+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) THE 2018 ATARI AWARDS! LIVE ON FEBRUARY 23, 2019 presented by ZeroPage Homebrew, The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion and AtariAge The 2018 edition of the Atari Awards, celebrating the best in Atari 2600 Homebrew, will take place LIVE on the ZeroPage Homebrew's Twitch channel on February 23rd, 2019 at 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT! YOU GET TO VOTE starting January 23, 2019 for your favorite homebrews, hacks and demos when we reveal the final nominees in each of the categories below. After the voting closes on February 18, 2019 and your votes are tallied, the 2018 Atari Awards will be broadcast LIVE on February 23, 2019 to announce the winners and give out the awards! Award Categories: Best Homebrew Best bB Homebrew Best WIP Homebrew Best Game Hack Best Demo Best Programming Best Graphics Best Music & Sound Best Packaging Technical Achievement Award Please feel free to suggest and discuss below all your favorite homebrew games that you think should be nominated for an award for 2018! (Qualifying games must be released during the period of January 1, 2018 through to December 31, 2018) Current list of 2018 Games/WIP/Hacks and Demos: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TYGgJaphZRQ31LvNfCHovEWYB-c_g3Ba/view?usp=sharing (note: List is a living document and may not be 100% accurate, please let us know if you spot any issues) Edited January 8, 2019 by cimmerian 14 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) Yeah, this was my idea while writing The Atari 2600 2018: Year in Review Homebrew Companion book, seeing that the last Homebrew Awards was back in 2004. I wanted to create a new one since the homebrew community is the busiest its been in a long time! So this is a call out to all you homebrew gamers out there!!! Let's hear your suggestions! Edited September 12, 2018 by Arenafoot 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) A lot of people will not know about the exact release dates. Therefore I suggest that someone compiles a (hint) list of the games which can be voted for. Edited September 12, 2018 by Thomas Jentzsch 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 A lot of people will not know about the exactly release dates. Therefore I suggest that someone compiles a (hint) list of the games which can be voted for. Will do! I have a running list of ROM file names that were released throughout this year, so it should be easy enough to clean it up a bit and post that info! 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 (edited) A very good point! Arenafoot and I forget that the average person is not as geeky as we are about record keeping and release dates and such, hahah! We will post a list shortly so people will be able to take a look the 2018 titles (so far). :-) A lot of people will not know about the exact release dates. Therefore I suggest that someone compiles a (hint) list of the games which can be voted for. Edited September 12, 2018 by cimmerian 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Perhaps a "Best From 2005 - 2017" category to give shot to all the games released in the years that have past since the last awards? I figure that gives a fair shake to all those games which won't be included in the 2018 awards as well. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolcrab Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Cool! Yea a list would help. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 This should be a lot of fun! Great idea. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Would there be a separate category for things like Bb homebrew and Assembly? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Karl G Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Excellent idea! Will there be a category for "best music", or "best original music", or will this be lumped in with "best sound"? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0c7 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 "Best label art" would also be a good category. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Nice Idea! Will be interesting to see a list as i missed most homebrews released in the first half of 2018. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 love that idea, I always support the 2600 homebrew scene 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 IMO we shouldn't create too many categories before we know how many people are participating. Else the result might become random. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 YES! Finally someone has picked this up again and ran with it. I had SO much fun doing the old Stan Awards! Of course, back then the pool of nominees was MUCH smaller! Can't wait for this! 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+D Train Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 are these for finished releases only, or anything that comes out during the time period? Maybe a "Best/Most Intriguing WIP" category would be appropriate as well? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4111836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Yes! We are planning to have a WIP category for the 'most anticipated WIP Atari 2600 game'. We don't want to miss out on all those games that are in progress. :-) are these for finished releases only, or anything that comes out during the time period? Maybe a "Best/Most Intriguing WIP" category would be appropriate as well? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4112137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 Thank you so much for holding the Stan Awards back in the day. We're really looking forward to honouring all the hard work that is put into these games, hacks and demos. :-) YES! Finally someone has picked this up again and ran with it. I had SO much fun doing the old Stan Awards! Of course, back then the pool of nominees was MUCH smaller! Can't wait for this! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4112138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 We don't want to be overloaded with too many categories but it's truly surprising how many games have been worked on or finished so far in 2018! We are definitely looking for more possible categories before we finalize and release the category list. Keep the suggestions coming for categories and games, we don't want to leave any out. The list of games, hacks and demos released in 2018 is coming soon... IMO we shouldn't create too many categories before we know how many people are participating. Else the result might become random. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4112140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 That might be a tad overwhelming with the sheer number of games that were released during that time but we'll take it into consideration! Perhaps a "Best From 2005 - 2017" category to give shot to all the games released in the years that have past since the last awards? I figure that gives a fair shake to all those games which won't be included in the 2018 awards as well. 'Best label art' will probably fall under the 'best packaging' category so that we don't have to break it down too far into label, box, manual, etc. :-) "Best label art" would also be a good category. Yes, I agree, I think that this will also double as a catch up for some homebrews that people might have missed! Great time to try out some games that may have slipped by you! :-) Nice Idea! Will be interesting to see a list as i missed most homebrews released in the first half of 2018. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4112141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 IMO we shouldn't create too many categories before we know how many people are participating. Else the result might become random. And winning becomes less of an accomplishment when there is an award for everything given out to nearly anyone. I think all games should be judged on an even playing field that doesn't seperate between ASM or Bb. If you programed in ASM or Bb doesn't matter, you are in the same group. A game for the 2600 is a game for the 2600. Doesn't matter what tools where used to code it in such a case. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4112171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 But the recent spate of coprocessors on the cartridge is definitely Not a level playing field. You can't fairly compare a game with an on board high speed Arm chip doing bus stuffing and other computational assists to a vanilla game limited to just the 6507 and what it can do. Those should be two distinct categories at least. 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4112193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolcrab Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Maybe add game categories. Best platformer, best racer, arcade game, etc. Its hard to compare some categories, especially as not everybody likes everything. I'm not the greatest platformer fan myself, but love multiplayer games and the beat your own score arcade games. This is clearly not the case for many other people here and thats great because all game types get represented. (Apart from sports, nobody seems to be making sports home-brews ) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4112196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 But the recent spate of coprocessors on the cartridge is definitely Not a level playing field. You can't fairly compare a game with an on board high speed Arm chip doing bus stuffing and other computational assists to a vanilla game limited to just the 6507 and what it can do. Those should be two distinct categories at least. Totally agree with you there. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4112214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsabo Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Hi guys, that’s a super cool initiative and a great motivation to anyone who wants to not only start some project but specially to make a release out of it. I’ve started one project a few months ago, and I’m wondering what is the path or directives to get a game released, or maybe simply to be considered in a discussion list, or even how do I get collaboration somehow in this process. Is there a specific thread for this discussions or I should simply to create a new topic and start publishing my roms. I’m really exited into getting involved with the community from now on but I’m quite newbie in this one to be honest. Any recommendation would be appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282866-the-2018-atari-awards/#findComment-4112295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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