Contests

Looking for a unique challenge as a participant of the Community Game-Along? Test yourself with these special contests for different prizes (prizes being bragging rights and maybe special icons in your card on the participation page).

Participants who can get one bingo will earn a special icon on their participation card. But how many bingos can you actually get? Read on for what each panel means in detail. The CGA icon in the middle is a free space. Download the bingo card above (or screenshot it if your browser makes it hard to download pictures here), and then fill it out as you progress through the month. You may post about your progress on social media, or share your progress via DM in the Chic Pixel discord, or through BlueSky @communitygamealong.

Game Boy: Play one game originally released on any of the Game Boy family of systems (this includes OG Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and what the hell, Virtual Boy).

PlayStation Portable: Play one game originally released on the PlayStation Portable.

2000s: Play a game originally released in the 2000s.

Clear One Game: Self explanatory.

Promote #PortableCGA: Make a social post, write about, make a video, or stream a game using the #PortableCGA tag.

Clear Three Games: Self explanatory.

Play Three Demos: Self explanatory. Demo can come from any digital storefront.

One Sitting: Play one game from start to finish in one sitting.

#PortableCGA Streamer: Support or chat with someone streaming a #PortableCGA game.

1990s: Play a game originally released in the 1990s.

2010s: Play a game originally released in the 2010s.

~Aesthetic~: Play a modern game that wasn't originally released on portable hardware, but looks like it could have been released on portable hardware.

Mobile Devices?: You wanna use your phone to support this theme? Go for it! It is the year of the horse after all, maybe play Umamusume?

Non-Nintendo or Sony Portable: Play a game originally released on portable hardware that wasn't released by Nintendo or Sony. Examples include the Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket, or WonderSwan. Playdate DOES NOT count for this space, since the Playdate has its own space further down.

Even More ~Aesthetic~: Play more than one modern game that wasn't originally released on portable hardware, but looks like it could have been released on portable hardware.

1980s: Play a game originally released in the 1980s.

Play One Demo: Self explanatory. Demo can come from any digital storefront.

Playdate: Play a game that was intended for release on the Playdate. It is possible to do this without an actual Playdate. Just go to Itch Io and look up Playdate games. Many of those games support keyboard or controller.

Clear Five Games: Self explanatory.

Before the Game Boy: Play a game originally released on....Tiger Handhelds? Game and Watch? Those types of games?

AGDQ: Find the streams hosted by the original pitcher of this theme, SporadicErratic.

PlayStation Vita: Play a game originally released on the PlayStation Vita.

Nintendo DS: Play a game originally released on the Nintendo DS or Nintendo 3DS.

2020s: Play a game originally released in the 2020s.