The summer of '26 has came and gone along with this year's competition. We returned to a slightly shorter submission window versus last year to encourage people to be more reasonable with their projects. Despite this, we still had 7 submissions marked as completed this year with lots of ambitious projects done by people not afraid to delve into unexplored waters. Not only did people dare to challenge themselves but we saw significant new developments on many fronts. More projects aiming to be the smallest or perhaps stride for a larger footprint, impressive transplants of chips, portables of less common systems, and modern takes of projects from members of old.
As mentioned last year, part of why we continue to hold the summer competition is to see members push the envelope of what's possible and we continue to be impressed time after time again. Thanks for participating whether that be entering, finishing a project, or even "just" voting.
Any projects threads for the 2026 summer contest will be moved to the appropriate subforum in the coming weeks. Users that finished a project are encouraged to make an additional thread in The Cutting Edge to show off their projects.
Here are the competition results:
Prize Winners:
1st Place: leggomyfroggo's Egg Boy Color
2nd Place: RoseDagger's GBAWii4 & Wii Pico
3rd Place: turknatr's SUPER NINTENDO CHALMERS
The runner ups, in order, were:
The top honorable mentions were, in order (excluding those who placed prize positions):
Prizes:
PCBWay again sponsored this competition, offering greatly appreciated sign-up gifts for entrants as well as additional prizes to our winners. If you haven't already, show some thanks by taking a moment to check out their offerings. You can do so by clicking the banner in the footer of the site.
Per usual, our competition winners will be contacted shortly to pick/receive their prizes, along with the winning forum badges being created and assigned. Prizes get picked by the winners in the order of placement.
Happy over 10 years of BitBuilt everyone! We're not planning on going anywhere, and can't wait to see what revolutions come next in the hobby.
~ BitBuilt Staff
As mentioned last year, part of why we continue to hold the summer competition is to see members push the envelope of what's possible and we continue to be impressed time after time again. Thanks for participating whether that be entering, finishing a project, or even "just" voting.
Any projects threads for the 2026 summer contest will be moved to the appropriate subforum in the coming weeks. Users that finished a project are encouraged to make an additional thread in The Cutting Edge to show off their projects.
Here are the competition results:
Prize Winners:
1st Place: leggomyfroggo's Egg Boy Color
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2nd Place: RoseDagger's GBAWii4 & Wii Pico
3rd Place: turknatr's SUPER NINTENDO CHALMERS
The runner ups, in order, were:
- Kowabungus's PSP XL - The "Cutlass"
- Diztance's The ReviveMii, a modern altoids tin portable wii
- Bubberiffic's VectorPad - A Modern Vectrex Controller
- horvath456's Pico-ITX Windows 98 Dual-Screen Clamshell
The top honorable mentions were, in order (excluding those who placed prize positions):
- Kamp
- Kowabungus and s00per64 (tied)
- Bubberiffic
Prizes:
PCBWay again sponsored this competition, offering greatly appreciated sign-up gifts for entrants as well as additional prizes to our winners. If you haven't already, show some thanks by taking a moment to check out their offerings. You can do so by clicking the banner in the footer of the site.
Per usual, our competition winners will be contacted shortly to pick/receive their prizes, along with the winning forum badges being created and assigned. Prizes get picked by the winners in the order of placement.
- Grand Prize
- $150 PCBWay credit voucher
- Paid travel to the Midwest Gaming Classic convention in Milwaukee Wisconsin (Cash alternative available) - Donated by @cheese and @CrashBash
- A set of 4Layer Tech boards - Donated by @Gman of 4Layer Tech
- Mid Prize
- $90 PCBWay credit voucher
- $150 USD - Donated by @CrashBash
- Minor Prize
- $60 PCBWay credit voucher
- $50 USD - Donated by @Stitches
Happy over 10 years of BitBuilt everyone! We're not planning on going anywhere, and can't wait to see what revolutions come next in the hobby.
~ BitBuilt Staff
