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The '''comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition''' (also known simply as the '''CSSCGC''') is an annual competition for [[wiktionary:crap|crap]] [[wikipedia:computer game|computer game]] development.<ref name="sinclairfaq">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/cssfolklore/index.html#csscgc|date=2004-04-13|title=comp.sys.sinclair Folklore FAQ|first=Derek|last=Jolly|publisher=comp.sys.sinclair FAQ Maintenance Group|accessdate=2011-05-05|quote=The Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition. This is an annual competition in which the residents of the newsgroup try to write the crappiest games possible.}}</ref> It is specifically targeted at the [[Sinclair Research]] range of 8-bit computers including clones, derivatives and emulators of those systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/cgc/about.html|title=Everything you never wanted to know about the CSSCGC|date=2009-01-01|accessdate=2011-05-05|first=Alistair|last=Cree|quote=The Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition is an annual competition between the regular posters of the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup, and anyone else who can be bothered, to write the crappest game for a sinclair computer.}}</ref> | The '''comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition''' (also known simply as the '''CSSCGC''') is an annual competition for [[wiktionary:crap|crap]] [[wikipedia:computer game|computer game]] development.<ref name="sinclairfaq">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/cssfolklore/index.html#csscgc|date=2004-04-13|title=comp.sys.sinclair Folklore FAQ|first=Derek|last=Jolly|publisher=comp.sys.sinclair FAQ Maintenance Group|accessdate=2011-05-05|quote=The Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition. This is an annual competition in which the residents of the newsgroup try to write the crappiest games possible.}}</ref> It is specifically targeted at the [[wikipedia:Sinclair Research|Sinclair Research]] range of 8-bit computers including clones, derivatives and emulators of those systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/cgc/about.html|title=Everything you never wanted to know about the CSSCGC|date=2009-01-01|accessdate=2011-05-05|first=Alistair|last=Cree|quote=The Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition is an annual competition between the regular posters of the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup, and anyone else who can be bothered, to write the crappest game for a sinclair computer.}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The competition was originated by posters to the comp.sys.sinclair [[newsgroup]] and was inspired by the Cascade [[Cassette 50]] compilation,<ref name="sinclairfaq" /><ref name="ZXF4-1">{{cite journal|title=CSSCGC2002 result; CSSCGC2003 kicks off; CC50 is 20 years old|journal=ZX Format|issue=4|pages=18–19|first=Colin|last=Woodcock|quote=This will be the eighth celebration of the thoroughly dreadful standard of games programming established by the Cascade Cassette 50 compilation}}</ref> an early example of [[shovelware]], as well as Rich Pelley's ''Crap Game Corner'' from [[Your Sinclair]] Magazine.<ref name="cgc2006about" /> It started off in 1996<ref name="eq" /><ref name="woodcock1">{{cite web|url=ftp://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/spectrum/books/ZXSpectrumOnYourPCThe.pdf|title=The ZX Spectrum on your PC|year=2004|accessdate=2011-05-08|first=Colin|last=Woodcock|publisher=[[CafePress]]}}</ref> merely as an idea to "outdo" the original Cassette 50 tape by producing a compilation of newsgroup members' own efforts.<ref>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.sys.sinclair/msg/60835d47b288d4e3</ref> During subsequent years, it evolved into the present-day form of competition. As of 2011, the event has taken place every year since 1996 and by the end of 2010 a total of 785 entries had been submitted.<ref name="eq">{{cite web|url=http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/csscgc/|title=Crap Games Competition| | The competition was originated by posters to the comp.sys.sinclair [[wikipedia:newsgroup|newsgroup]] and was inspired by the Cascade [[wikipedia:Cassette 50|Cassette 50]] compilation,<ref name="sinclairfaq" /><ref name="ZXF4-1">{{cite journal|title=CSSCGC2002 result; CSSCGC2003 kicks off; CC50 is 20 years old|journal=ZX Format|issue=4|pages=18–19|first=Colin|last=Woodcock|quote=This will be the eighth celebration of the thoroughly dreadful standard of games programming established by the Cascade Cassette 50 compilation}}</ref> an early example of [[wikipedia:shovelware|shovelware]], as well as Rich Pelley's ''Crap Game Corner'' from [[wikipedia:Your Sinclair|Your Sinclair]] Magazine.