BONUS ROUND 3

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Bonus Round 3

Retro Gaming

Hi shippers! Welcome to Bonus Round 3.
In this round, you'll be creating fanworks based on video and computer games from before 2000!

Rules

1. Choose a game that was released before 2000, and post a fanwork based on the game in some way. Make sure to use the appropriate title format (see below). Examples include: character inserts, rewritten dialogue, costume redesigns, alternate soundtracks, theme song covers, photoshopped promo art, etc.


2. Your fill should not be focused on Homestuck characters playing the game--the point of this round is to make a crossover.


3. For this challenge, you are allowed to submit fills based on your team ship. You don't have to, of course!


4. For this challenge, there is no minimum wordcount. We are trusting you not to abuse that fact!


5. This challenge will run until 11:59PM EDT July 21. After that time, even if it's just by a minute according to the timestamp, no submissions will be accepted for points.

Title Format
Please use this format in your title.
FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] - [GAME TITLE] ([YEAR RELEASED])
Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your team name is not in this format and in the title we cannot guarantee that it will be counted.
Replace [GAME TITLE] and [YEAR RELEASED] as appropriate.

Posts not using this format in the title will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, no matter what they contain. They, like all comments on the comm, are subject to the Wank Policy.

Scoring
(as stated here)
First 5 entries per team: 30 (per entry)
Entries 6-10: 20 (per entry)
Entries 11-15: 10 (per entry)
Entries 16+: 5 (per entry)

All content must be created new for this round.

We would prefer that any questions about this challenge or anything else in the HSO be emailed to us at homestuck.shipping AT gmail!

Comments

FILL: TEAM DAVE<3TEREZI - Missile Command (1980)

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The bomb explodes hundreds of feet above you, shattering into a million pieces of shrapnel that will riddle your base and you can feel her staring at you.

"There's only six cities left." As always Rose sounds smug and self assured, even with the endless fire of napalm being thrown against her planet. You half expect to see her non-challantly filing her nails when you look over, but she is standing thoughtfully, one hand on her chin. She's sticks out in the military base like a sore thumb with her fancy purple dress and immaculate beehive. "How much longer do you really think you can last?"

"I don't know, do I look like a fucking stopwatch?" You shrug and turn back to your computer, sending out more missiles. Soon her royal alien bitchiness will realize that you can't protect everyone if she attacks from everywhere and you can't afford to lose anyone. Dirk is in one of those cities, the remnants of John's family in another. Jade is manning one of your bases with her grandson and Rose's daughter in hiding out in the other.

But for now you don't have to make that choice and that's enough. You can work with this. "I'll last as long as I last."

"It's futile." The barrage of explosives hasn't slown a bit and neither has your typing. As much as you'd love to engage in a passive aggressive snark war with Rose you've got better things to do. In absence of a response she continues. "They have endless resources. They can go forever and all we have is six, pathetic cities."

"Heard you the first time."

"She will win." Rose's voice is cold, but you think you see what she's getting at. "This game is unbeatable."

You spare her a brief glance and a half smile. "No reason to stop trying."

She smiles back at you, pulling her needles seemingly out of nowhere. "I couldn't agree more."