Similar to last year, the winners will be determined by playing the free game from Free Lunch Design, called Icy Tower and submitting your high score, along with your saved replay by 11:59pm US Central Standard Time on December 15th. In addition to the 1st place prize there will 2nd and 3rd place score prizes plus. Please note, only the highest scored submitted per person will be valid so someone cannot win more than one of the prizes.
Here is a full list of the prizes:
1st Place: Doom 3 or Half-Life 2 (winner’s choice)
2nd Place: Tron 2.0
3rd Place: No One Lives Forever 2
Where to get Icy Tower 1.2.1:
To download Icy Tower all one has to do is visit the free game page for Icy Tower and download both the full game, version 1.2 and the update executable version 1.2.1 (follow directions for installing patch). Both downloads are small and should take less than 5 minutes to download with the slowest dialup connection.
Once the installation file is downloaded and installed to your PC all you have to do is start playing. The winner is determined by submitting saved replay files from the Icy Tower game via email to the About.com Computer Action Games email.
Saving a replay of Icy Tower
After your game of Icy Tower is over you will be given the option to save the just completed game as a replay .itr file. This file can be named whatever you like and is located in the sub directory called “Replays” which is in the directory that Icy Tower was installed to on your hard drive. The file is basically a replay of your game with your score and all of your moves recorded. All .itr files submitted must be dated between November 20th - December 15th. All scores and replays will be cross referenced with the list of know high scores to make sure that the high score is authentic and was made created/played between the above dates.
Upon review of this file, your score will be ranked among all of the entries and the person with the highest scores will be awarded the apporiate prizes. In the instance of a tie for the top score, the number of floors will be used next, followed by the largest combo. In the event all three are tied, the top scorer’s names will be drawn randomly to decide who wins. Players can submit replay files as many times as they like up until December 15th(11:59pm US Central Standard Time). With only the highest score being counted. Any entries after this date/time will not be reviewed. The winner will be announced by Saturday December 18th A winner residing in the 48 states will have the game sent via US Priority Mail. Any shipping outside of the United States will be sent regular mail.
All game copies will be NEW unopened US copies, but will come as is, replacements will not be sent if something is wrong. Any malfunctions or incompatability issues must be taken up directly with the game manufacturer.
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