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The 2026 #SMSPower! Compo results are in! 😍
Here are the results for the *coding* competition: https://www.smspower.org/Competitions/Coding-2026

Congrats to everyone involved! 🎉 🎉

( I'll follow up this post later with a post for each of the entries - it'll take a while...)

#retro #retrocomputing #8bit #SEGA #MasterSystem #GameGear #SG1000 #retrogames #videogames #homebrew

@wyatt I'm curious which console's homebrew scene you're subposting about. The communities I'm in use a standard protocol.

- NES: phpBB forum with a spin-off Discord server
- Super NES: phpBB forum with a spin-off Discord server
- Master System and Game Gear: phpBB forum with a spin-off Discord server
- Game Boy: Discord server bridged to IRC
- Game Boy Advance: Discord server bridged to IRC

#IRC #phpBB #Discord #homebrew #nesdev #snesdev #gbadev #gbadev #smspower

Ms. Pac-Man Classic for the #SEGA #MasterSystem #homebrew by xfixium has just been released! 😍
More info and download here: https://www.smspower.org/forums/20419-HomebrewTutorialMsPacManClassic

#pacman #arcade #retro #videogames #devkitSMS #smspower

A preview of all the games on this year's #SMSPower! Coding Competition - by @yesterzine 😍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgg4rPAJvA

#SEGA #MasterSystem #8bit #homebrew

It turns out there's a #SEGA #Genesis / #MegaDrive inside some specific TecToy #MasterSystem 3 Collection model. 🤯

More info as soon as I get them, or you can join #SMSPower! discord server and follow the current development yourself!

Submissions for the 2024 #SMSPower! Competitions are open! 😍

Write something that runs on a #SEGA 8-bit home system, a game, a program, create a hack, art or music! 🎮

See the details here:
https://www.smspower.org/forums/19973-Competitions2024

"We will celebrate SMS Power’s 27th Anniversary in March 2024 and run the usual competitions!
It's getting easier and easier to get into homebrew coding with assembly, #devkitSMS, #z88dk and #gbdk-2020 available."

#Verpasstodon

Fans emulieren Segas extrem seltenen "KI-Computer" aus den 80er-Jahren

Segas Prolog-basierter Bildungscomputer war seiner Zeit in mehrfacher Hinsicht voraus: Neben "KI" verfügte er über Touchscreen und Sprachsynthesizer.

https://www.heise.de/news/Fans-emulieren-Segas-extrem-seltenen-KI-Computer-aus-den-80er-Jahren-9619651.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Emulation #Geschichte #ITGeschichte #Japan #KünstlicheIntelligenz #MAME #SEGA #SMSPower #SegaAIComputer

Fans preserve and emulate Sega’s extremely rare ‘80s “AI computer” - Enlarge / "Expanding the Possibilities.....with Artificial Intelligence... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2000820 #aicomputer #smspower #history #gaming #sega

The #SMSPower Coding Competition has entered the voting phase, let's see the entries this year!

"WhereIsIt?" for the #SEGA #MasterSystem - by Ricco59
You have to find the correct 3x3 pattern before the time expires. Your searching skills are being tested to the max!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k5giQiG9cQ
(made with #devkitSMS )

"Shootagem" for the #SEGA #MasterSystem - by joe
A lightgun based puzzle game. Shooting a gem will drop the gems above it down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WBnrLRhHJ8

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@eniko make a #SEGA #GameGear game instead, and enter the #SMSPower Coding Competition here -> https://www.smspower.org/forums/19350-CodingCompetitions2023

There's still one month to enter!

FIVE weeks left to enter the 2023 #SMSPower! #Coding / #Hacks / #Music / #Competition 😀

Coding competition:
Write something that runs on a Sega 8-bit home system which isn't a hack.
A game, a demo, a tool!

Hacks competition:
Make a hack of a game for a Sega 8-bit home system.

Music competition:
Make some music that either uses the sound chip(s) from an Sega 8-bit home system, or is an arrangement of music from commercial software for that system.

https://www.smspower.org/forums/19350-CodingCompetitions2023