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 CONTEST RESULTS BRIEF
 

01. Dr. Pill (WINNER) - [Game with Best Graphics*/Best Music/Most Original Game!]
02. Menace - [Game with Better Gameplay!]
03. Stray Cat
04. British Bob - [Most Polished Game!]
05. Retaliot - [Game with Best Graphics!*]
06. Cow Abductors
07. X0rz
08. Castle Tomb
09. Plumber

Those are the results set by the jury. The scoring into different categories has been done by the three jury members, except for the game Menace (The New Image), that has been just scored by two persons of the jury. Also, some jurors left some non-commented categories in certain games, as they do not think it will be relevant or they do not wanted to highlight any specific point. Also, penalties has been added to games that featured compatibility problems. All three reports have been computed in order to show the final results.

Anyway, we have a winner again! Dr. Pill, the angry bad-tempered evil doctor's tv-show looking game has certainly get the focus of the jury as he is the big winner of the contest! Congratulations to Infinite for this fantastic game. The winner, and the ones that have obtained other prizes offered by sponsors, will be contacted soon.

Going a bit further into the scoring, we can discover games that has obtained the best scoring on a specific categroy. Dr. Pill has been highlighted as the most original game for his clever and catchy concept, and as the game with better music, due to its really nice soundtrack. The interface, nice character faces and intro animations also stand a draw with Retaliot's stunning game visuals, being those two games the ones obtaining the Better Graphics mention. In the other hand, Menace, the simple but perfectly executed oldschool shooter from TNI, has obtained the best score on the gameplay department for its smooth and accurate controls. The last category, the most polished game, has been obtained by British Bob, the cute and funny platformer by RELEVO Videogames, for its complete presentation, attention to the detail, different endings and so on.

The jury also ranked the MSX1+ contest, promoted by sponsors. The winner for this contest is also Dr. Pill, for his extended musics and nice palette usage!

Now sit back and read the in-depth report for all 9 entries presented to the contest!
 

 CONTEST'S IN-DEPTH RESULTS
 
83,3%
  

1. Dr. Pill (Winner!)

retaliot retaliot

53/60 · Graphics/Visuals (!!)
  • Smart use of sprites.
  • The clock font isn't consistent.
  • Excellent graphics both the intro and the game.
    • 56/60 · Musics/SFX (!!)
  • If SCC was allowed to be judged, I would've given it more than perfect!
  • Top level, a very catching tune! (PSG version).
  • Music can become repetitive, even when playing at random.
    		•
    40/60 · Gameplay
  • Quite addictive game for an RPG.
  • Extensive gameplay. It'll take some time to get through the long lists of stories and cures.
  • I hate having to read so much to play a game, especially when needing the big manual.
    		•
    56/60 · Originality (!!)
  • I have never seen a game like this.
  • Seen medical games but not as an RPG. The strange thing is that it works!
  • Only Infinite would think of giving a doctor from hell his private practice.
    		•
    45/60 · Polish
  • Very cool intro demo. I like the scrollback feature.
  • I miss the wrap-around in menus and a page-step scrolling. However, no respect towards the MSX standard.
    • Final Comments
  • Changing music gives a visible temporary corruption, it even crashed once. The game expects 64 kB RAM in the same slot. There are quite some references to other MSX games.
  • Is there any drug free version? ;-)
  • What a cool music, especially with the SCC turned on, but the rest with all that reading.. bah..
    		•

     
    82,5%
    		  

    2. Menace

    menace menace

    32/40 · Graphics/Visuals
  • Some of the flickering elements nearly give me an epileptic attack.
    		•
    36/40 · Musics/SFX
  • Sound fits the concept
  • Awesome tune and effects, a new hit?
    • 36/40 · Gameplay (!!)
  • Really arcade level quality
  • Smooth controls, game plays perfect
    		•
    29/40 · Originality
  • Classic genre but with many new features taking it to a top level
  • Nice arcade port.
    		•
    32/40 · Polish
  • TNI intro, game description and levels it has it all, but where's my high score list?
  • Interlaced graphics effect added. Sometimes it seems a bit annoying.
    		•
    Final Comments
  • Nice game, but I don't like those flickering graphics.
  • Good old school arcade implementation. Fine control, nice game. Still waiting for the red bikini to show up ;-)
    		•

