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| Win an Xbox 360 and support charity Blitz Games and Retro Ball organisers remind all amateur gaming enthusiasts ? that only 10 days remain to enter the coding competition. The winners of the competition, judged by industry veterans The Oliver Twins, will be announced at the forthcoming charity event - The Retro Ball ? which takes place over the weekend of December 3rd and 4th in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. In addition to the competition, visitors to the event will be able to play on gaming machines dating from the early 80's right through to the current time including classic arcade cabinets, pinball tables and a wide range of computers and consoles ? from the ZX Spectrum to today's PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The event also has a number of gaming celebrities coming along including Jon Hare from the infamous Sensible Software responsible for such classics as Sensible Soccer, Rob Hubbard/David Whittaker and Gary Whelan. The Retro Ball coding competition that is being run in partnership with Blitz Games and Retro Remakes. Entrants ? amateur - are tasked with developing a highly playable game either of original design or based on an original idea, i.e. a remake. The developer can use any programming language and tools available to them to produce the game but the use of C or C++ is desirable. The Oliver Twins are the sole competition judges and will select the top 3 submissions after the 4-week deadline has elapsed. The top 3 authors will be invited to The Retro Ball and stay at a top 4 Hotel on the Saturday evening courtesy of the Twins. Their games will be made available for visitors to play at The Retro Ball event. The winner of the competition will be announced at The Retro Ball at 7pm on December 3rd. Prizes for the event are: 1st Prize XBOX 360 + game 2nd Prize PSP + game 3rd Prize Nintendo DS + game discuss the article write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |