+Adam+ Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Dear Atarians, On behalf of AtariOnline.pl site I would like to invite you to take part in Kaz Kompo 2014 contest and vote for THE best 8-bit Atari game published during the last year. It’s the 9th edition of this annual contest and let me remind you the winners from previous years: 2013: 1. Assembloids XE, 2. Deathchase XE, 3. The Hunt 2012: 1. Ridiculous Reality, 2. Line Runner, 3. Callisto 2011: 1. Space Harrier, 2. Marbled, 3. Mighty Jill Off 2010: 1. His Dark Majesty, 2. Ocean Detox, 3. Dr. Mario 2009: 1. Kolony 2106, 2. Nightshade, 3. Ghastly Night 2008: 1. Bomb Jack, 2. Hobgoblin, 3. Knight Lore 2007: 1. Yoomp!, 2. Crownland, 3. Mindblast 2006: 1. Flowers Mania, 2. Klony, 3. Nibbly The full version of the contest rules and the full list of 108(!) games you may find here (article in Polish, Google-translated). The ZIP file with all the entries is downloadable from HERE. There will be more information in this thread soon. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Shortened version of Kaz Kompo rules: The contest is open to all games released in year 2014 for the Atari 8-bit computers. No matter whether they are commercial or freeware games, awarded in other contests or not, whether they require expansion or not, etc. Important is that they became publicly available between January 1st and December 31st 2014. If something is missing on the list - let know to Xeen. You can vote by adding your comment in this thread or on AtariOnline.pl or by sending an email to Xeen (mcora @ tlen . pl). All the votes (nickname + given points) will be published with the announcement of the voting results. The authors and co-authors of the games participating in the contest may vote for their own works. Vote for up to 10 games, specifying their order. The points will be given as follows: 1st place - 10 points, 2nd place - 9 points, ... , 10th place - 1 point. It is allowed to vote for less than 10 games, by not specifying some of the places. The voting ends on midnight of December 20th/21st, 2015. Several prizes will be drawn among the voters. There are no material prizes for the winning games creators, the only prize is the achievement of being on the podium and the right to use golden, silver or bronze Kaz Kompo winner logo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Treasure Island Dizzy - 10 Dimo - 9 Perplexity - 8 Dungeon Hunt - 7 Exoter - 6 Great Return of the Penguins - 5 Roguelike - 4 Joyas - 3 Colfusion - 2 Puzzler Duel - 1 all Robbo versions - 0 all Boulder Dash versions - 0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Lots of Good games last year - glad to see you've included the final version of Ramp Rage (1.2) Will have fun checking out a few that I missed playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 One of my favourites 2014 game is missing, Strictly Gone Bananas: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Strictly Gone Bananas comes from New Years Disk 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Strictly Gone Bananas comes from New Years Disk 2015. Fandal website says 2014. In fact the game was made on 2014 but was released Jan 1, 2015 2:09 PM with NYD 2015. I think you're right, Kaz Kompo 2014 is for games released on 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 One of my favourites 2014 game is missing, Strictly Gone Bananas: strictly_gone_bananas.png Best game of 2015 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) I'm pretty sure all games from all New Year Disks are written earlier than on January 1st Well, we tried to keep releasing date rule. That's why in the game set you can find "really old" games, like Chutes, Mission Moscow or Megaoids. However, there are small exceptions to that general rule: we decided not to include "Delta Space Arena" and "Secretum Labyrinth Kings Gold" since in 2014 just demo versions were published and the final versions were published this year. Those games will take part in the next edition of Kaz Kompo. We didn't want to make people vote twice - even if majority of them would never see the final commercial version with their own eyes. Edited December 1, 2015 by +Adam+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 (edited) Treasure Island Dizzy - 10 Great Return of the Penguins - 9 Strictly Gone Bananas - 8 Dimo's Quest - 7 Nemezyro -6 Pad (1.8?) - 5 Perplexity - 4 Ransack - 3 RGB - 2 Thetris -1 If Strictly Gone Bananas can't be accepted, remove it, shift Dimo's Quest and all lower positions up a point and then add CaveBlaster+ with 1 point to the bottom. Edited December 1, 2015 by