More info about the competition :
RetroEmu Coding Competition - Summer 2008 :
RetroEmu.com is proud to announce it's first ever coding competition!.
To celebrate our grand opening we are offering some fantastic prizes to give away to the winners of our Summer coding competition.
These marvelous prizes include :
1st Place : Nintendo Wii Console + Wii Sports or 2GB Asus EEE PC (CELM-900M).
2nd Place : 2GB iPod Shuffle + $100US via PayPal.
3rd Place : Indiana Jones collection DVD or $50US paid by PayPal.
All prizes are brand new and sealed and bought exclusively for this competition.
How To Enter :
To enter this fantastic coding competition all you need to do is have knowledge of programming/coding in any language.
You can pick from the following category's for your entry :
Games
Emulator
You can enter right now! The competition starts today and ends August 31st 2008 at 23:59 GMT.
Place all your Entry's/Submissions in Coding Competition Submission forum please.
Due to our site being focused on "Retro" we want your entry's to be inspired/focused on "Retro" things or "Retro" gaming. So if your planning on entering a game into the competition, we want it to be based on something "Retro" or based around "Retro" gaming.
Now this doesn't mean it has to be all 2d and pixelated sprites. You can make something 3D if you would like. As long as it is based on something "Retro" its fine by us. Same goes for emulators. If you plan on entering a emulator, your only restriction is your target console. Your emulator cannot be based on any console that is in the 7th generation.
The below list will show you what category each console is listed under :
Wiki Consoles list]
What do you mean by "Retro"?
By this we mean either any retro games : circa 1970 > 1999 or any event from that time frame. Use your imagination, a 1970's flower power game is one example I guess.
Rules :
1. Deadline is August 31st 2008 at 23:59 GMT.
2. Submission is by posting in the Coding Competition Submission forum
3. You MUST post your entry HERE first (including the file). You may post about your entry on other sites but you MUST post a link back to your submission post on this site.
4. Judges are Zack and hardhat, and will send out prizes two weeks after the final deadline.
5. Prizes are: 1st place - Nintendo Wii Console + Wii Sports Or 2GB Asus EEE PC (CELM-900M) 2nd place - 2GB iPod Shuffle + $100US paid by PayPal, 3rd place - Indiana Jones collection DVD Or $50US paid by PayPal.
6. You can post and update your competition entry as much as you like, from now until August 31st 2008 at 23:59 GMT.
7. Your entry/submission MUST include the RetroEmu.com splash screen at the beginning/start up of your game/emulator. You can find the splash images Here
8. You can choose between the following target platforms for your game/emulator entry/submission : Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, NDS, PS3, Wii, PSP, Ubuntu Linux.
9. You may enter an updated version of your emulator/game, but it MUST have significant changes done from the previous version.
10. Both open source and closed source submissions are allowed.
11. Breaking the rules excludes you from the competition.
12. The submission deadline will not move, so don't ask for a change.
13. The judges decisions are final, so don't say that they are unfair.
14. The judges will take into consideration user votes upon judging.
15. There is no restriction on sprite/content, you may use commercial sprites if you wish.
16. There is no restriction on programming language used. However you must include all needed runtime's, images etc with your entry in order to run your game/emulator.
17. Implementation of the Splash screen counts for a 5% judging bonus, so be creative. (i.e Special effects on splash screen).
18. You MUST include a screenshot with your entry/submission.
19. Have fun and enjoy the competition!
Splash Images :
You can get the splash images from Here
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