atari email archive

a collection of messages sent at Atari from 1983 to 1992.

Contest update

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As you may recall, Atari sponsered a contest based on Gauntlet II. The
player had to complete a secret task in a secret room in order to receive
a secret code number. The player then submitted the code number to Atari, and
if it was valid, then their name was entered into a drawing for prizes
totaling over 10,000 dollars in savings bonds. Linda has been administrating
the contest which officially closed 12/19/86. A drawing was to be held 
yesterday, but Linda would like to try to reach contestants with invalid
entries to confirm whether they botched up a legitimate entry or were just
taking a wild guess. The drawing will occur tommorrow though, regardless.

We have 417 entries from 349 unique individuals plus 35 invalid entries.
About 3000 Gauntlet II kits were sold into the domestic base of 8000 units.
(THESE ARE CONFIDENTIAL NUMBERS - FOR ATARI PERSONNEL ONLY !!)

And the winners are...


				...to be continued
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Jan 06, 1987