RetroEmu Winter Coding Competition 2008

[Zack]

Hello there and welcome to RetroEmu.com!

After the great success of our previous competition, we are delighted to announce our second competition

This time around the Competition is taking a fairer route, you can only enter Games into this competition. The rules are changed too. The games you can enter are no longer tied to being "Retro themed", no. You can now enter whatever type of Game you like, but you can still gain a 15% judging bonus for having "Retro elements/level" in your Game.

The Prizes this time around are a little different but still awesome. First place is Rock Band 2 + Drums, Guitar, and Microphone! The other places are Retro Consoles all in there Original Boxing and complete with games & controllers! We decided to offer these as the additional prizes due to the nature of our "Retro" orientated site.

As an added bonus the top poster here between now and the end of the competition (staff excluded), will receive a copy of Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox + a mystery gift!

The Competition Starts Now (October 1st 2008) & will run until January 1st 2009.

So without further delay, here are the Prizes on offer this time around.


1st Place:

Rock Band 2 for the console of your choice.
Includes game, drums, guitar, and microphone.



2nd :

First pick from the Retro Game Systems listed.

3rd Place :

Second pick from the Retro Game Systems listed.

4th Place :

Remaining Retro Game System listed.

2nd > 4th Place Prizes:

Nintendo 64 Console + 1 Controller & Games.
Games include : Super Mario 64, Goldeneye 007, Zelda ocarina of time, Diddy Kong racing & Castlevania 64.
All games are boxed.



Or :

Sega Dreamcast Console + 2 Controllers, 1 VMU, 1 Dreamkey & Games.
Games include: Fighting Force, Sonic Adventure & Sega worldwide soccer 2000.
All games are in cases.



Or :

Sega Saturn Console + 1 Controller & 6 Games.
Games include : Destruction Derby, Command & Conquer, Virtua Fighter 2, Daytona USA, Sega Rally Championship & Loaded.
All games are in cases.



5th Place:

Final fantasy VII for PSX.



Top Poster (From Oct. 1 to Jan. 1) Prize:

Halo: Combat Evolved for Xbox + A mystery gift!




Competition Start Time & Closing Date :

The Competition will run from October 1st until January 1st.


Platforms Allowed :

We accept entries for the following consoles :

Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC (XP/Vista).


Programming Languages Allowed :

You may use any programming language you wish. However, you must make sure to include any additional data files needed
in order to run your game (ie. .dll's).


Competition Rules :

1) You MUST include the RetroEmu Winter Coding Competition 2008 Splash screen in your entry. There is no exception to this, if your entry doesn't include it, it isn't entered.

2) There is a 10% Judging bonus for the quality of the Splash screen implementation.

3) You may post about your entry at other sites, but you may NOT upload the file to any other site bar RetroEmu during the duration of the competition (if you are having issues uploading your entry please contact me).

4) You can update your game as much as you like during the competition.

5) There is a 15% Judging Bonus for having "Retro Themed Elements/level" in your Game.

6) The Competition runs from now (1st of October) until January 1st, 2009.

7) The Judges are Zack & HardHat while users will account for 10% of the overall judging.

8) Both open source and closed source entries are allowed.

9) Your entry should include a screenshot and sufficient information regarding your Game.

10) The deadline is set to the date specified above, unless there is significant demand for this to be extended it will not be changed.


Splash Screen Images :

The Splash screen images, including PSD and Font files used are available to view/download Here

Entry's :

Please submit your entry or comment on other entry's Here

Spread The Word :

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[Zack]

Due to demand the rules have been changed. 2nd > 4th Prizes are now picked by the winners. 2nd gets the first choice, 3rd picks after etc.

Only other change was bonus %.

No more changes to the rules or prizes will happen unless there is significant universal demand for a change.