+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 VOTE NOW! CONGRATULATIONS to all the Nominees of the 6th ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS! Good luck in the voting! Huge thank you to AtariAge for sponsoring this event! Check out the graphic cards below (click in the spoiler tag) with all the categories on them from the Nomination Announcement broadcast on ZeroPage Homebrew today! Spoiler 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 FIVE DAYS LEFT TO VOTE IN THE 6th ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS! Vote for your favourite games of the year for Atari 2600, 7800, 8-Bit/5200, Lynx and Jaguar! VOTE NOW! The winners of the Atari Homebrew Awards will be broadcast LIVE Saturday February 24, 2024 on ZeroPage Homebrew with LIVE video acceptance speeches from the winners, you don't want to miss it! AWARDS LIVE BROADCAST: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew DATE: Sat Feb 24, 2024 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT The 6th Annual Homebrew Awards are sponsored by ZeroPage Homebrew and AtariAge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 REMINDER: VOTING ENDS TOMORROW! VOTE NOW! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 6TH ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS IN 3 DAYS! Sat Feb 24, 2024 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ A huge thank you to AtariAge, our amazing sponsor for the 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards for helping make the event happen! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) 57 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: 6TH ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS IN 3 DAYS! Sat Feb 24, 2024 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ A huge thank you to AtariAge, our amazing sponsor for the 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards for helping make the event happen! And I started the countdown. Edited February 21 by Thomas Jentzsch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: 6TH ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS IN 3 DAYS! Sat Feb 24, 2024 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ A huge thank you to AtariAge, our amazing sponsor for the 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards for helping make the event happen! It'd be nice if Atari would allow you to restore the original look of the awards, back to using the Fuji logo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 30 minutes ago, Nathan Strum said: It'd be nice if Atari would allow you to restore the original look of the awards, back to using the Fuji logo... There's been discussions but for now I've decided to keep the new award logo. H for Homebrew! 🙂 - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 6TH ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS IN 2 DAYS! Sat Feb 24, 2024 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ A huge thank you to AtariAge, our amazing sponsor for the 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards for helping make the event happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 6TH ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS TOMORROW!! February 24, 2024 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ 22 awards in multiple categories will be given away for Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, 8-Bit, Lynx, Jaguar, Packaging & Lifetime Achievement! Tune in to find out what the community voted for the top games of the year with LIVE acceptance speeches from the developers! See you in the Twitch chat! A huge thank you to AtariAge, our amazing sponsor for the 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards for helping make the event happen! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 On 2/23/2024 at 3:57 PM, ZeroPage Homebrew said: 6TH ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS TOMORROW!! February 24, 2024 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ 22 awards in multiple categories will be given away for Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, 8-Bit, Lynx, Jaguar, Packaging & Lifetime Achievement! Tune in to find out what the community voted for the top games of the year with LIVE acceptance speeches from the developers! See you in the Twitch chat! A huge thank you to AtariAge, our amazing sponsor for the 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards for helping make the event happen! @ZeroPage Homebrew thank you all for putting on the awards show. Special shout-out to @Albert, the Atari Homebrew Awards nominations committee as well as, all of the nominees and winners of this years awards. Thank you all, without you we wouldn't have any of these amazing games, or such a great community! 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations to all the winners of the 6th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards, hosted by ZeroPage Homebrew and sponsored by AtariAge! Also congratulations to all the nominees and everyone who helped contributed to a game this past year! A huge thank you to this amazing homebrew community for their continuing enthusiasm and support for these incredible systems we all love! Below are all the categories and winners who will be soon getting their Atari Homebrew Awards trophies and certificates! We're all so lucky to be able to play these incredible creations and I can't wait to see what next year brings! I've also unhidden the full results of the voting so you can check out the numbers! - James 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 ZeroPage Homebrew has the EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIERE of the FINAL MovieCart plus three Atari Jaguar games from Reboot and we'll be trying for a patch score in Kobayashi Maru - Caravan Edition on tomorrow's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch! Hope you can join us! Tue Mar 5, 2024 | LIVE @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 2AM GMT+1Day WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Final MovieCart (2024 Exclusive World Premiere | 2600) by Rob Bairos @rbairos Rocketeer: Rebounced (2024 WIP | Jag) by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ (Code) / Alexander "Ander Lex" Grade @agradeneu (Pixels) / Roald Strauss (Music) Rebooteroids - Caravan Edition (2024 Final | Jag) by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ Kobayashi Maru - Caravan Edition (2024 Final | Jag) by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ (Code) / Alexander "Ander Lex" Grade @agradeneu (Pixels) / MSG (Music) / B. FXR (Effects) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 IT'S TABLETOP DAY ON ZPH! WE PLAY THROUGH TWENTY-TWO CLASSIC AND NEW TABLETOP GAMES! Tomorrow we're doing something VERY different on ZeroPage Homebrew, we're playing TABLETOP GAMES! These self contained gaming machines from the 80's were touted as bringing the arcade into your own home! Will they stack up to the arcade experience? We'll be blazing through TWENTY-TWO classic and new tabletop games such as Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Zaxxon, Donkey Kong Jr. Pac-Man, Caveman, Zackman, Alien Attack, Defender, Super Cobra, Asteroids, Centipede, Galaga, Joust, Q*Bert, Space Invaders and Tetris! Did you or your friends own any of these in the 80s or now? What are your favourites? Tune in live on Twitch for this very special stream! Tue Mar 25, 2024 | LIVE @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT+1Day WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitoco Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 9 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: Why did you cover "Atari" but not "newest"? 