Ambrosia Software, Inc. is running a Maelstrom high score contest! When you get a high score in Maelstrom 1.3, you'll be given a 10 letter high score code that'll allow you to enter your score in the contest! The contest runs from September 1st, 1993 to December 31st, 1993 so get your score codes in quick!
You can mail, fax, or e-mail them to us; see below for our address, fax, and e-mail information. You must be using Maelstrom 1.3 to get the high score code, and should send in just the code (not your score), and your name/address that you used when you registered for Maelstrom.
The top 50 scores will receive a cool Maelstrom/Ambrosia T-shirt; cash prizes go out to the top 3 scores as follows: 1st place: $300. 2nd place: $100. 3rd place: $50. Send in as many score codes as you like; we’ll use only the best score you submit. You must be a registered user to enter the contest, so please include your name/address along with your score code so we can check our database to make sure you are registered.
Inside Mac Games—The Premier Macintosh Gaming Magazine—will be publishing the current top ten scores each month until the contest ends, so you’ll know how your competition is doing! If you don’t subscribe to Inside Mac Games, I highly recommend it. Subscriptions are only $24 for 12 issues.
Cheating. When I was putting the high score contest version of Maelstrom together, I thought of all sorts of sneaky techniques I could implement to make sure that no one would cheat in the contest. However I decided that this went against everything I believe in, and did not do it.
Victoire/AXIS (programs that allow you to cheat while playing games) will not work with Maelstrom 1.3, and may even crash the game. The author of said programs, Sam Caughron, has agreed not to update the programs to work with Maelstrom 1.3 until the contest is over. So please don't complain to him that you can't cheat in Maelstrom anymore--he knows.
Hackers will undoubtably be able to cheat to get a high score code; however I respectfully ask that you not spoil the contest for everyone else. Thanks in advance.
