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XPMCK (24-01-2010) (Genesis misc)

XPMCK is a music (expressed in MML) compiler kit targeted towards various video game systems. It currently supports the following systems:

Capcom Play System (VGM output only)
ColecoVision
Commodore 64
MSX (KSS output only)
Nintendo Gameboy / Gameboy Color
SEGA Master System
SEGA Game Gear
SEGA Genesis

Besides the compiler and its source code, the kit includes playback libraries for all supported systems, as well as examples and brief documentation.

Changes:

* Modified the Genesis playback code so that effect tables are kept in ROM instead of being copied to Z80 RAM. This lifts some of the restrictions on number of possible effects per song.
* WTM is now supported for the SCC channels for the KSS target.
* Fixed a couple of bugs related to notes with non-standard lengths (l24, l12 etc).
* Fixed a bug that prevented single-line comments from being used inside a $-macro.

Thanks to the author, mic, himself for the news via ICQ (and yes, I am pretty late).

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Schism Tracker (02-02-2010) (Wii Application)

Schism Tracker is an editor and player for tracked music (IT, XM, S3M, MOD, etc.), heavily based on the look and feel of the DOS program Impulse Tracker.

Changes:

Using pbsds’s spiffy icon. Thanks!
No longer crashes at startup when loaded with Bannerbomb. (Still crashes at exit.)
Initial support for Doom .mus files, added by request of SandMan. No drums, and it doesn’t do pitchbends, but it’s a start.
Display changed to default to YUV overlay (much faster!)
Fixed a bunch of file load and playback bugs

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Drunken Coders Coding Competition – 5th Annual Wintery Game Coding Competition – Reminder (NDS misc)

drunkencoders.com announced their 5th Annual Wintery Game Coding Competition a while ago. Entries can be submitted till March 19, 2010.

Goal:

Create a Nintendo DS or GBA game with a winter or holiday theme. Be it Wack-a-Santa or nuclear snowball fights with diminutive elves we want to see your wintery creations. Now accepting Wii and Gamecube entries (judged by the same criteria but awarded prizes from a seperate prize pool).

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Drunken Coders Coding Competition – 5th Annual Wintery Game Coding Competition – Reminder (GBA misc)

drunkencoders.com announced their 5th Annual Wintery Game Coding Competition a while ago. Entries can be submitted till March 19, 2010.

Goal:

Create a Nintendo DS or GBA game with a winter or holiday theme. Be it Wack-a-Santa or nuclear snowball fights with diminutive elves we want to see your wintery creations. Now accepting Wii and Gamecube entries (judged by the same criteria but awarded prizes from a seperate prize pool).

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Drunken Coders Coding Competition – 5th Annual Wintery Game Coding Competition – Reminder (GC misc)

drunkencoders.com announced their 5th Annual Wintery Game Coding Competition a while ago. Entries can be submitted till March 19, 2010.

Goal:

Create a Nintendo DS or GBA game with a winter or holiday theme. Be it Wack-a-Santa or nuclear snowball fights with diminutive elves we want to see your wintery creations. Now accepting Wii and Gamecube entries (judged by the same criteria but awarded prizes from a seperate prize pool).

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Drunken Coders Coding Competition – 5th Annual Wintery Game Coding Competition – Reminder (Wii misc)

drunkencoders.com announced their 5th Annual Wintery Game Coding Competition a while ago. Entries can be submitted till March 19, 2010.

Goal:

Create a Nintendo DS or GBA game with a winter or holiday theme. Be it Wack-a-Santa or nuclear snowball fights with diminutive elves we want to see your wintery creations. Now accepting Wii and Gamecube entries (judged by the same criteria but awarded prizes from a seperate prize pool).

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