Winter Chip IV up and running!

[Static Strobe Emitter]

So, finally the 4th installation of this oldschool music format
is up and running , Competitors are allowed to send one entry
per category. The more the merrier!

BotB Compo site is at http://www.battleofthebits.org

Deadline changed for compo!

submission deadline:: 2008-03-01
final results:: 2008-03-12
UPLOAD is now possible!
if you have any questions regarding the compo im in #electro IRC chatroom.

The categories are (2 new categories this year, and mario paint scrapped since last year):

NEW! AY-3-8910
accepted file format - .AY, .YM & .SND
Sound chip found in both Atari ST & ZX Spectrum as well as Intellivision, Vectrex, MSX, Amstrad CPC, Oric 1, and more.

NEW! Channel F
accepted file format - .PRG or .BIN
BotB needs some infos from teh main man B00dAW

[vic20] Commodore VIC 20
accepted file format - .VT & .PRG
recommended player for playback - winVICE
PAL_VIC-I NTSC_VIC-I

[SID] Commodore 64
accepted file format - .SID
recommended player for playback - SIDplay/w
PAL_6581 PAL_8580 NTSC_6581 NTSC_8580

[Amiga AHX] Amiga .AHX
accepted file formats - .AHX
recommended player for playback - XMplay with AHX plugin
files no larger than 49142 bytes

[TIA] Atari TIA Chip
accepted file format - .BIN
recommended player for playback - a 2600/7800 emulator

[SAP] Atari Pokey Chip
accepted file format - .SAP
4 chan mode only!! stereo SAP is a hack
recommended player for playback - SAP Player

[VGM] Sega Master System
accepted file format - .VGM
recommended player for playback - VGM Tools
PSG YM2413 YM2612 MOD2PSG tracker

[NSF] NES/Famicom 2a03
accepted file format - .NSF
recommended player for playback - NSFplay
no expansion chips

[NSF] NES/Famicom w/ Expansion Chips
accepted file format - .NSF
recommended player for playback - NSFplay
VRC6 VRC7 MMC5 FDS N106 FME7

[GAMEBOY] Nintendo Gameboy
accepted file format - .mp3
(maybe this year we'll let BotBrs attach their .sav transfers)
(no standard file format for gameboy composition software)

[AdLib] AdLib soundcard
accepted file formats - too many - check plugin support list
recommended player for playback - AdPlug

[MOD 8k] 8k tracker module
accepted file formats - .MOD .S3M .XM .IT
recommended player for playback - XMPLay
files no larger than 8192 bytes

[MOD 24k] 24k tracker module
accepted file formats - .MOD .S3M .XM .IT
recommended player for playback - XMPLay
files no larger than 24576 bytes

[MIDI] MIDI
accepted format - Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth
recommended player for playback - winamp lol
files no larger than 24576 bytes

[WILD CARD] *WILD_CARD*
accepted file format - .mp3
Let your hair down -- Anything remotely chip! =D/
Please explain your instrumentation in your desciption. 4.5mb size limit.[/url]