<ref name="cgc2006about" /> It started off in 1996<ref name="eq" /><ref name="woodcock1">{{cite web|url=ftp://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/spectrum/books/ZXSpectrumOnYourPCThe.pdf|title=The ZX Spectrum on your PC|year=2004|accessdate=2011-05-08|first=Colin|last=Woodcock|publisher=[[CafePress]]}}</ref> merely as an idea to "outdo" the original Cassette 50 tape by producing a compilation of newsgroup members' own efforts.<ref>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.sys.sinclair/msg/60835d47b288d4e3</ref> During subsequent years, it evolved into the present-day form of competition. As of 2011, the event has taken place every year since 1996 and by the end of 2010 a total of 785 entries had been submitted.<ref name="eq">{{cite web|url=http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/csscgc/|title=Crap Games Competition| | ||
date=2011-02-21|accessdate=2011-05-05|author=Paul E Collins|quote=Every year, in homage to the legendarily terrible 1980s games collection Cascade Cassette 50, the residents of comp.sys.sinclair compete to create the most amusingly awful game for the Sinclair Spectrum.}}</ref><ref name="unsat">{{cite web|url=http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/csscgc/csscgc.cgi|title=Crap Game Finder|date=January 2011|accessdate=2011-05-05|first=Chris|last=Young|publisher=Unsatisfactory Software|quote=The CSSCGC was inspired by Cascade Cassette 50. For over twenty years, nobody knew the real story behind what has gained the reputation of "the worst games compilation ever", until redkeyreddoor interviewed the author of Galaxy Defence.}}</ref><!-- and has gained mention in the ''[[Retro Gamer]]'' magazine.<ref>Retro Gamer, issue 61, March 2009.</ref> --> To date, the competition has remained an informal hobbyist, community-driven event. Although it lacks any formal organisation or centralised controlling body, it remains an unofficial feature of the retrogaming community to which other games are sometimes compared.<ref name="retrogamer1">{{cite journal|title=Hall of Shame: Chase HQ|journal=[[Retro Gamer]]|issue=5|page=16|publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]]|year=2005|accessdate=2011-05-08|quote=It may even provide inspiration for those people wishing to enter this year's Crap Game Competition.}}</ref><ref name="ZXPRESS-1">{{cite journal|title=Interface - Alex Xor о положеннии дел игровой индустрии на ZX Spectrum.|journal=Adventurer|issue=15|publisher=zxpress.ru|language=Russian|first=Alex|last=Xor|date=2004-08-01|quote=тем не менее, большинство релизов далеко опережают работы, выставляемые на crap game competition.}}</ref> | date=2011-02-21|accessdate=2011-05-05|author=Paul E Collins|quote=Every year, in homage to the legendarily terrible 1980s games collection Cascade Cassette 50, the residents of comp.sys.sinclair compete to create the most amusingly awful game for the Sinclair Spectrum.}}</ref><ref name="unsat">{{cite web|url=http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/csscgc/csscgc.cgi|title=Crap Game Finder|date=January 2011|accessdate=2011-05-05|first=Chris|last=Young|publisher=Unsatisfactory Software|quote=The CSSCGC was inspired by Cascade Cassette 50. For over twenty years, nobody knew the real story behind what has gained the reputation of "the worst games compilation ever", until redkeyreddoor interviewed the author of Galaxy Defence.}}</ref><!-- and has gained mention in the ''[[Retro Gamer]]'' magazine.<ref>Retro Gamer, issue 61, March 2009.</ref> --> To date, the competition has remained an informal hobbyist, community-driven event. Although it lacks any formal organisation or centralised controlling body, it remains an unofficial feature of the retrogaming community to which other games are sometimes compared.<ref name="retrogamer1">{{cite journal|title=Hall of Shame: Chase HQ|journal=[[Retro Gamer]]|issue=5|page=16|publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]]|year=2005|accessdate=2011-05-08|quote=It may even provide inspiration for those people wishing to enter this year's Crap Game Competition.}}</ref><ref name="ZXPRESS-1">{{cite journal|title=Interface - Alex Xor о положеннии дел игровой индустрии на ZX Spectrum.|journal=Adventurer|issue=15|publisher=zxpress.ru|language=Russian|first=Alex|last=Xor|date=2004-08-01|quote=тем не менее, большинство релизов далеко опережают работы, выставляемые на crap game competition.}}</ref> | ||