snicklin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popmilo Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 RGB - 10 Treasure Island Dizzy - 9 Exoter - 8 Ransack - 7 Dimo's quest - 6 Dungeon Hunt - 5 Great Return of the Penguins - 4 Perplexity - 3 Thetris - 2 Night Escape - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 @Snicklin:We'll be happy to accept your vote for SGB in a few months, during Kaz Kompo 2015 So your votes look like that now: snicklin:Treasure Island Dizzy - 10 pointsGreat Return of the Penguins - 9Dimo's Quest - 8Nemezyro - 7Pad (1.8?) - 6Perplexity - 5Ransack - 4RGB - 3Thetris - 2CaveBlaster+ - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Does anyone know, who is the creator of "Zen3D" game from NOMAM 2014 tenliners competition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 My humble selection: Dimo's Quest - 10 Dungeon Hunt - 9 Treasure Island Dizzy - 8 Nemezyro - 7 International Karate Enhanced Edition 2014 - 6 Ransack! - 5 RGB - 4 Xirius Defect XXL - 3 Perplexity - 2 Great Return of the Penguins - 1 - Y - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 @Snicklin: We'll be happy to accept your vote for SGB in a few months, during Kaz Kompo 2015 So your votes look like that now: snicklin: Treasure Island Dizzy - 10 points Great Return of the Penguins - 9 Dimo's Quest - 8 Nemezyro - 7 Pad (1.8?) - 6 Perplexity - 5 Ransack - 4 RGB - 3 Thetris - 2 CaveBlaster+ - 1 OK Accepted! And I'd just like to thank all of the authors for their hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Does anyone know, who is the creator of "Zen3D" game from NOMAM 2014 tenliners competition? OK, I received information who the author is, but he wants to remain anonymous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) The first part of KK2014 games list (in alphabetical order): The Adventure / Das Abenteuer Created by Thorsten Brauer Text adventure in 2 language versions (English, German) Bad Bat Bart Created by Marek "xeen" Cora Biedny pies Antoni 2 - chory odbyt (in English: Miserable Anthony Dog 2 - ill anus) Created by mgr inż. Rafał, sOnar Game from WAP-niak 2014 games competition Birdfood Created by Sijmen "Mr. Atari" Schouten Bulls and Cows Created by starwindz Catch the Skull Created by Michał "Miker" Szpilowski Fast reaction game. Game from Sikor's "Dead competition" Caveblaster(+) Created by Holger "Rockford" Bommer, in "plus" version also Sikor and Miker Game from New Years Disk 2014 Chutes Created by Robert Schlortt, Eric Henneke Dimo's Quest (Dimo's Quest in ABBUC Land) Created by Thomas "8Bitjunkie" Schulz (code, design), Tobias Prinz (graphics), Hilton Theissen (music) Game from ABBUC 2014 competition Donald Created by unknown author (the game is a prototype created by Roklan Corp. in the 80's) Duchoskoczek (in English: Ghostjumper) Created by Tomasz "TDC" Cieślewicz Game from Sikor's "Dead competition" Dungeon Hunt Created by Jim "Jacobus" Wilkinson Dungeon crawler. It's a commercial game and in our ZIP file there is only a playable demo available. Dzień szurpatego (in English: Day of the Rugged) Created by Tomasz "TDC" Cieślewicz (code, graphics), Bartek "V0yager" Dramczyk (music) Game from Global Game Jam 2014 Dziura-Defense (in English: Hole-Defense) Created by mgr inż. Rafał Arkanoid-type game we forgot about in Kaz Kompo 2013 Exoter Created by Rudolf Kudla, Mirek Fidler, Antonin Holik, mgr inż. Rafał Chabowski, Siegfried Lenz, Pavel Kleisl Game from FLOP57 magazine. Text adventure in 4 languages (Czech, English, Polish, German) Floppy Bird Created by Frederik Holst "Flappy Bird" clone in 1KB The Great Return of the Penguins Created by Arkadiusz "Larek" Lubaszka (code, graphics), sOnar (title screen), Michał "stRing" Radecki (music), Tenchi (testing) Game from Silly Venture 2014 games competition International Karate Enhanced Edition 2014 Created by Paweł "Pavros" Rosowski Invenies Verba Created by Bill Kendrick Joe Painter Created by Holger "Rockford" Bommer (code, graphics) Game from ABBUC 2014 competition Lunar Blitz Created by Jason "T.M.R" Kelk, Adam "Sack" Hay Game from New Years Disk 2014 Lunar Jetman Created by Frantisek "Fandal" Houra, Irgendwer Game from FLOP57 magazine Megaoids Created by Peter J. Meyer (in 1990) Mission Moscow Created by John "ACML" Pace (in 1982) Ms. Pac-Man Enhanced Created by Paul "Mr. Fish" Fisher, Tep392 Edited December 2, 2015 by +Adam+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Second part of KK2014 games list (in alphabetical order): Nemezyro Created by Martin "MatoSimi" Simeček (idea, code, graphics), Marek "Poison" Pesout (music) Game from ABBUC 