5th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards: Voting Information & Discussion

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5th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards

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Welcome to the 5th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards, where YOU get to vote on your favourite homebrew games of 2022! The results of the Atari Homebrew Awards will be announced LIVE on the ZeroPage Homebrew's Twitch channel on February 25th, 2023 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: February 3, 2023 @ 6PM PT | 9PM ET | 2AM GMT+1Day

Voting Ends: February 17, 2023 @ 23:59:59 PT |  12AM PT | 3AM ET | 8AM GMT (CLOSED)

Awards Show: February 25, 2023 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT on the ZeroPage Homebrew Twitch Stream

 

VOTING GUIDE v1.0: DOWNLOAD LINK (VERY IMPORTANT TO READ)

GAME BINARIES: DOWNLOAD LINK

GAME DISCUSSION & INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2022: Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-Bit/5200, Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar

 

 

 

 

 

WINNERS w/ 2nd & 3rd PLACE:

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Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Original)

 

• WINNER: Oozy The Goo Slime Quest (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• 2^nd: Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

• 3^rd: Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

 

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew (Port)

 

• WINNER: Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• 2^nd: Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

• 3^rd: rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc (Packaging Artwork)

 

 

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Original)

 

• WINNER: RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

• 2^nd Spiders and Flies (4K) by Game Select / Ricardo Pim @Ricardo Pim (Design, Development, Game Play, Instruction Manual and Texts), Everaldo Bonifácio (Game Play), Saulo Santiago (Illustrations and Art) / Wilson Gutierrez (Production)

• 3^rd VROOM! (4K) by Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch / Corey Kramer (Packaging Artwork)

 

 

Atari 2600 Best Homebrew ≤ 4K (Port) (NOTE: ONLY FOUR ELIGIBLE ENTRIES)

 

• WINNER: Invaders from Andromeda (4K Port) by Carmelo Cisano @Cisano

• 2^nd Einväder (4K Port) by Owen Cooper @Coopdevil

• 3^rd Apple Slayer (4K Port) by July 2022 Atariando Class

 

Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Original)

 

• WINNER: Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

• 2^nd: ZΔRKSTΔRS II: Ground Force (16K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack), Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting), Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting), Kenny Schmitt (Cover Illustration), Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Hardware)

• 3^rd: RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

 

Atari 2600 Best Graphics (Port)

 

• WINNER: Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• 2^nd: Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

• 3^rd: rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc (Packaging Artwork)

 

 

Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Original)

 

• WINNER: Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

• 2^nd TIE Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

• 2^nd TIE Space Pac-Man (32K) by Game Select / Ricardo Pim @Ricardo Pim (Concept and Programming), Wilson Gutierrez (Assembly Code and Production)

• 3^rd RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

 

Atari 2600 Best Music + Sound (Port)

 

• WINNER: Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

• 2^nd rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc (Packaging Artwork)

• 3^rd Qyx (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics), Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (Sound), David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

   

Atari 2600 Best WIP (Original)

 

• WINNER: Game of the Bear 2 Much To Bear (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• 2^nd: Dark Keep (32K) by Edward Smith @easmith, Kevin Mosley @KevinMos3 (Graphics)

• 3^rd Lord of Biscay (241K) by Marco Johannes @MarcoJ / Dyfed Hitchings @Jamtex (Manual)

   

Atari 2600 Best WIP (Port)

 

• WINNER: Elevator Agent (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Art & Graphics), Pat Brady @Pat Brady (Music & Sounds)

• 2^nd Boom! (32K Port) by Chris Walton @cd-w (Programming) / Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics)

• 3^rd TIE Space Taxi (64K Port) by Jeff Haber @Just Jeff

• 3^rd TIE Top & Tom 2 (4K Port) by Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch

 

Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Original)

 

• WINNER: Dragon's Havoc by Todd Furmanski @Revontuli

• 2^nd Cartesian Chaos by Karl Garrison @Karl G

• 3^rd Death Merchant by Steve Engelhardt @Atarius Maximus / David Exton @liveinabin (Additional Graphics)

