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Hey Atari 2600 fans! It's time for the UNOFFICIAL 2023 Atari 2600 Homebrew Voting & Awards! Please check back later. Details to follow! @Albert May I have permission to edit this opening post?- 36 replies
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Time to announce the fifth round of the 2014 Harmony Games: Gingerbread man as suggested by SpiceWare Description Unrefined sugar, flour, ginger and heat have combined magically to produce consciousness and mobility in a delicious culinary confection. You, a Gingerbread Man, find yourself baking in a gas-fired oven, and you must find a way out! Gingerbread Man is based loosely on the popular children’s story of the same name. And although this game is appropriate for children, it’s not child’s play! In Gingerbread Man you must fight your way through 20 levels consisting of five unique game-play screens, facing a variety of obstacles and challenges in order to survive! In the first level you begin in a hot oven where you must escape before being cooked alive! Once you break free from the oven, you find yourself in the dining room where you need to collect all of the balloons and float up to the roof through the chimney. Now that you're on the roof you must build a bridge to a nearby tree while fighting off cats and birds that want you for a tasty treat! Once in the tree, you need to evade all the dangerous creatures in the forest (will you ever get a break?) And if you do escape the forest, you enter a cave where you must fight off your most fearsome enemy yet! Once you defeat the boss, to your dismay you are captured again and put back in the oven too cook some more, and this time the heat has been turned up! Will you ever escape? Can you battle through 19 levels to have your chance to out-fox the final boss and win your freedom? Gingerbread Man includes three game variations: Selection 1 is the default. Selection 2 is expert mode. Selection 3 is a special mode for children. You can d/l the game here Being this is our Special Game to be played at Atarimania 2 on June 14th as well were going to use selection #2 (expert mode) you can use the continue feature only once This round begins on June 9th at 3pm CST and ends on June 25th at 2pm CST **June 14th is a one day HSC challenge taking place at galloping ghost arcade the winner at Atarimania will get a free admission to VGS'14( if a person online beats the person at event the winner will get an e-certificate for our cafepress shop(which will expire 1 year of the date issued) valued at 25.00. (if online user is overseas a digital copy of 2014 VGS Program will be sent) this is only for that day from noon till 7pm CST)*** post your scrores here (ranks will posted at the AVC Online forum and on the harmony games web page (see signature))
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Now that the 5th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards are done time to announce the Games for the Atari Homebrew High Score Contest for the Harmony Games Division (2600 Division): As mentioned last year we changed it up a bit, we dropped the Graphics Round, and split up the Port and Original rounds (the Work in Progress stays the same) to be on its own with normal points being above 4k games and bonus points for 4k and below games. Here is games being used for the Harmony Games Division: Work in Progress: Originals: Game of The Bear 2 Much To Bear Work in Progress: Ports: Elevator Agent Best Original above 4k: Oozy The Goo Slime Quest Best Original 4k and below: Raptor Best Port above 4k: Load Runner Best Port 4k and below: Einväder ______________________________________________________________________________________________ here is the schedule for each round: Work in Progress March 13- April 19th (extended) Best Original April 10th - May 7th Best Port May 8th -June 11th ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scoring goes as follows: Work In Progress: Original games : 10pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after : Port games: 9pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after Original: above 4k : 10pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after 4k and below: 9pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after Port: above 4k : 10pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after 4k and below: 9pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unlike the past scores can now be submitted in 3 ways: via the post on Atari Age (like normal) via Facebook on the Atari Video Club group ( thread will be set up) via the AVC Online website on the AH HSC page When the round goes active they will be linked to the post which includes the other ways to submit scores. The 7800 Division (Concerto Games) will start a month after this division ends on second Monday of the month..thumb.png.9e3e9c90f09161e85db25e15f0d7ba74.png)
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Now we back from the break, Its time to announce the Games for the Atari Homebrew High Score Contest for the Concerto Games Division (7800 Division): Work in Progress: Originals: Bernie & The Tower of Doom Work in Progress: Ports: A.R.T.I. Best Original: Dragon Havoc Best Ports: 1942 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- here is the schedule for each round: Work in Progress: August 14th,2023- October 5th,2023 Best Games: September 11th,2023- October 19th,2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scoring goes as follows: Work In Progress: Original games : 10pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after : Port games: 9pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after Best Games: Original games : 10pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after : Port games: 9pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitting scores are same as Harmony Round via the post on Atari Age (like normal) via Facebook on the Atari Video Club group ( thread will be set up) via the AVC Online website on the AH HSC page When the round goes active they will be linked to the post which includes the other ways to submit scores.
