Classic Console Coding Contest 2005

[RockinB]

Hello guys,
here is a little update of the C4 - 2005 Saturn Coding Contest.

The contest has motivated a couple of new people to have a look into Saturn development. I've been in contact with them and tried as good as I can to guide them through. Let's hope they keep up the good work, I've already seen some promising results D) .

We had a nice prize upgrade, too:
One component of the 1st prize has been 15 USD, which has been increased to a 30 euro purchase at www.frikidonia.com.

When the contest is over, all entries will be put on a C4 entries CD. So gamers who want to try out these Saturn homebrew games just need to burn one CD-R.

The Saturn application used for this CD is already developed and is called:
Atlas
It's a fully customizeable multi game boot disc application, SEGA would call it internally "demo demo loader" .

Here some screenshots:

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So if you want to support the contest, it's still not too late to start making an entry. You can support it by being a judge, too.

Stay tuned,
Rockin'-B

[Christuserloeser]

Sounds (and looks!) very promising Good luck to everyone!

[RockinB]

On the way to the finish line:
last month of the C4 - 2005 Saturn Coding Contest!

The competition is heating up! Within this month, all entries must be submitted to [email protected]. So hurry up!

You know all entries will be put on one C4 CD for SEGA Saturn. People who make an entry can provide custom media to present their game on the C4 CD:

* a screenshot thumbnail (64x64 pixel, a transparent color can be used)
* a fullscreen image (352x224 pixel) showing controls and further info
* short textual description (8 lines of 20 characters each) for title, version, author, features, ...
* an audio file that's played when your entry is highlighted
* a readme text file

All of this stuff is optional, but I recommend to at least provide a thumbnail and text description. If you don't provide the data, noone else will create it for you. Instead ugly "Not found!" messages are displayed.

Good luck!
The better one wins ...