Rules for bot battle contest:
1) User's bot must be controlled with the standard gamepad/controller that ships with the console their bot is based off of. It's up to you to figure out how to convert this into radio signals to the bot.
2) Game cartridge/CD/whatever must be in and actively running (demo mode or splash screen acceptible).
3) Small tv screen must show off action and be integrated with the unit. B&W or color, either is fine. Caging of screen is permitted for protection, but screen must be clearly visible, images discernable, and must be forward-facing.
4) Bot construction rules would have to be decided, but basically anything short of projectile-shooting devices and flamethrowers/explosives/hazardous chemicals would be permitted, or simply put, rules would be otherwise like your normal robot demolition match. Stuff like chainsaws, sawblades, hammering stuff, ramming spikes, and maybe even high voltage would be permitted (Stunguns + electronics = ?). No internal combustion engines on the chainsaws, please.
5) Both screen and console must be connected with standard plugs, and must be easily connectable to test aparatus for post-match scoring.
Scoring during match:
1) Resetting or glitching of your running game results in a point for the other side.
2) Permanent Seizure of running game grants 5 points to other side.
3) Failure of screen during match grants 5 points to other side.
4) Immobility of a bot for any reason removes bot from match and grants 10 points to other side.
Post-match scoring:
1) Physically damaged screen that cannot display picture grants 5 points to other side (Dead display award).
2) Inability of physically intact console to reboot grants 10 points to other side. (Electronics failure award).
3) Inability of physically non-intact console to reboot grants 20 points to other side (Fragged hardware award).
4) Physically damaged console manages to boot and function normally grants you 10 points (robustness award).
Sound like fun? These are 1 vs 1 rules of course, though a FFA might be fun to watch too, though it would have to be scored differently. I'd love to see who won this one with whatever console on their battlebot. I think an old Atari 2600 could work well as a battle-bot. The old Atari housings were pretty tough too, and the innerds robust enough to take a pounding. Personally I think it would crush the newer consoles in a bot battle.
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