 

Atari 7800 Best Homebrew (Port)

 

• WINNER: 1942 (Port) by Paul Lay @playsoft (Code), Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Graphics)

• 2^nd TIE Attack of the PETSCII Robots (Port) by ChunkyPixel Games / Matt Smith @mksmith and Mike Saarna @RevEng / Noelle Aman (Music) / David Murray (Originally Coded By) / Grazi Mello (Box and Manual Design) / Brendan Carmody (Box and Manual Art)

• 2^nd TIE Keystone Koppers (Port) by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster (Code, GFX, SFX) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Pokey Ragtime Specials) / Matt Smith @mksmith (Music Support) / Bethany Hill (Additional Artwork)

• 3^rd Robots Rumble (Port) by ChunkyPixel Games / Matt Smith @mksmith, Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Sound), Mike Saarna @RevEng (Graphics & Sound)

 

Atari 7800 Best WIP (Original)

 

• WINNER: Bernie & The Tower of Doom by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster

• 2^nd Game of the Bear: Polar Opposites by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• 3^rd Harpy's Curse by Todd Furmanski @Revontuli

 

Atari 7800 Best WIP (Port)

 

• WINNER: A.R.T.I. (Port) by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster (Coding, GFX) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza / Mike Saarna @RevEng (Code Guru) / Matt Smith @mksmith (Music Help)

• 2^nd Lunar Patrol (Port) by OldStyle @OldStyle

• 3^rd Pac-Man Energy Drink Edition (Port) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus

 

Atari 8-Bit/5200 Best Homebrew

 

• WINNER: Bubble Shooter (Port | A8) by Paweł Nowak @pajero_pn (Code) / Maciej 'Rocky' Hauke (Gfx), Michał Szpilowski @miker(Sfx)

• 2^nd OnEscape (A8) by Vortador Games / František Houra @Fandal (Code) / Zdeněk Eisenhammer @pseudografx (Graphics) / Marek Pešout @Poison (Soundtrack & Story)

• 3^rd Rob 'n' Banks (Port | 5200) by Phaser Cat Games / Ryan Witmer @Ryan Witmer (Design and Programming) / Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Character and Object Graphics) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Sound Effects and Music) / Hrair Abdalian @Henry Lee (Cover Art) / Tony Morse (Manual Layout)

 

Atari 8-Bit/5200 Best WIP

 

• WINNER: L'Abbeye des Morts (Port | A8) by Fantômas @fantômas (Programming) / Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Graphics) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Music)

• 2^nd TIE Trax (Port | A8) by Janusz Chabowski @shanti77 / Jarek "Odyn1ec" Wyszyński (Character Artwork)

• 2^nd TIE Dark Keep (A8) by Vladimir Janković @popmilo

• 3^rd Last Ninja 2 (A8 | Port) by Jakub Husak @jhusak (Code) / Michał Szpilowski @miker (Music) / Adam Wachowski @+Adam+ (Fonts, Graphic Advice)

 

Atari Jaguar Best Homebrew

 

• WINNER: Gravitic Mines by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ / Ander Lex @agradeneu / Roald Strauss (Music) / William Thorup (Packaging Artwork)

• 2^nd Asteroite by Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming, Game Design, Engine Design) / Eternal-Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (CGI, Animation, Character Design, Manual & Packaging Design, Music & SFX)

• 3^rd Kings of Edom by Songbird / Alexander von Knorring @phoboz

   

Atari Jaguar Best WIP

 

• WINNER: Jumping At Shadows by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ (Code) / Ander Lex @agradeneu (Level Design, Art & Art Direction) / Ericde45 @Ericde45 (Sound Engine) / Ander Lex & Szadi Art (Artwork) / Roald Strauss (Music)

• 2^nd TIE Wyvern Tales 2 by Jasper van Turnhout @Ninjabba (Lead, Story and Art), Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming), Eternal-Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (Music and Art)

