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uInterview with Robert Guite
From the "Mini games website"
Q - please introduce yourself
I'm Robert Guite and have been with the
competition since 2002, took over run-
ning the site in 2005 and gave it a
specific web address though its been
available via the pointer address
http://ffd2.com/minigame/ regardless of
where it previously been hosted.
Q - how many people work on the project
The actual site side, just Richard & me
but there are platform moderators to
check entries are valid.
Q - What machines are included in the
competition?
Any 8bit machine can enter.
Q - What machine receives the most
entries
That fluctuates by the category & year
but Atari 2600, C64 & spectrum always
have a healthy turnout.
Q - Is the competition the result of
the moderators or can anyone vote
The voting is open but the votes are
checked for any suspicious 'vote
rigging' before they are tallied up to
give the final result.
Q - Obviously with this being a
C\ magazine I have been looking
at some of the older years entries for
the C64 versions, they are to say the
least very impressive do you have any
comments about software quality
The quality of all games in general is
good, though some platforms suffer more
at low files so appear low quality or
the programmer is new & not experienced
(or both) but I believe everyone tries
hard with their own particular entry.
Q - I looked at the 1k entries & they
are very nice games some with sound I
don't like to single out one game but I
was impressed by Kilodium from "Aleksi
Eeben" the game is smooth & very nice
on the eye
All the entries are nice, the computer
systems in particular highlight what
can be achieved in this file size
category.
Q - Are all the past years games
available for download
Yes since I've been running it, though
currently the 2001 games are not but
will be soon along with the 2002-2004
games (currently available on the
previous years links).
Q - Come on you must receive some
rubbish please enlighten us
It is a matter of opinion of which are
good & rubbish so I leave it to the
people looking at the games to decide
as everyone has preferences.
Q - How would our reader enter the
competition?
They would simply write a game to one
of the size categories (this year is 1,
2 & 4k) & then fill out the submit form
& place the game in a zip file & submit
it.
Q - Who are the moderators & how are
they chosen currently they are:
Spectrum - Paolo Ferris
Sega - Maxim
C= 8bits - Richard
Nes, GB, Atari 2600 and MSX - myself.
Anybody can volunteer as a moderator,
just be willing to do the job & within
a reasonable time span, get back to me
on Whether the game is valid.
Q - What does the winner receive in the
way of a prize
There is no prize and never has been,
the competition is run in the spirit of
fun and the real competition can be
seen as improving your coding skills &
bettering your previous games if you've
done one before.
Q- Does every entry appear on your
website for Download
Every game that is valid (which I
believe all have been for the past 2
years) is featured for download.
Q - Can all the games be played on real
machines - how is this possible when
some of the machines are console
cartridge only
In most cases yes, but in the cases of
the consoles they may or may not as
they generally require some form of
homebrew hardware cartridge to allow
them to be played on hardware which
not everyone may be able to get/make,
certainly I believe the Atari 2600
games do as they have quite a healthy
community and hardware is available to
buy.
Q - In your opinion as the games size
increases 1K 4K 8K does the quality
increase ?
It depends on the authors & what they
are trying to do, they may concentrate
on more levels than say making it more
pretty or it maybe the same as a 1k
game, but written by a less experienced
author, in which case the quality may
be great for that particular person.
Q - Why the file sizes of 1K 4K & 8K?
File sizes change from year to year,
that was just the sizes picked for last
year.
Q- What machines do you own & do you
have any C= equipment
Nowdays, a PC, a gameboy advance & a
gamecube - I've never used a real C=.
Q - Mini games? Why & whose idea was
the project
I believe Matthew Westcott started the
original idea as a competition between
the C\ machines & Spectrum ones,
who I'm not 100% as the original site
is no longer available. It was then
taken on by MagerValp who opened it up
to other 8bits in 2002, 03 to 04 Steve
Judd ran the competition & finally I
took over, though the rules have stayed
fairly the same.
Q- Have you any tips for programs & do
you have any game that is overdone?
Try to be creative & try for a fun
game, in most cases that will score
better than a pretty but limited game.
Tetris games have been produced quite a
bit, & many scoring will be a bit
negative toward 'another' one.
Q- Would you like to see more of a
certain game for Example more run &
jump games
Myself, I prefer platform games, but
they are not particularly easy I know
to produce in the file size categories.
Q- Is there anything you would have
liked to have been asked?
I think that probably covers
everything.
Q - What would you do with 1 million
pounds :-)
I would buy a house, spend some & put
the rest in the bank for savings &
security :) house taxes aren't cheap!