GBAX Coding Competitions - GBAX 2006 Hall of Fame
Celebrating five years of coding competitions
GBAX 2007 entries are now online. Full details can be found here.
GBAX 2006 Coding Competition
Well, it was a risk holding a 20 day coding comp this early on in the GP2X's life - but it paid off. Some 26 entries and some great releases for you to check out. But first, the results!
Winners
1st Place
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Name: Bubble Train |
2nd Place
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Name: Vektar Author: Dzz Description: Homebrew GP2X arcade game. Colorful 2D space shooter. Download: vektar.zip |
3rd Place
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Name: Gnuboy2x Author: K-teto Description: Gnuboy2x is a port of gnuboy for GP2X by K-teto with many added features, a nice gui with many options and some improvements over the original gnuboy. Compatible with tvout using minilib :D Download: gnuboy2x_06b.zip |
And the rest, you all showed what a great scene the GP2X has:
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Name: ArcEm Author: Ian Jeffray Description: Acorn Archimedes Emulator Download: arcem.zip |
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Name: Beat2X Author: Miq01 Description: Beat2X is a Stepmania-like game for GP2X. It consists of several levels, each one based on one tune, where the user has to press the right buttons in sync with music. Download: beat2x.rar | Updated GPE for v1.4 firmware, overwrite gpe from beat2x.rar |
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Name: Blockrage2x Author: ^MiSaTo^ Description: Blockrage2x is an SDL port of Blockrage, a clone of columns. As i had not enough time i couldn't add music but i've changed original graphics (obviously i've changed controls also). You need to test it with firmware 1.2.1 as I've tried in new firm 1.4 and it doesn't work properly (controls are not working well) Download: Blockrage2x.zip |
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Name: Demo Author: Radek Description: A showcase of my 2d software routines - it's a "old skool" like demo however as I'm not to great graphics designers it hasn't any nicer bitmaps (except the splash screens from GBAX). I could also implement more (and far better effects) but I didn't manage it as I'm really new to programing the gp2x. Download: demo.zip |
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Name: Extraterrestres Author: deadlychicken22 Description: Extraterrestres is a sidescrolling flying game where you are trying to navigate your spaceship through columns of obstacles.You can use items to slow down time to make difficult manuevers. The game features two modes: story mode and arcade mode. Download: extraterrestres.zip |
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Name: Exult Author: Puck2099 Description: Exult it's an interpreter to play one of the best role playing games ever, Ultima VII (in its two parts plus expansions). Download: exult_rc2.zip |
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Name: Fenix GP2X beta 3 Author: Puck2099 Description: It's an interpreter to play games coded using that programming language. You will be able to play the games coded in Fenix specifically for GP2X as well as the ones coded previously to being used in GP32 without having to recompile them. Download: fenixb3.zip |
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Name: Goitfights Author: Goity Description: Goitfights is a beatemup where you fight odd looking character with even odder looking characters to save the universe. Remember-There can only be seven. Download: GF.zip |
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Name: GP2X TV-Out Fixer 0.3b Author: Kounch Description: Utility which tries to solve a problem that happens with TV-Out and some programs. Once activated, it launches a background proccess that, at stablished time intervals, fixes the screen if the TV-Out mode is enabled. This way, many programs that do not have TV-Out support, can be used right away. Download: GP2XTV-OutFixer03b.zip |
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Name: GPgeneral Author: ^MiSaTo^ Description: Gpgeneral is a port of Lgeneral, clone of old DOS Panzer General. It runs propperly on firm 1.2.1 but i've not tested in 1.4 (maybe it doesn't work) The only problem is that as the game was made for 640x480 resolutions, letters shown in gp2x screen are too small. I've tried to change it but i didn't have enough time to solve it. Next version will be fixed. Download: GPgeneral.zip |
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Name: Homer Simpson Life Author: Peter Goloshchapov Description: I made a Skin for GP2X and I called it, a Homer Simpson Life, this skin is very funny and unique; I want to make a entry for Coding Competition. 100% compatible with the new 1.4 Firmware Download: HomerSimsonSkin.zip |
