+Adam+ Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Dear Atarians,Once again on behalf of AtariOnline.pl site I would like to invite you to take part in annual Kaz Kompo contest. Help us decide which 8-bit Atari game published during last year was the best.The winners of 10 previous editions:2015: 1. Duszpasterz Jan Rzygoń / Priest John McPuke, 2. Bomber, 3. Dimo's Quest Lurch Edition2014: 1. RGB, 2. Treasure Island Dizzy, 3. The Great Return of the Penguins2013: 1. Assembloids XE, 2. Deathchase XE, 3. The Hunt2012: 1. Ridiculous Reality, 2. Line Runner, 3. Callisto2011: 1. Space Harrier, 2. Marbled, 3. Mighty Jill Off2010: 1. His Dark Majesty, 2. Ocean Detox, 3. Dr. Mario2009: 1. Kolony 2106, 2. Nightshade, 3. Ghastly Night2008: 1. Bomb Jack, 2. Hobgoblin, 3. Knight Lore2007: 1. Yoomp!, 2. Crownland, 3. Mindblast2006: 1. Flowers Mania, 2. Klony, 3. NibblyShortened version of Kaz Kompo rules: The contest is open to all games released in year 2016 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 2016 and by the time of our contest there exists a version that can be treated as "final". 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 (voter's local time) of December 21st/22nd, 2017. 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 The full version of the contest rules and the full list of 86 games you may find here (article in Polish, Google translated).The package with all entries is downloadable from HERE.There will be more information in this thread soon, I will present the list of the entries. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 First part: 1K ATASCII Blaster Created by Frederik "Freetz" Holst, Ulf Petersen - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 A shooter in 1KB 5 Dots Created by Wojciech "Bocianu" Bociański, Krzysztof "Kris3D" Kuc - WAP-niak 2016 party Logical game ACTris! 2.1 Created by Hayden "atx4us" Doan Tetris clone written in ACTION Amok Bots Created by Peter J. Meyer Commercial game (published by Video 61 / Atari Sales) Antic Picross II Created by Tomasz "Tbxx" Boksa, Krzysztof "KAZ" Ziembik, Andrzej "Andy" Kidaj Logical game, language versions: EN, DE, CZ, PL At Arion Line: Mission Zero Created by Tomasz "TDC" Cieślewicz, Michał "MCH" Brzeski - Silly Venture 2016 Space shooter written in ACTION AtariBlast! Paul "Playsoft" Lay, Harvey Kong Tin, Mario ”Emkay” Krix Final version, with different music for different levels. Requires 1MB! Belegost Created by Rudolf Kudla, Miroslav Fídler, Frantisek Fuka, Antonín "Roger" Holík, Ondřej Čaba. - Flop 59 magazine Text adventure, ZX Spectrum conversion Big Mess Created by Holger "Rockford" Bommer - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 Blowsub Created by Paul "Playsoft" Lay, Harvey Kong Tin - New Year's Disk 2016 Bobby Bearing C64 (1986): Robert&Trevor Figgins, Trevor Inns, Toby Egglesfield, Ben Daglish A8 version: Mariusz "mariuszw" Wojcieszek, José Pereira, Marek "Poison" Pesout C64 conversion Bored of Floppy Created by Berthold Fritz Flappy Bird clone from 2014 Codeman Created by Holger "Rockford" Bommer - New Year's Disk 2016 Mastermind type of game Cyctriks Created by Marek "Koala" Ogłodek, Piotr "Insert" Kosmala, Marcin "Cedyń" Czartyński - WAP-niak 2016 party Tetris-like game Dimo's Dungeon Created by Thomas "8BitJunkie" Schulz, Mario "Mario130XE" Henning, Dirk "Yellowman" Troeger, Marc "Sleepy" Brings, Holger "Wizard" Hinterschitt, Milan Hinterschitt, Erhard "Floppydoc" Puetz, Fabian Puetz, Gunnar "Bunsen" Kanold, Ingo "1NG" Boller - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 Dye Created by Christian "Irgendwer" Krueger - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 Eist Created by Piotr "nwg" Miller (1992) Written for LK Avalon in 1992, not published before Fairlight ZX Spectrum original (1985): Bo Jangeborg, Jack Wilkes, Stuart Hughes, C64 (1986): Trevor Inns, Mike Alsop, A8 version: Mariusz "mariuszw" Wojcieszek, José Pereira, Bartłomiej "Wieczór" Wieczorkowski. C64 conversion Get Up! Created by Thomas "8BitJunkie" Schulz, Jan-Soeren "VD TONIC" Hass - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 Gridrunner Created by Jeff Minter (1982), Karolj "Heaven" Nadj, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski, Terrence "Tezz" Derby VIC-20 conversion, beta version, almost final (Heaven agreed to add it to 2016 games list) Grim Ritual Created by Tomasz "TDC" Cieślewicz, Klaudia "Cherryl" Wiśniewska, Bartek "V0yager" Dramczyk, Paweł "QTZ" Kuczmański - Global Game Jam 2016 Written in ACTION Jezkovy voči Created by Frantisek "Fandal" Houra - Flop 59 Requires lightgun Jim Slide XL Created by Ingo "1NG" Boller, Marek "Poison" Pesout, Mario "Mario130XE" Henning, Darcy, Riley, Linda11, 8Bitjunkie, Bunsen, Ghaland, Sleepy, Yellowman, Valli, Florigold LaserBlast X Created by Peter J. Meyer Commercial game (published by Video 61 / Atari Sales) Laura Created by Arkadiusz "Larek" Lubaszka, Paweł "Ripek" Szewczyk, Bartłomiej "Wieczór" Wieczorkowski, cpt. Misumaru Tenchi Language versions: Polish, English, German, Russian. DE: Karolina Sochacka, RU: Valentyn Chefranov, Paweł "QTZ" Kuczmański, EN: Bartłomiej Wieczorkowski, Nir Dary, Toshiba-3, QTZ Extended version with additional levels available on cartridge only! