«Time Wizard» nominated in the sixth edition of the Atari Homebrew Awards

February 17, 2024 • Updated: Mar 14, 2025 - 10:00 PM

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The games nominated in the four categories for Atari 8-bit/5200 have been announced in the sixth edition of the Atari Homebrew Awards, an event organized by ZeroPage Homebrew and AtariAge to choose the best games developed for Atari consoles and computers in 2023.

This time, there are a total of 22 categories, most of them related to the Atari 2600, Atari 7800 and Atari Lynx consoles. In the case of the Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 5200 console, the jury has declared 22 titles as finalists.

In the Best Atari 8-Bit/5200 Homebrew Game (Original) category, highlights "Time Wizard", a game by Krzysztof "Amarok" Piotrowski (Poland) and which emerged as the big winner of the Atari Bit Byter User Club (ABBUC) 2023.

His production is up against the colourful Dude Story by Mariusz "Mq." Ejchsztet (Poland), as well as Tenebra Extended and Tenebra 2 by Ali "H4plo" Pouladi (Australia). Martin "MatoSimi" Šimecek (Slovakia) is also competing with the final versions of Binary Parasite and DotA.

In the Best Homebrew Atari 8-Bit/5200 Game (Port) category, the following games are competing:

“Night Knight” by Lars “LarsImNetz” Langhans, with additional artwork by Konstantinos “Tix” Giamalidis;
«Space Taxi» by Andrea Cucchetto;
«Plan B: Part 2 - Mission Unlikely» by František "Fandal" Houra and Michal "Miker" Szpilowski;
«Gold Diggers» by Krystian "Salmax" Walczyk, Krzysztof "KAZ" Ziembik and Filip "Zoltar X" Golewski;
«Inertia» by František "Fandal" Houra and Christian "Buddy" Duesterhoeft;
«Block Attack» by Tomasz "TeBe" Biela, Jaroslaw "Odyn1ec" Wyszynski, Piotr "LiSU" Lis and Vin "VinsCool" Samuel.

In the Atari 8-Bit/5200 Best Work in Progress (WIP) (Original) category, have:

«Caverns of Eris» by Peter "Dr.Irata" Prodehl;
«Dimo's Underworld» by Thomas "8Bitjunkie" Schulz, Tobias Prinz and Hilton "Elektrofish" Theissen;
«Dragonwood» by Michael "Steril707" Borrmann;
«Planet Rescue Mission» by Zdeněk "Zdenda" Zubr;
«Unnamed Platformer» by Janusz "Shanti77" Chabowski and Jarek "Odyn1ec" Wyszynski.

Finally, in the Atari 8-Bit/5200 (Port) Best Work in Progress (WIP) category, the following games are competing:

«ADoom» by Krzysztof "Swiety" Swiecicki;
«Double» by Vladimir "Popmilo" Jankovic;
«Elite» by Mark "Wrathchild" Keates, Sal Esquivel and Mark Moxon;
«Flimbo's Quest» by Jaroslaw "Solo/NG" Padula, Waldek "Laoo" Pawlaszeky and Michal "Miker" Szpilowski;
"Last Ninja" by Jakub Husak, Michal "Miker" Szpilowski and Adam Wachowski;
"Popeye" (VBXE enhanced version) by "Woj".

Registered AtariAge users who have been using the game for at least one month can vote at the link below until February 18th. Winners will be announced at a ceremony scheduled for Saturday, February 24th, during a special event on Twitch, where last year's successes will receive their well-deserved recognition.

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