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Hate it or love it (just like the grumpy Dr. Pill), but the MSXdev'09 competition is now completely over. Months of hard work have now come to an end with the announcement of the winning entry: Dr. Pill. After receiving this news, the doctor himself just sent us a telegram with the words: "Muhahaha, epic! Now take some cyanide please!"

The organizers are certainly satisfied with the quality of all the games that have entered this edition. No matter the rank or the points of an entry, joining the contest is the right MSX-spirit, let's continue that wave of inspiration! Now, the ranking of MSXdev'09:

Dr.Pill, by Infinite
Menace, by The New Image
Stray Cat, by Imanok
British Bob, by Relevo Videogames
Retaliot, by Video Hazard
Cow Abductors, by Paxanga Software
X0rz, by Vampier & Hydragon
Castle Tomb, by AG Software
Plumber, by AG Software

Dr. Pill has been highlighted as the most original game for its clever and catchy concept, and as the game with the best music, due to its really nice soundtrack. Dr.Pill and Retaliot share the medal for the best graphics. Dr.Pill contains the best music and has the most original concept. Menace features the best gameplay and British Bob is the most polished game. There was also the new MSX1+ category, which awards bonus material compared to the MSXdev specifications, usually these include sound chips, video chips and such. This year's MSX1+ prize goes to Dr.Pill, based on music, MSX2 palette and 50/60Hz choice.

And with that, MSXdev'09 has come to an end. Long live MSXdev'10! But this time it will be without Jon Cortazar (viejo_archivero, RELEVO), who not only was one of the driving forces behind the MSXdev editions so far, but also a regular to join with an entry (in previous years as Karoshi Corp.). His MSX time has been drastically reduced and he wants to focus all his spare MSX time to develop games under his new brand RELEVO Videogames. So now it will be up to Benoît Delvaux (mars2000you) and Sjoerd Lammertsma (bodyhammer) to keep the MSXdev fire burning: stay tuned for news regarding MSXdev'10!

Relevant link: MSXdev'09

Comments (27)

By MsxKun

Paragon (1115)

22-12-2009, 12:39

Congrats winners and no winners!

By Zezus

Rookie (28)

22-12-2009, 12:47

Congrats for all!

I am really sorry but I didn´t understand the meaning of the expression "No respect towards the MSX standard". What did the judges mean? Some light, please!

By Leo

Paragon (1236)

22-12-2009, 12:57

i see AG software submission are last but we must recognize they were the first finished and this somehow helped to start the competition !

By Huey

Prophet (2694)

22-12-2009, 13:16

Still wondering what happened to Yukio's entries.... Any change on a 2010 entry?

By muffie

Paladin (933)

22-12-2009, 13:38

Amazing results...
Dr Pill, as I said, was the best professional looking game. Looks "expensive"! Not my type of game, but that's just my personal taste.
And Menace:

# Gameplay (!!) Smooth controls, game plays perfect

And the name is great! Just like the DMA Design Amiga Menace. Oh wait, what DMA design is doing nowadays? Maybe the best selling game of all times?
Congratulations Bifi and GuyveR800...

And to my Spanish fellows:

# 46/60 · Musics/SFX Nice music.
# Only 2 songs in the levels and they start to irritate after a while.

That's really quite a game. Besides not being original, there's always ppl having fun playing that kind of game. Me included.
PLZ, just change the music and it will be perfect!!

And I'm glad to see that Vampier was not last.

# After a while of playing en error message abruptly spoiled my fun. It contains partial joystick controls.

Plumber guys... You're only last because my Marial Attack submission was not accepted...

By JohnHassink

Ambassador (5665)

22-12-2009, 13:43

Congrats to all and so much thanks for the great games!

"No respect towards the MSX standard". What did the judges mean?
They mean you.

By hap

Paragon (2042)

22-12-2009, 14:20

"No respect towards the MSX standard". What did the judges mean?mild respect: assuming devices are at fixed ports (eg. VDP at $98 and $99), instead of looking them up in the BIOS. IMO not much of a problem, but it doesn't comply to the standard.

no respect: mild respect + too fast VRAM writes causing severe glitches and/or lockups on most MSX1s, and buggy RAM search causing lockups on some MSX1s. Dr.Pill was lucky not to receive many penalty points.

