GBAX 2005 Coding Competition
Well here are the eagerly awaited GBAX 2005 entries, and yet again it has been a massive success - around 60 games/demos/utils entered for GBA, GP32, PSP, DS and Zodiac! So get downloading for your system and get talking on the various forums: Emuboards and GP32x and also on #emuholic & #GP32 on IRC EFNet.
Results:
Wow, what a year, and I think this year presented us with the best quality yet. We had some hilarious entries like Qwarage and Bocket, some very professional software like Pins, some delicious visuals (Rotor, Mario Balls, BangGP, Hex Pistols etc.), a whole crop of emulators (F series, Green Beret), loads of great puzzlers - and this year its one of those puzzlers which has taken the top spot:
Winners
1st Place
This works so much better on a handheld than the pen and paper version! All the options you could ever need, slick and simple interface, perfect.
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Name: GP Sudoku
Platform: GP32
By: Muffinman
Comments:
Guyfawkes: 'Sudoku' is one of the most popular puzzle games in the UK
at the moment, and has been likened to the Rubiks Cube of the 1970's.
The idea is simple - there is a 9 x 9 grid,and the numbers 1-9 have to
be placed so they occur once in each row, each column, and each smaller
3x3 grid.
Craigix: The Daily Mail would be proud!
Click here to download. |
2nd Place
Big N might speak of making some licenced Palm PDA programs for the DS, but its a little late in the day considering Wins is already here! This has so much potential and is a brilliant example of homebrew creativity as well as the potential of the DS touch screen.
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Name: WinS
Platform: DS
By: LiraNuna
Comments:
Guyfawkes: A nice desktop application that contains a Paint program, Calculator, two games, notepad and a Love Calculator :)
Craigix: PDA on DS program
Click here to download. |
3rd Place
Classic game running perfectly full screen on the GP32. This game still looks good now, it just shows how ahead of its time it was - and the full commercial game is here with permission from the Author!
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Name: Another World
Platform: GP32
By: Philippe Simons
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: Another world on GP32! Woo!
Click here to download. |
Thanks to everyone who entered and helped make it the best GBAX coding comp so far.
Other Entries
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Name: 1942
Platform: GBA
By: Franck "Arcadia" Vandystadt
Comments: Nice conversion of 1942 to the GBA. Well done.
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: Good 1942 clone
Click here to download.
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Name: Balloons
Platform: GBA
By: Mikaus
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Nice game where you must shoot the correct Balloons to score points and stay alive.
Craigix: A burst the balloons frantic action/puzzle game.
Click here to download. |
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Name: Bang GP
Platform: GP32
By: Chemaris
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Remake of the arcade created by Gaelco, with new features, new graphics,and new minigames.
Craigix: Target Shoot em up
Click here to download. |
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Name: Blast Arena Advance
Platform: GBA
By: Mathew Carr
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Very professionally put together abstract/retro styled
action game. The aim of Blast Arena Advance is to collect as many
jittering squares as you can, while avoiding the shrapnel thrown out by
the explosions.
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Bocket
Platform: GP32
By: Jez Arthur
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Two games in one; Harken to thy conscience and Harken to thy
master. Fun stuff, would have been a great 15 days compo entry :)
Craigix: Fast reaction game
Click here to download. |
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Name: Chip Advance
Platform: GBA
By: alekmaul
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Great remake of the classic Atari Lynx game Chips Challenge.
Craigix: Action Puzzler
Click here to download. |
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Name: E-Avoidance
Platform: GBA
By: James Vipond
Comments:
Guyfawkes: You play a drug addict mouse who has
been told by the doctors to lay off the E's and take aspirin instead :)
You have to collect the asprin while avoiding the E's :)
Craigix: Pacman style game about a drug addicted mouse!
Click here to download. |
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Name: Fleet of One
Platform: GBA
By: Peter Keuler
Comments:
Guyfawkes: This game is a Arcade Platformer with
rpg elements. It features infinite random tile generation a unique
running system
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Ghost Pix
Platform: GP32
By: Marc Robledo
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: God
Platform: GBA
By: Nrx
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Early Dungeon Keeper style game. More of a tech demo at the moment unfortunately. Very promising!
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Gorilla
Platform: DS
By: DesktopMan
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Nice Gorillas game which makes good use of touchscreen. Just needs monkey noises in Mic to activate the throwing :)
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Gp Shoot
Platform: GP32
By: Mirko Weber
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: Metal Slug style game, shows good promise.
Click here to download. |
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Name: Green Boy
Platform: GBA
By: Fredrik Olsson
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: A Green Beret / Rush and Attack arcade emulator for the GBA!
Click here to download. |
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Name: GridLock
Platform: DS
By: Michael Berthon
Comments:
Guyfawkes: GridLockDS is a port of a web based
reflexion game. You need to find a way to get out of the screen a small
smiley piece threw 40 levels by arranging other pieces.
Craigix: Interesting puzzler for the DS
Click here to download. |
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Name: Happy Giant
Platform: GP32
By: Gim, HyeongIl
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: Bizzare game in which you jump over or onto terrified people with a huge grinning monster.
Click here to download. |
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Name: Hex Pistols
Platform: GP32
By: Markku Reunanen
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Port of the Amiga demo, funky graphics and music. Nice!