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Second part: Manic Miner Created by Matthew Smith (1983), Terrence "Tezz" Derby, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski ZX Spectrum conversion Megaoids Created by Peter J. Meyer Commercial game (published by Video 61 / Atari Sales) mini-Slots Created by Paul "MrFish" Fisher 1940's slot machine simulation The Monk Created by Vladimir "Popmilo" Janković, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 Inspired by Minicraft game (2011) Muchblastesz Created by Tomasz "TDC" Cieślewicz, Krzysztof "Kris3D" Kuc, Bartek "V0yager" Dramczyk - WAP-niak 2016 Space shooter with sampled sounds, written in ACTION Muxeso Created by Frantisek "Fandal" Houra, Marek "Poison" Pesout - Flop 59 Memory game for 2-4 players Name This Game Created by Robert "Bob The Bug" Stuart, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 Quiz game. NYD 2016 Nessie Created by Paweł "Sikor" Sikorski, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski - New Year's Disk 2016 Pang Created by Tomasz "Tebe" Biela, Kamil "Vidol" Walaszek (Vidol), Adam "Ooz" Powroźnik, Maciej "Rocky" Hauke, Michał "stRing" Radecki - Silly Venture 2016 Requires 256KB, supports stereo Parachute Created by Bostjan Jerko, Bostjan "Gury" Gorisek Written in Mad Pascal, based on Sinclair Basic game from 'Mirko tipka na radirko' book Pentagram Created by Ultimate Play the Game, Mariusz "mariuszw" Wojcieszek, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski, José Pereira ZX Spectrum conversion Rain of Terror Created by Eric Henneke, Rob Schlortt - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 Ratcatcher / Ratcatcher M4 Created by Ryan Witmer (A5200), Mike "Homesoft" Langer Conversion from Atari 5200 + multijoy version Saboteur Created by Clive Townsend (ZX Spectrum), Branko Spoljarić (C64), Mariusz "mariuszw" Wojcieszek, Terrence "Tezz" Derby, Adam "Ooz" Powroźnik, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski C64 conversion Same Game Created by Milan Zelenay - Flop 59 Logical game Sarepska. The Game Created by Arek "Nosty" Staworzyński, Jakub Husak - WAP-niak 2016 Simon! (v1.2) Created by Hayden "atx4us" Doan Skyscraper Created by Martin "MatoSimi" Simeček, José Pereira, Michał "stRing" Radecki - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 Skyscrapers Created by Marcin "Borek" Borkowski, Paweł "Pirx" Kalinowski Originally a type-in program from Bajtek magazine 2016 special edition, then converted into Mad Pascal Space Fortress Omega (ABBUC version) Created by Jason "TheRealBountyBob" Kendall - ABBUC Software Contest 2016 Available for ABBUC members only. The final version should be published very soon. Spycat Created by Peter Scott (1988), Frantisek "Fandal" Houra, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski BBC Micro conversion Stupid Kangaroo Created by Marjan Musič, Bostjan "Gury" Gorisek Written in Mad Pascal, based on Sinclair Basic game from 'Mirko tipka na radirko' book Twin Cars Created by Jakub "LewiS" Kosiec, Daniel "Dely" Koźmiński, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski - WAP-niak 2016 party Wolves Created by Primoz Petrlin, Bostjan "Gury" Gorisek Written in Mad Pascal, based on Sinclair Basic game from 'Mirko tipka na radirko' book Wytyczne rybne / Fishy Guidelines Created by Rafał "mgr inż. Rafał" Chabowski, WnZ ("Wykwity na Zwieraczu") - WAP-niak 2016 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Third part: 21 entries from NOMAM Basic Tenliners contest, the games written in 10 lines of several BASIC dialects. All those games are included in one ATR file in the games package: Alpha vs Numeric: The Front Line Created by Victor "Vitoco" Parada AntEat Created by Bill Kendrick A-V-O-I-D Created by Björn Lenz Cabbage Created by Kevin Savetz Connect4 Created by Kevin Savetz DuckHunt Created by Rafał "mgr inż. Rafał" Chabowski Equilibrium Created by Abel "ascrnet" Carrasco Fleas! Created by Victor "Vitoco" Parada Fort Knox Created by Kevin Savetz Graviten Created by Jeff "jeffpiep" Piepmeier Gravity X Created by Jason "TheRealBountyBob" Kendall Invaders Created by Victor "Vitoco" Parada Jump Created by Jason "8BIT1337" Gruetzmacher M*N Puzzle Created by Victor "Vitoco" Parada Nailrace Created by Holger "Rockford" Bommer Nuts! Created by Jeff "jeffpiep" Piepmeier Pipeliners Micro Created by Marc "Sleepy" Brings Steinkraft Created by Siegfried "slx" Lenz Tenpest Created by Bill Kendrick Traffic Created by Kevin Savetz Where's my Cheese? Created by Victor "Vitoco" Parada 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 The last part - new levels, hacks, minor modifications: Chcete být milionářem II (in English: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) Created by Petr "HardCore" Postava Czech language only. Second part of a game based on the popular TV show. Donkey Kong Junior Arcade Created by Darryl "darryl1970" Guenther, Paul "Playsoft" Lay, Tep392, Cafeman Modification of a classic game (mainly graphics changes) Donkey Kong Junior Enhanced Created by Darryl "darryl1970" Guenther, Paul "Playsoft" Lay, Tep392, Cafeman Modification of a classic game (mainly graphics changes) ECKN+ (2015) Created by Christian "Irgendwer" Krueger Logical game Hockey M8 Created by Gamma Software (1981), Frantisek "Fandal" Houra - Flop 59 Multijoy hack Robbo SWS-11 Created by Sebastian Wolany New Robbo levels Robbo SWS-12 Created by Sebastian Wolany New Robbo levels Robbo SWS-13 Created by Sebastian Wolany New Robbo levels Tag! M4 Created by Richard Gore (1997), Frantisek "Fandal" Houra Multijoy hack Tank M4 Battle Created by Harald Siegmund (1983), Frantisek "Fandal" Houra - Flop 59 Multijoy hack Tre Robbo 48 - Kraina Wielu Klocków 2 (in English: The Land of Many Blocks 2) Created by Michał Kowalski New Robbo levels Tre Robbo 49 Created by Michał Kowalski New Robbo levels Tre Robbo 50 - Kraina ptaków 2 (in English: The Land of Birds 2) Created by Michał Kowalski New Robbo levels Warsaw City+ Created by Tomasz "TDC" Cieślewicz, Michał "Miker" Szpilowski - WAP-niak 2016 Yahtzee M4 Created by Gary L. Born, Thom Heinz, Frantisek "Fandal" Houra Multijoy hack 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Like I wrote in the previous year: if you like new games on Atari 8-bit, the best way to say "thank you" to the games creators is to vote for their works The more people vote, the broader picture we get, as people have different tastes. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 It was very hard to make a list, so much high quality stuff in here . Anyway, here are my picks: 1.Laura 2.AtariBlast! 3.Pang 4.5 Dots 5.Skyscraper 6.Cyctriks 7.ECKN plus 8.Dimo's Dungeon 9.1K ATASCII Blaster 10.Blowsub 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popmilo Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 So many good games 1. AtariBlast! 2. Fairlight 3. Manic Miner 4. The Monk 5. Dimo's Dungeon 6. Skyscraper 7. Laura 8. Dye 9. Donkey Kong Junior Arcade 10. Spycat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emkay Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Let's add some vote 1. Atari Blast! 10pts 2. Laura 9pts 3. The Monk 8pts 4. Blowsub 7pts 5. Dye 6pts 6. Pang 5pts 7. Spycat 4pts 8. Space Fortress Omega 3pts 9. Saboteur 2pts 10.Dimo's Dungeon 1pt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yautja Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Our humble selection: 1. AtariBlast! 2. Jim Slide XL 3. Dimo's Dungeon 4. Dye 5. Laura 6. Manic Miner 7. Pang 8. Bobby Bearing 9. Where's my Cheese? 10. Ratcatcher - Y - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichenneke Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Hi, Just letting everyone know that the final version of RAIN OF TERROR is available for download now... This version of the game supports both JOYSTICK and PADDLE controllers. http://atariage.com/...-atr/?p=3908140 We hope you enjoy it !! Eric and Rob 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 (edited) I like these 'delayed' Kaz Kompo's as there's always a few games that I've missed or not played enough, and this time there was a real goodie, Cyctriks! [maybe I had played an early version] 1. Atari Blast! - Not quite the best shooter we have but it has to be #1 for the sheer frickin awesomeness. Great work guys :thumbsup: 2. Rain Of Terror - Spot on gameplay. Read my review in the new issue of Pro© Atari Magazine OUT NOW 3. Actris v2.1 - Best Tetris on the Atari? "you can't touch this" 4. Cyctriks - think "Cyclic Tetris" this is really good and extremely playable, the pieces shrink as they fall down the tube - up to rotate, fire for controlled drop, can tuck them under too. [after some play got about 88 lines level 16 - once you have got used to the perspective it takes a while to get challenging, speeds up about level 15] 5. Blowsub v1.1 - Colourful arcade game (Pro© Mag #12) 6. Manic Miner - Challenging platformer 7. Space Fortress Omega (abbuc/unreleased version) - news on the much improved and final release of SFO soon 8. Jim Slide - fun game. 9. Laura - a quality production. 