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Marriage Proposal via Atari 2600?
TheAlchemist writes "Ever think about using a video game to propose to your (hopefully) wife-to-be? One of the forum members on AtariAge has, and he's planning on using an Atari 2600 to display a proposal message on-screen in the middle of a game! Paul Slocum (author of the upcoming Homestar Runner RPG game) has offered his services to modify Donkey Kong so that when the first level is completed, a proposal message will be displayed on-screen. AtariAge will build the cartridge free of charge, and the only remaining missing piece is the custom label! Tim is holding a label design contest for his marriage proposal cart, the winner of which will receive a $25 gift certificate in the AtariAge Store. The contest runs until April 17th, and you can learn all the details and how you can participate by stopping by the AtariAge Contests Forum." There's already at least one creatively-designed illustration entered into the competition.
I dug the creator of MTG's marriage proposal card. But then I'm a girl and that kind of weepy crap really gets me.
-"Food is disgusting, it's what they make shit from."-
A man proposed to his girlfriend via Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. He created a skatepark in there and they played it together. He created a gap so that when you grinded the longest rail in the level, and it was named "Becky, will you marry me?" Only substitute Becky for whatever the girl's name was, I don't remember.
It was talked about in a really old issue of OPM.
Etiquette is etiquette. He kills his mother but he can't wear grey trousers.
A friend of mine hid a proposal in a game we were working on. His girlfriend isn't a huge gamer, but when he left the game, the system, and the magazine (Tips & Tricks #100) open to the page with the proposal cheat revealed on it, she figured it out!
Dude, I think I can see my house from here.