Threadless
and Big Buck
Hunter Pro
on the Hunt
for Winning
Design
T-shirt
Company
Hosting
Design
Contest
Based on
Popular
Arcade Game
CHICAGO -
Feb. 8, 2007
- The
popular
t-shirt
design
website
Threadless
is hosting a
user-generated
design
contest
based on the
hit arcade
game Big
Buck Hunter
Pro. The
grand prize
winner of
the "Big
Buck Hunter
Pro Loves
Threadless,"
contest will
receive a
Big Buck
Hunter Pro
arcade
machine
worth more
than $5,000,
$1,500 in
cash, a $300
Threadless
gift
certificate
and a
one-year 12
Club
subscription.
Those who
wish to
participate
can submit
designs
inspired by
the "Great
American
Hunter"
theme of the
contest at
www.threadless.com/loves/bigbuck.
A panel of
judges from
the
Threadless
staff will
choose the
winner of
the contest,
which runs
through
March 1,
2007.
Big Buck
Hunter Pro,
distributed
by Betson
Enterprises,
has evolved
into the
hottest-selling,
biggest
moneymaking
video game
in bars and
arcades
across the
country.
Recognized
for turning
urbanite
hipsters
into
gun-toting
sharpshooters,
and
neighborhood
bars into
backwoods
open season,
the game has
garnered
much media
praise
including
claiming top
spot in
RePlay
Magazine's
"best
upright
video game"
category.
Gamers can
enjoy over
400 unique
playing
experiences
as they hunt
deer, elk,
antelope,
big horn
sheep and
moose
through 25
photo-real
habitats.
About Betson
Established
in 1934,
Betson
Enterprises
is the
world's
largest
distributor
of coin-op
amusement
machines
including
arcade style
video games,
pinball
machines,
jukeboxes,
pool tables
and
redemption
equipment.
Headquartered
in
Carlstadt,
NJ, Betson
also
maintains
branch
offices in
12 other
major
markets in
the U.S. and
serves the
coin op
industry
with its
Betson
Imperial
Parts &
Service Co.
About Play
Mechanix
George Petro,
a former
game
designer for
Midway
Games<http://www.midwaygames.com/>
founded Play
Mechanix in
1995. In a
little over
a decade,
Play
Mechanix has
created over
30 titles
for the
Arcade, Bar
and Casino
industries
including
the
best-selling
video
hunting
series Big
Buck Hunter
and I Dream
of Jeanie
for IGT.
About Raw
Thrills
Former
Midway game
designer
Eugene
Jarvis and
partner
Andrew Eloff
founded Raw
Thrills Inc.
in 2001 to
create the
next
generation
of arcade
game
entertainment.
After
creating
content for
IGT, Raw
Thrills has
gone on to
design and
release the
best selling
titles
Target:
Force, The
Fast and the
Furious and
The Fast
and the
Furious:
Super Bikes.