We would like to invite the MSX community to a little online competition we organize each year called Retrospectiva.



There are three categories in the competition:

- BASIC games (any BASIC variant, so you can make your game in the standard MSX-BASIC or if you like any BASIC expansion)
- Graphics
- Music

The competition is open to all 8-bit platforms, the only exception we make is for the TI-99/4a.

Starting today, you have eleven months to submit your entry.

Thanks to the collaboration of Fundación Museo ICATEC (an Argentine Computer Museum) there will be prizes awarded to the first place of each category.

You can read more here: http://rsp.retrocomputacion.com/?lang=en

On its second month Retrospectiva 2012 has one new BASIC game entry, this time for the Commodore 64, now the entry count is at 9:

BASIC Games:

    Surfshooter by Brian Picchi (Apple II)
    Memotest preview by Alakran (Commodore 64)

Graphics:

    FOTO-APARAT by YERZMYEY (Sinclair ZX 81)
    TREE’81 by PIESU (Sinclair ZX 81)
    SPACE BASE by YERZMYEY (Sinclair ZX 81)
    HOUSE by PYZA (Sinclair ZX 81)
    CHIP by Osgeld (Apple II)
    LAUGH by mono (Sinclair ZX 81)

Music:

    YERZMIX PART 6 by YERZMYEY (Sinclair ZX 81)

We have also started a series of posts dedicated to BASIC expansions, compilers, paint programs, trackers, compressors/packers and any other tool which can be found useful to create an entry for the competition.
At this time there are a couple of posts listing some of the BASIC expansions and compilers for Commodore and Sinclair computers.
If you want to suggest a program, expansion or tool please don’t hesitate to contact us via e-mail or by leaving a comment at Retrospectiva’s blog.

All the entries, plus rules, prizes and extra info at RSP.RETROCOMPUTACION.COM

Retrospectiva 2012 – October review

Mid way into the competition, there’s already 12 entries presented for Retrospectiva.

BASIC Games:

    Surfshooter by Brian Picchi (Apple II)
    Memotest preview by Alakran (Commodore 64)
    Penguino by Jim Gerrie (Tandy TRS-80 MC-10)
    The Doctor’s Adventures on Scaro by Jim Gerrie (Tandy TRS-80 MC-10)

Graphics:

    FOTO-APARAT by YERZMYEY (Sinclair ZX 81)
    TREE’81 by PIESU (Sinclair ZX 81)
    SPACE BASE by YERZMYEY (Sinclair ZX 81)
    HOUSE by PYZA (Sinclair ZX 81)
    CHIP by Osgeld (Apple II)
    LAUGH by mono (Sinclair ZX 81)
    Alien Hug by Osgeld (Apple II)

Music:

    YERZMIX PART 6 by YERZMYEY (Sinclair ZX 81)

There’s a new post with a very small selection of graphic utilities for different platforms.

Remember that the competition is open until April 14th, 2013 and prizes will be awarded to the best entry of each category courtesy of Fundación Museo ICATEC.

Visit Retrospectiva website to check the entries, rules, prizes and more: RSP.RETROCOMPUTACION.COM

Only one month left to submit your entries to Retrospectiva 2012.

Christian Santamaria presented his game Ahorcado 64 for the Commodore 64.
Alakran Memotest completed, also for Commodore 64.
And a third Commodore 64 game by tomaes: Bridge Racer (1kb)
This brings the number of entries to 24.

BASIC Games:

    Surfshooter by Brian Picchi (Apple II)
    Penguino by Jim Gerrie (Tandy TRS-80 MC-10 / Tandy Coco 2-3 / Dragon 32-64)
    The Doctor's Adventures on Scaro by Jim Gerrie (Tandy TRS-80 MC-10 / Tandy Coco 2-3 / Dragon 32-64)
    A Romp in the Garden by Jim Gerrie (Tandy TRS-80 MC-10 / Dragon 32-64)
    The Deadly Orbs by Brian Picchi (Apple II)
    Batle Bots by Jim Gerrie (Tandy TRS-80 MC-10 / Tandy Coco 2-3 / Dragon 32-64)
    Deadly Double Orbs by Brian Picchi (Apple II)
    Dungeon Crawl by Jim Gerrie (Tandy TRS-80 MC-10 / Tandy Coco 2-3 / Dragon 32-64)
    Ahorcado64 by Christian Santamaria (Commodore 64)
    Memotest by Alakran (Commodore 64)
    Bridge Runner by tomaes (Commodore 64)

Graphics:

    PHOTO-DEVICE by YERZMYEY (Sinclair ZX 81)
    TREE'81 by PIESU (Sinclair ZX 81)
    SPACE BASE by YERZMYEY (Sinclair ZX 81)
    HOUSE for Pyza (Sinclair ZX 81)
    Osgeld CHIP (Apple II)
    LAUGH by mono (Sinclair ZX 81)
    Alien Hug by Osgeld (Apple II)
    ROBBY ROBOT by R. International (Commodore 64)
    Osgeld's Skull by Osgeld (Apple II)
    Damn Cat by Osgeld (Apple II)
    With the Wind by krue (Apple II)
    Strange World by Osgeld (Apple II)

Music:

    YERZMIX YERZMYEY PART 6 (Sinclair ZX 81)


The competition is open until April 14, 2013, and Fundación Museo ICATEC will reward the best work in each category with a tablet computer.

To see the entries and more information, visit the website: RSP.RETROCOMPUTACION.COM

Voting is open!!!!

But before, in the last days of the competition we got the following entries:

Games:

El extraño caso de la lombriz que se alimentaba de simbolos ASCII y los perturbadores efectos que este alimento tenia sobre su crecimiento – by marcosjl (A tiny snake game, only 8 lines of BASIC code) for the Commodore 64

REC by DamianWorf (a simons game) for MSX computers

Graphics:

Habemus Pappo by Alakran - Commodore 64 multicolor picture.


As programmed, entry reception was closed on sunday.
Packs with all the entries on the competition can be found here:

http://rsp.retrocomputacion.com/complete-packs-with-all-the-entries-available-for-download/

Vote page for BASIC Games:

http://rsp.retrocomputacion.com/retrospectiva-2012-voting-phase-basic-games/

Vote page for Graphics:

http://rsp.retrocomputacion.com/retrospectiva-2012-voting-phase-graphics/


Our sponsor decided not to grant the prize for the music category (with only one entry).