NE146 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Man I'm super saddened by this.. there are just a few people on AA I feel an affinity with or feel like I "know", and Nukey was one of them. He was there from the start of this whole AA experience spanning the 2 decades. Anyway, although many of you might predictably mock this, it doesn't matter to me: He is 100% in my prayers. 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Holy hell...so sad. Such a fixture here. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Damn. Just, damn. He will be missed. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Very sad to hear. 54 years only. My heart goes out to the family, they're always the ones that feel the loss the most. RIP Kurt. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 RIP 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Literally stunned right now, reading this news. Kurt was skilful to the point of being a legend, and more importantly he was a genuinely nice, helpful, ego-free guy. He will be missed. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 So saddened to hear this. It’s so crazy to think that we lost Kurt H before we lost Curt V and we didn’t even know it. Nukey was an amazing talented and nice guy. I enjoyed many of his hacks once I discovered AA. He truly will be missed. He will live on in my Harmony Cart but it’s sad we won’t get any more Nukey hacks. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayDay Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Nukey was the first user here that I really took notice of. An extremely talented hacker and programmer and always willing to help. In further identifying him, I recall his profile once listed his location as Yiminiapolois Yiminisota or something thereabouts. I wasn’t sure if it was just a joke or not, but it appears that’s where he was really from. RIP. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Incredibly sad. I enjoyed his work and his posts. R. I. P. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omegamatrix Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Oh my God. I am literally shaking here reading this. This is an unimaginable loss. R.I.P Kurt. You will forever be missed. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Sad to hear. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schitti Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I never had personal contact, just had read his posts. rest in peace 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwentySixHundred Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Sad to hear. I had some great interactions with Kurt over the years. He was a good guy and helped me when i first started asking questions about 2600 development. Rest in peace mate 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I'm shocked to hear this. Kurt was undoubtedly one of the most well known members of this community. He helped me out many times when I wanted to know more about certain ROMs in my collection. I wish his family and dearest all the best with their loss. You will be sadly missed, Nukey. Rest in peace. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Mogno Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Bad news Have a good journey, Sir. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Can we skip to the 2030's........the 20 decade is turning out to be shite. RIP Kurt. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarian7 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I never interacted with him, but his name is familiar. Condolences to those who did know him. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoltan.dulac Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 17 hours ago, Big Player said: Here are links to two of his Pac-Man hacks. Both of the latest ROM's are in the first post. Hack of Ebivision's unreleased Pac-Man game: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/55226-hackem-hangly-man-combined Hack of Atari's Pac-Man: https://atariage.com/forums/topic/54937-8k-atari-pac-man The Hanglyman game is one of my fave ever games on the 2600. So much fun and gives me memories of the arcade bootleg. Played that for hours (and still do) I'm so sorry to hear this. RIP Nukey Shay. :-( 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 This is very sad news. He was truly a pioneer in the Atari homebrew community. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithbk Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) We worked together on Another Adventure. He was wonderful and very accommodating to my tremendous lack of knowledge. I will certainly miss him. Wish I had met him in person. Edited September 20, 2021 by keithbk 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+D Train Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Aw, this is really sad. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiu Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I always enjoyed reading Nukey's posts. This is awful news. RIP Kurt (and Curt) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 This is very sad news. Thanks Albert and Ballblazer for connecting the dots. Nukey “fixed” many original Atari 2600 ROMs so they would run on the official Atari Flashback Portable’s emulator, which was a fun way to play these games. His knowledge, attention to detail and good humor were always impressive to me. I must dig out my portable and play some DKVCS in his honor. He’s not the original programmer, but he’s the one that made it work on that device. 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Well this is really sad news. Sad at his death, but also sad in that here was a forum member with a HUGE presence here, but his contributions with this community while important to him and all of us, didn't translate to his family or friends outside of this place. Nobody thought to tell us about it, and I'm not blaming anyone. It just makes me think, is Atari Age just a hobby we keep to ourselves or something? I've never met anyone from here in real life but I would want to know if something happened to my online friends. You're still friends. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamrodHare Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 A great man, with a huge heart. He helped me many times with color hacks and such. I'm sad to hear of his passing and also of the time it took to find out about it. This is a reminder that many of us may pass on with no way to get the news to our online "Family". I feel this is a good time to consider writing down our user names and the forums we're on, so that a family member or friend is able to let our communities know. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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