The Cyberathlete Professional League is hosting a new gaming tournament that will hopefully show that video games aren't all first-person shooters, and that a real gamer should be skillful at all genres.
The Iron-Man of Gaming tournament attempts to judge players on their skills over several genres of games from yesterday and today. This event, presented by ScrewAttack.com and Video Gamers League (a console-only group that holds tournaments at CPL events), will take place on August 30th through September 2nd, during the Summer 2007 CPL Championships in Dallas, Texas.
Players will tackle and be awarded points equally over six games, with half of them being 'classic' titles. The player with the most points after all six games will be awarded $1,000 as well as the Iron-Man championship belt. The entire tournament will be played on the Xbox 360.
Hit the jump to see the tournament games and more.
Iron-Man tournament titles:
Sonic the Hedgehog
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Halo 2
Madden 2008
Dead or Alive 4
Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition
It's nice to hear that event organizers are attempting to break away from the Halo tournaments and do something different. Though they say that this event "tests a player’s skills across all eras and all genres", some might say that they are missing puzzle games and shoot 'em ups, but this is definitely a great start. If you're going to be in Dallas, Texas during Labor Day weekend, head here to register for a free pass to the 2007 CPL Championships and take your shot at the title.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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11:26 PM on 08.05.2007
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Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Yoshi's Cookie
Bomberman
Virtua Fighter 5
Puyo Puyo
Street Fighter Alpha 2
If I could add anything to the list I'd say Company of Heroes or C&C Red Alert.
Yeah! Also Gran Turismo or PGR would be tight as well.
But good call on the Guilty Gear
Hell, I'd be happy with Rallisport Challenge as a competitive game. :P
Unfortunately, none of these things ever come close to Georgia..with maybe the exception of the Madden tourney in Atlanta.
And it must really suck to have to play those classic games on the shitty (for classic games) 360 controller. SF II is just epic fail on that d-pad.
They could have a competition in level grinding in Dragon Quest VIII or demon hunting in La Pucelle tactics.
Motorstorm
Ratchet and Clank 3
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Tetris
Sonic the Hedgehog
Gradius IV (or whatever the best gradius game... or ikaruga!)
It looks like they have covered a lot of areas. Music games will probably be in next years tourney. They should take out one of the fighters and put in Tetris. And I don't really agree with Sonic, but I can't think of what could replace it.
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
Imperishable Night
Doom 2(running through Doomsday)
Command & Conquer 3
that arcade version of Act-Raiser without the city-building sim levels
Tetris
SF3TS, IN, Doom 2, La Petite Princesse, Neo Turf Masters, Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo. THERE we go.
Don't worry, I'll make a tournament everyone will want to participate in. Everyone except for Stuttering Craig.
Don't worry, I'll make a tournament everyone will want to participate in. Everyone except for Stuttering Craig.