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Looking through the AA store homebrew games and hacks, I find it quite disappointing that there are so few reviews. Even top sellers often have less than 10. And quite some games have zero or only one (usually from Nathan) review. So what is stopping you people to post some reviews there? Just describe what you like and (IMO probably even more important) what not. About game play, difficulty, packaging, ... whatever! Anything that you want to say about the game and that might help other people to select from the constantly growing list of homebrews. It doesn't have to be very long and elaborated. A few sentences will do. As an example, here is a link to Scramble. Click on the 4th tab, enter your name, email and review. Then submit. Easy, isn't it? And everyone1 can do, you must not even have bought the game, just played it! So please, start posting NOW! Afterwards, please post here which game you reviewed. So that others can see the progress and to encourage other people to follow your example. Else, please tell us what is stopping you from reviewing. I am really interested. 1 You don't even have to own that cart as long as you have played the game enough to qualify. The review link works for everyone!
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I'm working out a sale for most of my vintage CPU collection in order to take advantage of @Albert's sale, support some homebrewers, and support AA. I should have at least $500 to spend, maybe a bit more if I can sell the rest. So, the big question is, what should I buy? I'm interested in 2600/5200/7800 games on, some for each system. Homebrews preferred over hacks. As I know very little about the games, I am likely to order everything most recommended in this thread within my budget. @x=usr(1536) @zylon @GoldLeader @Charlie Cat @jeremiahjt @SlidellMan @Cebus Capucinis You are the users I interact with the most and I'd really value your opinions, when you've the time. Everyone else's opinions would be appreciated as well. Let's all have fun spending my money. I'll finish this thread with an unboxing and I'll show you my wicked terrible gaming. It'll be quite embarrassing. You won't want to miss it.
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RE: this thread - https://forums.atariage.com/blogs/entry/16804-cleaning-out-the-homebrew-folders/ I dug out my 20+ year old gridlines notebook to draw some stuff and realized I had never pitched these designs for 2002's Koffi: Yellow Kopter. Posting them in a blog.
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Welcome to the Atari Homebrew High Score Contest Round 3: Best Port 4k(and below) Game: Einväder by Owen Cooper @Coopdevil you can download the game and instruct ructions here: link Here are the rules: Play on Game Mode 4 until die. Scoring goes as follows: 9pts for 1st place and 1pt for 10th place and after This round begins on 5/8/2023 at Noon Central and Ends on 6/11/2023 at 2pm Central* Good Luck! Score can be submitted three ways Now: via this post on Atari Age (like normal) via Facebook on the Atari Video Club group (thread post will be set up) via the AVC Online website on the AH HSC page *if we don't get more than 5 players (not counting myself) before the round ends the round will extended one more week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name Score Pts Chris @Teleprompter 30,000 9pts James @ZeroPage Homebrew 20,000 8pts Tanya @ZeroPage Homebrew 7400 7pts Mike @littaum 2950 6pts Charles @cwieland 2600 5pts Dan I @Dan Iacovelli 1,500 4pts
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Complete Atari Jaguar Console (Local pickup in Florida preferred). Includes original power adapter and original AV cable. Two Jaguar controllers. The video game Cybermorph (comes in universal game case). The Atari Jaguar official gamers guide book. One custom made S-video cable. Nice pleather dust cover with jaguar logo stitched. The console is in excellent working condition. It is very clean, glossy and damage free. Console bundle (everything listed above): $400 Cash **TRADE CONSIDERED: I will consider trading this Atari Jaguar bundle for a new, boxed Nintendo Switch OLED Pokemon edition (sealed preferred) and an official, Nintendo licensed, Switch Pro controller (straight trade). Also on the hunt for an Xstation modded original playstation with laserbear mount (I'll consider this $250 towards trade value). I may consider shipping.
