+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards Celebrating the best in Atari Homebrew brought to you by ZeroPage Homebrew, AtariAge, Mark/Space | Argon, Atari Gamer and The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion Welcome to the 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards, where YOU get to vote on your favourite homebrew games of 2021! The results of the Atari Homebrew Awards will be announced LIVE on the ZeroPage Homebrew's Twitch channel on February 12th, 2022 during a special broadcast. During the event we will be announcing the winners and runners up in each of the categories along with LIVE acceptance speeches from the winners, plus much, more!! Voting Begins: January 21, 2022 @ 13:00:00 PT 1PM PT | 4PM ET | 9PM GMT Voting Ends: February 6, 2022 @ 23:59:59 PT 12AM PT | 3AM ET | 8AM GMT Awards Show: February 12, 2022 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT on the ZeroPage Homebrew Twitch Stream FULL 2021 RELEASE LIST FOR: Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-Bit/5200, Atari Lynx NOMINATION RESULTS: Spoiler Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Original) ElectroBall (16K) by Mike Littau @littaum Escape From The Castle (32K) by Vila Games / Eduardo Vilarinho Game of the Bear (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Mr. Yo-Yo (8K) by David Marli @DaveM, BJ Myers (Additional Music) Slide Boy in Maze Land (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc ZΔRKSTΔRS - A Space Saga (16K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design, Soundtrack), Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting), Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting), Kenny Schmitt (Cover Illustration) Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Port) Awakening (8K Port) by Rodney Siddall @rsiddall Lady Bug Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Code and Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Art and Graphics), Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music and Sound Effects), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Packaging Illustration and Design) RobotWar:2684 (was Robotron:2084 / RobotWar: 2600) (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (graphics) Squareraid (8K Port) by Ben Larson @Ben_Larson Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Original) Alien Exterminator (4K) by nintenJo / JO6502 Chaser (2K) by Karl Garrison @Karl G Hellway (4K) by Octavio Pinho Bokel @Octavio Pinho Bokel, Leonardo Nogueira @Leonardons (Art) K-Jo Chases The Cheese (4K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago Legendary Spear (2K) by Dave Christianson @Dave C Star A.D (4K) by Xan @Xan Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Port) Dodge It (4K Port) by Xan @Xan Pong (4K Port) by Xan @Xan Soul of the Beast (4K Port) by Michael Christophersson/ΛERIF°RM @pvmpkin Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Original) Game of the Bear (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Kung Fu Combat 2 (32K) by Edward Smith @easmith, Kevin Mosley @KevinMos3 (Graphics), Michael Thomasson (Packaging) Legendary Spear (2K) by Dave Christianson @Dave C Slide Boy in Maze Land (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Solo Mah Jong (32K) by Domeshtan Games @Domeshtan ZΔRKSTΔRS - A Space Saga (16K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design, Soundtrack), Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting), Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting), Kenny Schmitt (Cover Illustration) Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Port) Awakening (8K Port) by Rodney Siddall @rsiddall Dodge It (4K Port) by Xan @Xan Lady Bug Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Code and Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Art and Graphics), Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music and Sound Effects), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Packaging Illustration and Design) RobotWar:2684 (was Robotron:2084 / RobotWar: 2600) (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (graphics) Soul of the Beast (4K Port) by Michael Christophersson/ΛERIF°RM @pvmpkin Squareraid (8K Port) by Ben Larson @Ben_Larson Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Original) ElectroBall (16K) by Mike Littau @littaum Ethereum 2600 (16K) by Mike Saarna @RevEng Game of the Bear (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Mr. Yo-Yo (8K) by David Marli @DaveM, BJ Myers (Additional Music) Slide Boy in Maze Land (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc ZΔRKSTΔRS - A Space Saga (16K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design, Soundtrack), Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting), Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting), Kenny Schmitt (Cover Illustration) Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Port) Awakening (8K Port) by Rodney Siddall @rsiddall Dodge It (4K Port) by Xan @Xan Lady Bug Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Code and Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Art and Graphics), Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music and Sound Effects), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Packaging Illustration and Design) RobotWar:2684 (was Robotron:2084 / RobotWar: 2600) (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (graphics) Soul of the Beast (4K Port) by Michael Christophersson/ΛERIF°RM @pvmpkin Squareraid (8K Port) by Ben Larson @Ben_Larson Atari 2600 Best WIP Homebrew (Original) Cannonica (16K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Cone Ball (16K) by Kevin Kelley @KevKelley Dragon Defence 2021 (32K) by Tyler Frisbee @Tyler Frisbee Immunity! (16K) by Mike Losh @Sohl Robot Zed (64K) by Chris Spry @Sprybug Runes of Moria (4K) by Rossum @rossum Tober's Nightmare (32K) by Mick Crocker @mickmuze Vroom! (4K) by Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch Atari 2600 Best WIP Homebrew (Port) 1942 (16K Port) by homerhomer @homerhomer & Wolfgang Stubig @Al_Nafuur, Pat Brady @Pat Brady (Sound) Paint the City (8K Port) by Philip Blackman @splendidnut Qix (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics), Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (Sound) rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno Tomahawk 777 (32K Port) by Carlos Centeno @RaymanC Turbo Arcade (64K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Art & Graphics, Sound Effects) Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Original) Adventures of Olli Troll by Walter Lauer @gambler172 & frankodragon @frankodragon E.X.O. by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Music) Knight Guy In Low Res: Castle Days by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Slide Boy in Maze Land 7800 by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Wizard's Dungeon by BydoEmpire @BydoEmpire Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Port) 2048 (Port) by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster Dragon's Descent (Port) by Todd Furmanski @Revontuli Galaxian (Port) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus Popeye 7800 (Port) by 20th St Arcade / Darryl Guenther @darryl1970 (Programming and Graphics) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza, Matt Smith @mksmith, Pat Brady @Pat Brady, Trebor @Trebor (Music) / Mike Saarna @RevEng, Matt Smith @mksmith, Paul Lay @playsoft, Perry Thuente @tep392 (Programming Consultants) / Marco Sabbetta @Defender_2600 (Additional Graphics) / Atariboy2600 @Atariboy2600 (Package Artwork) UniWarS (Port) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus Atari 7800 Best WIP Homebrew (Original) Bernie and the Cubic Conundrum by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster Cannon in D - D for Defense by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Dragon's Havoc by Todd Furmanski @Revontuli Knight Guy: Quest for Something by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Ninjish Guy Perilous Island by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc Space Peril by Karl Garrison @Karl G Atari 7800 Best WIP Homebrew (Port) Arkanoid (Port) by Matt Smith @mksmith Attack of the PETSCII Robots (Port) by ChunkyPixel Games / Matt Smith @mksmith and Mike Saarna @RevEng, David Murray (Originally Coded By) Ghosts 'n Goblins (Port) by ChunkyPixel Games / Matt Smith @mksmith Keystone Kapers (Port) by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster (Code, GFX, SFX), Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Pokey Music), Matt Smith @mksmith (Music Support), Bethany Hill (Additional Artwork) Mario Bros. by Oldstyle @OldStyle, Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Music/SFX) Penta (Port) (was Pengo) by 20th St Arcade / Darryl Guenther @darryl1970, Paul Lay @playsoft & Pat Brady @Pat Brady (Music & Music Engine) Atari Lynx Best Homebrew Asteroids Chasers by Frédéric Descharmes @Fadest. Based on Cheese Chasers card game by Bran McMillin. Graphics by Templeton & Fadest. Musics by Sampo Rintanen/@Turbo Laser Lynx Raid on TriCity - Second Wave by Frédéric Descharmes @Fadest. Graphics by Daniel Horvath/@108 Stars. Musics by Sascha Lubenow/@Der Luchs Sky Raider Redux by James Higgs @jum / Team Jum Unnamed by Marcin Siwek @hikachi / Music: Carl Forhan @Songbird & Sascha Lubenow / English Editing: Igor Kromin @Igor Xump 2 by Nop90 @Nop90 (Code), Jonathan Dodd / Dulcahn (Graphics), Michal Szpilowski @miker (Music) YNXA by Frédéric Descharmes @Fadest. Graphics by Kronbits, Elthen & @Fadest. Musics by JP Garin/@rygar & @Fadest Atari 8-Bit/5200 Best Homebrew Albert by Kski @kski (Program, Music, Levels/Level Graphics, Graphics, Object Animation), Kaz (Graphics, In-Game Panel Graphics, Fonts), Odyn1ec (Graphics / Object Animation), Triplex (Character Graphics, Animation) Final Assault by Robert 'Globe' Pecnik @globe (Code, Graphics, Design), Marek 'Marco' Chorvat (Testing, Support), Marian 'Goldmaster' Vybostok @goldy/gmg aka lopez453 (Music, HW Support) Flob by bocianu @bocianu (Idea/code/graphics/sfx), Music: LiSU, Miker, AceMan, PG, Zoltar X, Hardware design and production: Mq Gacek by Janusz Chabowski @shanti77 Prince of Persia (2021 | A8) by rensoup @rensoup (Programming), Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX(Character Art + Princess Room), @miker (Music Bank 1 + SFX Bank 1), @VinsCool (Music Bank 1 & 2), @emkay (SFX Bank 2), @makary (SFX Bank 1), @superrune (Title Picture), @dmsc (Soundplayer), @xxl (Disk Loading + zx5 Unpacker XBios), Rich Talbot-Watkins (Assembler: Beebasm), @elmer (zx0 Unpacker), Einer Saukas (zx Packer) The Children by Victor Parada @vitoco Atari Best Packaging Asteroids Chasers by Frédéric Descharmes @Fadest. Deluxe Artworks by bagusjulianto. Regular Artworks by pikisyuperstar & uplyak. 