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Fwd: Dreamcast porting competition
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- Subject: Fwd: Dreamcast porting competition
- From: Jens Granseuer <jensgr@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:38:25 +0000
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I received this mail today. Any takers? I would certainly be interested to add Dreamcast
support to CF and I'd be willing to lend a hand to anyone who wants to take the offer,
but I don't really want to go buy a Dreamcast just because of this, especially as I
don't have much of an idea about what to expect development-wise. I don't know jack
about game consoles...
On 31.01.2005 23:47, Max Scharl // Dreamcast-Scene wrote:
Hi Jens!
My name is Max Scharl and I'm the C.E.O. of the non-commercial organisation Dreamcast-Scene (www.dreamcast-scene.com) which also has an online database based on the Wiki system.
Currently we're in the early stages of preparing a "Dreamcast porting competition". The goal is to port a game (in your case: your game) to the Dreamcast and the best game and porting skills win. The winner receives prices worth approx. US$850 plus the 10 best productions will be added to the professional pressed CD "Dreamcast Demo Disc". 2.000 units will be produced (incl. case and all that stuff) and it's a free (!) giveaway.
Okay, my question now is if you and your team is interested in this competition. I'm giving you all that info in advance because it would be a shame if we would set up such a competition and nobody would participate, plus I think your project is a bit more complex and it's worth to give it some extra time. :)
If you like some short information about the Dreamcast system:
* The Dreamcast is the one and only (!) videogame console which has a free, open source development kit called KallistiOS: http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index.php/Main/KallistiOS
* Beside the normal controller, there's also an official keyboard (like a normal PC keyboard), mouse, broadband adapter and modem available.
* Specs: http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index.php/Main/DreamcastMainSystem (scroll a bit down)
* There are SDL libraries for Dreamcast out there: http://sdl-dc.sourceforge.net/#SDL
* A Dreamcast system is available for 50 Euros / US$ 40 on eBay.com / eBay.co.uk / etc.
If you have any questions left, please mail me. I'm interested in your opinion on this.
Best regards,
-Max