     
    79%
    		  

    3. Stray Cat

    retaliot retaliot

    52/60 · Graphics/Visuals
  • Very colorful versatile scenery.
  • Graphics are very good and there is also a smooth and fast scroller.
  • Minimal requirement of sprite limitations.
    		•
    50/60 · Musics/SFX
  • Great tune and game effects.
  • Nice arrangement of the Heathcliff theme music.
    		•
    47/60 · Gameplay
  • Not much variety in gameplay. Very addictive though.
  • Solid game, resemblance to a arcade games.
    		•
    47/60 · Originality
  • Inspired by an iPhone game, with some extras.
  • OK, it's based on an existing game (Canabalt), but hmm for MSX it's new cool and fast.
    		•
    41/60 · Polish
  • Early-Clock on the moving cloud and moon would've looked better with this scroll speed.
  • Intro screen.
  • Mild respect towards the MSX standard.
    		•
    Final Comments
  • Didn't cats have 9 lives in stead of 7?
  • Wha speed! I love this game. Again, again, again, run, run, run!
    		•

     
     
    77,3%
    		  

    4. British Bob

    fdfs fdfs

    46/60 · Graphics/Visuals
  • Very colorful SCREEN 1 graphics.
  • Great graphics and plus for the umbrella.
    		•
    46/60 · Musics/SFX
  • Nice music.
  • Very intriguing melody.
  • Only 2 songs in the levels and they start to irritate after a while.
    		•
    50/60 · Gameplay
  • Maybe trigger B for the umbrella would've been better for joystick.
  • I love to play this game.
    		•
    41/60 · Originality
  • Nice Manic Miner and Blagger clone.
  • Classic Jet Set Willy style but with his own twist.
    		•
    49/60 · Polish (!!)
  • Nice intro and description.
  • Well-balanced stages, each with hidden treasure.
    		•
    Final Comments
  • British people call them biscuits though, not cookies.
  • Funny deliberate typo in the ending, with detection of use of continues.
  • Nice game that I love to play. Give me your cookies!
    		•

     
    70%
    		  

    5. Retaliot

    retaliot retaliot

    53/60 · Graphics/Visuals (!!)
  • Nice parallax scroller, in later levels a wide variety of enemies.
  • Stunning graphics and a smooth scroller.
  • It has good gfx in general, but the sprites itself are too simple.
    		•
    47/60 · Musics/SFX
  • In-game sounds are unbalanced, shots overpower everything else
  • Impressive intro music and effects in the game.
  • It's starting to irritate.
    		•
    31/60 · Gameplay
  • Hmm, I get easily bored by its gameplay.
  • Too much action slows down the overall gameplay. In-game sprite garbage on MSX1.
  • Excellent controls.
    		•
    39/60 · Originality
  • Traditional vertical shooter.
  • 2-way scrolled action with a Super Cobra target.
  • It's a simple shooter
    • 40/60 · Polish
  • I love the scrolling.
  • Pity sprite rotation was forgotten to at least see all sprites all the time. No respect towards the MSX standard.
  • Nice intro.
    		•
    Final Comments
  • Cool scroll, but the rest is not addictive at all.
  • It seems to me more time was spent on the title screen and the parallax scroller.
  • The game expects 64 kB RAM in the same slot. It plays fine on MSX2, but it doesn't run on MSX1 as it should.
    		•

     
    65%
    		  

    6. Cow Abductors

    fdfs fdfs

    41/60· Graphics/Visuals
  • Stylies cows and landscape.
  • Sometimes it's a bit hard to separate cow from dog.
    		•
    45/60 · Musics/SFX
  • I like the "mooh"-sample when starting the game.
  • Good music and also the clean *MOOH* sample.
    		•
    28/60 · Gameplay
  • The moving of the U.F.O. is f*cked and the CPU is too good from the start.
  • Controls are a bit too fast for pinpoint accurate positioning.
    		•
    50/60 · Originality
  • Hilarious game concept.
  • This definitely a new territory in the gaming industry!.
  • There are a lot of cow abduction games, but I've never seen one on the MSX!
    		•
    31/60 · Polish
  • The CPU player could use some difficulty levels.
  • Very mild respect towards the MSX standard.
    		•
    Final Comments
  • It is a simple game, but unfortunately with crappy controls.
  • The game is more playable on the real thing.
    		•