By boblet

Master (187)

22-12-2009, 14:34

I wonder if yukio was kidnapped by aliens.

By wolf_

Ambassador_ (10095)

22-12-2009, 14:44

^_^ \o/

bob: he dressed up as a cow!

By Hydragon

Paladin (750)

22-12-2009, 14:53

By wolf_ on December 22 2009, 14:44
^_^ \o/

bob: he dressed up as a cow!

Hiding in the Woffle_Woffle closet waiting for the arrival of The 'Doctor' from Hell

Gratz everyone with the results! Lot of new games to be played upcoming xmas and upcoming holidays.. yay to that! \o/

By MsxKun

Paragon (1115)

22-12-2009, 16:40

>>mild respect: assuming devices are at fixed ports (eg. VDP at $98 and $99), instead of looking them up in the BIOS. IMO not much of a problem, but it doesn't comply to the standard.

well, Cow Abductors doesn't use ports $98 and $99...

By MsxKun

Paragon (1115)

22-12-2009, 16:58

>>very mild respect

So, to be sure... that's good or bad? Need to know to launch the service pack 1, with improved controls and so...

By KdL

Paragon (1450)

22-12-2009, 17:00

Good! Very Good... now, I waiting for MSXDev'10 ù__ù

By hap

Paragon (2042)

22-12-2009, 17:15

well, Cow Abductors doesn't use ports $98 and $99...one of the judges on IRC hinted at PSG ports.
So, to be sure... that's good or bad? good for coders, bad for purists.
British boblet wins the 'respect for MSX standard' award.

By MsxKun

Paragon (1115)

22-12-2009, 17:35

>>one of the judges on IRC hinted at PSG ports.

Yup, it uses the PT3 replayer

By viejo_archivero

Paragon (1395)

22-12-2009, 18:08

hap: "British boblet wins the 'respect for MSX standard' award."
BIOS is your friend

By ARTRAG

Enlighted (6933)

22-12-2009, 19:14

I would have expected a better placement for Retaliot by Video Hazard.
I think that that horizontal scrolling is simply unique.
Maybe the difficulty is a bit too high and sprites look a bit static

By Vampier

Prophet (2409)

23-12-2009, 02:24

"Dr. Pill has been highlighted as the most original game for its clever and catchy concept, and as the game with the best music, due to its really nice soundtrack."

Wij van WC Eend adviseren WC Eend (no translation possible.. unless you want to hear about toilet duck!)

Too bad Muffie didn't participate

By wolf_

Ambassador_ (10095)

23-12-2009, 11:43

But that's viejo's text!

By muffie

Paladin (933)

23-12-2009, 16:34

I'm sure Marial would finish ahead Vampier's X0rz.
Just ask the judges to judge it.

By ARTRAG

Enlighted (6933)

23-12-2009, 22:37

Marial would have gained at least the Blasfemy Award

By viejo_archivero

Paragon (1395)

24-12-2009, 05:32

A pity that "Marial Attack" was pre-released stuff... muffie, try to build something new for the next edition!

By cidra

Master (202)

24-12-2009, 14:20

Marial Attack is an instant classic.

By Imanok

Paragon (1199)

29-12-2009, 16:32

Didn't cats have 9 lives in stead of 7?
I don't know out there... but here in Spain, cats have always had 7 lives

By hbarcellos

Hero (642)

20-05-2012, 05:49

Muffie is now banned from MRC & Apple.
He's now coding for Windows Phone 7.
First release should be Marial Attack!

Here's an alpha version...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1hX7hwRgmM

By Vampier

Prophet (2409)

20-05-2012, 19:00

hey Heitor Barcellos aka Muffie why are you banned from apple?

By hbarcellos

Hero (642)

21-05-2012, 00:08

He tried to upload an homophobic application. I think I can't give further details here about what it was.
Anyway, it's a full year BAN. Meanwhile, just Microsoft. What about Marial?

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