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60 Day Gamecube Development Contest

Posted by Zonk on from the development-cubed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The site Cubehacker.com, a GC development page, is hosting a 60 day development competition. The goal of this competition is to boost interest in developing homebrew applications and games for this powerful little console."

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  1. Re:OK by xanderwilson · · Score: 3, Informative

    First rule shows the way: All entries submitted must be built / compiled with the unofficial SDK/Devkits made available by the development community!

  2. Re:OK by Paladine97 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Please visit my site for Gamecube programming information. It includes information on gc-linux as well as general Gamecube programming. I also have links that describe how to build a cross-compiler.

  3. Re:Substantial hardware investment required by Paladine97 · · Score: 3, Informative

    You don't need a subscription to PSO. I bought it used and have never be on their servers once. It is a rather rare game so expect to pay $40 for it used. The BBA can be found for as low as $20 new, probably a lot cheaper used on eBay.

    SD Memory adapter can be constructed with the correct parts and a bit of hardware knowledge. Total parts shouldn't exceed $10. SD cards obviously range in price based on their size. Action Replay goes new for about $30 but again eBay could probably be used for a better deal.

    So in the end you're looking at about $50 or so as an additional investment. The cube is $99 so it's not too bad in the long run. For XBox hacking you need the $149 XBox + $50 mod chip so the price for homebrew is comparable.