I wanted to win these contests so fucking bad as a kid.

Good to know

>>4221016
It's funny how even the lowest end spec these days has better performance than all that shit, except for the sounds system.

>rear projection TV
no

>>4221016
those were rigged
It even says so right there
>Media rig contest
That way if anyone ever found out they can say
>we admitted it was rigged in the ad

>>4221051
no it wasnt i won the contest its all mine

>>4221046
What's the problem?

>>4221135
Risk of screen burn-in in any game that has static hud elements.

>>4221135
We had one in our living room and they were really bad, literally a meme

>>4221016
My 10 game systems/1 computer/stereo system/HDTV set up >>>>>> that shit

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>>4221016
>amber displays

Why the fuck are they giving out a gameboy pocket when the color was already out at this point for almost 2 years.

Who would ever want a Sega Saturn?

>>4222069
everyone, because you can just sell it for cash.

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>>4221016
They've been running those ads for years, here's the most recent one I could find (they didn't even bother changing the puzzle). Anyway, the way they work is you send them your entry fee and they send you a series of puzzles that are about the same difficulty as the one in the ad, and then a final "tie breaker" puzzle that's almost impossible (much larger and you have to provide the words yourself).

More info: http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2006/11/column_game_mag_weaseling_15_y_1.php

I remember this same company doing these contests in guitar magazines, for guitars and amps (duh).

>>4222720
>a final "tie breaker" puzzle that's almost impossible (much larger and you have to provide the words yourself).

I wish I was smart enough to write a program to just search the internet for the best combination of words for the most points. I remember doing one of these back in the 90's. The last puzzle I sat there with a dictionary for days.

>>4221016
>mfw I can buy all of that stuffed used today for less than 200$

feels good

>>4222720
>I'll help a nigger out:

I have been posting the following message in every forum I can find online to let people see my experience with this "contest"


Hi everyone that entered the baindramage contest.I in the past I had entered this contest when it was known as Pandemonium Inc. at that time I didn't win but when I entered the second time I won all 3 finals.Thats where the fight began.At that time Rick the contest owner lived in Minnesota and proceeded to move to Oregon with no forwarding address to me.After 3 or 4 months I tracked him down to where he is now and confronted him over the phone.He gave me a sob story that he had no money was going through a divorce and had no money to pay me.I didn't care I wanted my winnings and after more phone calls and heated arguments he sent me a small portion of what I was owed about a fourth of the total.It took almost a year from when I won to when I received even that much.You can imagine my surprise when a month later I noticed the same contest advertised again only this time under the name Puzzle-Me.So to see what would happen I entered again and I won 2 of the 3 finals (computer and Home Theater).At the same time he proceeded to run another contest which my brother entered and won.

>>4223551
Once again months went by with no prize winnings. Again I phoned him and this time he told me he was declaring bankruptcy and would'nt be able to pay me a dime.I thought it was a lie but a month later we received court documents from Oregon asking us to put a claim in but as he had no assets left in all likelyhood we would receive nothing so we didn't bother.In another words he ran back to back contests in which he collected money from start to finish from everyone that entered he then didn't pay a dime for either contest then declared bankruptcy how perfect a scam is that? . Well imagine my suprise when about a year later the exact same contest contest was advertised yet again but know under the Rattlebrain.This time I couldn't enter because I had just turned 30 but I kept track of his company looking for problems through the better business bureau and sure enough a complaint was lodged against this contest as well.I hope this time will be different for whoever wins but from my own personal experienc I have my doubts it will.Also our winnings scores ranged from about 17,500 to a high of 18,418 anything under 17,000 unless the high letters are x or j will in all likelyhood not win.I hope this helps wondering about this contest.One more thought on this. No one would know whether this contest was legitimate or not except the winner.Hundreds maybe thousands of people enter but only 1 to 3 people win.You do receive a winners copy but as 99.99% of the time it will be higher than your score(unless you win) the contest will seem legit as there is no second place prize.As far as ties go, in the video game contest there was a tie in April 10 1995 the score was 17,619.50 this occured when the contest was run under the name Pandemonium, so even that statement is false.

>>4221016
too bad it was a massive fucking scam

it was in EVERY fucking mag though, save for company owned ones.

Ah, some of those contests were actually legit.

I had this neighbor as a kid that asked me if I could give him some letters for a Genesis contest and he won it, by then I already thought it was going to be some sort of scam, but it wasn't. I was blown the fuck out. And then he stole a game from me and we didn't talk for years because he wasn't willing to admit it. And over 20 years I was trying to stand his bullshit, but this year it was enough. I got into a fight with him for being a dishonest fuck.