StanJr Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Well, I've held back the tide as long as I can, its time to get these Stan Awards under way. The 2004 Stan Awards Player's Choice Award Voting begins here and now, midnight Dec. 12 EST. Rules for voting are simple: You can vote for ANYTHING Atari related, any system, anything at all, as long as it is Atari and you think it is outstanding. You can vote for games, homebrews, hacks, proto releases, conventions, events, websites, people, hardware, etc. etc. You may submit one vote at any time between now and midnight Dec. 19 EST. Vote by sending me a PM with your vote and something like "MY VOTE" in the subject heading. You only get one vote and only user accounts activated before today are allowed to vote (sorry newest of the newbies, try next year, got to avoid the ballot box stuffers). I frown upon people wishing to change their vote, so please avoid this if possible, it will make me cry. For more details you can check the following two links about what this all is and how it works. http://www.atariage.com/features/Stan2003/ http://atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t...=58059&start=25 I will start and maintain a running list of potential nominees in this thread so that you get some idea of what is eligible and what kinds of things people are voting for. You may also feel free to use this thread to discuss nominees or pimp your stuff for votes. Last year's turn out for the PCA was HUGE and I expect this year to be just as strong. It was a tight race last year coming down to just a few votes deciding the winner. I had a lot of fun bringing this award to life and I hope you enjoy it as well. Here is a BEGINNING list of potential nominees: Stelladaptor 2600 to USB Interface Climber 5 (2600 HB) JoustPong (2600 HB) Castle Crisis (5200 HB) Beef Drop (5200 HB) TIA Painter by Christian Bogey Seawolf (2600 HB) Voice Synth Module by starfighter1314 A26 MaxiCart 2600 Horizontal Log Scroller Routine by Simon Atari XL/XE USB Cart Proto Release: Meltdown Proto Release: 5200 RS Basketball Proto Release: Rubik's Cube 3D 5200 Blaster 5200 Bristles Philly Classic 5 CGE 2004 Midwest Classic 2004 Atari Age High Score Club Contest Clear and Color Cartridge Technology Haunted Adventure-Boo (Hack) Haunted Adventure II (Hack) Westworld (Hack) Invader X (hack) ...more to come but that should get you started! Thanks to everyone who shows interest in these awards and happy voting! Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 What category would Wolfenstein fall into?? It is definitely more then just a hack, but not quite a homebrew. The same goes for Nukey's work on Space Invaders and Pac-Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 it goes into the category of "is it finished and released yet?" And then if so, it is a hack. And a darn good one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 i sent pm with the "My Vote" i hope i did it right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Hi there! i sent pm with the "My Vote" i hope i did it right Uihjah! Thank heavens for this message, I almost forgot to vote! Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Uihjah! Thank heavens for this message, I almost forgot to vote! I just posted some news about the voting on the front page of AtariAge, so hopefully that will bring in more votes as well. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bfstats Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Here's a vote for the CuttleCart 2. Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet. It's well-engineered and does what its advertised to do. Another outstanding contribution to the community by Chad Schell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 send a private message to stanjr with your vote and if you must know, i didnt vote for CC2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 and the votes are ROLLING in. There are some pretty tight and very interesting races going on between some very deserving projects. Much like last year, it looks like EVERY vote is going to count! This is so cool. thanks to all who HAVE voted, and all who have not, DO NOT wait until the last minute! Thanks everyone. I'll have some more nominees for the list later tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neotokeo2001 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 it goes into the category of "is it finished and released yet?" And then if so, it is a hack. And a darn good one too. Yes. It is finished and the Final BIN was released. It will be available soon as a cartridge. My Votes: Homebrew: Seawolf Hack: Wolfenstein Atari Achievement: Packrat Videogames Players Choice Award: Nukey Shay Event Award: Philly Classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcode Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 Another year and still no categories beside Atari machines. Stan, I think you are missing the chance to become the most important classic gaming award around. Please include the other systems: Vectrex, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Odyssey 2... I can understand you creating a VCS only award, as it was the most popular system and it is getting the most homebrews. But how about the 5200? The CV was more popular than it, wasn't it? BTW, nothing against the 5200. In fact I have been playing it a lot lately. Eduardo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted December 16, 2004 Author Share Posted December 16, 2004 I'd love to have a 5200 award as well, but as of now the field is not big enough to justify it. As for other systems, I'd go into those as well, but I do not own any of those systems and I would not be an accurate judge of current projects for them. Perhaps if the awards get big enough, I can farm such duties out? But as they stand, three years in, I simply lack the means to make that a reality at this point. But we do agree that it would be very cool to have! All of those voting, please remember that you can only vote for ONE Atari-related somewhat. I've had a few people wanting to vote for multiple items, and while I sympathize that there is just too much to chose from, I must ask you to narrow your choice down to one. A few new nominees have been brought to my attention: pmpddytim's Proposal Cart Nukey Shay for his incredible hacking work and support AtariVox Cuttle Cart 2 Lots of great great stuff here, so hard to choose! Keep those votes rolling in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atwwong Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 All of those voting, please remember that you can only vote for ONE Atari-related somewhat. I've had a few people wanting to vote for multiple items, and while I sympathize that there is just too much to chose from, I must ask you to narrow your choice down to one. *** Lots of great great stuff here, so hard to choose! Keep those votes rolling in! If we can only vote for ONE, my vote is for Nukey. If two things, well, you know... Haunted Adventure Special Edition, but that's actually two separate things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkap01 Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 And dont forget the first and only Portable Jaguar..... If you didnt see it you can see it here... http://portablesystems.