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I don't recall why, but work on Stay Frosty 2 fizzled out in November of 2008 and the annual AtariAge Holiday Cart went on hiatus.

 

I thought it was due to a shift in focus to developing the Harmony cart (and in particular the Melody board).

While work started on Harmony/Melody sometime in 2008, they weren't available until September 2009 at PRGE. I'd link to that topic, but I've learned my lesson

 

DPC+ came out in 2010. I'll have more on Stay Frosty 2, DPC and DPC+ in Part 2.

Can't wait to read part 2. How these things come together makes fascinating reading. Some cool ideas listed and it will be nice to see what made it in and what was cut.

Cool. I was considering asking about the improvements in the technology/programming. Now I'll just wait for part 2 of this.

addendum added about Hurricane Ike.

Is this also the project that was called Chun Li. I could not figure out what Chun Li was. Then I started seeing SF2 (which to me means Street Fighter 2). Was Chun Li just a play on the SF2 acronym or was it a totally different project?

I do now realize that SF2 means Stay Frosty 2.

This game looks fantastic. And not just for a holiday game but an original and fun game that stretches the limits of our favorite system and reminds us the 2600 will never die as long as it has fans. And talented people to teach it new tricks.

 

I really need to pay more attention to the home brew forums to see what goes on. I'd love to help on projects like this in whatever way I can. Although if Nathan is on the art it's in good hands.

 

Congrats on another great title that keeps the Atari name relevant and fun after all these years. Looking forward to it!

 

I really need to pay more attention to the home brew forums to see what goes on. I'd love to help on projects like this in whatever way I can. Although if Nathan is on the art it's in good hands.

 

Thanks - but there's always room for more!

Is this also the project that was called Chun Li.

Yep! You're ahead of the story, the code name was first used at the end of 2010.

This game looks fantastic.

Thanks! Had a lot of help on this project, without which the game wouldn't have been nearly as nice.

 

And talented people to teach it new tricks. I really need to pay more attention to the home brew forums to see what goes on.

Very true, that new 4K Pac Man blew me away.