SONGBIRD
ANNOUNCES ATARI LYNX PROGRAMMING EXTRAVAGANZA
April 28, 2000
For immediate release:
ROCHESTER, MN -- Songbird
Productions is pleased to announce the first-ever programming contest
for the Atari Lynx. Details are below.
~~ ALPE
2000 ~~
ATARI
LYNX PROGRAMMING EXTRAVAGANZA
Atari fans and hobby
developers,
Songbird is pleased to
announce the first annual Atari Lynx Programming Competition. This
is a great chance for both new and old developers to show their
stuff by producing a cool game while competing not only against
fellow developers but also a time limit and a binary size restriction.
Please contact songbird@atari.net
with any questions, and watch http://songbird.atari.net for updates
on ALPE 2000.
Official rules are as
follows:
A. DURATION OF CONTEST
- Contest begins May
1, 2000, and ends August 1, 2000. Winners will be notified shortly
thereafter.
B. SUBMISSIONS
- Submission must be
a single load "BLL" compatible binary program. If the program
does not run on a real Atari Lynx, the submission is considered
invalid.
- Submission must be
32KB in size or smaller.
- Submission must be
previously unpublished on the Atari Lynx platform, and must be
free from any third party licensing issues.
- Submission should
be in its "final form", and include title screens, development
credits, music, audio, animation, gameplay, etc. as appropriate.
- Each submission should
be sent via email to songbird@atari.net, and the email should
include the author's email address and mailing address.
- Songbird has unrestricted
rights to publish and distribute on the Atari Lynx platform only
all entries submitted to Songbird. Intellectual property such
as title, concept, and so on remain the property of the author
but may be used royalty-free by Songbird on the Atari Lynx platform
only.
- Complete source code
must be provided to Songbird upon request. The respective authors
retain full rights to use, modify, or distribute their source
as desired upon the completion of the contest.
- All submissions must
be free from excessive violence, obscenity, pornography, or other
material deemed objectionable by Songbird.
C. PRIZES
- The author of each
submission which is eventually published by Songbird on an Atari
Lynx cartridge will receive a complimentary copy of said cartridge,
plus a bonus Lynx prize as determined by Songbird.
- A "Best Small Program"
prize may also be awarded for the best submission under 16KB in
size, and a "Best Non-game" may be awarded for the best submission
which is not a game but rather some sort of tool or utility.
- Songbird will award
prizes based on completeness, audio-visual quality, originality,
and gameplay/function. Prizes are as follows:
Best Program: $75 cash
Runner-up: $25 cash
Best Small Program: $25 cash
(under 16KB in size)
Best Non-game: $25 cash
Published Submission: free copy of the cartridge
plus a bonus
- Songbird reserves
the right to not award one or more prizes if there are not sufficient
quality entries in a given category. Note that a single submission
is allowed to win more than one prize if appropriate.
- Songbird will be the
sole judge of this competition, but reserves the right to contact
non-participating third parties to also judge submissions. All
decisions by Songbird are final.
- Winners will be notified
by email only. Cash prizes must be claimed by September 1, 2000.
Merchandise prizes will be awarded at the time of publication.
Songbird is not responsible for internet malfunctions or email
delivery failures.
D. MISCELLANEOUS
- This competition will
be voided (and rights to all submissions will revert to their
respective authors) if there are not sufficient quality entries.
Mulitple entries per person are acceptable, but at least 5 different
individuals need to participate to make the contest worthwhile.
- Songbird Productions,
its employees, and their families are not eligible to win any
prizes.
- Songbird may void
this contest at any time and without prior notice. Rights to all
submissions will revert to their respective authors in this case.
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