Issue 18: Apr 2002
Features
- | Foreword
- | Build your own Retro game
- | MIDIGEN
- | Tip of the day
- | Setting up a MIDI system
- | 8-bit vor 12 Party
- | Miniature Marvel
- | Activision's Pressure Cooker: Pre-processed Perils
- | Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away…
| Welcome to the April 2002 issue of MyAtari magazine. This month sees the results of the eagerly anticipated MyAtari 2002 Awards. Following weeks of nominations and over 1,700 votes, the winners of the MyAtari 2002 Awards can now be announced. However, before I do so, congratulations to all the nominees for reaching this far and a big thank you to everyone who took the time to vote. Sadly, there can only be one winner per category. To recap, below is a list of the nominees, in no particular order: Nominees: Best Atari web site of the year Atari.Org http://www.atari.org AtariAge http://www.atariage.com Little Green Desktop http://www.atari.st Atari Source http://pikachu.atari-source.com Dead Hackers Society http://www.dhs.nu Nominees: Best Programmer of the year Carl Forhan (Songbird Productions) http://songbird.atari.net Didier Méquignon (Aniplayer) http://aniplay.atari.org Roger Burrows (Anodyne Software) http://www.anodynesoftware.com Erik Hall (MyMail) http://www2.tripnet.se/~erikhall/index.htm Leon O'Reilly (Reservoir Gods) http://rg.atari.org Nominees: Best Commercial release of the year MagiC 6.20 by Application-Systems Heidelberg http://www.application-systems.de Porthos by invers Software http://www.dsd.net/prod/atari/porthos.php Calamus SL2002 by invers Software http://www.calamus.net Papyrus 9.0 by ROM Logicware http://www.rom-logicware.de CyberVirus by Songbird Productions http://songbird.atari.net Nominees: Best Shareware release of the year Aniplayer by Didier Méquignon http://aniplay.atari.org AtarICQ by GokMasE and Baldrick http://aicq.atari-users.net PhotoTip by Durs Locher http://home.sunrise.ch/dursoft/ MasterKEY by KickBox http://www.kickbox.de/masterkey/ Eureka by François Le Coat http://eureka.atari.org Nominees: Best PD/Freeware release of the year Steem Engine by Anthony and Russell Hayward http://steem.atari.org AtarIRC by Lonny Pursell http://www.q1.net/~atari/ GEM Graph 2 by Bernard Le Tirant http://perso.club-internet.fr/letirant/index_e.html zBench by Zorro http://the.zorro.free.fr/zbench.html EasyMiNT by Marc-Antón Kehr http://mico-mint.atari.org Nominees: Best Game release of the year Chu Chu Rocket by Reservoir Gods http://rg.atari.org CyberVirus by Songbird Productions http://songbird.atari.net Allia Quest by Ebvision http://www.ebivision.com SCSIcide by Joe Grand http://www.mindspring.com/~jgrand/atari/ Castle Blast by Ronen Habot http://members.bellatlantic.net/vze2j83t/public_html/MyGames.htm Nominees: Best Hardware upgrade of the year CT60 by Czuba Tech http://www.czuba-tech.com ROM-port Adapter by Elmar Hilgart http://www.asamnet.de/~hilgarte/ Eclipse PCI Adapter by Istari Software http://www.uni-mainz.de/~heuno000/ECLIPSE/welcome.html EIFFEL PS/2 Adapter by Laurent Favard http://eiffel.atari.org JAMMA Joystick by Goat Store http://www.goatstore.com Nominees: Best Atari supporting company of the year Electronics Boutique / GAME http://www.eb.uk.com http://www.game.uk.com Songbird Productions http://songbird.atari.net Hozer Video Games http://www.hozervideo.com invers Software http://www.dsd.net Best Electronics http://www.best-electronics-ca.com Nominees: Best Atari magazine of the year st-computer (German) http://www.st-computer.net alive! (English) http://alive.atari.org FLOP (Czech) http://flop.atari.org Atarimagasinet (Swedish) http://www.sak.nu 2600 Connection (English) http://2600connection.atari.org Nominees: Outstanding contribution to the Atari community Randy Crihfield at Hozer Video Games http://www.hozervideo.com Matthias Jaap http://www.atariuptodate.de Carl Forhan at Songbird Productions http://songbird.atari.net Rodolphe Czuba at Czuba-Tech http://www.czuba-tech.com Anders Eriksson at Dead Hackers Society http://www.dhs.nu And the winners are...
Category: | Best Atari web site of the year
Winner: | AtariAge www.atariage.com "AtariAge is proud to be awarded "Best Atari Web Site of the Year" by MyAtari.net. Thanks to all who voted, it's nice to be recognized among all the excellent web sites out there."
