The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2021 - 25th edition!

 
     FULL STANDINGS AND STATISTICS     

MOST CRAP GAME OF THE YEAR
POSGAMEAUTHORATTEFFDEM
1 Advanced Adding a TXT File to an EPROM Card for a Z88 Emulator Simulator Lee Prince 140
2 Dirty Harry Simulator San Francisco Phil Hite 130
3 Psycho 3 "Luny" 120
4 Twinkle Twinkle Dave Hughes 120
5 Don't Panic Mark Kinsey 250
6= P.P.S. - Pixel Perfect Shot Alexandre Colella 240
6= Genesis 1:28 John Connolly 240
6= Horace and the Vikings Kerl 240
6= Minimal Caves Tobias Fröschle 240
6= Arse Over Tit Lee Prince 240
6= Z88 Boggle Jamie Bradbury 240
6= Tic Tac Toe Hell Salvador Camacho 240
6= Seven/Eleven Titanius Angelsmith 240
6= A very basic CHR$mas NOT IF e.t. Andy Jenkinson 240
6= High/Low Continue Andy Jenkinson 240
16= Camel Racing Salvador Camacho 230
16= Thor Game Steve Poole 230
16= Snail Maze Salvador Camacho 230
16= Mines of Magrathea Paul E. Collins 230
16= Old Bones Steve McCrea 230
16= Highway Robbery 2021 Enrique Pimpinela Santos 230
16= Advanced Fishing Simulator Enrique Pimpinela Santos 230
23= Cretans Steve McCrea 220
23= Shower Simulator Darío Ruellan 220
23= Invaders Steve Poole 220
23= Magiapotagia Daniel Aguilar 220
23= Hard as Nailz Dave Sloan 220
23= Wall of China Salvador Camacho 220
23= Adrien's Bubble Burster Steve Poole 220
23= Fishing Simulator Enrique Pimpinela Santos 220
23= Avoid Santa Giannis "Firelord" 220
23= Rudolph Practices Salvador Camacho 220
33 Lottery Rob Edwards 23 (net 2)-1
34 Avoid Trees Giannis "Firelord" 210
35 Las Aventuras de Eustaquio I Gonzalo Medina 360
36= ASMR Eye Examination Paul E. Collins 350
36= Balloonatix Paul E. Collins 350
36= Rubik Code Andy Jenkinson 350
36= Cliff Richard Loves Rihanna... FACT! Andy Jenkinson 350
36= Herman Tissies 1D Golf Jamie Bradbury 350
41= Zoggle Jamie Bradbury 340
41= Catch the Frankonstins Titanius Angelsmith 340
43= Mr. Don't! Dave Hughes 330
43= Battle From Below Jamie Bradbury 330
43= Blind Snake Moan Jamie Bradbury 330
43= Zhunder Vlade Salvador Camacho 330
43= Fall Palo T Salvador Camacho 330
43= Escarabajo Salvador Camacho 330
43= Dogspawn Dave Hughes 330
50= 2D Deathchase Rob Edwards 320
50= MotoRace81 Colin Williams 320
52 Dragon Tale (demo) Enrique Pimpinela Santos 480
53= Codenames Andy Jenkinson 470
53= Ricky Gervais' Simon John Connolly 470
55 Don't Shoot the QL Dilwyn Jones 460
56 Zombie Dice Andy Jenkinson 580
57 Mono-Rail Simulator Hedge1970 570
58 Zonkey Kong Don Crawford & Dave Spinnett 560
NC ZX Chuntey Inspector Jamie Bradbury 12 (net 0)-2
NC Find Santa Giannis "Firelord" 13 (net 2)-1
NC Find Easter Bunny Giannis "Firelord" 11 (net 0)-2
NC Find The Book Giannis "Firelord" 11 (net 1)-1
 
