Voyager Crusade Sarts
Report with thanks to www.SouthportReporter.com and photograph by PCBT Photography.
LIVERPOOL’S FAB Cafe played host, on Wednesday 21 February 2007, to the launch of an international competition on to find the next generation of retro style arcade machine programmers, called the "JT Voyager Crusade". At stake, over £2000.00 worth of equipment and a massive open door into the highly competitive and lucrative computer games industry. TV presenter and owner of the Voyager arcade brand, Jonathan Thompson, together with pop star and TV personality Clint Boon, both hosted the night which was filmed by TV and covered by local, national and international press. Also keeping the crowds entertained was magician Kieron from Southport.
Liverpool has been chosen to be the location of the competition, as not only will it be Capital of Culture in 2008 but also if this competition goes well, it could be home ground, by the end of 2008 to mid 2009, to an international tourist attraction. A fully interactive computer and video game machine museum!
For more information or to enter you can log onto www.jt-voyagercrusade.com. The event will finish on 1 August 2007 and a short list issued on 15 August 2007. The final results being announced on the 25 August 2007. But that will not be the end of the event… as on the 3 October 2007, the winners will have a massive party to reveal their games to the arcade and computer industry, press and celebrities.
Good luck to all who enter..!
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