Remember when I talked about this contest? Well, it's finally over! This time the judges had a really hard time picking up the best participant, for there were some really great works, as I've shown in my previous post. By far the best two were Gaganoid, a very playable and very good looking Arkanoid clone with some crazy power-ups thrown into the mix, and Police Officer Smith, an adventure game that pushes the limits of the Saturn, with images at the highest resolution possible and some really great voice acting for a homebrew.
In fact, these two projects were so great that there was a draw, with both receiving a total of 57 points! But like in Highlander, "there can be only one", so the battle had to be decided via extra points.
So, without further delay, the winner is...
Police Officer Smith, with 5 extra points! Congratulations to the creators, Arnold and Rockin'-B.
But wait, don't go away, for I have a surprise for you. Curious to try out these marvellous creations? Now you can! Since the contest is over, all the works were made public for everyone to download and try out first-hand, and you can get them here.
Another year, another big step for the Saturn homebrew community. Props to all the devoted programmers who keep supporting our favourite console with high-quality home-made releases!
Yay, how long is that contest usually running? Must be approx. a year by now. Anyways, I like what those guys are doing, even if the results are often quite mediocre compared to other Homebrewn stuff on the DC, DS or whatever. I may provide some prize money or hardware prizes for the next contest, since I really want to support that.
ReplyDeleteThis year's entries were nothing short of stunning. While in the last contest the best works were just tech demos, this time around we had actual games, some in a very advanced state (gaganoid in particular looks almost finished)!
ReplyDeleteJust to think what the future may hold regarding Saturn homebrew...
By the way, it's great to have you back, Elend. Looking forward to hear your tales of the land of the rising Saturn...
Well yeah, don't look too far, though. It was a tad dissapointing, to be honest. But more on that later.
ReplyDeleteThe trip was disappointing? That is disappointing! Still welcome back dear elend! (did you bring us presents? LOL!)
ReplyDeleteI'm really interested in Police Officer Smith. It's a shame the video for it won't show on my PC!
What!? You can download 'em?? I want it! I have to have assistance!
ReplyDeleteSomeone download it soon and modchip my Saturn!
You can always use an emulator, Father. I played Gaganoid using SSF and it runs perfectly :)
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