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Santa HERO E.T. has been nominated for Best Hack in the Atari Awards 2018!! http://atariage.com/forums/forum/203-2018-atari-awards/

Voting is now open! http://atariage.com/forums/forum/203-2018-atari-awards/

Tyre Trax has been nominated in Best Homebrew, Best bB Homebrew, Best Programming, Best Graphics, and Best Packaging categories for The 2018 Atari Awards!!! http://atariage.com/forums/forum/203-2018-atari-awards/

The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion book series is proud to present...... The 2018 Atari Awards Celebrating the best in Atari 2600 Homebrew presented by ZeroPage Homebrew, The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion and AtariAge Welcome to the 2018 Atari Awards, were YOU get to vote on your favourite homebrew games, hacks and demos of 2018! The results of the 2018 edition of the Atari Awards, will be announced LIVE on the ZeroPage Homebrew's Twitch channel on February 23rd, 2019 at 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT during a special broadcast. We will be announcing the winners and runners up on the broadcast in each of the categories along with LIVE acceptance speeches from the winners, plus much more!! Voting Begins: January 23, 2019 @ NOW! Voting Ends: February 18, 2019 @ 23:59:59 PT Awards Show: February 23, 2019 @ 12:00PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT To vote, please click on each of the links in the 2018 Atari Awards forum (located over at the AA forums) and vote for your favourite in each of the categories. Be sure to play through and evaluate each game nominated to make an informed decision! In the below link we've provided you with all the public posted binaries for each of the nominated games. Have fun! Download (Binaries/Instructions/Packaging): https://1drv.ms/f/s!ArXu52QZivTrhBBt8HOzCiO4D0Ir

Yes - at .07 per page for color edition ($27.30 + .85 = $28.15 at printing cost), the retail would be about $55-60 and I don't think it would sell. I've only sold a few "Deluxe Editions" of volumes 1 & 2 for those who requested the color versions.

Currently NEO Games (Scott Dayton) does his limited editions in groups of 10-40. He only sells thru his FB group and not thru the AA forums anymore. Q*Bert Jump was 10 copies (at FPF 2018), Bouncer was 30 copies & Zombie Road Kill was 40 copies available in 2018 from him/NEO Games. My "List" is live and living, at that link I gave you above and also at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11cd6MWV5ukETB9Q377kG80ufxAESPY6D/view I try and update it on a regular basis (cell K2 date/time stamp).

Atari Founder, Nolan Bushnell, Is Back In Gaming With An Alexa-Powered Board Game https://www.cnet.com/news/what-amazon-alexa-will-tell-us-in-2019/ http://8-bitcentral.com/blog/2019/alexaBoardGame.html?fbclid=IwAR1WeDdileP8kgBAzP919sOr0mz_zeEhDRkAb_BDfVUXoPN-3yGe687oSJU

I sold my extra SD card on the AA forum but I'm trying to find more of them from my local Gamestops. I undercut the person on eBay that is selling my work at $23 per SD card (he's sold 89 of them already as I write this - https://www.ebay.com/itm/SD-Card-W-1-000-FULL-LIBRARY-for-Atari-2600-Flashback-Portable-Games-Player/273473915386 ) Let me know in a PM if anyone is interested in buying one.

Thank you for the purchase!!! Make sure you read page 17 since you will find some title repeats within the book.

Champ Games is also doing: Wizard of Wor Arcade Zoo Keeper Elevator Action and Avalanche (above)

Probably all of the heavy hitters in the AA store..... Stay Frosty 2 (180+ 1st run), Halo 2600 (150 copies 1st run), Syncart, Lady Bug (LE- 1st run), Space Rocks, Medieval Mayhem, Zippy..... (definitely known 100 copies: Another Adventure hack, Boulder Dash, FPF 2017 hack, Lasercade, L.E.M.) Also alot of repros and prototypes were printed in 100+ copies too: Extra Terrestrials repro, Actionauts proto, Bugs Bunny proto, Combat Two proto, Looping proto, RealSports Basketball proto, Snow White proto AA store has a live best sellers list at: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_list&c=bestsellers but Al doesn't give out actual numbers. Hope this info helps you out. I wouldn't do 100 copies to start out. Average is 10-30 copies. You can look at my comprehensive Atari 2600 homebrew list and do a search (Ctrl + F) and see the "xx copies" of said titles. The link is https://1drv.ms/x/s!ArXu52QZivTrgVbQayev1Wc1QprN

Thank you TrekMD!!!

Thanks! It was originally scheduled before Christmas before only the ebook/Kindle version got posted on Xmas eve...... and took til today for the paperback to make it!

The Atari 2600 Holiday Homebrew Companion paperback book is now available (after many delays)!!! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1731020201 https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1731020201 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1731020201 https://www.amazon.de/dp/1731020201 https://www.amazon.fr/dp/1731020201 https://www.amazon.es/dp/1731020201 https://www.amazon.it/dp/1731020201 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/1731020201 The ebook/Kindle version is also available.... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.nl/gp/product/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B07MNHWYV4 https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07MNHWYV4

I got mine brand new for $4.99 from Zayre's back after Christmas 1986. I still wish I hadn't thrown away all of those Atari cartridge boxes! I would like to see some homebrews developed for it and the CBS Booster Grip too!!!

I just found out that Gamestop has Wii SD cards (1GB & 2GB) for $.99 each - and several of them around where I live!! I just bought 2 2GB card's today for $2.13 with tax! I just had to format each (Fat32), create the folder "Game" and copy and paste the ROM's into that folder and it worked like a charm. One card has my 1001 working ROM pack loaded on it and the other has the newer ROM's since my last release. Here's: the links for the SD cards at GS: https://www.gamestop.com/accessories/wii-dsi-memory-sd-20gb/74306 https://www.gamestop.com/accessories/wii-dsi-memory-sd-10gb/74305

Scott has "Santa HERO" posted also. Same H.E.R.O. game with Santa rescuing the original miners.

Thanks! Edit done!

A fellow Atari book writer, Michael D. Salzman, has a Patreon page and he is sending two trading cards this month per patron (for this month only), along with early access to his monthly "Unauthorized Atari 2600 Throw Back Zine", early notification of his book giveaways on Amazon, access to select homebrew Atari 2600 games that Michael creates, and participation in polls and other fan feedback opportunities. All for the $2 level too! This month.... Pole Position and Jungle Hunt cards are only $2! https://patreon.com/atari2600

Played one at the 2018 Houston Arcade Expo - the screen is off center, the trak ball is too small .... so not worth it! Build your own!

Anyone else have this issue?

if there was one for the 2600.....

I will be doing a book signing while I'm at the Houston Arcade Expo this coming Friday & Saturday!!! http://forums.atari....2018-oct-19-20/ Come see me and Rowsdowner70 (The Game Czar) at the very first booth right inside the front doors!! He will be selling both of my books and I will be on hand to sign them! Also, both of my books (The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion: Volume 1 & 2) will be sold at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo (PRGE) on Oct. 19-21 at the AA booth.