Contest: Win a copy of Retro Gaming Hacks, WINNERS ANNOUNCED

[Gamereviewgod]

SEE PAGE FOUR FOR THE WINNERS LIST!

What is Retro Gaming Hacks you ask? Why, it's a book from O'Reilly:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/retrogaminghks/

It's not just any book though. There are multiple sections written by DP members, including myself, Rob O'Hara, and Jess Ragan!

To mark this small milestone in DP world domination, we have two copies to give away here on the forums. However, the first prize winner will get some extras:

First prize:

Brand new copy of Retro Gaming Hacks
Brand new copy of Halo 2 Hacks
5,000 meseta donated by me

Second prize:

Brand new copy of Retro Gaming Hacks

If you finish third, well, you finish third. Sorry, but you can always pick up a copy of the book at Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596009178/103-0526654-5210226?v=glance&n=283155

There's still a question out there, and that's "What do I have to do to win this prize pack of unimaginable riches?"

Answer: Almost nothing!

Simply reply to this thread with a comment of any kind, whether serious, funny, witty, or insanely stupid. That's it. In other words, if you're registered, you're ready to go.

This contest will run until December 17th until 11:59 pm eastern. ONLY ENTER ONCE! If you reply twice (or more), all entries will be invalid. If you have a question about the contest, you can do so via PM to me.

GOOD LUCK!

[Sniderman]

Simply reply to this thread with a comment of any kind, whether serious, funny, witty, or insanely stupid.

In before the lock!

..er...

I mean, "First!" :D

[heyricochet]

Motion seconded.

[CosmicMonkey]

Um, yeah. Not really sure what to say either, but this is very generous and all. Nice one.

Merry Christmas to you too then. :D

Mmmmm, Jingle Bells

[Johnny_Rock]

I have already won you just dont know it yet.

[Enixis]

Woohoo!

[snes_collector]

can't beat freebies

[sisko]

I'm game :)

[Teknik_SE-R]

sweet, This seems like a perfect time to proclaim my love for digital press. I am surprised that this community is so friendly, considering how many members there are, and the many different backgrounds people come from.

awesome giveaways like this only prove my point further

Thanks to all that run this site and contribute to it

(is this enough ass kissing to just call the whole giveaway off and give everything to me?)

[CaryMG]

I so hope I win ....


Later!
:) :) :)

[thehistorian]

p-p-poetry...

come sweet slumber enshroud me thy purple cloak...

hmm it doesn't even... doesn't even rhyme...

[SuperShark]

Free Stuff!

That Makes Me Want To SHOUT!

I Will Run Outside Now Shouting My Battle Cry!!!
:monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: "SHUT UP AND TOUCH THE MONKEY!!!!!" :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey:

[Damaniel]

Mmmmmmm..... books..... <drool> :D

[tylerwillis]

And the next step for DP world domination is...

[s1lence]

Go me, though I never win any contests.

[Perkar]

doo doo brown is my hero

[K3V]

Count me in!

[Flack]

Marie, are you awake? Good. You look so beautiful and peaceful, you almost look dead. I'm glad because there is something that has always been very difficult for me to say. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit. I've never been relaxed enough around anyone to be able to say that. You give me confidence in myself. I know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week and the second day seemed like five days and the third day seemed like a week again and the fourth day seemed like eight days and the fifth day you went to see your mother and that seemed just like a day and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in then evening, when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days, so at the end of the sixth day on into the seventh day, it seemed like a total of five days. And the sixth day seemed like a week and a half. I have it written down, but I can show it to you tomorrow if you want to see it. Anyway, I've decided that tomorrow, when the time is right, I'm going to ask you to marry me, if that's o.k. with you. Just don't say anything. You've made me very happy.

[Necron99]

I'm a follower. So what... you wanna fight about it?

[davepesc]

All the free stuff, none of the associated Spam?


I'm in...

[erehwon]

Free stuff is always good. :D

[coreycorey2000]

Book sounds interesting enough. I'm in!

[Lothars]

Muhahaha DP world domination is going according to plan

im gonna win :D

[Mianrtcv]

x_x , Hmm any reply to register. What to say? Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.

[Milk]

Your mom was great last night.

[punkoffgirl]

There once was a girl
With a curl
In the middle of her forehead

When she was good
She was very, very good
But when she was bad
She was horrid.

[Rob of the Sky]

Rob of the sky wants the prize. Rob of the Sky hopes that Rob of the Sky wins. Rob of the Sky refers to Rob of the Sky in the third person!

[Nesmaster]

omgwtfhax

:D

anyone up for some L:OL NUGGETS WITH WTF SAUCE? *drools*

[mjluther]

Microtubules are polymers of α- and β-tubulin dimers. They are hollow cylinders, which can be thought of as 13 protofilaments of tubulin arranged into a cylinder, or as a single spiral with 13 subunits in one helical turn of the spiral. Microtubules have a polarity: each microtubule has a (+) and a (-) end, with the α subunit being exposed at the (-) end and the β subunit exposed at the (+). Gain or loss of tubulin subunits from the (+) end can change the length of a microtubule.

Microtubules are nucleated and organised by the microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs), such as centrosomes and basal bodies. They are part of a structural network (the cytoskeleton) within the cell's cytoplasm, but in addition to structural support microtubules are used in many other processes as well. They are capable of growing and shrinking in order to generate force, and there are also motor proteins that move along the microtubule. A notable structure involving microtubules is the mitotic spindle used by eukaryotic cells to segregate their chromosomes correctly during cell division.

[kentuckyfried]

........There's my rectal thermometer, now where did I leave my pencil?