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 So Private Message to StanJR is the way to vote? I know what I'm voting for... As far as I can tell, JoustPong (soon to be Flap-Ping) is the only original HB game listed (even though it's not the first platform I made it on, and is an amalgamation of 3 different gameplay mechanics...) Plus it's an underdog now, being put down by the man. Remember...a vote for JoustPong is vote against Infogratari! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 This is a tough decision. I found last years Player's Choice an easy pick even though my pick didn't win. I think that was because the system sort of get's overlooked and shadowed by the 2600. There were so many good things that happened this year. For the 2600 HB we got... JoustPong Seawolf We also had the games for the 2004 Minigame compo. Can we include these? They're not on cartridge but the ROMs are available. Then there was that other HB game...the one with the baseball player getting a baseball on a building or something. The name escapes me. For the 5200 we got... Castle Crisis Beef Drop And Blaster surfaced too For the 7800 we got...(or some of us got) Desert Falcon source code Cuttle Cart 2 Graphics converter tool ...still waiting on Beef Drop... Then there were a number of good hacks done this year... Nukey Shay's hacks (if we can include them ) were very well done We also got Wolfenstein too Oh and the Proposal cart. Would that go to Paul for the hack (or maybe me for the DK disassembly ) I wish that guy doing the Berzerk Arcade hack could get it in in time for voting. I really doubt it. I know I'm missing things from the A8 scene (see how it gets forgotten ) Also, there were a number of disassemblies and source code supplied for the 2600. Of course this probably doesn't count. What a wonderful year this has been. Well, except for the Atari/Infogrames fiasco. This is going to be a tough choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 hands down **stelladaptor** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 What about all the 8-bit to 5200 conversions? These were something talked about for awhile and then Kenfused and Classics came in and did some great work. However, I don't know how to vote for these. I guess Classic's multicart would be an item that encompasses these; however, doesn't this then leave out Kenfused? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIeric Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 What about all the 8-bit to 5200 conversions? These were something talked about for awhile and then Kenfused and Classics came in and did some great work. However, I don't know how to vote for these. I guess Classic's multicart would be an item that encompasses these; however, doesn't this then leave out Kenfused? you cant leave out sunmarks multicarts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted December 16, 2004 Author Share Posted December 16, 2004 We also had the games for the 2004 Minigame compo. Can we include these? They're not on cartridge but the ROMs are available. Nukey Shay's hacks (if we can include them ) were very well done Oh and the Proposal cart. Would that go to Paul for the hack (or maybe me for the DK disassembly ) Yes, a great year! To answer all of your questions, yes. All of those are eligible and I'll let you and Paul fight over the award should you win! The 5200 Multicart is how I would vote for those conversions. Unless someone has a better idea! Thanks to all who have voted and to those that haven't, time is running out! Keep those votes rolling in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Wow, there's a lot of choice! Cool But lets not forget those tireless souls who've put their heart and souls into producing all those beautiful manuals and labels..... (makes excuses and leaves) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xot Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Wow, there's a lot of choice! Cool But lets not forget those tireless souls who've put their heart and souls into producing all those beautiful manuals and labels..... (makes excuses and leaves) Um, yeah! I vote for the Beef Drop manual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Please vote for Breakpack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEBRO Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 So little time....so many great things to vote for....I may have to pull the selections out of a hat. BTW, was the CyberTech S-Video card done this year or last year? Also don't forget about the GCC 20th Anniversary Reunion that Curt supplied to us. He said he's still working on the video but even having the audio was great! But lets not forget those tireless souls who've put their heart and souls into producing all those beautiful manuals and labels..... I agree! Those labels on these HB games are outstanding! Ohhh.....so much to choose from and so little time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted December 17, 2004 Author Share Posted December 17, 2004 I agree with all the praise that is going the way of the label and manual designers. This may justify a "Best Label Design" award next year. Which would be very cool. The Cybertech S-Video was last year and was featured in last year's award ceremony! Got quite a few votes in the PCA last year as well! A few late nominees I'd like to add to the list: Graz2004 Demo by Simon. This fabulous little gem slipped through my radar this year, but is VERY VERY cool. Look here for more info: http://www.quernhorst.de/atari/gr04.html Portable Jaguar Classic 5200 Multi-cart (with all those conversions on it) GCC 20th Anniversary Reunion (thanks DEBRO!) There is still time to vote! 3 days remain, and you can vote all the way up until Midnight Sunday EST. Keep 'em comin'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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