24-Hour Atari 2600 Video Game Design Contest

morcheeba writes "Retro Redux was a 24-hour video game programming contest held last weekend in New York. Nine teams worked through the night to produce new Atari 2600 compatible games. Awards were given for the most innovative game, best visuals, and best sound. The best game overall was "Ninja Garden," and it will be featured in a future version of the Atari® Flashback(TM) Game Console. The New York Times was there with event coverage."

Comments

Re:NY Times article?

[clamatius]

I think this was the link the submitter meant.

In honor of the Atari 2600 ET game

[AtariAmarok]

This contest should be named in honor of that old Atari 2600 ET game, which, from looking at it, must have been designed and completed in two and a half hours.

Corrected Link

[morcheeba]

Oh, whoa, am I embarrassed! I even double-checked it, too, argh... Here are the corrected links:

No-registration required link (thanks to the NY Times link generator!)
registration-required link

Gamemaker.nl required

[morcheeba]

Yeah, this was required. The contest's introduction/sample design document is here (zip w/ MS Word files). It looks like gamemaker isn't 2600-specific, and, in fact, the rules say to use snap-to-grid to approximate the resolution of the 2600. That's kindof disappointing - I'm guessing that the gamemaker can do a whole lot more in terms of control logic than the limited memory of the 2600.

Re:Screenshots, Sorry, now good:

[beofli]

screenshots

I always found that these kind of pixel games, because they lack details, set our imagination to work, giving them a lot of 'atmosphere'. -- I rest my case...