[GetImOliver]

int main()
{
bool TheWinnerisYou;
while(TheWinnerisYou ==false)
{
cout << "hope!";
}

return 0;
}

//What a great idea. Happy holidays!

[mario2butts]

(cue Gitaroo Man sexy female voice)

Yooooou WINNNNNN!!!! tee tee hee

[McBacon]

Hope I win, I've been looking foward to buying this book, this way is much better!

Good luck everyone?

[Sothy]

Why wasnt I asked to submit some shit for this book?

Besides my punctuation spelling and grammar.

Actually screw this book just send me some Clancy.

[Cauterize]

Paris Hilton

[davidleeroth]

http://www.students.tut.fi/~tiainen2/fight.jpg

[D_N_G]

For a second there I though this book would be about the forgotten gamers (err i mean hacks), the not so greats and almost famous of the gaming world who are often overlooked.

Here are a few of these monumental people that popped in my head right off the bat:

Billy Mitchell's little brother
The US Olympic Video Game team of 1980
Doris Self and her Qbert quest
The guy who thought Dragon's Lair was a kiddy game


Here's to the underdog!

[jwl]

I like cheese! :-P

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Can I please win, huh can I mister? Oh gee golly thanks a lot, mister, i never win anything. Oh boy, I got to go tell the Beav.

[OdSquad64]

dont look now but its adam west trying to steal my magic marker. And i bet he will use it not only to fend off predators, but also to assist in the abduction of penelope pitstop. touche, mr. west, touche

Also i would like to take this opportunity to proclaim that i have never oficially pooped my pants

System.out.println("I hope I win");

[Zilla]

Videogames are fun and whatnot.
I like beef.
Trading punches and kicks with someone and submitting them after 10 minutes of extreme effort is a great feeling.
Playing football is awesome.
I'm a dork

[djbeatmongrel]

ahhhh the zombies, they are upon us.....

[evg2000]

reply posted

[Super Mario Fan]

Let's try another losing contest.

[Nz17]

Finally, a truly fair contest. All you have to do is enter. I hate all those fast food and what have you contests, because the areas with the most people generally go through the most entries so you have the best chances of winning there.

Go Pac-Man go, mojo-Pac-mo!

[Arqueologia_Digital]

Cool!!!, i´m from Argentina and a free stuff like this one you are offering will be more than great for the community (Arqueología Digital), so, if you want to donate, all the collectors around here will be happy!!!

Good luck to everyone!!!

Cheers,

Matías

[Sosage]

Flag on the Moon...How did it get there...Yucca Flats...The A-Bomb...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Coleman_Francis.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Francis)

[rbudrick]

Congraduration! A winner is me!

Hi Mom!

-Rob

[dreams]

Why not? LOL

We certainly do have some creative and er... interesting people here on this board.

[Roi]

I bet the winner is a friend of yours :grumble:

So no chance for me :puppydogeyes: !

[dcescott]

thank you sir!!!
I'd love to have a book on hacks!!
Need to hack my NES up some and impress my friends.
Or Halo 2, since I suck at it and 8 year olds blow me up all the time then cuss me out!!

[mills]

Count me in.

[TisLord]

Yea a contest where I do nothing...now thats a deal

[NE146]

Aight then... :D

[badinsults]

You can't beat free.

[Richter]

:popcorn:

[shaggy]

I don't get it. :P

[DaBargainHunta]

Enter me, baby! :D

[xaqar]

This is my entry. Thanks for your generosity!

[pacmanhat]

I am, in fact, not a man - but a large amalgamation of old cheeses that congregated into a working humanoid creature. I feed on nothing but aged dirt mixed with stale taco shells and red gym mats. And no one - NO ONE - dares invoke my wrath.

[AFGiant]

post. Good luck to all entrants!

[njiska]

Steve walks warily down the street,
With the brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet,
Machine guns ready to go
Are you ready, Are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat
Chorus

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

How do you think I'm going to get along,
Without you, when you're gone
You took me for everything that I had,
And kicked me out on my own

Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat
Chorus


Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When he's down
But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you
I'm standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating the sound of the beat

[Kejoriv]

I just farted and it smells like turkey

[Porkchop]

All this todo about a instruction book on how to hack. :roll: How many of you out there take time to read the instructions before starting to play a game.

Stop posting you don't need an instruection book!

Its All Mineeeee :evil:

[AB Positive]

I've never rooted harder to win second place.

C'MON SILVER!

-AB+

[scooterb23]

The word of the day is: clambake







clambake

[Six Switch]

hi

[Cyan]

Good luck, everyone :)

[2Dskillz]

I come from a generation
Of umbilical cords strapped to Playstations
Being breast fed by the boob tube
Mystified by the electronic voodoo

But I am going to Breakthru
Like I was an Arknoid
And now I am a little paranoid
Because I am trapped in an Evil Resident
And my ammo has all been spent
From the Caliber of my Soul, I still got a Sword
And power emanates from Controller, Thumb and Keyboard

With Mario as a dad and Zelda as a mother
I have the blood of royalty and ingenuity of a plumber.
And with one last thing to say,
Like King Arthur battling Ghosts & Goblins
I am here to save the day.

My Friends call me Hadoken
'Cause I am Down, Right, Fierce

[bigdaddychester]

did somebody say contest?

[PDorr3]

*Signs himself in with his own blood*

damn does that make me emo now?

[poe]

Yes, PDorr Yes it does. :(

[jonathonwillie]

give me first place or go to hell

[Schenley]

Once the votes are read, the decision is final. The person voted out will be asked to leave the tribal council area immediately.

[LAGO]

I feel that i am obligated to do almost nothing and attempt to win this prize that is mentioned. Therefore I am now explaining my ability to do almost nothing and post in this thread as requested by the original poster.

I have posted. That is all.