Atari 2600: Best Homebrew ≤4K (2019 Atari Homebrew Awards)

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2019 Atari Homebrew Awards

Celebrating the best in Atari Homebrew

brought to you by

ZeroPage Homebrew, The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion, Mark/Space | Project Argon and AtariAge

 

 

 

Voting Begins: January 18, 2020 @ 00:00:00 PT  January 23, 2020 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT

Voting Ends: January 25, 2020 @ 23:59:59 PT  EXTENDED TO: January 28, 2020 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT

Awards Show: February 1, 2020 @ 12:00PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT on the ZeroPage Homebrew Twitch Stream

 

Nominated Game Binary Downloads:

Atari 2600 Completed, Atari 2600 WIP, Atari 2600 Packaging, Atari 7800 Completed, Atari 8bit/5200 Completed

 

Welcome to the 2019 Atari Homebrew Awards, where YOU get to vote on your favourite homebrew games of 2019! The results of the Atari Homebrew Awards, will be announced LIVE on the ZeroPage Homebrew's Twitch channel on February 1st, 2020 at 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT during a special broadcast. We will be announcing the winners and runners up on the broadcast in each of the categories along with LIVE acceptance speeches from the winners, plus much more!!

 

FULL 2019 LIST FOR: Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8bit/5200

NOMINATION RESULTS: Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-Bit/5200

 

Atari Homebrew Awards Categories (VOTE IN ALL!!):

• Atari 2600: Best Homebrew
• Atari 7800: Best Homebrew (New!)
• Atari 8-Bit/5200: Best Homebrew (New!)
• Atari 2600: Best ≤ 4K Homebrew (2600) (New!)
• Atari 2600: Best Graphics
• Atari 2600: Best Music & Sound
• Atari 2600: Best Packaging
• Atari 2600: Best WIP

 

Edited February 4, 2020 by ZeroPage Homebrew

[+Karl G]

I didn't know until recently that Caverns was only 2K (since it wasn't gratuitously added to the title ☺️), so others might not know, either. It's amazing how much was fit in this game given the size. 

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

20 minutes ago, Karl G said:

I didn't know until recently that Caverns was only 2K (since it wasn't gratuitously added to the title ☺️), so others might not know, either. It's amazing how much was fit in this game given the size. 

Until we played it on the show again on Wednesday I forgot how much gameplay they packed into that 2K, if I had to guess I would have thought it would have been at least 4K!

 

- James

[doctorclu]

Do we have a mass download point like last year?

[+KaeruYojimbo]

47 minutes ago, doctorclu said:

Do we have a mass download point like last year?

In the first post, right under the time for awards show.

[doctorclu]

Oh ok, all the completed 2600 homebrews are in one cluster.  I'll hunt for all the 4K or less games in there.   (Last year they were in folders)

[Thomas Jentzsch]

18 hours ago, Karl G said:

I didn't know until recently that Caverns was only 2K (since it wasn't gratuitously added to the title ☺️), so others might not know, either. It's amazing how much was fit in this game given the size. 

100% agreed. Great programming which definitely deserves much more attention.

[Harold Thijssen]

On 1/24/2020 at 9:33 PM, Karl G said:

I didn't know until recently that Caverns was only 2K (since it wasn't gratuitously added to the title ☺️), so others might not know, either. It's amazing how much was fit in this game given the size. 

Thanks Karl G. Your Space Game 2K is so much fun and...even has 282 bytes left unused. Great work.

[Dan Iacovelli]

On 1/24/2020 at 8:31 PM, doctorclu said:

Oh ok, all the completed 2600 homebrews are in one cluster.  I'll hunt for all the 4K or less games in there.   (Last year they were in folders)

noticed that too  so I did the same thing I made separate folders for wips and <4k on sd card for harmony cart to make it easier for me

Edited January 26, 2020 by Dan Iacovelli

[+Karl G]

1 hour ago, Harold Thijssen said:

Thanks Karl G. Your Space Game 2K is so much fun and...even has 282 bytes left unused. Great work.

Wait...what? 

 

I had been calculating free space incorrectly. I'll have to fill in that massive amount of space sometime soon.  ?

[+KaeruYojimbo]

19 hours ago, Karl G said:

Wait...what? 

 

I had been calculating free space incorrectly. I'll have to fill in that massive amount of space sometime soon.  ?

Looks like we'll have to move Space Game over to the WIP category. ☺️

[+Karl G]

3 minutes ago, KaeruYojimbo said:

Looks like we'll have to move Space Game over to the WIP category. ☺️

Nah... I'll wait a few days at least before changing anything.