3D asteroid model by Harliquin DaggerQuest Bielany (4K) by Marcin "Whip" Łapiński Kung Fu Combat 2 (32K) by Edward Smith @easmith, Kevin Mosley @KevinMos3 (Graphics), Michael Thomasson (Packaging) RobotWar:2684 (was Robotron:2084 / RobotWar: 2600) (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (graphics) YNXA by Frédéric Descharmes @Fadest. Deluxe Artwork by Margarita Gadrat. Regular Artworks by macrovector, bishop_samuel. 30th Edition artwork by Kevin Mosley/@KevinMos3. 3D Pyramid by egprof & @Igor ZΔRKSTΔRS - A Space Saga (16K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design, Soundtrack), Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting), Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting), Kenny Schmitt (Cover Illustration) VOTING GUIDE v1.1: 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards Voting Guide (2021) V1.1.pdf GAME BINARIES & INSTRUCTIONS: DOWNLOAD LINK Atari Homebrew Awards Voting Links (POLLING IS CLOSED!): Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Original) Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Port) Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Original) Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Port) Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Original) Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Port) Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Original) Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Port) Atari 2600 Best WIP Homebrew (Original) Atari 2600 Best WIP Homebrew (Port) Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Original) (NEW!) Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Port) (NEW!) Atari 7800 Best WIP Homebrew (Original) (NEW!) Atari 7800 Best WIP Homebrew (Port) (NEW!) Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Atari Lynx Best Homebrew (NEW!) Atari Best Homebrew Packaging (NEW!) Lifetime Achievement Award (Voted by Nomination Committee) 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Clint Thompson said: We're looking to add Jaguar next year!! ? - James 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Voted! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 23 hours ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said: We're looking to add Jaguar next year!! ? - James I’m looking forward to this happening, James! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! Please download the new Voting Guide v1.1 that has following changes: CHANGELOG v1.0->v1.1 Corrected an instance where it said 3rd Annual instead of 4th Annual Moved three guide points to a new section called Nomination Promotion and gave examples of acceptable and unacceptable ways to promote voting. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 ONE WEEK LEFT TO VOTE! Make sure you get all your votes in before the the polls close, you only have only one week left to check out all the incredible games in this year's event and cast your ballot! Check out the links in the top post for all the categories! - James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Wolf Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 It is not that easy to vote, because you would have to have seen almost all Videos of ZeroPage within the last 12 months :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 44 minutes ago, Roger Wolf said: It is not that easy to vote, because you would have to have seen almost all Videos of ZeroPage within the last 12 months ? There's a link in the top post for to download the nominated games so you can check them out yourself. ? Alternatively, ZPH has been going through every nominated game one by one for the past few episodes and finishing up this week. If you're limited on time, you can pick one category to play the six nominated games and vote in that one. - James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.o.terra kaesi Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 you're right. Can't be done better than you do. I didn't realize that the first number codes are direct links to youtube. sorry about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 28 minutes ago, m.o.terra kaesi said: you're right. Can't be done better than you do. I didn't realize that the first number codes are direct links to youtube. sorry about that I've updated the listing to let people know to click on the date to watch, thanks for pointing that out! - James 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrohepcat Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Wow, this is my first year voting in the contest. So many excellent games. So much outstanding work by everyone involved. Much respect. Thanks ZeroPage for putting this contest together. Great Twitch & YouTube videos as well. