"How did you track me down? Can you give me more information?"
David Westland has every right to be hesitant. I've just emailed him, out of the blue, to ask about a unique competition prize that he won back in 1984, when he was aged 11. The competition was a collaboration between two mainstays of the ZX Spectrum scene: must-read magazine Crash and renowned developer Ultimate Play the Game. To promote its latest release, Sabre Wulf, Ultimate co-founder Tim Stamper created a special metal amulet which Crash gave away as the top prize in a competition to design the best-looking map of the game. David, his older brother Steven and friend Ian Statham submitted the winning map and the trio were invited to Crash HQ in Ludlow to collect their prize from the mag's art editor Oli Frey.
I reply to David, telling him that thanks to the winners' details printed in Crash, only a little amateur sleuthing was required to reveal his contact details. I suggest there might be an interesting story behind the competition and the amulet, particularly as Ultimate was one of the UK's most enigmatic software houses. I also reassure him that I'm not a crazy person.
from Eurogamer.net https://ift.tt/38MlUja
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