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[cimmerian]

2018 Atari Awards

Celebrating the best in Atari 2600 Homebrew

 

BEST GAME HACK

 

Best Game Hack:

 

Any hack completed during the year. Hacks completed in a previous year are not eligible. Re-releases or updates to previous versions the same hack are ineligible. Demos are not eligible for this category and are only eligible in their specific category.

 

Voting:

 

Please select one of the choices for this category. The winner and runners up will be revealed LIVE during the 2018 Atari Awards Presentation Ceremony on ZeroPage Homebrew's Twitch channel on February 23rd, 2019 at 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT!

 

Nominees:

 

Active Shooter (Turmoil hack) by James Catalano aka JamCat Reloaded

ALF (Taz hack) by Scott Dayton aka neotokeo2001 of NEO Games & James Catalano aka JamCat Reloaded

Batman (Popeye hack) by James Catalano aka JamCat Reloaded

Berzerk NEO Version 2 (Berzerk hack) by Scott Dayton aka neotokeo2001 of NEO Games

Broadside (Combat hack) by Claudio Salvucci aka CDS Games

Dawn of the Dead (Worm War I hack) by Scott Dayton aka neotokeo2001 of NEO Games

Extinction (Demon Attack hack) by Scott Dayton aka neotokeo2001 of NEO Games

Ketchup Kaboom! (Kaboom! hack) by Scott Dayton aka neotokeo2001 of NEO Games

Miner 2049er Faster (Miner 2049er hack) by Thomas Jentzsch (speed up hack), OmegaMatrix (reset bug fix), and doctorclu (sprite hack)

MissADVENTURE (Adventure hack) by Alan W. Smith

Moon Patrol Arcade DC Version (Moon Patrol+ hack) by doctorclu

Q*Bert Jump (Amoeba Jump hack) by Scott Dayton aka neotokeo2001 of NEO Games (No ROM available, Video Link)

Santa HERO ET (H.E.R.O. hack) by Scott Dayton aka neotokeo2001 of NEO Games

Stargate Desert Raid (River Raid hack) by DevKK and Whip

Stranger Things – Barb’s Revenge (Dig Dug hack) by keebz

U.F.O. Galaxian (Galaxian Hack) by James Catalano aka JamCat Reloaded

 

Download (Binaries/Instructions/Packaging): https://onedrive.liv...BF48A1964E7EEB5

 

Edited by Arenafoot, Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:22 AM.

[cimmerian]

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[WHIP]

Stargate desert raid:

fuel -> heaps of naquadah (a mineral that drives alien technology)
plane -> winger glider
ship -> mastadge (beast of burden)
helicopter -> ONells marines
enemy plane -> spears
bridge -> giant tent
side home & tree -> pyramids
river -> desert:)

https://flic.kr/p/2dBZJqt

https://flic.kr/p/2dBZJqt

Edited by WHIP, Wed Feb 6, 2019 2:55 AM.

[EmuDan]

Scott Dayton has a lot of great hacks nominated here. I chose Alf because it has some nice looking sprites and it's a lot of fun to play. I also liked the Moon Patrol hack and the Stargate (River Raid) hack.

[Arenafoot]

Stargate desert raid:

fuel -> heaps of naquadah (a mineral that drives alien technology)
plane -> winger glider
ship -> mastadge (beast of burden)
helicopter -> ONells marines
enemy plane -> spears
bridge -> giant tent
side home & tree -> pyramids
river -> desert:)

https://flic.kr/p/2dBZJqt

https://flic.kr/p/2dBZJqt

Welcome WHIP!!!!!

 

Thanks for the explanation of the sprite changes.

[cimmerian]

THE POLLS ARE CLOSED!!!

 

Thank you so much to everyone in the AtariAge community for participating in the 2018 Atari Awards! The final voting totals have been recorded as of 12:00:00AM PT February 19, 2019.

 

See everyone this Saturday, February 23, 2019, at 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT for the LIVE award presentations on ZeroPage Homebrew's Twitch channel!

 

ZeroPage Homebrew Twitch: https://www.twitch.t...ropagehomebrew/

 

_{Note: Although it appears you are still able to vote, due to polling software in place, no more votes past the cutoff date will be counted.}