     
    57,7%
    		  

    7. X0rz

    fdfs fdfs

    37/60 · Graphics/Visuals
  • Simple isn't always bad.
  • Very nice clean graphics.
  • Too few graphics.
    		•
    9/60 · Musics/SFX
  • Almost no music or sound effects.
  • There isn't much sound.
  • No tune and some more sound effects would have been nice.
    		•
    45/60 · Gameplay
  • Trigger assignments don't feel logical (A for rotate, B for swap).
  • Quite good for puzzle freaks.
  • Level 10 can't be completed.
    		•
    44/60 · Originality
  • Based on the Xor Flashgame.
  • I've never played this kind of game on the MSX.
  • A new puzzle genre.
    		•
    38/60 · Polish
  • It contains partial joystick controls. You can't move diagonally.
    		•
    Final Comments
  • Nice game to pass some time. Useful passwords.
  • After a while of playing en error message abruptly spoiled my fun. It contains partial joystick controls.
    		•

     
     
    35,3%
    		  

    8. Castle Tomb

    fdfs fdfs

    25/60 · Graphics/Visuals
  • Too little use of colors. Some of the graphics look really familiar.
  • Good graphics, a bit of retro style.
    		•
    15/60 · Musics/SFX
  • Mostly identical to the Plumber ones.
  • No music but sound effects.
    		•
    17/60 · Gameplay
  • Controls are a bit stiff.
  • Taking stairs is a pain. It would be more playable if it was 5 times faster.
    		•
    32/60 · Originality
  • The game concept is completely new to me.
  • Seen many games in this genre.
    		•
    17/60 · Polish
  • Start screen with info.
  • There is no variety in levels. At some moment taking crucifixes gave an error.
    		•
    Final Comments
  • Hmm it's still BASIC and I know it's hard to make a good game in BASIC, however this game isn't addictive.
  • There are a lot of similarities with Plumber in the sound effects and gameplay. At least you can jump over your enemies here.
    		•

     
    26%
    		  

    9. Plumber

    dsad dsad

    20/60 · Graphics/Visuals
  • Too little use of colors. 'Cat' is a ripped sprite from 'Sex Bomb Bunny'.
  • Nice classic graphics.
    		•
    12/60 · Musics/SFX
  • Music is a bit annoying but the sound is ok.
  • The continuous random sound while walking gets annoying quite soon.
    		•
    11/60 · Gameplay
  • Totally a wreck.
  • Too bad the control is rather quirky.
  • Taking stairs is a pain. It would be more playable when it was 5 times faster.
    		•
    15/60 · Originality
  • Konami's Comic Bakery with a plumber.
  • Would have nice with some more action.
    		•
    20/60 · Polish
  • Intro screen and game information.
  • There is no variety in levels. Bugs in mouse display and stairs handling.
    		•
    Final Comments
  • If the continuous random sounds while walking would actually have a meaning they wouldn't be as annoying as they are now.
  • I love BASIC-games, but this game has been completely ripped. I don't like it when there are no new graphics.
    		•

     
     

     FINISHED ENTRIES (9)
     
    dsad
    		  

    Plumber

    Team:
    AG Software
    Game genre:
    Platform
    Format/Size:
    16KB ROM
    State:
    Finished!
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· Package with ROM File, Instructions and Sources
     
    fdfs
    		  

    Castle Tomb

    Team:
    AG Software
    Game genre:
    Platform
    Format/Size:
    16KB ROM
    State:
    Finished!
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· Package with ROM File, Instructions and Sources
     
    fdfs
    		  

    Cow Abductors

    Team:
    Paxanga Soft
    Game genre:
    Cow abduction
    Format/Size:
    16KB ROM (8KB RAM)
    State:
    Finished!
    Contact:
    paxangasoftwww@yahoo.es (remove "w"s)
    Downloads:

    · ROM File
    · Label
    · Manual
     
    fdfs
    		  

    X0rz

    Authors:
    Vampier & Hydragon
    Game genre:
    Puzzle
    Format/Size:
    16KB ROM
    State:
    Finished!
    Contact:
    Downloads:

