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The GBAtemp Homebrew Bounty is a massive competition that aims to boost the Switch homebrew scene by giving rewards to a selection of the best homebrew projects. This third month, we reward Switch emulators, that is to say, emulators that run natively on the Switch to emulate other consoles, or emulators that run on PC to emulate the Switch. There are 4 categories in total.

The voting process is twofold: the staff gets to vote, and some members can vote too (in separate threads). We only allowed patrons to vote in order to limit possible fraud, and also to reward them for supporting us. We've just counted the votes. And the winners are...

Month 3 - Winners

PRIZE #1: $1,000 (USD) reward
Mupen64plus Next, by @m4xw

PRIZE #2: $500 (USD) reward
MelonDS, by @Hydr8gon

PRIZE #3: $300 (USD) reward
NoiES, by @Hydr8gon

PRIZE #4: $150 (USD) reward
pSNES, by @cpasjuste

PRIZE #5: $50 (USD) reward
uae4all2, by @rsn8887

To the 5 winners: I will be sending you a private message individually in the coming days, stay tuned.

Please remember that the judges voted not only based on the application itself, but also, for existing applications, whether the application received a significant update for the occasion.

Sponsors

Half of this sum is generously donated by yours truly, GBAtemp!
Thanks to ad revenue and to our Patreon backers, GBAtemp is the biggest donator.
The other half comes from our generous sponsors as listed below.

MOD3DSCARD.COM
Buy flashcard to mod 3DS and Switch | Team Xecuter SX | Sky3ds+ | Stargate 3DS | R4 3DS - mod3dscard

AXIOGAME.COM
Axiogame | Backup Units, Modchips and more

And let's not forget Team Xecuter who made a very generous donation too.

Member donations

The bounty isn't only about sponsor companies: you, beloved members of our community (and even guests) can contribute too! If you want to make a donation, simply click the button below to send a payment to our Paypal. Needless to say, 100% of the amount we receive will be transfered to the authors of winning projects.

What's next? We will start the 4th month in the coming days. I hope you've all been working hard on your Switch game projects, it's almost time to submit.

 

[OvOvOv]

1. It's not the "main" sponsor
2. gbatemp and m4xw made some sort of a deal that we won't take the amount of TX in case he would win

Mmm... Ok.

 

[Essasetic]

1. It's not the "main" sponsor
2. gbatemp and m4xw made some sort of a deal that we won't take the amount of TX in case he would win

For 2. M4xw said he'll donate it to an unspecified charity and use the rest of it for whatever he wants.

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So since TX contributes $250 he'll donate that to charity and use the remaining $750 for whatever he wants.

 

[OvOvOv]

Well, he could take the money from the tx team as a small part of what correspond him for the money the tx team earned using his work.

Anyway congrats m4xw, the mupem64 is a great work!

 

[Essasetic]

Well, he could take the money from the tx team as a small part of what correspond him for the money the tx team earned using his work.

Anyway congrats m4xw, the mupem64 is a great work!

Well after TX trying to bribe him out of his code months prior to this event. I'm pretty sure he won't take their money.

 

[ganons]

Isn't mupen64 core someone else's work?

 

[Essasetic]

Isn't mupen64 core someone else's work?

The aarch64 dynarec is. But the core is M4xw's work.

 

[Shrike]

Uh shit.. I guess I have to move on with my games development then.. Month 4 lurks around the corner.

Congratulations to all winners

 

[m4xw]

So since TX contributes $250 he'll donate that to charity and use the remaining $750 for whatever he wants.

250$ is for the whole Contest category.

@Costello Could you please donate 125$ of my winnings towards https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm

 

[hippy dave]

I'm waiting for the game bounty now, I wondered if developers already worked on it and kept their project until now. I hope we will get a lot of new and creative games, not only ports. also I added some $ to the bounty for extra encouragement.

When is the submission month for games? TY.

 

[Essasetic]

250$ is for the whole Contest category.

@Costello Could you please donate 125$ of my winnings towards https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm

#goodguym4xw

 

[rsn8887]

I'm a little disappointed on how pFBA pSNES and pNES performed. I guess they are not as good as I thought :/
That said, thanks to all the voters and participants, and thanks to gbatemp for the contest of course.

Please don't be discouraged. I can only guess, but I have a hunch that if one would sum all the votes that you got for all three emulators together into one number, you might have won easily

Also, I don't think the results mean anything with regard to how good the emulators are. The emulators are brilliant!

 

[cpasjuste]

Please don't be discouraged. I can only guess, but I have a hunch that if one would sum all the votes that you got for all three emulators together into one number, you might have won easily

Also, I don't think the results mean anything with regard to how good the emulators are. The emulators are brilliant!

Hehe, thanks @rsn8887

 

[nWo]

Hehe, thanks @rsn8887

I was also a little surprised with the result of the NES emulator being above yours. I mean, I'm not trying to say that that emulator is bad or something but hey, don't get let down, I use your emulators like pSNES and pFBA everyday and also the pPlay. Keep up the good work and congratulations to you all!!!!

 

[Reecey]

Congratulations to all the winners, it’s you guys that make the switch so enjoyable! Special congrats too devs @m4xw & @cpasjuste, two very talented individuals within the scene but so different apart with their projects.

 

[Shrike]

When is the submission month for games? TY.

It will start the next few days.

I'm waiting for the game bounty now, I wondered if developers already worked on it and kept their project until now. I hope we will get a lot of new and creative games, not only ports. also I added some $ to the bounty for extra encouragement.

I can tell you my game is about 80% finished and it's no port. It will be a strategy themed game. Maybe I will tease a little more in the middle of the month.

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[chrisrlink]

@Xzi one can dream about switch pro but with that extra power will come with extra stability tm

 

[Heichart]

Congratulations to the winners. To everyone else, thanks for making the switch scene even bigger and better.

 

[teamlocust]

Hehe, thanks @rsn8887

Emulators are awesome

 

[momin]

Congratulations, and thanks to gbatemp and sponsors for this!

 

[Cyan]

When is the submission month for games? TY.

I don't know, probably start of next month.