Runner-up: | Little Green Desktop http://www.atari.st
Category: | Best Programmer of the year
Winner: | Carl Forhan (Songbird Productions) http://songbird.atari.net
Runner-up: | Leon O'Reilly (Reservoir Gods) http://rg.atari.org
Category: | Best Commercial release of the year
Winner: | MagiC 6.20 by Application-Systems Heidelberg http://www.application-systems.de
Runner-up: | CyberVirus by Songbird Productions http://songbird.atari.net
Category: | Best Shareware release of the year
Winner: | Aniplayer by Didier Méquignon http://aniplay.atari.org
Runner-up: | AtarICQ by GokMasE and Baldrick http://aicq.atari-users.net
Category: | Best PD/Freeware release of the year
Winner: | Steem Engine by Anthony and Russell Hayward http://steem.atari.org "Thanks to everyone who voted for Steem, it's nice to know the many hours of work that has gone in to the program have been worth it, we never imagined when we first started that Steem would get this far. Hopefully over the next few years with the help of our users we will be able to improve Steem further and get the last few ST programs with problems running as they would have on an STE." Anthony and Russell Hayward
Runner-up: | EasyMiNT by Marc-Antón Kehr http://mico-mint.atari.org
Category: | Best Game release of the year
Winner: | Chu Chu Rocket by Reservoir Gods http://rg.atari.org "It's a great pleasure to receive this award for "Chu Chu Rocket". We believe in making commercial quality games software for Atari machines, and to achieve this we worked exceptionally hard on this title. It was a year of long late nights of coding, painting graphics and composing music culminating in months of play-testing and debugging. It's good to see that all our hard work has paid off, the response from the Atari community to this production has been nothing short of fantastic. Although we have been creating games for the Atari since 1994, all our previous releases have been Falcon-only. With "Chu Chu Rocket" we broadened our horizons to support STE machines and later TT, Mega STE and STFM. Creating a title that ran nicely on this range of platforms presented its own series of technical challenges, and we have to thank the many Atarians who gave up their free time to test this game on their machines for us. The credit for this award is spread amongst so many members of the team; shTHREE for his excellent graphics, MSG for the huge amount of music he composed for this title and Neo for his graphics and his relentless testing and debugging. Also big thanks to the rest of the atari scene for their constant encouragement and enthusiasm, especially those on #atariscne, and also to the magazines and web sites that have given us support. The feedback for this title has been so positive that we are very motivated to produce new games for Atari machines, so keep your eyes peeled for plenty more productions from RG." MrPink/RG
Runner-up: | SCSIcide by Joe Grand http://www.mindspring.com/~jgrand/atari/
Category: | Best Hardware upgrade of the year
Winner: | CT60 by Czuba Tech http://www.czuba-tech.com
Runner-up: | JAMMA Joystick by Goat Store http://www.goatstore.com
Category: | Best Atari supporting company of the year
Winner: | Best Electronics http://www.best-electronics-ca.com "First of all, I would like to thank all of the MyAtari participants for taking the time to fill out the survey! Best Electronics is honoured to be voted Best Atari supporting company of the year. My passion for Atari came in 1978 when I won an Atari 400 personal computer by filling out the registration form from the purchase of my very first Atari product (2600 for $250+ at Atari employee cost!) through an Atari employee friend at the local Atari Company Store in Sunnyvale. Best Electronics has been dedicated to supporting the international Atari community for nearly two decades. We are most humbled and gratified by this recognition of our past support. We look forward to continuing to support the international community of Atari users into the future. In the early days of Atari, Atari set up a nationwide network of Atari Service Centers and Authorized Dealers to support the Atari community. The demand for replacement Atari parts and service was to say the least overwhelming. Atari was unable to meet the increasing demand and thus the birth of Best Electronics 18 years ago. Best Electronics began supplying Atari parts and our own "BEST" improved and enhanced Atari replacement parts direct to Atari Service Centers, Atari Authorized Dealers and Atari end users. I would have never dreamed 18 years ago that Best Electronics would develop into an international business and would continue in the market place long after the demise of Atari Corp. Over a decade ago, when we expanded our Atari business into the Atari European community, little did I dream that I would be going to Atari trade shows all over Europe. After participating in over 200 Atari and computer shows throughout the world, one question I am asked all of the time at these Atari shows and I still get a big kick out of, is "Do you remember me? I saw you at an Atari computer show some number of years ago." Today, those Atari users are now coming to Atari shows with their kids and pointing out Best Electronics and telling them they bought from Best Electronics when they were kids! In closing, I wish to express my appreciation for this honor and extend my personal thank you to all that voted for Best Electronics." Bradley Koda Best Electronics
Runner-up: | Songbird Productions http://songbird.atari.net
Category: | Best Atari magazine of the year
Winner: | st-computer http://www.st-computer.net
Runner-up: | alive! http://alive.atari.org
Category: | Outstanding contribution to the Atari community
Winner: | Anders Eriksson at Dead Hackers Society http://www.dhs.nu "/|\"
Runner-up: | Carl Forhan at Songbird Productions http://songbird.atari.net
Please send your suggestions and ideas for next year's award ceremony to me at matthew@myatari.net. See you next month, Matthew Bacon, Editor
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