Craigix: Nice scene demo
Click here to download. |
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Name: Higher or Lower
Platform: PSP
By: Guyfawkes
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: ;)
Click here to download. |
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Name: HtmlGame
Platform: PSP / Zodiac / Html
By: OrR
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: HTML based game for handheld browsers.
Click here to download. |
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Name: Hugo32
Platform: GP32
By: Avseth
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Nice shoot em up but player moves to slow in relation to the bullets and enemy.
Craigix: Shoot em up with a pig...
Click here to download. |
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Name: JW Pool
Platform: DS
By: Jonathan Wingrove
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Basic 3D pool game, with a bit more work this could be very good
good
Craigix: Wow, 3D pool for the DS!
Click here to download. |
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Name: Krisable
Platform: GBA
By: Saidan
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Lights out Cube
Platform: DS
By: DarkFader
Comments:
Guyfawkes: You should all know the Lights Out
game. DarkFader expands on the idea with a rotatable cube with each
side containing a lights out grid... evil :)
Craigix: 3D Puzzler
Click here to download. |
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Name: Mame 1.2
Platform: GP32
By: Franxis
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: Excellent, excellent, excellent :) More more more ;)
Click here to download. |
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Name: Multi-NDS Loader
Platform: DS
By: darkain
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: A NDS loader
Click here to download. Download lost. |
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Name: Mario Balls
Platform: GBA
By: Nrx
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Very nice game!!
Craigix: Very nice, slick action puzzler.
Click here to download. |
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Name: The Mini Game Project
Platform: GP32
By: Various
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Very Nice! Hope more games are made!
Craigix: Various mini games from gp32 scene.
Click here to download. |
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Name: Moonar Lander
Platform: GBA
By: Fredrik Reveny
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Early Lunar Lander style game
Craigix: Moonar lander, i'll let you work it out ;)
Click here to download. |
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Name: Nibbles
Platform: DS
By:DesktopMan
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Updated version of the popular Nibbles game, uses touchscreen for controls.
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: OkvTester
Platform: GP32
By: Guillem Reinoso
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: A lib for PDA like apps
Click here to download. |
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Name: Picross Advance
Platform: GBA
By: Phantom
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: Picross
Click here to download. |
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Name: Pins
Platform: GP32
By: Dubravko Gacina
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: Very professional mapping software, check this out to see how GPS on the GP32 could look.
Click here to download. |
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Name: Pocket Jam
Platform: Zodiac
By: Mike Pavone and William Morgan
Comments:
Guyfawkes: PocketJam is a simple music application for the Zodiac. Emphasis is placed
on capability for realtime performance. You can play single notes or chords
using any of the built-in voices of the Tapwave MIDI chip. Simple recording
and playback is supported.
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Quiz Compo
Platform: GP32
By: Wildcat
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: VNS based quiz on Scumm games.
Click here to download. |
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Name: Qwarage
Platform: GP32
By: Djis
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Tricky shoot em up
Craigix: Parody shoot em up, you thought all others were too easy? ;)
Click here to download. |
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Name: Rotor
Platform: GP32
By: Alessio
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Impressive shoot em up!
Craigix: Shoot em up. Main problem is the amazing eye candy can get in the way of the game!
Click here to download. |
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Name: Scribble Shooter
Platform: Zodiac
By: AJ Ortiz
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Space Dodger
Platform: GP32
By: Paul55
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: Cool shooter which eases you into the game nicely.
Click here to download. Download lost. |
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Name: Shoot em up construction kit
Platform: GP32
By: Wub
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix: Like the Amiga version this allows you to make your own shoot em ups via a point and click interface!
Click here to download. |
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Name: Simon Advance
Platform: GBA
By: san ric
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Nice Simon game
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Skies of Gotham
Platform: GBA
By: Christruman
Comments:
Guyfawkes: 1 or 2 player batman shooter game.
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Spotz
Platform: GP32
By: Jez Arthur
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Puzzle Game
Craigix: Puzzler
Click here to download. |
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Name: Star Pong
Platform: Zodiac
By: John Michael Bergman
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Pong game, unfortunately runs too slow to be playable.
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Sub pixel font
Platform: DS
By: Renaud Delcoigne
Comments:
Guyfawkes: 3x8 font created using the subpixels of
LCDs screens that make it totally readable despite of its small weight.
It allows to display a lot more text than any other font without
degrading the comfort of reading,
Craigix: Interesting demo of how to increase the DS resolution by using the RGB values
Click here to download. |
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Name: Super Heavy
Platform: GBA
By: Mike Horgan
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Nice Cabal/Operation Wolf style game!
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Taupes
Platform: DS
By: Etienne Helluy
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Nice whack a mole game
Craigix: Hit the moles on the DS touch screen!
Click here to download. |
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Name: Tetris12
Platform: DS
By: DesktopMan
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Updated version of DesktopMans Tetris game. Now features new modes and options. Nice release!
Craigix: Tetris!
Click here to download. |
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Name: Trees
Platform: DS
By: Lord Graga
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Twins
Platform: GP32
By: BUHOnero
Comments:
Guyfawkes: Couples game for GP32, you can now enjoy with this mythical game in your GP32.
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Tyrannosphere
Platform: GP32
By: Goity
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Warlock
Platform: GP32 / VNS
By: Paul Stapleton
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Winter Sports Eins
Platform: GBA
By: The Rockin'-B
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
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Name: Zodiac Casino
Platform: Zodiac
By: ShubE and Flavor
Comments:
Guyfawkes:
Craigix:
Click here to download. |
