drludos Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Very cool idea! I'm honored that my game Sheep It Up is part of the nominees, and I'm eager to discover the final results It's also very helpful to have all the entries in a single place so we can easily test them out before voting, thanks for doing it! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Thanks and congratulations drludos and thank you for making Sheep It Up! We wanted to make it as easy as possible for people to try out games they've never played before so they can make informed votes for their favourites! Also, below I've attached a graphic for you and all the nominated games to use as you wish. :-) Very cool idea! I'm honored that my game Sheep It Up is part of the nominees, and I'm eager to discover the final results It's also very helpful to have all the entries in a single place so we can easily test them out before voting, thanks for doing it! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Ok so this is 2600 only and only a list of "nominated" games. Should be called the VCS awards. I was interested cause it was called the atari awards. I did not recognise any of the games because I do not follow the thousands of vcs games andd hacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I did not recognise any of the games because I do not follow the thousands of vcs games andd hacks. Then the nominations lists and awards are perfect for you, because they reduce the number of games you have to follow massively. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Just like the Oscars, we first release the list of nominees in each of the categories. Unlike the Oscars YOU can have a say in which are your favourite games, so head over to the voting area! :-) The actual awards show is on February 23, 2019 where the winners will be announced from the list of nominated games. We will be expanding the event next year to include other platforms and it will be renamed the '2019 Homebrew Awards'. :-) Ok so this is 2600 only and only a list of "nominated" games. Should be called the VCS awards. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 The physical awards have arrived for the 2018 Atari Awards! They're better looking than I ever thought possible and I can't wait to hand them out next month!! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 The physical awards have arrived for the 2018 Atari Awards! They're better looking than I ever thought possible and I can't wait to hand them out next month!! Sweet! Do you have a way to put the names on them as well? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 The physical awards have arrived for the 2018 Atari Awards! They're better looking than I ever thought possible and I can't wait to hand them out next month!! 20190128-2018 Atari Awards.jpg Oh snap! Those look great! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 That looks great! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 I wanted to have the physical awards ready for the live show for presentation so to have them engraved with the winners names would have involved delaying the award show by a few weeks after the voting closed. Possibly next year? :-) Sweet! Do you have a way to put the names on them as well? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Maybe you could include a printed certificate? Something simple, but that would at least show who or what won. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Good idea, I'll look into how much that costs. :-) Maybe you could include a printed certificate? Something simple, but that would at least show who or what won. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) What material is that? Maybe you could engrave the winner's name. Though there is little space left. Revision has pretty similar awards. But also often without names. And not Atari shaped of course: Edited January 29, 2019 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillapojkenpåön Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I think it's acrylic, It's seriously the best looking trophie I've ever seen, I was gonna suggest engraving the winner upside down and mirrored underneath, but there's actually quite alot of space left if you look closely, not expecting James to do that, but it could be done by the reciever, I like the abstract look myself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) What material is that? Maybe you could engrave the winner's name. Though there is little space left. Revision has pretty similar awards. But also often without names. And not Atari shaped of course: I think it's acrylic, It's seriously the best looking trophie I've ever seen, I was gonna suggest engraving the winner upside down and mirrored underneath, but there's actually quite alot of space left if you look closely, not expecting James to do that, but it could be done by the reciever, I like the abstract look myself. yes it is...... Clear acrylic with laser etched writing, 4" x 3" x .75" Edited January 29, 2019 by Arenafoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLand Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Hi, I just found out about the nomination of "Refraction" – thanks a lot for honoring the humble game! Norbert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easmith Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 James, Can you please test the update of Kung Fu Combat on your equipment and let me know if it works now ? Thanks, Edward Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 It's rock solid now Edward! I'll be revisiting it on ZeroPage Homebrew tonight (6PM PT | 9PM ET | 2AM GMT) as I couldn't give it a full playthrough last time. :-) Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.t...ropagehomebrew/Thanks so much for helping him get a stable picture TJ!! :-) James, Can you please test the update of Kung Fu Combat on your equipment and let me know if it works now ? Thanks, Edward Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easmith Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 It's rock solid now Edward! I'll be revisiting it on ZeroPage Homebrew tonight (6PM PT | 9PM ET | 2AM GMT) as I couldn't give it a full playthrough last time. :-) Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.t...ropagehomebrew/ Thanks so much for helping him get a stable picture TJ!! :-) please use build I just posted . I fixed the graphic shearing of the players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 ONE DAY LEFT TO VOTE! Make sure you've cast your vote in all ten categories before midnight (PT) tomorrow night when the polls close! Also, make sure you tune in on Saturday February 23rd for the 2018 Atari Awards LIVE on ZeroPage Homebrew's Twitch stream! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 (edited) CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS AND NOMINEES and thank you to everyone who watched the show live yesterday on the Twitch stream. WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK!!! <- Follow the link to comment on the thread of feedback about the awards show and process! Edited February 25, 2019 by cimmerian 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I was surprised there wasn't more feedback. Maybe that's a sign of how well done the awards were done? Maybe it would be good to bump the Atari Awards topic in the Atari 2600 forum just to make sure people know about it, though? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 I will take this as a good sign as well! I have had very good feedback on FB posts and on the YouTube video post so I think most people enjoyed the Awards. :-) I'm hoping there will be additional constructive feedback as time goes on so we can make next year's 2019 Homebrew Awards even better! Good plan, I'll add the info to that thread just in case people missed it in the sub-forum. :-) Thanks for the suggestion Karl! I was surprised there wasn't more feedback. Maybe that's a sign of how well done the awards were done? Maybe it would be good to bump the Atari Awards topic in the Atari 2600 forum just to make sure people know about it, though? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrummy Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I really enjoyed the awards this year. (Scrummy=TITFOS online) One idea I can offer is to have a little more information about each nominee. Obviously this woud be a great deal of work, so a way to achieve it, in a more manageable manner might be to have each game creator or some appointed advocate to provide a statement about the game. I found it very helpful the way folders were provided with all of the games. This allowed me to download them from one place and know that I was looking at the same version that Zero Page was looking at. If the creator of each nominated game could include a text file in those folders explaining instructions, any needed accessories, and context about the game. For example, they could list: instructions needed or supported accessories tips inspirations what makes the game special, or what makes the achievement achieved special (if present or related to award) description of ARM chips or unique techniques employed This would be very time consuming for James to create, but might be easily provided in the form of a text file from the games creators. cheers and good job!, Chad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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