10. Dye - Nice idea Honourable mentions to: Ratcatcher - not as much fun on 1 player mode - caught 9 rats on 1st stage - can't seem to get any bonus it just displays "00", made it to level 3 I guess it's meant to be 2(3!) player, checkout this amusing video for how to play. Also liked Antic Picross II Pang - (192K) cleverly done but not overly exciting perhaps. Is there no way this could be made to run on a standard 130XE? Edited December 13, 2017 by therealbountybob 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 2. Cyctriks - think "Cyclic Tetris" this is really good and extremely playable, the pieces shrink as they fall down the tube - up to rotate, fire for controlled drop, can tuck them under too. Yes, it's a "cyclic Tetris", but there's also one thing that could be mentioned: "cyc" means "tit" in Polish, which explains the facetious central part of the gamefield. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudografx Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Not sure if I wanted to know this 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Not sure if I wanted to know this But now that's out in the open I expect the game to get more points! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Not sure if I wanted to know this OK, so please forget what I wrote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 two points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezz Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Thanks Adam, it's good to keep abreast of the news. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twh/f2 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Bavaria Calling. Here are my votes: 1.10 pts - Pang 2. 9 pts - Dye 3. 8 pts - Spycat 4. 7 pts - Laura 5. 6 pts - AtariBlast! 6. 5 pts - Skyscraper 7. 4 pts - Blowsub 8. 3 pts - Gridrunner 9. 2 pts - Bobby Bearing 10.1 pt - Ratcatcher Thanks for organizing the legendary KAZ Kompo!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Thank you for your votes so far, who's next? I'd like to remind you that the deadline is set on midnight December 21st/22nd. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) Top 10 01 - Dye02 - Manic Miner03 - Pang04 - Spycat05 - AtariBlast06 - Laura07 - Blowsub08 - Jim Slide09 - Gridrunner10 - ECKN+ (downgraded only due to programmer's nagging wife ) Honorable Mention 01 - The Monk02 - Bobby Bearing03 - Skyscraper04 - Fairlight05 - Ratcatcher06 - Belegost07 - Dimo's Dungeon08 - Where's My Cheese09 - Rain of Terror10 - Space Fortress Edited December 15, 2017 by MrFish 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1NG Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I simply counted the time spent with the games and made a list from that. So some simple games are very high in the entries. 01 Jim Slide XL 02 Dimo‘s Dungeon 03 Blowsub 04 AtariBlast! 05 Sarepska. The Game 06 Hockey M8 07 Rain of Terror 08 mini-Slots 09 Skyscraper 10 1K Blaster 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Adam+ Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Hi,We have decided to extend the games set by Getaway! Inverse ATASCII - a modification of the original Getaway! game with a differrent level map, created by Wade "ripdubski" Ripkowski, known from Inverse ATASCII podcast. So now there are 87 files in the games pack and here is the current link. If someone has difficulty choosing from such big set of titles - the list of 20 games which have most votes so far (in alphabetical order) looks like this:- 5 Dots- ACTris! 2.1- At Arion Line: Mission Zero- AtariBlast!- Blowsub- Cyctriks- Dimo's Dungeon- Dye- Fairlight- Jim Slide XL- Laura- Manic Miner- The Monk- Pang- Pentagram- Rain of Terror- Saboteur- Skyscraper- Spycat- Where's my Cheese? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devwebcl Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 1. laura 2. dye 3. jim slide xl 4. pang 5. spycat 6. dimo's dungeon 7. belegost 8. atariblast! 9. Getaway! Inverse ATASCII 10. ECKN+ (2015) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 1 - ACTris! 2.12 - Dye3 - Dimo's Dungeon4 - AtariBlast!5 - Blowsub6 - Jim Slide XL7 - Fairlight8 - Cyctriks9 - 5 Dots10 - At Arion Line: Mission Zero 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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