2014 competition Night Escape Created by Jan Nemec Game from FLOP57 magazine Pad Created by NRV, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski Perplexity Created by Frantisek "Fandal" Houra, Irgendwer (original game: Ian Collinson) Pierścień Androidów (in English: The Ring of Androids) Created by Ginta, Case, Yanek Extremely short text adventure written during Avangarda 2014 workshops Pixeroids Created by Marek "xeen" Cora, Adam "Ooz" Powroźnik, Michał "stRing" Radecki (Agenda) Game from Grzybsoniada 2014 games competition Point Of View Created by Paweł "Sikor" Sikorski (idea, code), Bartek "V0yager" Dramczyk (music), Tomasz "TDC" Cieślewicz (additional graphics) Game from Global Game Jam 2014 The Potion Created by Peter Karlsson, compiled on Atari by Paweł "Pirx" Kalinowski Radioactive Shit Happens! Created by Arkadiusz "Nosty" Staworzyński, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski From 25th International Festival of Comics and Games (in Lodz) game jam Ramp Rage Created by Jason "TheRealBountyBob" Kendall Game from ABBUC 2014 competition Ransack! Created by Lyren "Xuel" Brown, José Pereira Game from ABBUC 2014 competition Rest in Peace - You Only Live Once (R.I.P.) Created by tbxx Game from Sikor's "Dead competition" RGB Created by Marek "MaPa" Pavlík, Zdeněk "PG" Eisenhammer, Adam "Ooz" Powroźnik Game from ABBUC 2014 competition Rubačka vo kopec Created by Frantisek "Fandal" Houra, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski, Zdeněk "PG" Eisenhammer Multijoy game (up to 8 players) from FLOP57 magazine Russian Roulette Created by Michał "Miker" Szpilowski "Random" game from WAP-niak 2014 games competition Serduszka (in English: Little Hearts) Created by Marcin "command-dos" S., graphics improvements: Gonzo Logical game SPEEDmaza Created by Jakub Husak One button game from WAP-niak 2014 games competition Stampede Created by Avery "Phaeron" Lee (Atari 2600 conversion) Subchase Created by Koala (code), sOnar (graphics, music), Miker (sound effects) Game demo from WAP-niak 2014 games competition Thetris Created by Marek "Mapa" Pavlík, Zdeněk "PG" Eisenhammer Tetris clone from FLOP57 magazine Treasure Island Dizzy Created by Paweł "Paw" Gugała, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski (original game by Philip Oliver, Andrew Oliver, Andrew Graham, Stewart Graham, Robbie Graham) Game from Silly Venture 2014 games competition Twenty Fourty Eight Created by Dely, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski, LewiS, LiSU "2048" game clone from Grzybsoniada 2014 competition Voyager! Created by Jim "Jacobus" Wilkinson Strategic game Wumpus Created by Payton Byrd, compiled on Atari by Paweł "Pirx" Kalinowski Xirius Defect XXL Created by Martin "MatoSimi" Simeček, Jason "TheRealBountyBob" Kendall, Zdeněk "PG" Eisenhammer Game from FLOP57 magazine. Extended version of "Xirius Defect" from ABBUC 2013 competition 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Third part: 41 games from NOMAM Basic Ten-Liners Contest 2014 (in alphabetical order) All those games are put together into one file: NOMAM14_Basic_Tenliner_Contest.atr 2047 Created by Paweł "Pirx" Kalinowski "2048" inspired game Abduct10 Created by Kevin Savetz Abyss Created by Jakub "Ilmenit" Dębski Atlas TXL Created by island2live Bagh Chal Created by Bill Kendrick BluesJam Created by Kevin Savetz Carrera Created by Daniel Serpell Catch Created by Chris Read Cavern 10 Created by Lyren "Xuel" Brown "Caverns of Mars" in 10 extended lines Colfusion! Created by Irgendwer Count1ng Zoo Created by Ingo "1NG" Boller Crack My Luggage Created by Gozar Do not let me hang on (Hanged Man) Created by Jakub Husak Dodge Racer Created by Reaperman Drunk Pistol Created by mgr inż. Rafał Escape 10 Created by Rybags Flappy Created by Paweł "Pirx" Kalinowski "Flappy Bird" clone in 10 extended lines Fuky Bird Created by Ingo "1NG" Boller "Flappy Bird" clone in 10 lines Gozmind Created by Gozar Grue Killer Created by Reaperman Gwobby Micro Created by Jason "TheRealBountyBob" Kendall Isol Created by Bill Kendrick Joyas Created by Daniel Serpell Jump Sheep Created by fdingler Jump! Created by Lyren "Xuel" Brown Letter Better Created by Paweł "Sikor" Sikorski Maze Created by Bill Kendrick Minidash Created by Bill Kendrick "Boulder Dash"-inspired game in 10 lines Minijong Created by Bill Kendrick Minimalist Guaton Created by devwebcl NimX Created by Cliff Hatch Paddleship Created by Bill Kendrick Planets Created by Bill Kendrick Puzzler 2014 Created by Sleepy Puzzler Duell Created by Sleepy (for 2 players) Roguelike Created by Jakub "Ilmenit" Dębski Roguelike-type game in 10 extended lines Shmup Created by Bill Kendrick Shoot'em up game Sijmen Created by Gunnar "Bunsen" Kanold "Simon says"-type game in 10 lines Slice Created by Bill Kendrick Squirrel Created by fdingler Zen3D Created by some anonymous guy... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 And finally the fourth part: 18 sets of new levels of some well known classic games... Boulder Dash Mugen 15 (Cuevas Dr. Mugen 15) (in English: Dr. Mugen's Caves 15) Created by Edgardo "Dr. Mugen" Aranda Boulder Dash Mugen 16 (Cuevas Dr. Mugen 16) (in English: Dr. Mugen's Caves 16) Created by Edgardo "Dr. Mugen" Aranda Polish Game Robbo Created by Paweł "Sikor" Sikorski Robbo Galaktyka G01 (in English: Galaxy G01) Created by Robert "Robin" Sitko Robbo Lucky II Created by Sebastian Wolany Robbo Marik Created by Mariusz Wolany, Sebastian Wolany Robbo Marik 2 Created by Mariusz Wolany, Sebastian Wolany Robbo Marik 3 Created by Mariusz Wolany, Sebastian Wolany Robbo SWS The best of Created by Sebastian Wolany Robbo SWS-05 Created by Sebastian Wolany Robbo SWS-06 Created by Sebastian Wolany Robbo SWS-07 Created by Sebastian Wolany Robbo SWS-08 Created by Sebastian Wolany Tre Robbo 40 - Kraina Niespodzianek (in English: Land of Surprises) Created by Michał Kowalski Tre Robbo 41 Created by Michał Kowalski Tre Robbo 42 - Kraina Śrubek (in English: Land of Screws) Created by Michał Kowalski Tre Robbo 43 Created by Michał Kowalski Tre Robbo 44 - Kraina Bomb (in English: Land of Bombs) Created by Michał Kowalski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) So that is the list of 109 Atari 8-bit games released in the year 2014. One game ("Serduszka") was missing in the first version of the list. Edited December 2, 2015 by +Adam+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snicklin Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Hi, would it be possible that there are two competitions next year? One for the normal games and the other for the 10 liners? I just think that in this competition, the 10 liners, however great they are can not compete with the main games. This is unfortunate. Though it does somehow become a competition then which is the same as the 10 liners contest.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) @Snicklin: Many of those 10-liners are much better than some of the games from the "main" set... I was thinking about organising some kind of qualifiers: specific types of games (like 10-liners, new levels sets, games written live during parties and jams) would have to fight for the right to taking part in the second, final phase with other games (and the best of them would qualify) - but not everyone in AtariOnline likes that idea Generally, we wouldn't like to complicate the rules too much or to overmultiply categories, it could discourage people from voting - now we have simplicity: we choose THE BEST new game that we saw during a year. On the other hand, in my opinion, if the game set (for one voting step) is too big, it also discourages people just because of the scale... Adam P.S. I've translated majority of foreign titles on the list. Here's another one: "Rubačka vo kopec" - apparently means in Czech something like "Fight over hill", "rubačka" is a slang word. Edited December 3, 2015 by +Adam+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) I understand your point Adam but people will mostly think 10 liner = budget game, regardless of how good a game it is to play I imagine most folk would mentally automatically place it as a lower game which is a tad unfair but what is likely to happen. As Snicks says, a separate compo for them would be kinder and fairer.. Also, the Robbo entries, as fun as they are, are they not hacks rather than especially written games..Don't get me wrong, I do like them a lot but its a game engine being reused. Edited December 3, 2015 by Mclaneinc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Adam, you made a tremendous work, thank you very very much! Regarding rules of the contest, I think they are perfect and I would change nothing. Thanks to this contest and its fair voting system, we can chose the best games of the year. It's very useful; when someone asks me best homebrews for A8, I just give Kaz Kompo winners and runners-up list (with some personal addictions). I once asked for the best homebrews for ZX Spectrum; no one was able to give me a comprehensive list. On the other hand, thanks to the work of people like Adam, we can try ALL games, even the ones we missed. Thank you again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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