This is some relevant data about the fifth contest edition :
* Winner : Caos Begins (Hikaru Games)
* Main prize : SUNRISE CF ATA-IDE + 200 €
* 13 games released (1 of the games was a extra game released out of the contest).
* Now games could use up to 64KB RAM
The jury was composed with 3 judges (details below the last game of the contest).
Results by the jury of this edition can be checked here.
Game entries – 13 games
01 – Caos Begins
Team : Hikaru Games
Contact : Contact e-mail
Game genre : Action Adventure
Format : MSX 32 KB ROM (16 KB RAM)
Downloads :
- ROM + Guide : Caos Begins
- Manual : Caos Begins +1
- Covers : Caos Begins +2
- Cover small format : Caos Begins +3
02a – BeTiled!
Team : CEZ GS
Contact : Contact e-mail
Game genre : Puzzle
Format : MSX 48 KB ROM (16 KB RAM)
Downloads :
- ROM + Manuals (English – Spanish) : BeTiled!
- ROM Label : BeTiled! +
02b – Txupinazo!
Author : Imanok
Game genre : Action (San Fermin simulator?)
Format : MSX 32 KB ROM
Downloads :
- ROM + Manual : Txupinazo!
- Sticker : Txupinazo! +1
04 – Lotus F3
Team : dvik & joyrex productions
Authors : dvik & joyrex
Game genre : Racing
Format : MSX 128 KB ROM
Download (ROM + Manual + Label) : Lotus F3
05 – Mr Mole
Team : Nerlaska Studio
Contact : Contact e-mail
Game genre : Breakout/Arkanoid
Format : MSX 128 KB ASCII8 / 128 KB Konami SCC
Downloads :
- ROMS (2 versions) + Manuals (English – Spanish) : Mr Mole
- Sticker : Mr Mole +
06 – Penguin Mind
Team : MSX Café
Authors : MSXosaure / Jipe
Game genre : Frogger+Mastermind
Format : MSX 64 KB ROM (ASCII8 mapper)
Downloads :
- ROM + Drawer : Penguin Mind
- English manual : Penguin Mind +1
- French manual : Penguin Mind +2
- Cover : Penguin Mind +3
- Box : Penguin Mind +4
07a – Italian Stallion
Team : Impulse9
Game genre : Arcade/Boxing simulator – Conversion of “Super Punch Out” arcade game
Format : MSX 32 KB ROM
Downloads :
- ROM + Manual : Italian Stallion
- ROM Label : Italian Stallion +1
- Cover : Italian Stallion +2
07b – Night Driver
Team : Karoshi Corporation
Game genre : Racing
Format : MSX 8 KB ROM (8 KB RAM)
Downloads :
- ROM + Manuals : Night Driver
- ROM Label +DVD size cover : Night Driver +
09 – Yahtzee
Author : dvik (dvik & joyrex productions)
Game genre : Board game
Format : MSX 16 KB ROM
Download (ROM + Manual + Sticker) : Yahtzee
10 – Crazy MSX Frenchies
Team : Jipe of the MSX Café
Author : Jipe
Game genre : Rapid pairs game
Format : MSX 16 KB ROM
Downloads :
- ROM + Manual : Crazy MSX Frenchies
- ROM label : Crazy MSX Frenchies +
11 – Bag Man
Team : AG Software
Author : Andrea Gasparrini
Game genre : Platform
Format : MSX 16 KB ROM
Download (ROM + Manual) : Bag Man
12 – Balloon City
Team : AG Software
Author : Andrea Gasparrini
Game genre : Shooter
Format : MSX 16 KB ROM
Download (ROM) : Balloon City
Extra game – Tiles Of Shalom
Team : Jipe of the MSX Café
Author : Jipe
Game genre : Rapid pairs game
Format : MSX 16 KB ROM
Download (ROM + Manual + Sticker) : Tiles Of Shalom
Cancelled entries – 3 games
Goonies : The Movie
(no any screenshot available)
Team : Crappysoft
Authors : RC743 / Darth Fistro
Game genre : Platform – Game based on The Goonies but with brand new graphics, musics and storyline !
Format : Unknown
No download available !
Sphere Redux
Team : Impulse9
Game genre : Hability
Format : MSX 32 KB ROM (8 KB RAM)
The game has been released after the contest, it is available on the Impulse9 website.
Mystic Swords
Team : Karoshi Corporation
Game genre : Racing
Format : MSX 32 KB ROM
No download available !
Jury
* Timo Soilamaa (aka NYYRIKKI) is a well known finnish MSX developer known for his Brainfuck compiler and the KSS player for MSX amongst tons of MSX and PC tools and demos, like his amazing Dragon’s Lair demo for MSX2 or Diary, the MRC’s Bounce Challenge winning program.
Visit NYYRIKII’s personal website
* Roberto Vargas (aka k0ga) is a member of the MSX development team The New Image. He is known for some awesome MSX projects such as a stunning MSX2 RPG engine or for his excellent reverse engineering works as the MicroCabin Sound Driver and the Animecha Animation Player.
* José Andrés Gil (aka Konamito) is the webmaster of Konamito.com, a famous spanish MSX website, where users can check lots of news, download, review and rate a huge variety of MSX games and discuss about MSX related topics into its forum boards.
Prizes
MSXdev’07 GENERAL CONTEST
SUNRISE CF ATA-IDE + 200 euro
Description: main prize set for the best MSXdev’07 game by the MSXDEV Team
Decision: MSXdev’07 jury
* The package does not include CF cards.
SPONSOR SYSTEM
1. KONAMITO.COM – A Konamito.com T-shirt for the best shooter game
Sponsor: Konamito.com
Contact: contact e-mail
Prize: Konamito.com T-shirt
Description: prize set for the best MSXdev’07 shooter game
Decision: MSXdev’07 jury
2. LUPPIE.NET – 1 year webhosting for the game with the best music
Sponsor: Luppie.NET
Contact: contact e-mail
Prize: 1 year webhosting (check for details below)
Description: prize set for the MSXdev’07 game with the best music
Decision: MSXdev’07 jury
This 1 year of free Luppie.NET webhosting features:
- Apache/PHP/MySQL
- 1Gb data traffic
- 250Mb webspace
- 1 Domain name (limited to .com, .net, .org or .
- 5 sub-Domains
- 10 e-Mail accounts
- 10 e-Mail forwarders
- 3 MySQL Databases
- 1 FTP account
- CGI Access
3. Nerlaska Studio – 3x “Dracula Twins” PC CD-ROM game for the best music/best gfx/best game
Sponsor: Nerlaska Studio
Contact: contact e-mail
Prize: 3x “Dracula Twins” PC CD-ROM game
Description: 1 original PC game for the best game, best gfx and best music.
Decision: MSXdev’07 jury
