2016 Mega Drive Championship

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Re: 2016 Mega Drive Championship

Postby Mr Smith » Mon Apr 25, 2016 7:28 pm

We aren't supposed to be giving information away at this point, but it will be at the end of July.

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Re: 2016 Mega Drive Championship

Postby Mr Smith » Tue May 31, 2016 6:44 pm

Sunday 31 July 2016 will be the date of the 26th Mega Drive Championship.

The event will be held at the National Videogame Arcade in Nottingham city centre as part of their Sega weekend.

All are welcome to engage in 6-hours of the most intense 16-bit action in the known universe, in what we imagine will be the most awesome Mega Drive Championship to date.

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Re: 2016 Mega Drive Championship

Postby Earl Holbrook » Tue May 31, 2016 8:27 pm

Hi Dan,

It's nice you've been able to tie it in with another event.

Can you give us an idea of how this will be different to previous events, given the change of venue?

Looking at their web site, there is an entry fee to get into their arcade, will we need to pay this to use the area your consoles are going to be? Are we even going to use your consoles? Or is this Sega weekend a different arrangement to their normal entry system on their web site.

They seem to have a café, but it only serves drinks of various sorts and toast, thats it. Are we going to be allowed to have our own catering that we can chip in for, or is that out the window?

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Re: 2016 Mega Drive Championship

Postby Mr Smith » Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:04 pm

Addressing some of the comments that have been made since the announcement of the 2016 Tournament and being hosted at the NVA.

Firstly the change in venue is just that, a change in venue, the NVA have no direct involvement with anything Mega Drive Championships related and the competition will be run and organised in exactly the same manner as before (e.g. North Korea style, but a little less cuddly). The competition will be run on our Mega Drives, using our games and by our rules. Nobody at the NVA has any involvement or influence over these things.

The Mega Drive Championship will be held in the free part of the museum, which also includes the cafe so people will be able to buy me and Chris coffee, however, anybody who wishes to wander around the numerous floors of video game history will have to pay to access this. It is actually a very worthwhile and interesting collection. We do intent to charge for entry to the tournament itself, however, this will be in the usual £5 - £10 mark per person to cover costs of trophies and food and is subject to ongoing discussions with the NVA.

The tournament structure will be changing to accommodate an anticipated increase in participation that will come from hosting the event in a central location. A league structure is impractical for this and we want everybody participating to have the chance to win the competition. We are incorporating some of the ideas used for the now defunct European Mega Drive Championships and we will be amalgamating the league and challenge competitions into something resembling more of a Mega Drive Olympics. A diverse selection of games will be used with each title 1-players, 2-players and group battles should see a constant stream of action. Instead of league divisions, a leaderboard will be used, and the player with the most points will become the Champion. We are still debating whether or not to keep a straight 2-player head-to-head knockout competition going at the event.

There is no parking at the NVA, however, there are car parks in Nottingham city centre and metered parking is often cheaper on Sunday, especially around Nottingham Trent University campus.

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Re: 2016 Mega Drive Championship

Postby KingRichard » Mon Jul 04, 2016 8:03 pm

So when do you think, you will have a list of games that will be played?

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Re: 2016 Mega Drive Championship

Postby Mr Smith » Mon Jul 18, 2016 7:37 pm

The nine games for the 2016 Mega Drive Championship are:
World Cup Italia '90 - 2 players, head-to-head knockout
Sonic 2 - 1-player speedrun, Mystic Cave Zone 1
Golden Axe 2 - 1-player duel mode
Super Street Fighter 2 - 2-players, head-to-head knockout in elimination (not versus) mode
Streets of Rage 3 - 2 player head-to-head knockout
Mega Bomberman - Multi-player elimination
Virtua Racing - 5 laps beginner track, fastest single lap leaderboard
Micro Machines: Military - Multi-player elimination
Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - 2-players, head-to-head knockout

We have planned for 6-hours of awesome at the NVA in Nottingham! As this is both a 15-year celebration of the original Mega Drive Championship in 2001, we have gone with mainly historic titles, but have revamped how the games are played in the hope of maximum purity.

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Re: 2016 Mega Drive Championship

Postby Earl Holbrook » Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:29 am

Hi Dan,

Can I just ask, as I don't see it mentioned here, what time so we start on the Sunday?

AFAIK, the free part of the musuem is open 10:00-18:00 most days? (but open much later others)

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Re: 2016 Mega Drive Championship

Postby aberdeenlad » Tue Jul 26, 2016 3:52 am

Well, it only took me 15 years, but I'll be there lol

Btw, what games were used at the, last championships?

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Re: 2016 Mega Drive Championship

Postby Tobias Berg » Sat Sep 03, 2016 8:17 pm

I was hoping someone would write an article about this galactic battle. Am I in for a big disappointment?


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