• 2^nd TIE Jalaga (Port) by Eric Dezert @Ericde45 / Mic/Dune (Design & Graphics)

• 3^rd Hammer of the Gods by Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming) / Eternal Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (CGI, Animation, Gaphic Design, Music & SFX)

 

Atari Lynx Best Homebrew

 

• WINNER: 8bit-Slicks by Anthony Beaucamp @8bit-Dude / Carl Forhan @Songbird (Music) / Andrew Fisher 'Merman' (Music: Title Track)

• 2^nd CSS Traffic Regulation by Frédéric Descharmes @Fadest (Code & Graphics), Zerosquare @Zerosquare (Code), Templeton (Graphics), VectorPocket from freepik.com (Graphics), Michal Szpilowski @miker (Music & SFX)

• 3^rd The Viking Trilogy Vol II - Protect the Love by rygar @rygar

 

Atari Lynx Best WIP

 

• WINNER: Odynexus by Alex Hiza @LordKraken & Alexander Grade @Anderlex (Created By) / Drozerix (Music) / Michal Szpilowski @miker (Music Adaption)

• 2^nd Captain Harlynx by Fabien Marlier @Bob_63

• 3^rd Microvaders by Carl Forhan @Songbird

   

 

Atari Best Packaging

 

• WINNER: Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

• 2^nd Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• 3^rd Gravitic Mines by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ / Ander Lex @agradeneu / Roald Strauss (Music) / William Thorup (Packaging Artwork)

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

 

• WINNER: Robert DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus

 

 

NOMINATION RESULTS:

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Atari 2600 Homebrew (Original)

• Fallpit! The Maya Cave (8K) by Carmelo Cisano @Cisano

• Grizzards (64K) by Bruce-Robert Pocock @brpocock@star-hope.org (Programming, Manual Text, In-Game Artwork, Sound Effects) / Zephyr Salz (Art for Manual, Label and cover, Music)

• Oozy The Goo Slime Quest (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

• Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

• Space Chaos (32K) by Steve Engelhardt @Atarius Maximus

 

Atari 2600 Homebrew (Port)

• Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

• Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• Qyx (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics), Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (Sound), David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc (Packaging Artwork)

• Stratovox (32K Port) by Carlos Centeno @RaymanC / Corey Kramer (Packaging Artwork)

• Word Guess (32K Port) by Anthony Blackman @CardboardBox

 

Atari 2600 Homebrew ≤ 4K (Original)

• Legendary Spear (2K) by Dave Christianson @Dave C

• Pinfinger! (4K) by Grocer Games / Kevin Kelley @KevKelley

• RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

• Spiders and Flies (4K) by Game Select / Ricardo Pim @Ricardo Pim (Design, Development, Game Play, Instruction Manual and Texts), Everaldo Bonifácio (Game Play), Saulo Santiago (Illustrations and Art)

• VROOM! (4K) by Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch / Corey Kramer (Packaging Artwork)

• ZeroPage Homebrew: The Game (4K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET

 

Atari 2600 Homebrew ≤ 4K (Port)

• Apple Slayer (4K Port) by July 2022 Atariando Class

• Einväder (4K Port) by Owen Cooper @Coopdevil

• Invaders from Andromeda (4K Port) by Carmelo Cisano @Cisano

• It's Conner Time (4K Port) by Ecernosoft @Ecernosoft

 

Atari 2600 Graphics (Original)

• Grizzards (64K) by Bruce-Robert Pocock @brpocock@star-hope.org (Programming, Manual Text, In-Game Artwork, Sound Effects) / Zephyr Salz (Art for Manual, Label and cover, Music)

• Legendary Spear (2K) by Dave Christianson @Dave C

• Oozy The Goo Slime Quest (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

• Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

• ZΔRKSTΔRS II: Ground Force (16K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack), Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting), Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting), Kenny Schmitt (Cover Illustration), Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Hardware)

 

Atari 2600 Graphics (Port)

 

• Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

• Invaders from Andromeda (4K Port) by Carmelo Cisano @Cisano

• Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• Qyx (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics), Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (Sound), David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc (Packaging Artwork)

• Stratovox (32K Port) by Carlos Centeno @RaymanC / Corey Kramer (Packaging Artwork)

 

Atari 2600 Music + Sound (Original)

• Grizzards (64K) by Bruce-Robert Pocock @brpocock@star-hope.org (Programming, Manual Text, In-Game Artwork, Sound Effects) / Zephyr Salz (Art for Manual, Label and cover, Music)

• Oozy The Goo Slime Quest (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

• RAPTOR (4K) by Andrew Pauley @Armscar Coder

• Razor's Edge (16K) by Red Button Games / Leonardo Santiago @Leonardo Santiago (Design, Development, Graphics, Music, Sound Effects, Gameplay, Illustrations, Text, Final Art) / Claudia Maria (Illustrations)

• Space Pac-Man (32K) by Game Select / Ricardo Pim @Ricardo Pim (Concept and Programming), Wilson Gutierrez (Assembly Code and Production)

 

Atari 2600 Music + Sound (Port)

• Gorf Arcade (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics, Voice, Packaging Artwork), Bob Decrescenzo @PacManPlus (Music & Sounds)

• Invaders from Andromeda (4K Port) by Carmelo Cisano @Cisano

• Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• Qyx (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc, Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics), Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus (Sound), David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• rubyQ (32K Port) by Silvio Mogno @Silvio Mogno / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc (Packaging Artwork)

• Word Guess (32K Port) by Anthony Blackman @CardboardBox

 

Atari 2600 WIP (Original)

• Dark Keep (32K) by Edward Smith @easmith, Kevin Mosley @KevinMos3 (Graphics)

• Game of the Bear 2 Much To Bear (32K) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• Lineman! (32K) by Grocer Games / Kevin Kelley @KevKelley

• Lord of Biscay (241K) by Marco Johannes @MarcoJ / Dyfed Hitchings @Jamtex (Manual)

• Refhraktor (16K) by Dave Christianson @Dave C

• Pan-Theon 2 (32K) by Mike Indovina @satyrsfaction

 

Atari 2600 WIP (Port)

 

• 2600 Words (64K Port) by Karl Garrison @Karl G

• Bomb Jack (8K Port) by Nick Sherman @Arlasoft

• Boom! (32K Port) by Chris Walton @cd-w (Programming) / Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Graphics)

• Elevator Agent (32K Port) by Champ Games / John Champeau @johnnywc (Coding & Design), Nathan Strum @Nathan Strum (Art & Graphics), Pat Brady @Pat Brady (Music & Sounds)

• Space Taxi (64K Port) by Jeff Haber @Just Jeff

• Top & Tom 2 (4K Port) by Thomas Jentzsch @Thomas Jentzsch

 

Atari 7800 Homebrew (Original)

• Cartesian Chaos by Karl Garrison @Karl G

• Death Merchant by Steve Engelhardt @Atarius Maximus / David Exton @liveinabin (Additional Graphics)

• Dragon's Havoc by Todd Furmanski @Revontuli

• DrunkWitch by Karri Kaksonen @karri

• Jacks or Better by Steve Engelhardt @Atarius Maximus

• Touchdown Challenge by Steve Engelhardt @Atarius Maximus

 

Atari 7800 Homebrew (Port)

• 1942 (Port) by Paul Lay @playsoft (Code), Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Graphics)

• Attack of the PETSCII Robots (Port) by ChunkyPixel Games / Matt Smith @mksmith and Mike Saarna @RevEng / Noelle Aman (Music) / David Murray (Originally Coded By) / Grazi Mello (Box and Manual Design) / Brendan Carmody (Box and Manual Art)

• Keystone Koppers (Port) by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster (Code, GFX, SFX) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Pokey Ragtime Specials) / Matt Smith @mksmith (Music Support) / Bethany Hill (Additional Artwork)