LEAST CRAP GAME OF THE YEAR
POSGAMEAUTHORATTEFFDEM
1 Zombie Dice Andy Jenkinson 580
2 Mono-Rail Simulator Hedge1970 570
3 Zonkey Kong Don Crawford & Dave Spinnett 560
4 Dragon Tale (demo) Enrique Pimpinela Santos 480
5= Codenames Andy Jenkinson 470
5= Ricky Gervais' Simon John Connolly 470
7 Don't Shoot the QL Dilwyn Jones 460
8 Las Aventuras de Eustaquio I Gonzalo Medina 360
9= ASMR Eye Examination Paul E. Collins 350
9= Balloonatix Paul E. Collins 350
9= Rubik Code Andy Jenkinson 350
9= Cliff Richard Loves Rihanna... FACT! Andy Jenkinson 350
9= Herman Tissies 1D Golf Jamie Bradbury 350
14= Zoggle Jamie Bradbury 340
14= Catch the Frankonstins Titanius Angelsmith 340
16= Mr. Don't! Dave Hughes 330
16= Battle From Below Jamie Bradbury 330
16= Blind Snake Moan Jamie Bradbury 330
16= Zhunder Vlade Salvador Camacho 330
16= Fall Palo T Salvador Camacho 330
16= Escarabajo Salvador Camacho 330
16= Dogspawn Dave Hughes 330
23= 2D Deathchase Rob Edwards 320
23= MotoRace81 Colin Williams 320
25 Don't Panic Mark Kinsey 250
26= P.P.S. - Pixel Perfect Shot Alexandre Colella 240
26= Genesis 1:28 John Connolly 240
26= Horace and the Vikings Kerl 240
26= Minimal Caves Tobias Fröschle 240
26= Arse Over Tit Lee Prince 240
26= Z88 Boggle Jamie Bradbury 240
26= Tic Tac Toe Hell Salvador Camacho 240
26= Seven/Eleven Titanius Angelsmith 240
26= A very basic CHR$mas NOT IF e.t. Andy Jenkinson 240
25= High/Low Continue Andy Jenkinson 240
36= Camel Racing Salvador Camacho 230
36= Thor Game Steve Poole 230
36= Snail Maze Salvador Camacho 230
36= Mines of Magrathea Paul E. Collins 230
36= Old Bones Steve McCrea 230
36= Highway Robbery 2021 Enrique Pimpinela Santos 230
36= Advanced Fishing Simulator Enrique Pimpinela Santos 230
43= Cretans Steve McCrea 220
43= Shower Simulator Darío Ruellan 220
43= Invaders Steve Poole 220
43= Magiapotagia Daniel Aguilar 220
43= Hard as Nailz Dave Sloan 220
43= Wall of China Salvador Camacho 220
43= Adrien's Bubble Burster Steve Poole 220
43= Fishing Simulator Enrique Pimpinela Santos 220
43= Avoid Santa Giannis "Firelord" 220
43= Rudolph Practices Salvador Camacho 220
53 Lottery Rob Edwards 23 (net 2)-1
54 Avoid Trees Giannis "Firelord" 210
55 Advanced Adding a TXT File to an EPROM Card for a Z88 Emulator Simulator Lee Prince 140
56 Dirty Harry Simulator San Francisco Phil Hite 130
57 Psycho 3 "Luny" 120
58 Twinkle Twinkle Dave Hughes 120
NC ZX Chuntey Inspector Jamie Bradbury 12 (net 0)-2
NC Find Santa Giannis "Firelord" 13 (net 2)-1
NC Find Easter Bunny Giannis "Firelord" 11 (net 0)-2
NC Find The Book Giannis "Firelord" 11 (net 1)-1

The totals and averages of all the points awarded were:

 
 
 

As a reminder, entries which gained at least as many Goolus as voodoo-masks were removed from consideration for the Mucho Generoso Fabuloso Prize and are marked as NC ("not classified") in the tables above. Don't moan - you knew the rules!

STATISTICS AND MILESTONES

  17 February: Don't Shoot the QL entered. Equalled the record for the number of QL entries (1, in 2008 and 2020).
  6 March: Invaders entered. Broke the record for the number of QL entries.
  10 May: Minimal Caves entered. Equalled the number of entries in Paul E. Collins' 2002 competition.
  4 June: Z88 Boggle entered. Equalled the record for the number of Z88 entries in a single year (1, in 2008 and 2020).
  5 June: Tic Tac Toe Hell entered. Equalled the number of entries in Arda's 2012 and Shaun Bebbington's 2018 competitions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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