;-)

#7 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 01:01 68kMLA

Lol

On a serious note, it's a nice but expensive mouse-pad... How much of the proceeds does RetroChallenge get? I'd like to support RC, and need a mouse-pad.

#8 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 08:48 68kMLA

Lol
On a serious note, it's a nice but expensive mouse-pad... How much of the proceeds does RetroChallenge get? I'd like to support RC, and need a mouse-pad.

RetroChallenge gets $4 from every sale... cafepress's base prices are quite high, but I haven't found a better option yet.