• Robots Rumble (Port) by ChunkyPixel Games / Matt Smith @mksmith, Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Sound), Mike Saarna @RevEng (Graphics & Sound)

• Venture 7800 (Port) by Peter Meyer @peteym5 (Programming) / Kamakazi20012 (Conversion)

• Wordle (Port) by Chunkypixel Games / Matt Smith @mksmith / Mike Saarna @RevEng (Dictionary Randomiser Selection Code)

 

Atari 7800 WIP (Original)

 

• Bernie & The Tower of Doom by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster

• Game of the Bear: Polar Opposites by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• Harpy's Curse by Todd Furmanski @Revontuli

• Legend of Silverpeak by Steve Engelhardt @Atarius Maximus

• Oozy the Goo - Gaiden by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• Tunnels of Hyperion by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

 

Atari 7800 WIP (Port)

• A.R.T.I. (Port) by MuddyVision / Lewis Hill @Muddyfunster (Coding, GFX) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza / Mike Saarna @RevEng (Code Guru) / Matt Smith @mksmith (Music Help)

• Cannon in D - D for Defense (Port) by VHZC Games / Vladimir Zuñiga @vhzc

• Lunar Patrol (Port) by OldStyle @OldStyle

• Pac-Man Energy Drink Edition (Port) by Bob DeCrescenzo @PacManPlus

• Plumb Luck DX (Port) by Blake Smith @SmittyB

 

Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew

 

• Arcadia (Port | A8) by Krzysztof Piotrowski @amarok

• Bubble Shooter (Port | A8) by Paweł Nowak @pajero_pn (Code) / Maciej 'Rocky' Hauke (Gfx), Michał Szpilowski @miker(Sfx)

• Bunny Hop (A8) by František Houra @Fandal (Code) / Zdeněk Eisenhammer @pseudografx (Graphics/Music) / Vin Samuel @VinsCool (Audio Driver)

• OnEscape (A8) by Vortador Games / František Houra @Fandal (Code) / Zdeněk Eisenhammer @pseudografx (Graphics) / Marek Pešout @Poison (Soundtrack & Story)

• Rob 'n' Banks (Port | 5200) by Phaser Cat Games / Ryan Witmer @Ryan Witmer (Design and Programming) / Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Character and Object Graphics) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Sound Effects and Music) / Hrair Abdalian @Henry Lee (Cover Art) / Tony Morse (Manual Layout)

• Scorch (Port | A8 & 5200) by Pawel Kalinowski @pirx & Tomasz Pecko @Pecus / emkay @emkay (Splash Screen Music) / Michał Szpilowski @miker (In Game Music) / Krzysztof Ziembik @Kaz atarionline.pl (Splash Screen Graphics) / Adam Wachowski @+Adam+ (Fonts, Graphics support)

 

Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP Homebrew

• Dark Keep (A8) by Vladimir Janković @popmilo

• Kij Samobij (Port | A8) by Krystian Walczyk @Salmax

• Last Ninja 2 (A8 | Port) by Jakub Husak @jhusak (Code) / Michał Szpilowski @miker (Music) / Adam Wachowski @+Adam+ (Fonts, Graphic Advice)

• L'Abbaye des Morts (Port | A8) by Fantômas @fantômas (Programming) / Konstantinos Giamalidis @TIX (Graphics) / Bobby Clark @Synthpopalooza (Music)

• Tony (A8) by Krzysztof Dudek @xxl and Rafał Chabowski @mgr_inz_rafal (Code) / Rafal Dudek @RafalDudek (Graphics) / Michal 'Caruso' Brzezicki (Sound)

• Trax (Port | A8) by Janusz Chabowski @shanti77 / Jarek "Odyn1ec" Wyszyński (Character Artwork)

 

Atari Jaguar Homebrew

 

• Asteroite by Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming, Game Design, Engine Design) / Eternal-Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (CGI, Animation, Character Design, Manual & Packaging Design, Music & SFX)