🤔 BTW, did Atari release/licenced any tabletop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 3 hours ago, vitoco said: Why did you cover "Atari" but not "newest"? 🤔 BTW, did Atari release/licenced any tabletop? Very true, I assumed none of them would be from Atari! Looking through the list of properties, there have been a few Atari arcade games converted to tabletop, even one we'll be playing: Asteroids! - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) @ZeroPage Homebrew Why do you not use rechargeable batteries for the table tops? BTW: There is also a version of Super Cobra with more colors: BTW: This one still runs on C-cells (I have a similar (old) one too): Edited March 27 by Thomas Jentzsch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 5 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: @ZeroPage Homebrew Why do you not use rechargeable batteries for the table tops? I didn't see the show - but I've found that rechargeable batteries are often slightly larger than their non-rechargeable counterparts, and won't always fit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 7 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: @ZeroPage Homebrew Why do you not use rechargeable batteries for the table tops? 1 hour ago, Nathan Strum said: I didn't see the show - but I've found that rechargeable batteries are often slightly larger than their non-rechargeable counterparts, and won't always fit. I have tried to use the below pictured AA to C adapters but they didn't quite fit in. So like Nathan Strum said, there seems to be a size difference between rechargable and non that makes them just a touch too big for the tabletop games. 7 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: BTW: There is also a version of Super Cobra with more colors: Oooh, that is nice! Such a great version of the game, so well adapted. - James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 11 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: I have tried to use the below pictured AA to C adapters but they didn't quite fit in. So like Nathan Strum said, there seems to be a size difference between rechargable and non that makes them just a touch too big for the tabletop games. An IEC standard specifies the size of the individual battery types. And all manufacturers worldwide adhere to it. And I doubt the spacers are bound to the standard. If there is a problem, then because the slots are too small. Maybe because the devices are old and were produced before the standard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Eliminating that AA to C adapter might help, I use these Amazon Basics Rechargeable C cells in the Galaxian tabletop that @keilbaca gave me back in 2006. Looks like Amazon's changed the label design since I bought them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 18 minutes ago, SpiceWare said: Eliminating that AA to C adapter might help Looks like AA is 0.5 mm taller than C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 50 minutes ago, SpiceWare said: Looks like AA is 0.5 mm taller than C That makes sense now why they don't fit in the tabletop games. The adapters from AA -> C don't add any length, they just replicate the width so they don't shift around. That's too bad there's such a small difference in height. I've noticed the adapters work with devices that have a little more room in the battery compartment so they may work in some tabletops, just not the ones I've tried. Thanks for the info Darrell! - James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 On 3/25/2024 at 8:22 PM, ZeroPage Homebrew said: IT'S TABLETOP DAY ON ZPH! WE PLAY THROUGH TWENTY-TWO CLASSIC AND NEW TABLETOP GAMES! Tomorrow we're doing something VERY different on ZeroPage Homebrew, we're playing TABLETOP GAMES! These self contained gaming machines from the 80's were touted as bringing the arcade into your own home! Will they stack up to the arcade experience? We'll be blazing through TWENTY-TWO classic and new tabletop games such as Ms. Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Zaxxon, Donkey Kong Jr. Pac-Man, Caveman, Zackman, Alien Attack, Defender, Super Cobra, Asteroids, Centipede, Galaga, Joust, Q*Bert, Space Invaders and Tetris! Did you or your friends own any of these in the 80s or now? What are your favourites? Tune in live on Twitch for this very special stream! Tue Mar 25, 2024 | LIVE @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 1AM GMT+1Day WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Great episode. I had Defender and Donkey Kong BITD. I don't have any today, but I do have Asteroids and Missile Command (my two favorite coin-ops) from New Wave Toys. I turn them on keep the lights off in my Atari room, while I test/play games. Hearing them running in the background, helps create that game-room vibe. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I have most of the Tiny Arcade series from Super Impulse. It looks like they're no longer selling most of the titles now... When they're all switched on and running in demo mode it's quite the arcade-like cacophony! Unfortunately, they only stay on about a minute or so to preserve batteries. Super Impulse also makes a Tiny Atari 2600 (which I also have), so they've licensed some Atari games too. Sadly, they haven't made any Tiny Atari arcade cabinets. I'd love to see a series of those. All of my Tiny Arcade games are in storage now. I suppose I should unpack them and dig the batteries out of them before they all corrode. (I may have done that before packing them... hope so.) For portables, I have my original Entex Space "Invader" (apparently, they could only afford one), Sears (Coleco) Electronic Touchdown, and a Mattel Auto Race that I bought a few (okay... 13 ) years ago on eBay, that I blogged about here. Never did write "part 2". LEDs seemed like magic back then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 ZeroPage Homebrew has the Exclusive World Premiere of ZPH's Secret New Atari 2600 Homebrew on tomorrow's ZPH stream LIVE on Twitch! Hope you can join us! THE DAY HAS ARRIVED! Tomorrow we have the EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIERE of the very first Atari 2600 homebrew made by the host of ZPH! James has been working on the game for the last month and is ready to reveal this early WIP of his brand new port! What could it be? Make sure you tune in for this stream, see you LIVE in the Twitch chat! Fri Mar 29, 2024 | LIVE @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 7PM GMT WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ WATCH LATER: https://youtube.com/zeropagehomebrew/ Games: Secret Homebrew from ZPH (2024 Exclusive World Premiere WIP | 2600) by James Earl O'Brien @ZeroPage Homebrew Coarse Blade (2024 Exclusive World Premiere Final | 2600) by Ketil Ronne @Magovinna Easter (2024 Final | 7800) by Karri Kaksonen @karri 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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