Re: Fwd: Dreamcast porting competition

[Dave Fancella <davidfancella@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 01 February 2005 11:38 am, Jens Granseuer wrote:
> 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...

Dreamcast emulators:
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/dcemu.shtml
(some are for windows, some are for others, I suppose, I didn't drill down 
any)

So now you just need a friend with a Dreamcast on which you can test your 
builds.  (It's a very tempting prize, I wonder if I can even find time to go 
after it, probably not, but here's for anyone else who might be interested)

Dave

>
> 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

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