• Brawn and Brains by Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ (for Dragonkeep) / Rik Day (for Tiles) / Matmook/Jagware (for Do the Same)

• Gravitic Mines by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ / Ander Lex @agradeneu / Roald Strauss (Music) / William Thorup (Packaging Artwork)

• Kings of Edom by Songbird / Alexander von Knorring @phoboz

• Last Strike by Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ (Code) / h0ffman & MSG-RG (Music) / Sonik (Logo & Full Screen Artwork) / TikiPOD (Sprite Animation) / William Thorup (Packaging Artwork)

• Simone by RISC Games / Clint Thompson @Clint Thompson

 

Atari Jaguar WIP

• Hammer of the Gods by Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming) / Eternal Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (CGI, Animation, Gaphic Design, Music & SFX)

• Jalaga (Port) by Eric Dezert @Ericde45 / Mic/Dune (Design & Graphics)

• Shadow Kingdom by Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Game Design) / KarlisZabers (Graphics) / Eternal Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (Music & SFX) / Arcadia @Arcadia (Story)

• Jumping At Shadows by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ (Code) / Ander Lex @agradeneu (Level Design, Art & Art Direction) / Ericde45 @Ericde45 (Sound Engine) / Ander Lex & Szadi Art (Artwork) / Roald Strauss (Music)

• SplatterHell by Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming, Game Design) / Eternal Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (CGI, Animation, Graphic Design, Game Design, Music & SFX)

• Wyvern Tales 2 by Jasper van Turnhout @Ninjabba (Lead, Story and Art), Alexander von Knorring @phoboz (Programming), Eternal-Krauser @Eternal-Krauser (Music and Art)

 

Atari Lynx Homebrew

• 8bit-Slicks by Anthony Beaucamp @8bit-Dude / Carl Forhan @Songbird (Music) / Andrew Fisher 'Merman' (Music: Title Track)

• Critter Championship by Jasper van Turnhout @Ninjabba (Code & Graphics) / SideFX (Music) / Nabuco88 (Artwork)

• CSS Traffic Regulation by Frédéric Descharmes @Fadest (Code & Graphics), Zerosquare @Zerosquare (Code), Templeton (Graphics), VectorPocket from freepik.com (Graphics), Michal Szpilowski @miker (Music & SFX)

• Dance, Bro! by Steven Reed @OldAtAtari

• DrunkWitch by Karri Kaksonen @karri

• The Viking Trilogy Vol II - Protect the Love by rygar @rygar

 

Atari Lynx WIP

• Captain Harlynx by Fabien Marlier @Bob_63

• Chase (Port) by Oceo Team / marss @marss / Michal Szpilowski @miker (Lynx Music) / Kezax

• Microvaders by Carl Forhan @Songbird

• Odynexus by Alex Hiza @LordKraken & Alexander Grade @Anderlex (Created By) / Drozerix (Music) / Michal Szpilowski @miker (Music Adaption)

• Sorrow by Jasper van Turnhout @Ninjabba / Exofrenon (Graphics) / SideFX (Music & Sound Effects)

• Wizzy by Karri Kaksonen @karri

 

Atari Packaging

• Daggerquest 2 Mystery of the Blue Robot (32K) by Marcin "Whip" Łapiński

• Gravitic Mines by Reboot / Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ / Ander Lex @agradeneu / Roald Strauss (Music) / William Thorup (Packaging Artwork)

• Last Strike by Lawrence Staveley @CyranoJ (Code) / h0ffman & MSG-RG (Music) / Sonik (Logo & Full Screen Artwork) / TikiPOD (Sprite Animation) / William Thorup (Packaging Artwork)

• Lode Runner (32K Port) by Tozai Games / DionoiD Game Studios / Dion Olsthoorn @Dionoid (Programming) / David Exton @liveinabin (Packaging Artwork)

• Orbital War (8K) by Leandro Camara @HSW3ET (Programming, Design and Soundtrack) / Heitor Maciel (Programming Consulting) / Viviane Peçaibes (Design and Text Consulting)

