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Atari competitions
The usual competitions for Atari demo/intro, graphics and music will be held. Demos that work on our compo hardware hardware will be run live while other Atari platforms will need a video recording to be submitted as well.   We will display full specifications of the hardware requirements as well as file size/resolution before it's shown.   Remote entries   You can send us remote entries via e-mail (use a suitable subject so we don't miss it by mistake). Please tell us in your mail which machine and compo the production is aimed for.   Send entries to: sommarhack@dhs.nu   Thanks in advance for your participation!   Deadlines   For the most recent timetable with deadlines, please refer to the main page.   Compo hardware   These are the machines we will provide for the competitions; if your contribution is for another Atari machine, please submit a recording that we can play.   Atari XL OS B / OS XL Stereo Pokey (dual chips) 1 MB RAM (Ultimate) SD-card reader (no floppy, no tape!) Atari STe TOS v1.62 (or if you require, 2.06) 4MB ST-RAM Floppydisk (Gotek HxC) UltraSatan/CosmoSEX SD harddrive (HDdriver) Atari Falcon 030 TOS v4.04 14 MB ST-RAM 68882 FPU SSD IDE harddrive (HDdriver) Atari Falcon 060 CT60-TOS v1.03c 14 MB ST-RAM 256 MB TT-RAM 68060 at 66 MHz SSD IDE harddrive (HDdriver)   COMPO #01 Combined demo/intro competition   This is a combined competition and we will make sure that all hardware specifications as well as size of the demo is shown before it runs. You can enter any kind of Atari demo here, no limits!   Rules: Any Atari platform allowed, if your demo or intro is for an Atari platform not available at the party, please supply a video along with the native executable Filesize, system and memory demands are open, but will be disclosed in detail before and after the entry is shown Several entries per person or crew is allowed   COMPO #02 The twist compo!   We've had some people asking for a special compo this year as well, and in particular one theme has been heard above the rest: THE TWIST COMPO. The Sommarhack brass always listens to their faithful visitors so here we go, another special rule compo which should be easy to enter, but hard to win. Rules: The demo must feature a twist Must work on 512k RAM Must work on Atari ST Several entries per person or crew is allowed Even if the hardware specs are set, the theme does have some openings to go in different paths..   COMPO #03 Combined graphics competition   We allow any kind of Atari graphics, if it is for an unsupported Atari platform, please provide a PNG image along with the native format. We aim to display pictures in the native editor such as Degas Elite, EscPaint or Neochrome.   Custom formats are allowed and welcome, you need to provide an executable.   GIF, TARGA and JPEG images will be displayed on a Falcon with APEX viewer. Maximum displayed resolution is 768*480.   More than one entry allowed. COMPO #04 Combined music competition   As with the graphics competition, we allow any format that is playable on an Atari. If the music is for some Atari machine that we don't have at the party, please send a recording along with the native version of the music. We try to play the music in the used editor; if possible please supply a tracker loadable file.   Custom formats are allowed and encouraged. You need to provide an executable.   WAV, MP2, MP3, OGG music will be played on a Falcon with AniPlayer.   More than one entry allowed.
Contact:   sommarhack@dhs.nu