Prizes

(The list of who chose what prizes is also available.)

The following prizes have been donated to the competition.

Money and Gift Certificates

Five $200 prizes, donated by Bedouin, Inc.
$100, donated by Martin Braun.
$100, donated by Dan Schmidt.
$100, donated by Dan Shiovitz.
$50, donated by Dan Shiovitz.
$50 gift certificate to Best Buy, donated by Mark Musante.
$50 gift certificate to CD Now, donated by Tim Emmerich of GraceWorks Interactive.
$40, donated by Gilles Duchesne.
Two $25 gift certificates to CD Now (two prizes), donated by Tim Emmerich of GraceWorks Interactive.
$100 gift certificate to Omaha Steaks, donated by David Cornelson.

Food

Two bottles of "Adventurer's Ale"*, donated by Doug Jones.
Ten beverage tokens to The Office Bar in Norwalk, Ohio*, donated by Ray Sizemore.
An Ass Kickin'TM Snackin' Basket, donated by Jay Penney.
Four bottles of cave beer*, donated by Stacy Cowley.

*You must be of legal drinking age to choose this prize.

Games

Ripper, a graphic adventure for the PC, donated by Carsten Sørensen.
Return to Paradise Heights**, a never-opened graphic adventure for the PC, donated by Craxton. Warning: This game contains erotic content and, according to Craxton, "Much akin to LGOP2, this game is really, really bad."
Level 9's The Jewels of Darkness trilogy (Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, and Dungeon Adventure) on tape for the Commodore 64, donated by Jeremy Smith.
The Last Express, donated by Skip the Penguin.
Two copies of Once and Future, one with the hint book (two prizes), donated by Russ Ang.
Collectors' editions of Hidden Evil, Vampire - The Masquerade: Redemption, and Elite Force (three prizes), donated by Activision.
The Witness for Atari, Wishbringer for Atari, and Bureaucracy for Apple IIe, all Infocom gray box editions, all with feelies (one prize), donated by Lelah Conrad.
Syndicate Plus for the PC, donated by Michael Fessler.
Magic: The Gathering for the PC, donated by Michael Fessler.
Electronic Arts Top Ten Pack for the PC, donated by Michael Fessler.
Williams Arcade Classics for the PC, donated by Michael Fessler.
Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic for the PC, donated by John Kean.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade for the PC on floppies, donated by John Kean.
Ghost Town, Scott Adams Adventure #9 for the TRS-80 Model I/III/4, unopened, donated by Just Adventure.
Age of Empires 2 and the AoE 2 expansion pack (bundled as one prize; two prizes available), donated by Rob Fermier.

**You must be 18 or older to choose this prize.

Books and Magazines

"The Tree Killer Trilogy": one copy each of Field of Schemes by Neil deMause and Joanna Cagan, Ready, Okay! by Adam Cadre, and One For Sorrow by Eric Mayer and Mary Reed, donated by Paul O'Brian.
A copy of Ready, Okay!, signed by Paul O'Brian. Wait, no. Signed by Adam Cadre, donated by Adam Cadre.
Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace by Janet Murray, donated by Mark Silcox.
Mr. Boston's Bartenders' Guide, donated by Michael Fessler.
The Age of Wire and String, the book that influenced For a Change, donated by Gunther Schmidl.
A full set of all thirteen issues of the 1999-2000 year of The Forge, the administratively-sanctioned newspaper of Santa Barbara High School, donated by BrenBarn.
Two German X-Men Comics (Time of the Apocalypse and The Fall of Avalon) and the first Books of Magic comic in German, donated by Gunther Schmidl.
The Dream: A Rebus, fully illustrated, by Kim Palmer, donated by Andrew Plotkin.
Planetfall, by Arthur Byron Cover, and Shadowkeep, by Alan Dean Foster (one prize), donated by Torbjörn Andersson.
The Ultimate Nintendo Code Book: Codes for over 1,500 Nintendo Games on IBM CD-ROM, signed by the author and with a certificate of authenticity of limited run, donated by David Dayton.
A copy of Ready, Okay!, by Adam Cadre, donated by Adam Cadre; postage paid by Magnus Olsson.

Music

It's Not As Bad As I'm Making It Sound, an Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives album, donated by Dan Schmidt.
TableSaw's CD Picks: Johnstown by Oh Susanna, Tidy by Kinnie Starr, Sympathique by Pink Martini, Mirador by Tarnation, and Post Minstrel Syndrome by The Negro Problem, donated by Tony Delgado.

Trinkets and Art

Framed 8x12 photo of the Department of Alchemy door at MIT/GUE, suitable for hanging near your PC when playing The Lurking Horror, donated by David Dyte.
Four game tokens suitable for any game in which each player needs a token, made from dice and superglue, similar to these, donated by Andrew Plotkin.
The Golden Banana of Discord, a "teddy banana" made of gold cloth stuffed with padding, donated by Andrew Plotkin.
5 Classic Video Game High Score buttons, circa 1981/1982, donated by David Dayton.

Clothing

A "New Zork Times Puzzle Winner" t-shirt, small (never worn), donated by R.N. Dominick.
A Games Magazine t-shirt, extra-large (never worn), donated by Duncan Stevens.

Other

Free e-mail forwarding for the alias of your choice from xyzzy.net, donated by Erik Benner.

Most any and all prizes are acceptable. If you have a prize you'd like to donate, please mail me.


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This year's organizer is Stephen Granade.