• The Viking Trilogy by rygar @rygar

 

 

 

Atari Homebrew Awards Voting Links:

• Best Atari 2600 Homebrew (Original)
• Best Atari 2600 Homebrew (Port)
• Best Atari 2600 Homebrew ≤ 4K (Original)
• Best Atari 2600 Homebrew ≤ 4K (Port)
• Best Atari 2600 Graphics (Original)
• Best Atari 2600 Graphics (Port)
• Best Atari 2600 Music + Sound (Original)
• Best Atari 2600 Music + Sound (Port)
• Best Atari 2600 WIP (Original)
• Best Atari 2600 WIP (Port)
• Best Atari 7800 Homebrew (Original)
• Best Atari 7800 Homebrew (Port)
• Best Atari 7800 WIP (Original)
• Best Atari 7800 WIP (Port)
• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew
• Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 WIP Homebrew (NEW!)
• Best Atari Lynx Homebrew
• Best Atari Lynx WIP Homebrew (NEW!)
• Best Atari Jaguar Homebrew (NEW!)
• Best Atari Jaguar WIP Homebrew (NEW!)
• Best Atari Homebrew Packaging
• Lifetime Achievement Award (Voted by Nomination Committee)

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Last year we could see the total number of votes per category during voting. Was that removed intentionally?

[EmuDan]

What are the best current Jaguar and Lynx emulators for Windows?

[+SpiceWare]

5 hours ago, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Last year we could see the total number of votes per category during voting. Was that removed intentionally?

 

If I remember correctly that was by mistake and the results were hidden soon after it was noticed.  

 

This test poll just before the voting for 2019 Awards was to make sure the results were hidden.

 

 

[Thomas Jentzsch]

9 minutes ago, SpiceWare said:

If I remember correctly that was by mistake and the results were hidden soon after it was noticed.  

 

This test poll just before the voting for 2019 Awards was to make sure the results were hidden.

I don't mean the votes per game, just the total of a category. And I have such intermediate counts from last year. So it must have worked last year.

Edited February 4, 2023 by Thomas Jentzsch

[+SpiceWare]

Just now, Thomas Jentzsch said:

I don't mean the votes per game, just the total of a category. And I have intermediate counts from last year.

 

Ah - total votes is there,  just the color makes it hard to read. There's currently 12 votes in the Atari 2600 Homebrew (Original) topic.

 

 

 

 

 

[+SpiceWare]

I think James uses the dark theme, where the number is quite legible.

 

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Ah, there it is! Thanks! 

[+sramirez2008]

Congratulations to all of the nominees and many thanks to ZPH and the awards committee for all of its work.🙂

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

3 hours ago, SpiceWare said:

I think James uses the dark theme, where the number is quite legible.

 

 

It's either dark or nothing for me! I also have a browser plug-in that forces pages into a 'dark mode' if they don't have one.

 

- James

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

4 hours ago, EmuDan said:

What are the best current Jaguar and Lynx emulators for Windows?

 

I use Handy for Lynx and BigPEmu for Jaguar.

 

- James

[Dan Iacovelli]

at least I can put 2 games on my jag game drive the rest have no public roms kind of disappointing

[EmuDan]

35 minutes ago, ZeroPage Homebrew said:

 

I use Handy for Lynx and BigPEmu for Jaguar.

 

- James

Thanks James! I just got RetroArch and the Handy core seems really good for Lynx. I'll have to download BigPEmu next.

[Albert]

5 hours ago, SpiceWare said:

 

Ah - total votes is there,  just the color makes it hard to read. There's currently 12 votes in the Atari 2600 Homebrew (Original) topic.

 

I can fix that.

[ColecoGamer]

I did my due diligence and voted. 👍🏻

[Albert]

7 hours ago, SpiceWare said:

 

Ah - total votes is there,  just the color makes it hard to read. There's currently 12 votes in the Atari 2600 Homebrew (Original) topic.

 

I've fixed this, at least, it looks good on my end now.