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 17 hours ago, nitrohepcat said: Wow, this is my first year voting in the contest. So many excellent games. So much outstanding work by everyone involved. Much respect. Thanks ZeroPage for putting this contest together. Great Twitch & YouTube videos as well. Thanks so much for voting! ? The quality of homebrew games for our favourite classic consoles get better and better every year it seems. - James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 REMEMBER TO VOTE BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT 11:59:59PM PT! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 VOTE BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE TONIGHT AT 11:59:59PM PT! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 VOTING IS CLOSED! Thank you everyone who voted in the 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards! I hope everyone had a great time playing through all the incredible homebrew and maybe discovered some they had never played before! Tune in on Sat Feb 12, 2022 at 12PM PT/3PM ET/8PM GMT for the results streamed LIVE on the ZeroPage Homebrew Twitch stream! WATCH LIVE: https://www.twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ - James 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) Some stats (2021 numbers from 15 minutes before poll was closed): The voting for 8-Bit/5200 is pretty strong this year. green background > 110% of average voting orange background < 90% of average voting Edited February 7, 2022 by Thomas Jentzsch 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 13 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said: Some stats (2021 numbers from 15 minutes before poll was closed): The voting for 8-Bit/5200 is pretty strong this year. green background > 110% of average voting orange background < 90% of average voting Thanks so much Thomas, I always love to see your voting analysis charts after the fact! Very interesting. ? - James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ZeroPage Homebrew Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 THE ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS, THIS SATURDAY! WATCH LIVE: https://twitch.tv/zeropagehomebrew/ SAT FEB 12 @ 12PM PT/3PM ET/8PM GMT Watch the 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards LIVE on Twitch this Saturday! We will be honouring the best games from Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, Atari 8-Bit & Atari Lynx of the past year, as voted by fans of the games, in 18 categories with LIVE acceptance awards from the recipients! Mark it on your calendars and don't miss the event! Thank you once again to everyone who voted in the awards and good luck to the nominees! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Less than a day away...the excitement is really starting to build. Looking forward to the show. Thank you to the nominating committee @ZeroPage Homebrew @Albert and all of the nominees. ? 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+littaum Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Pre-stream has started! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Enormous thanks to James, Tanya and the @ZeroPage Homebrew team for once again taking the time and effort to put on the awards show. The prep and effort behind each stream and the awards is huge - Thank you! Huge thanks also to the Awards sponsors, Atari Age , Argon, Atari Gamer and the Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion series. Also the brewers making games, never stop! You guys breath new life into our old machines. Super excited to see Jaguar next year. (It is Jag-U-Are though, not Jag-War! ) Cheers! 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, Muddyfunster said: Also the brewers making games, never stop! You guys breath new life into our old machines. This! I can honestly say that 10 yr old me never expected to be playing Atari games at this point in my life, especially new games. Kudos to all the devs/creatives that come up with these games. -Thank you. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Thanks again to the entire ZPH team for putting the awards together. This show really warms my heart.? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I missed the live show but just watched the whole thing in rerun on Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/videos/1296007186 Excellent work all around! I was generally very happy with the results, so good job voters! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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