hsc 2024 AVC Games Announcement

[Dan Iacovelli]

Thanks to all who participated in the 2023 Atari Homebrew High Score Contest. It was another slow season.
And now like last year it time for a change, a name that is, what started out as Harmony Games where players picked the homebrew 2600 games than decided by voters in the Atari Homebrew Awards, and later changed to Atari Homebrew High Score Contest last year now including homebrew 7800 games. instead taking request like before for names I just deiced to call it the AVC Games with the subtitle: Playing The Best Scoring Games From The Atari Homebrew Awards.

Like the subtitle suggests: we are playing the games that have scoring systems that was a winner of The AHA's.
the stipulations on deciding what games from the top 3 winners from AHA are used in the AVC Games are:

1. The game must have a scoring system (either be normal scoring or best time)
2. the game must be one player (two player games are disqualified)
3. and the ROM must be public to be played on flash cart or emulator (we will always use the current version of the ROM)

For now we are still doing 2600 (Harmony Games Division) and 7800(Concerto Games Division) games.

Due to format changes of the AHA's the rounds been altered:
Harmony Games Division:
1st round: Work of Progress (stays the same as past Harmony games: Original for normal points (10 for top score 1 for last and after) Port for bonus points(9 for the top score and 1 for last and after)

2nd round: Completed Games, reverting back to Original format similar scoring for Work in Progress

3rd round : 4k and below only for normal points

Concerto Games Division:
4th round: Work in Progress (same points as Harmony Games Work In Progress)

5th (final round) Completed (same points as Harmony Games 4k and below)

Score submitting remains the same

• Atari Age (Harmony Games topic for 2600, Concerto  Games for 7800)
• AVC Online Facebook group(topic will be set up)
• and AVC online website on the AVC Games page via the form.
   

Harmony Games Division Starts on March 11th,2024 at Noon Central
Concerto Games Division starts on Second Monday of the Month after Harmony Games Division ends.
This topic will be used for the Leader board updates as well as announce when the games start

[Dan Iacovelli]

Let the Games Begin! Good Luck!

[Dan Iacovelli]

Round 1 Extended for 1 week (4/14/224)
Work in Progress Original Oh No! more Peril

Work in Progress Port: Zkeep

[Dan Iacovelli]

Round 2 started yesterday: Completed:
Original:  Game Of the Bear 2 Much To Bear: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/364588-avc-games-round-2-completed-orignal-game-of-the-bear-2-much-to-bear/

Port: Elevator Agent: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/364589-avc-games-round-2-completed-ports-elevator-agent

Good Luck!