 

 ..Al

[Fadest]

11 hours ago, EmuDan said:

What are the best current Jaguar and Lynx emulators for Windows?

Felyx is the best current Lynx emulator on Windows.

It is the most accurate, support EEProm that many new homebrew are using (while Handy does not, at least in common public release), and is still updated.

Releases · laoo/Felix (github.com)

[+CyranoJ]

BigPEmu by Rich whitehouse for the Jaguar.

 

Linux users be Wine'ing...

[joeyaage]

On 2/4/2023 at 8:29 PM, Dan Iacovelli said:

at least I can put 2 games on my jag game drive the rest have no public roms kind of disappointing

Try my hellgate WIP in the Raptor API forum. Unfortunately It did not get nominated but you can play it..

[Dan Iacovelli]

17 hours ago, joeyaage said:

Try my hellgate WIP in the Raptor API forum. Unfortunately It did not get nominated but you can play it..

after awards I'll add it

[+sramirez2008]

I completed my voting over the weekend and wow! The quality of HB somehow gets better and better each year, and across multiple platforms. 
 

Again, my thanks to all of the creatives involved with each and every game.

[bigmessowires]

As a novice Atari programmer, can I suggest breaking down the nomination categories differently? Less then 4KB or greater than 4KB doesn't seem like the most important distinction to me. Instead I'd want to know if a game uses hardware extensions like ACE or DPC+, or if it only uses the base hardware resources of the Atari console. Each one is a different challenge, but I don't think it's fair to compare them directly, so they should be in different categories. It also seems unfair to compare a game that uses a bankswitching scheme with 2KB of extra RAM versus a game that ekes out the most using only those 128 built-in bytes of RAM. The way the categories are designed now, it doesn't seem like it's comparing apples to apples.

[+ZeroPage Homebrew]

41 minutes ago, bigmessowires said:

As a novice Atari programmer, can I suggest breaking down the nomination categories differently? Less then 4KB or greater than 4KB doesn't seem like the most important distinction to me. Instead I'd want to know if a game uses hardware extensions like ACE or DPC+, or if it only uses the base hardware resources of the Atari console. Each one is a different challenge, but I don't think it's fair to compare them directly, so they should be in different categories. It also seems unfair to compare a game that uses a bankswitching scheme with 2KB of extra RAM versus a game that ekes out the most using only those 128 built-in bytes of RAM. The way the categories are designed now, it doesn't seem like it's comparing apples to apples.

 

Thank you for the suggestion. That type of game division for the Awards has been brought up in the past, is extremely controversial and has been debated thoroughly many times, resulting in extremely heated arguments. I suggest that anyone interested in the wide variety of opinions on the topic search the forum for threads about it and please avoid talking about it here.

 

- James

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Also, if you want to be really fair, you would need about a dozen categories. Many with just one entry then.

 

IMO we found a good compromise here. If you try each game in Stella, you can get information about the hardware used. Just press Alt+L.

 

This is Gorf (see last row):

Word Guess:

VROOM!:

@ZeroPage Homebrew 

Maybe you should add this info to each entry next year. Not only the size but also the bankswitching type.

 

Also it might be a good idea to create some info which briefly describes each uses bankswitching type. Maybe something similar makes sense for the other platforms too?

[Keatah]

Back in the day we didn't care what technology was used. All VCS cartridges were VCS cartridges and that was that. We appreciated new cartridge specs (enhanced memory) when we were told about them. But we quickly forgot what games were enhanced. Didn't care about 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K or anything else. Only the Arcadia Supercharger games got separated out because of "cassettes" and "big special cartridge with big special memory".

 

Today we have that division again with ARM games. They are every bit part & parcel in VCS' evolution. Totally valid because they fit in the slot. And all that. But ARM games are very much beyond a non-processor cartridge. And to compare them fairly they need to be rated differently. In their own category.

 

At the same time, a review of an ARM game can most certainly cross-reference and mention non-ARM games and also do comparisons.