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Name: Lady Killer Author: Israel Lopez Fernandez (Puck2099) Description: It's a remake (coded from scratch) from the arcade game called Lady Killer. You have to flip the tiles in order to show the girl to win the game. Download: ladykiller.zip |
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Name: OpenBoR Author: lemon Description: Beats of Rage is a good and very customizable Beat'em up engine, with lots of mods disponible. OpenBoR is a modification to the original BoR engine adding lots of new features, like more kind of special attacks, holes, walls, rideable and throwable objects, a mod selector, etc. Download: openbor.zip |
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Name: PokéParadox Author: Kevin Winfield-Pantoja Description: My 1st attempt at coding for the GP2X and my 1st ever attempt at a demo. It is supposed to have a very retro feel. Consists of: A DOS prompt, C64 style "loading screen", An attempt at parallax scrolling, collision demo, button bashing minigame and of course a simple credits screen. Download: pokeparadoxdemo.zip |
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Name: Pulplife Special Edition v0.5 Author: Juan Pablo Gil Alonso Description: This game simulates the scene of film "THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK" when the resistance is been atacked by the empire. Your mision is protect the generator from the enemy forces (at-at and others). Too have other three diferent minigames, on it can save points. Download: PulplifeWars.rar |
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Name: sdl2X Author: Waninkoko Description: sdl2X is a toolkit for make SDL applications for the GP2X easily. Includes basic functions like draw a surface, draw a box... and some advanced functions like draw primitives, alpha-blending, draw a text, play audio files, control the hardware (I mean change ARM 920t clock frequency, disable ARM 940t, power on/off screen...), and other many functions. Download: sdl2X-0.2-gp2x-competition.rar |
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Name: StarTrucker Author: Stefan Lange-Hegermann (BlackMac) Description: On his quest for a steady income you guide StarTruckers workplace through tricky levels trying to deliver goods to their target platform. Beware the walls, or you might face a cruel destiny! Download: StarTrucker.zip |
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Name: Stilish Menu Author: efegea Description: GPH's linux menu replacement. It search for gpe's and gpu's on the SD card and show it in a animated menu. The idea behind this menu is make the code that draws the interface a shared library, so it works as skins which are like "plugins". Anybody can code in C/C++ a new skin and can do wathever he want to the skin (icon position,animations,¿3D?,etc) But my GP2X have bricked itself and I can't continue coding, and when I got my new gp the competition will be over. So the version I've sent to the competition is a "capped" one, without the "plugins" technology :( Download: stilishmenuv0.01-gp2xcodingcompetition.zip |
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Name: The Room Author: Ortwin "OrR" Regel Description: "The Room" is planned as an adventure game based on the awesome Onscripter engine. Unfortunately I did not manage to finish it in time but I am entering it for fun anyway. I am including the sourcecode and hope it helps everyone who wants to make a game but doesn't know a real programming language. This needs NK's Onscripter port to run which is included in the novels here: http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,55 Be careful as multiple Onscripter novels seem to be causing weird problems, at least they did for me. Download: theroom.zip |
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Name: Ultimate Blood Patch for Doom and Doom 2 Author: DSR Description: A modification patch for Doom and Doom 2, that creates a completely different feel to how the game looks, plays, and sounds! Download: UBPGP2x.zip |
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Name: Vanguard Wars Author: Daniel "Imerion" Eriksson Description: Vanguard Wars is a fast-paced arcadegame in which you must control your spaceship and defeat numerous enemies and bosses. There are three game modes : Endless, Arcade and Survival, four levels, four bosses and five weapons. Vanguard Wars has colorfull backgrounds and loads of explosions as well as suiting music. Download: vwars.zip |
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Name: Whacky Author: Sarah Jessica Pirate Description: Whack the penguins, score points. Download: whacky.rar |
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Name: Yahtzee GP2X Author: Guyfawkes Description: Quick port of my Yahtzee game from GP32 to the GP2X. Entered for fun as I cant win anything being a judge :) Download: Yahtzee-v1.zip |