It’s reality again, here comes PDROMS CODING COMPETITION v4.01 – Retro Coding Fun for Console and Handhelds!


Coding on “closed” handhelds or consoles must not be a privilege; dozens of free development kits proof the opposite. The steadily growing “homebrew scene” produces unlicensed software for devices not meant to be open for everyone.

PDRoms has always been in the homebrew scene to support the creation of new homebrew software, support programmers and artists. To show our love to the homebrew scene once again, here comes the ninth PDRoms Coding Competition.

Here is the brief data:

Topic: Create a logic/puzzle game
Competition running time: Thursday, 02 April 2009 to Sunday, 31st May 2009
Deadline: Sunday, 31th May 2009 @ 23:59, in YOUR timezone!
Systems allowed: Atari 2600, Coleco Vision, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Game Gear, IntelliVision, Master System, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo Entertainment System, Odyssey2, Wonderswan, Wonderswan Color, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis/Megadrive, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo 64, PC Engine, Sega 32x, Sega CD and Vectrex.
Prizes to win: A WIZ console, 2 PSP Games, 1 Genesis Game, 5 R4 Cards, 10 Acekards and 150 US$ in cash

Prizes are sponsored by: http://shop.gp2x.de – http://www.flashlinker-shop.com – http://www.superfighter.com – http://www.gamekool.com – http://www.slanina.pl – ph0x

Spread the word! – May the Schwartz be with you 😉

http://pdroms.de/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=105&t=4642

From 1st April 2009 to 31st May 2009 PDRoms will be hosting another coding competition. This time we will only allow 8 BIT systems (as another sister site wants to go for newer mainstream systems and we don’t want to collide).

In particular the following systems are allowed (subject to change): Atari 2600, Coleco Vision, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Game Gear, IntelliVision, Master System, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo Entertainment System, Odyssey2.

The topic is decided, but you have to wait till 1st April 2009 for details.

We are currently seeking for judges and sponsors – please get in touch with us if you can help or want to supply goodies which we can give out as prizes.

http://www.pdroms.de/contact/

Audio techdemo by “newcoleco”.

http://newcoleco.dev-fr.org/p4131/2009-03-05-colecovision-smooth-criminal.html

Dr. Hirudo has let us know ( http://www.pdroms.de/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2706 ) that he released an updated version of MazezaM (feel free to leave feedback in the PDRoms webboard).

The goal of the game looks simple – to pass from the left part of the level to the right, by sliding the walls and making corridors between them, which you can pass through. Once you get to the right part of the level, the character goes through straight corridor to the next level. The game gets harder with every level passed. But the motivation of the player to go to the next level raises as well. MazezaM is also available for other various platforms with wide range of features on every different hardware.

Release notes:

I have made the new release of MazezaM for Colecovision, compiled with the newer SDCC compiler. It is now faster and with two more levels. But the Gameboy version is still better, with smoother animation of the character.

http://hirudov.com/others/MazezaM_CV.php

Tribute demo “10 Years Coleco Vision” by newcoleco.

http://newcoleco.dev-fr.org/p4124/2009-02-09-colecovision-10-ans-deja.html

Kobashi is a small game where you have to survive as a fish by eating the food dropped from the surface.

The original was ranked 2nd at the MRC Underwater Challenge and was released as a 8k rom, this version became 16k mostly due to removing the compression of data.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=133917

In Bankruptcy Builder you’re leading a construction company, send workers to constructionsites, etc.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=131079

PkK updated his game Colored Gravity.

There are two spaceships, each steered by a ColecoVision controller. At the top of the screen there are two numbers. The upper one is energy left. Energy is lost when firing, changing color or being hit by a missile. Energy recharges while the spaceship isn’t accelerating or decelerating. The other number is the reload. You can’t fire or change color while it’s nonzero. There are three colors. Objects of different color attract each other.

Left fire button: Fire missile of your current color.
Right fire button: Try to change color.
Joystick: Accelerate / Decelerate, turn spaceship.

Spaceships and missiles bounce when hitting the border of the playing area.

Release notes:

I hope I’ll be able to make a cart-releasable game out of this. However I don’t know when that will happen. Since I probably won’t work on it in the next few weeks I’ve attached the current version.

Philipp

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=129254

PkK updated his game Colored Gravity.

There are two spaceships, each steered by a ColecoVision controller. At the top of the screen there are two numbers. The upper one is energy left. Energy is lost when firing, changing color or being hit by a missile. Energy recharges while the spaceship isn’t accelerating or decelerating. The other number is the reload. You can’t fire or change color while it’s nonzero. There are three colors. Objects of different color attract each other.

Left fire button: Fire missile of your current color.
Right fire button: Try to change color.
Joystick: Accelerate / Decelerate, turn spaceship.

Spaceships and missiles bounce when hitting the border of the playing area.

Release notes:

I added some eye candy and improved the speed.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=129254

PkK updated his game Colored Gravity.

There are two spaceships, each steered by a ColecoVision controller. At the top of the screen there are two numbers. The upper one is energy left. Energy is lost when firing, changing color or being hit by a missile. Energy recharges while the spaceship isn’t accelerating or decelerating. The other number is the reload. You can’t fire or change color while it’s nonzero. There are three colors. Objects of different color attract each other.

Left fire button: Fire missile of your current color.
Right fire button: Try to change color.
Joystick: Accelerate / Decelerate, turn spaceship.

Spaceships and missiles bounce when hitting the border of the playing area.

Release notes:

Here’s a slightly improved version. Missiles self-destruct after some time. This may sound like a minor change, but it improves playability by combatting the slowdown caused by too many objects being on the screen at a time.

Philipp

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=129254