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My UnoCart arrived yesterday! (Thanks @MacRorie!) The first thing I did was install a bunch of roms on an 8gb card and sort them into sub folders. I put the card in the cart and put the cart into my rev14 4 switch woody, fired it up and tested a few games. Pitfall II works great and I am also able to play the starpath Frogger. This thing is awesome! It’s like a RetroPi, but on original hardware! Best of both worlds! i am going to try out a few Homebrews next. How did I live without this thing before?
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The guys at Pyron's Lair are currently working on a conversion of Strider for the Atari Falcon: Judging by this video, this looks very similar to the Arcade and X68000.
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After much playing on the winner of best graphics winner of Original game, Kung Fu Combat 2, the only scoring system in the game as far as I can tell is obstacles stages with missiles or game variation 5. I have decided to poll for the following games: Legendary spear (this what I voted for) or Game of the bear (since there is no Public Rom for the second place winner Zarkstars, we went with Game of the Bear) Also since Game of the Bear did win for best and is one of the choice for best Graphic) we will have another poll to decide best game under orignal to play (instead of 2 choices we have have 3) Mr Yo Yo (what I voted for) ,Slide boy in maze land or Game of the Bear (Zark stars again came in second as mentioned no public rom is available so we went third place, but we still kept Game of the Bear as a choice if game of bear does win both voting chances are Game of the bear will stay on best game and Legendary spear will be used for graphics) Voting ends On March 12th,2022 at 7pm Central time All Games will be announced during AVC Live broadcast on twitch at twitch.tv/danavc at 9pm Central time
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I release a new homebrew for the Atari Jaguar today, the game is called SpideX. It was originally released in 2019 for the Vectrex, however, I have re-worked all the graphics (now featuring raster graphics) The new game now also has a 2 player mode, and music by Rimsky-Korsakov, and Khachaturian. It can be ordered here: http://tjocktv.se/product/spidex-atari-jaguar/ Enjoy
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Today we discuss even more Atari 7800 Homebrews. I am always happy to share the hard work and talents of these homebrew programmers. What has been your favorite homebrew in this series? What is a game you'd like to see programmed?
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Time to announce the Third Bonus Game of the 2021 Harmony Games Tournament which is Robot City by Thomas Jentzsch which one for best <4k game port. we playing with the latest release rom which is Robot_City_20200427_RC8.zip And we will be playing on level 4 (During the Atari Age Day interview on ZPH, Thomas mentioned this HSC and suggested using either 3 or 4, I played 3 but didn't think it would be good since we are coming to an end of the season I tried 4 and liked it so figured to use it. This round starts on May 8th at noon central and ends on June 6th at 2pm central Ranks start a 9pts for 1st place and 1pt for 9th and 10th place Good Luck!! Name: Score: Points @Thomas Jentzsch Thomas J: 3820: 9pts @cwieland Charles w: 2868 8pts @ZeroPage Homebrew James O : 2364 : 7pts @ZeroPage Homebrew Tanya O : 1924 :6pts @Arenafoot Brian M: 848: 5pts @Dan Iacovelli Dan I: 120: 4pts
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Wormhole 2000 (home brew) for the ATARI Jaguar: Very soon to be released on cartridge at: http://tjocktv.se/shop/
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The first time I played Spelunker was on the NES and found it to be extremely difficult but also addicting. I can't really explain why a game that can be so frustrating also has that one more go appeal. Since the game was one of my favorites on NES and I really like the box art I decided to pick up a copy of Team Pixelboy's version on the Colecovision. Game play: I felt like the Colecovision version was a bit easier overall (which is a welcome difference for me as I am not that good). This version was a bit more forgiving in the distance that you can fall without dying. The stalactites seemed to be spaced out further and the minecart seemed to move slower making it easier to control. Graphics: The graphics and sounds being both impressive for the Colecovison and pretty similar to the NES. I really like the two tone color of the walls and floor of he cave. Controls: The controls seem simpler and less tricky than what I remember on the NES. I felt like jumping off of a rope was more straightforward in this version which was a plus for me. Sound: The sound is similar to the NES version and I have a love/hate relationship with it. I enjoy the music in the game but it gets repetitive after a few rounds. I really wish there was a way to turn off the background music but keep the helpful sound effects. The warning sound for health and the tune is plays before the ghost appears are really helpful. The repetitive sound for the bat doesn't help me as I only hear it when he visible (and apparent) anyway. Sometimes I find the bat sound annoying if he happens to be on screen for an extended period of time if I have to ride elevators etc. My criticism is really about the design choices of the original developers, not team pixelboy's implementation (which seems to be spot on). Overall: Since the Colecovision version is on-par with the NES in terms of graphics and sound and seems easier overall, I think this may be my new preferred version of the game! I made are review video showing the box, manual, and cartridge along with gameplay footage (captured from my Collectorvision Phoenix) so I thought I would share it here:
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today I'm discussing more great Atari 7800 homebrews. Which are your favorite? Thanks for your continued support.
