MRC Oneliner Challenge: closed

On August 24 we started the MRC Oneliner Challenge. The goal? To create a game, demo, utility or song in only one line of MSX-BASIC code. The result? No less than 36 nice entries:

1. Smiley Talk by Wolf_ and Sonic_aka_T features the famous '(^_^(' and ')o_O)' talking in a previously unkown, and to date incomprehensible language
2. MSX4ever by Sonic_aka_T is a nice vertical scroller
3. Enter the Matrix by Sonic_aka_T reminds us of the Wachowski brothers
4. Fireplace by Lord Zett proved a nice fire demo doesn't have to take more than one line of MSX-BASIC code
5. Naalala ka by Rowen Remis Iral was the only song that entered the competition
6. C-Smile by Lord Zett filled the screen with smiles
7. Seahorn by Marinke Snijders combined a graphical show with a nice sound effect
8. Typin' Safari from Francesco Maida was the first game we received and needs quite a quick response
9. Robotic brainfuck generator by Wolf_ lived up to its name
10. 22 years ago A. Koene would have been proud of this, a drawing utility by Jonemaan did so as well
11. Racer by David Heremans was quite a challenge for the non-cheaters
12. Time 4MSX by Eli-Jean Leyssens was a very neat MSX2 only trick involving the MSX logo
13. Thin Dizzy by Nyyrikki did not make us any thinner, but it certainly managed to make us dizzy
14. Snake by David Heremans reduced a legendary computer game to only one line of BASIC
15. Rakkasan by Eli-Jean R. Leyssens proved that wind, gravity and tiny landing pads don't always go together
16. Simple Pong by KdL made us think of times long forgotten
17. Break by Germán Gómez Herrera (who single handedly entered 17 entries to the competition) was a complete break-out clone for MSX
18. Calc by Germán Gómez Herrera made us realize we should have paid more attention during algebra classes
19. Drive by Germán Gómez Herrera added some features to (and removed the possibility to cheat from) David Heremans' Racer
20. Fire X by Germán Gómez Herrera made us fire A's towards X's
21. Letter by Germán Gómez Herrera put our typing skills to the test
22. Liquid by Germán Gómez Herrera made us wish our roofs would remain waterproof for a while
23. Fire art by Germán Gómez Herrera gave us some nice (yet slow) fireworks to look at
24. Pixel by Germán Gómez Herrera was something A. Koene never could have handled
25. PSG by Germán Gómez Herrera somehow always resulted in a tune that reminded us of a certain MSX game
26. TXTproc by Germán Gómez Herrera brought text editing to a whole new level of simplicity
27. Girigiri by KdL proved to be a neat multicolor "girandola" animation
28. Catch key by HUR was another test for our responsiveness
29. Grid by Yukio gave us the chance to check the alignment of our trusty old MSX monitors
30. Bike by Germán Gómez Herrera made us wonder wheter Lance Armstrong lived inside our MSX
31. Pickup by Germán Gómez Herrera was kind of like snake without the snake growing
32. Quit by Germán Gómez Herrera made us realize that, in the end, you have nowhere to hide
33. Shot by Germán Gómez Herrera proved to be the difficult version of Hyper Sports 2's skeet shooting was for amateurs
34. Scroll by Germán Gómez Herrera was a nice vertical scroller
35. Charedit by Germán Gómez Herrera brought us an easy way to corrupt the beautiful MSX character set
36. Editspr by Germán Gómez Herrera turned out to be the most straightforward sprite editor ever

The MSX Resource Center team would like to thank all contestants for their inventive entries. In the near future we will announce who is going to judge all these entries, and who has won the magical 3-in-1 MSX pen. In the mean time, why don't you (MRC visitors) download all entries and tell us what you think of them?

Relevant link: MRC Oneliner Challenge - downloads