Keir's Crazy Contest starts now!!! WIN STUFF!

[Keir]

Bonus Clue #3:
Emma Watson, Samantha Fox, Emma Thompson, Elizabeth Montgomery, Leonardo da Vinci

[Jibbajaba]

OK I understand what the clue means but I don't see what it has to do with Atari games....

Man this is tough!

EDIT: Got it! That is a shrewd clue!

[ClubNinja]

Wow. I know the solution to this puzzle and can't even figure out what that clue means

[Keir]

All will soon be revealed.

So far only 5 people have answered correctly, and 2 of them (ClubNinja and Trellisaze) are inelligible to win second prize. However, I want to wrap this up soon so we can do part 2. Only those people who answered part 1 correctly can participate in part 2.

Rather than wait for 8 people to submit the right answer as I originally planned, I'm setting a deadline: 9PM EST tonight.

If anyone is still trying and would like more time, let me know.

[Quintracker]

Well I am still trying, but I don't think more time would help me out. My guesses really haven't changed since the first time I submitted, but I'll go ahead and email another guess to you before tonight. Just wanted to say it's been an awesome contest and I've had a blast looking up stuff

[Quintracker]

*Hopes his submission made it in before the deadline*

[Keir]

Part 1 of the contest is officially over! I was going to post this last night, but a friend of mine was giving birth and I was at the hospital all night.

ANSWERS:
Seat #1: Stanley I. Presume from Coconuts (Telesys)
Seat #2: Proteus from Fathom (Imagic)
Seat #3: Roderick Hero from H.E.R.O. (Activision)
Seat #4: Steve Perry from Journey Escape (Data Age)
Seat #5: Kool-Aid Man from Kool-Aid Man (M Network)
Seat #6: John Q. from Tax Avoiders (American Videogame)
Seat #7: Tomarc from Tomarc the Barbarian (Xonox)

Here's one way it could be solved:
1. The man with the umbrella in Clue #3 is Stanley I. Presume from Coconuts (Telesys).
2. Clue #4 tells us that one guest was Roderick Hero from H.E.R.O. (Activision).
3. Clue #5 refers to Proteus from Fathom (Imagic), since he can change shape from a mammal (dolphin) to a bird (seagull).
4. Clue #6 indicates either Kool-Aid Man (M Network) or the bartender from Tapper (Sega).
5. The picture in Clue #7 shows Eggie from Tax Avoiders (American Videogame), thereby indicating John Q.
6. Two playable characters have the initials S.P.: Stanley I. Presume from Coconuts (Telesys) and Steve Perry from Journey Escape (Data Age). Since Stanley could not be sitting in seat #4 (Clue #3), it must be Steve Perry.
7. Reviewing our results so far, we have characters from games by 5 different companies (Telesys, Activision, Imagic, American Videogame and Data Age). Clue #3 tells us that Xonox is represented and Clue #4 tells us that M Network is also represented. That totals 7 companies, the same as the number of guests. Therefore, Clue #6 must refer to Kool-Aid Man since Sega is not one of the companies represented.
8. Now we have enough answers to start putting them in order by game title per Clue #2:
Stanley I. Presume from Coconuts (Telesys)
Proteus from Fathom (Imagic)
Roderick Hero from H.E.R.O. (Activision)
Steve Perry from Journey Escape (Data Age)
Kool-Aid Man from Kool-Aid Man (M Network)
John Q. from Tax Avoiders (American Videogame)
9. Since Steve Perry is in seat #4 (Clue #8) the characters in seats #1 - #3 are also known.
10. Clue #3 tells us that the Xonox representative sits in seat #7 (across from Stanley in seat #1), therefore Kool-Aid Man and John Q. are in seats #5 and #6 respectively.
11. Finally, we know that the Xonox game is later than Tax Avoiders alphabetically and therefore must be Tomarc the Barbarian.
Bonus Clue #1 lists the number of releases by each company represented, in the order that they are seated.
Bonus Clue #2 is, of course, a lyric from Journey's song "Don't Stop Believing" hinting at Steve Perry.
Bonus Clue #3 is a list of people who were born on April 15th (Tax Day) hinting at John Q.

The following people correctly solved it:
ClubNinja
o2william
Trellisaze
k8track
Jibbajabba
Quintracker

The people listed above have been entered into part 2 of the contest which will end at 9PM on Thursday, June 24th. At that time I will need all of YOU to help me pick a winner. So keep watching!

[Quintracker]

Oh man I can't believe I squeaked in at the last moment

For some stupid reason I had the worst time with seat #4. It wasn't until the last few hours that I figured out the Journey references. I thought for sure that S.P. stood for "Self Published"