These are some relevant data about the fifteenth contest edition:
- Started: March 11th 2018
- Ended: April 17th 2019
- Two different categories:
- MSX Classic.
- MSX Freestyle.
- Winner in MSX Classic category:
- XRacing
- Winner in MSX Freestyle category:
- Dreams Puzzle
- 15 games released.
The jury was composed with 5 judges:
- Gameplay category: Miikka Poikela
- Graphics category: Toni Gálvez
- Sound category: Maarten van Strien (Wolf)
- Polish/Overall category: David Fernández (Imanok)
- Compatibility category: Manuel Bilderbeek
- Originality category and additional remarks: All of the jury
Rules are found here and the jury report can be here.
You can download all games from this edition by clicking in the following image:
MSX Classic: Game entries – 12 games
01 – Burn Us
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB
- Game genre: Strategy/Platform
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Carambalan Studios
02 – BUDDHAGILLIE
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB / 16KB
- Game genre: Shoot’em up
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Nobuaki Washio (GW’s-Workshop)
03 – Virus LPQ-79
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 48KB / 16KB
- Game genre: Shoot’em up
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Pentacour
04 – C.C.R.: Anexo 1, El Algoritmo
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB ROM / 16KB RAM
- Game genre: Adventure
- Name of the group / individuals involved: José Soto Gándara (joesg)
05 – Linez
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB ROM / 16KB RAM
- Game genre: Puzzle
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Wim Dewijngaert
06 – Bumper Ship Racing
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB / 16KB RAM
- Game genre: Racing, Multiplayer
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Uninteresting
07 – Any Treasure Day
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB ROM / 16KB RAM
- Game genre: Text Adventure
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Timmy
08 – GRAVITICA
- Game size / RAM size requirements: 32KB ROM/16KB RAM
- Genre: Original (STG-like)
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Yusuke Miyauchi
09 – XRacing
- Game Size / RAM requirements: 48KB ROM / 16KB RAM
- Game genre: Car racing
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Brain Games (Santi Ontañón)
10 – PWND3
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 16KB ROM / 8KB RAM
- Game genre: Puzzle
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Metal Soft
11 – Quartet
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 32KB / 8KB RAM
- Game genre: Action Puzzle
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Ilkke & bitsofbas
12 – Goal
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 64KB ROM / 64KB RAM
- Game genre: Managerial
- Name of the group / individuals involved: G.G.G. Soft
MSX Freestyle: Game entries – 3 games
01 – Dreams Puzzle
- Min specs: MSX1 + V9990 + MSX-MUSIC
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game: 4096KB ROM / 16KB RAM
- Game genre: Puzzle
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Mapax
02 – Shoulder Blade OVERDRIVE
- Game size / RAM size requirements: 48KB / 128KB VRAM
- Game genre: Shootem’up
- Name of the group / individuals involved: Nobuaki Washio (GW’s-Workshop)
03 – Barbarian The Duel
- Game size / RAM size requirements for the game:
- MSX2/MSX2+/MSXTurboR
- ROM ASCII16 – 1024KBytes
- 128KBytes VRAM
- PSG or FM (SFX Samples optional with OPL4 (Moonsound or clone)
- Game genre: Fighting
- Name of the group: Bitvision Software
- Individuals involved:
- Fernando Garcia (coding)
- Sergio “Spota” Santamaría (graphics)
- Andrés de Pedro (graphics)
- Óscar Centelles (graphics)
- Roberto “Guantxip” Álvarez (graphics and illustrations)
- José Ángel Morente (music)
- Alastair Brown (testing)
- Pablo “Pablibiris” Pallarés (testing)
- Rubén “Araubi” Sánchez Barros (testing)