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In this episode I celebrate the hard work of the many talented programmers who make games for this system. This will be the first of many as there are a lot of great homebrews out there. Which was your favorite homebrew? Which games would you like to see made?
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Time to announce the first Game of the 2020 Harmony Games Tournament which is Zoo Keeper from Champ Games which won for Best Work in Progress in the 2019 Atari Awards. Here are the rules for this Round: Play On Standard only 4 lives Difficulty settings: Right doesn't matter as it only effects the play field (either solid or similar to arcade) Left set to "A" (bonus items at random spots) Play until you loose all your lives Scoring is the same like before: Point scoring: top 10: 10 (for first) to 2(for tenth) 1 for everybody after 10 Game instructions are here We are using the current build of the ROM which is here Post your Scores in this thread only I will update the Scores in this post and at Atari video Club website Harmony games Page This round begins on 3/9/2020 at noon Central and Ends on 4/6/2020 at 2pm Central Good Luck!! Scores For Round 1 James O(ZPH)- 395,950 10 pts Aerlan (ZPH)- 129,850 9 pts Tanya(ZPH)- 75,750 8 pts Arenafoot- 23,890 7 pts Dan Iacovelli - 10,270 6 pts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Leaderboard Scores after round 1 James O(ZPH) 10pts Aerlan(ZPH) 9pts Tanya(ZPH) 8pts Arenafoot 7pts Dan I (danavc) 6pts
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For those who have might have missed the post about the 2020 Harmony Games in last years games thread: The 2020 Harmony Games are now being played at Atari Video Club (Club) in Atari age. there's a Topic for Harmony games there and that is the only place to post Scores do not post them here I got it set up over there first round can be found here
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Its time to announce the 2019 Harmony Games Tournament, Unlike the past HSC where the winner of of each round picks the game starting this this games used are the winners from the 2018 Atari Awards which was held by ZeroPage HomeBrew, AtariAge.com and The 2600 Homebrew Companion. the Following is the schedule of games: Aardvark (Best Work in Progress): starts March 11th at noon central ends April 2nd at 2:00pm central Miner 2049 (Best Game Hack) starts April 11th at noon central ends May 2nd at 2:00pm central Space Game (Best bB(batari Basic) Game) starts May 11th at noon central ends June 2nd at 2:00pm central Mappy (Best Homebrew Game,Programing,Technical Achievement ,Music and sound and Graphics) Starts June 11th at Noon Central Rnds on July 13th at 6:00pm Central Mappy will be used as well at Video Game Summit as well (which is July 13th and show ends at 6pm) All these games can be found in the 2018 Atari Awards post. will be posting the first HSC thread in while
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This just to let you know the date of The 2020 Harmony Games will start on on March 9th,2020. based on the categories of the 2019 Atari Homebrew Awards its narrowed to 4 that we will be used for each Round: Round 1. Best 2600 WIP: ZooKeeper Round 2: Best 2600 Graphics: Aardvark Round 3: Best 2600 Homebrew <4k: Ameba Jump Round 4: Best 2600 Homebrew: Galagon when the Tournament starts I will post new topic for each round right now this topic is locked until March 9th here's the url to The Harmony Games page at AVC Online http://www.atari-video.club/harmony-games/ which has the start times and end times of each round as well as standing from last years leader board (minus the scores from the game from last years final round) once the games start those will be cleared
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