    · Submitted Full package (ROM, Manual, Sticker)

    · Final Full package (ROM, Manual, Sticker) Sent after deadline - 2 bugs have been removed
     
    fdfs
    		  

    British Bob

    Team:
    Game genre:
    Platform
    Format/Size:
    16KB ROM (8KB RAM)
    State:
    Finished!
    Contact:
    Downloads:

    · Full package (ROM, Manual, Sticker)
     
    menace  

    Menace

    Team:
    Individuals:
    paulbrk · k0ga · BiFiMSX · GuyveR800
    Game genre:
    Arcade
    Format/Size:
    32KB ROM (8KB RAM)
    State:
    Finished!
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· Full package (ROM, Manual, Sticker)
     
    retaliot  

    Retaliot

    Team:
    Video Hazard
    Individuals:
    Madonna MK 2 · True Video · Jonathan "Joffa" Smith
    Game genre:
    Shoot'em up
    Format/Size:
    128KB ROM (64KB RAM)
    State:
    Finished!
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· ROM Image
    · Manual
    · Sticker
     
    retaliot  

    StrayCat

    Team:
    Imanok
    Game genre:
    Platform/Action
    Format/Size:
    32KB ROM (8KB RAM)
    State:
    Finished!
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· Full Package (RAR format)

     

    retaliot  

    Dr. Pill

    Team:
    Infinite
    Individuals:
    Wolf · Edwin
    Game genre:
    Simulation
    Format/Size:
    128KB ROM (64KB RAM 16KB VRAM)
    State:
    Finished!
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· ROM Image
    · Manual
    · Sticker
     

     ANNOUNCED ENTRIES
     
    No screenshot submitted  

    Blinking Magic

    Author:
    Yukio
    Game genre:
    RPG
    Format/Size:
    128KB ROM (32KB RAM)
    State:
    WIP
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· No downloads available
     
    No screenshot submitted  

    -unknown yet-

    Author:
    Yukio
    Game genre:
    Space shooter
    Format/Size:
    32KB ROM (32KB RAM?)
    State:
    WIP
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· No downloads available
     
    No screenshot submitted  

    Running Way

    Author:
    Yukio
    Game genre:
    Gambling/Casino
    Format/Size:
    32KB ROM (16KB RAM)
    State:
    WIP
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· No downloads available
     
     

    Ba-Boon!

    Team:
    Game genre:
    Puzzle/Exploding monkeys
    Format/Size:
    48KB ROM (8KB RAM)
    State:
    WIP
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· No downloads available
     
    No screenshot submitted  

    Jumping in the Bridge

    Author:
    Yukio
    Game genre:
    Action
    Format/Size:
    32KB ROM (8KB RAM)
    State:
    WIP
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· No downloads available
     
    No screenshot submitted  

    In Jail!

    Author:
    Yukio
    Game genre:
    Mini games
    Format/Size:
    16KB ROM (8KB RAM)
    State:
    WIP
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· No downloads available
     
    No screenshot submitted  

    In Jail! Part II

    Author:
    Yukio
    Game genre:
    Mini games
    Format/Size:
    128KB ROM (32KB RAM)
    State:
    WIP
    Contact:
    Downloads:
    		· No downloads available
     


     JURY

     

    This is the three person jury that will rank all MSXdev'09 entries and set the winner:

    • Tomas Karlsson is known for his wide knowledge on Spectravideo computers, and for being part of the core development team of blueMSX, the excellent MSX emulator. Many of his SVI/MSX contributions can be checked here or here.

    • Rudi Westerhof (aka Lord S.M. Zett) is an MSX developer known for his unconventional MSX case modifications and for his software works such as Push'em (made in cooperation with TeddyWarez) and his MSXdev game BeeZ.

    • Albert Beevendorp (aka BiFi) is an active MSX developer from The New Image, known for his vast MSX knowledge and his talented coding skills. Apart from developing lots of games and applications, he was the creator and mantainer of the MSX IPS Patch Archive, now hosted at TNI (BiFi's Homepage).


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      Decision: MSXdev'09 jury

      Donor(s):
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    sdinterface

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