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Jump into the cockpit of a high speed racing machine and let 8bit-Slicks tear through your Lynx! Featuring online multiplayer, leaderboards, and cross-platform support when combined with the 8bit-Hub.
8bit-Slicks will ship March 22, 2022.
New preview video is up for the Atari Lynx game Microvaders! It features the new graphics from AnderLex, plus invader sprite scaling, big explosions, new invader animation, and more. Coming late 2022! This game will be sold via the Songbird Productions shop. Check out the video below...
RESULTS OF THE 4th ANNUAL ATARI HOMEBREW AWARDS! Congratulations to everyone who made homebrew games in 2021, the nominees and the recipients of this year's Awards! We had an amazing time broadcasting the event yesterday, thank you to everyone who tuned in to watch. If you missed the live stream, you can watch the video below.
Voting and discussion for the awards was held over at Atari Age at this thread - 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards: Voting Information & Discussion. These awards covered the 2600, 7800, 8-bit/5200 and of course our favourite - Atari Lynx. You can see the poll and discussion about Lynx Homebrew here, but for those wanting to know already...here are the results...
- WINNER: YNXA 30.12%
- Unnamed 22.89%
- Sky Raider Redux 15.66%
- Xump 2 15.66%
- Asteroids Chasers 10.84%
- Raid on TriCity 4.82%
We're really happy here at Atari Gamer to have been part of these awards and are looking forward to next year's! Huge thanks to James and team at Zero Page Homebrew for organising this!
VOTE NOW: https://atariage.com/forums/forum/203-atari-homebrew-awards/
Today is your last day to vote in the 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards! Make sure you let everyone know your favourite Atari games that were released in the last year!!
Polls close at MIDNIGHT Pacific Time! Get your vote in!
You can pre-order 8bit-Slicks now from Songbird Productions. Jump into the cockpit of a high speed racing machine and let 8bit-Slicks tear through your Lynx! Featuring 22 tracks, in-game music, and variable CPU difficulty for up to four cars on the track. Save your best lap times automatically on the cartridge EEPROM. Ships late March 2022.
Plus, for the first time ever, compete head-to-head online when you combine 8bit-Slicks with the 8bit-Hub. Best lap times, race replays, and player rankings are all available on the 8bit-Slicks.com website. With the 8bit-hub you can play with your friends online, and even across different platforms - as long as the game supports it.
Captain Harlynx is still in development and it's nearing completion, so Fabien, its developer has been going back to the earlier levels to enhance them based on feedback and to make them better of course! Here are some of the improvements introduced into "Level Zero" -
- 100+ colours on screen (Lynx can do 16 at a time, but with some hardware tricks you can display more)
- Spaceship size reduced in size (as per reader feedback)
- Reflections added when guns fire
- Bullets positioned in more appropriate positions upon firing
- New 3x bullets firing mode (using all 3 cannons on the ship)
- Updated sound effects
- Updated backgrounds, enemies and boss battle
So check it out, here's a video of the updated level, with some comparisons to the earlier version...
We will also soon have a playable ROM of the demo version of this game, with the first level playable. The final physical cart release will have 6 full levels. Keep your eyes out for that update!
A couple of great announcements have come out of Songbird production today! First the Unnamed Champions contest started. With this contest you can win one of 3 exclusive Unnamed carts. For entry rules and the format of the entry submission, see this page on Songbird's website - Unnamed Champions contest starts now!. We also shared details of this contest below.
The second great news is that 8bit-Slicks pre-orders open February 1, so just a few more days to go!
Below are more details about the Unnamed Champions contest..
Songbird is excited to announce our first-ever Lynx contest is open! If you are a fan of the Lynx game Unnamed published by Songbird last year, then you’re in for a real treat. We are offering THREE limited edition Unnamed Champions physical Lynx cartridges as prizes. That’s right, you can win one of three very unique Lynx carts. Each cart will contain a list of the three winners plus a special bonus stage mini-game similar to the puzzles found in the original Unnamed cartridge. Read on if you’d like to learn more about the contest and find out how to play!
How to Play
Four contest questions are presented below. These questions all pertain to the Lynx game “Unnamed” which was released in March 2021 by Songbird Productions. You can learn more about the game on the Songbird website. Each contestant must answer these questions, and submit the contest entry by sending exactly one email to [email protected] containing their answers using the entry format shown below. Limit one entry per household.
Contest Questions:
Lonely Bard: How many songs (or distinct song variations) are present in Unnamed?
Journalist: Reveal the location of the new note in game+.
Cheat Death: Die at least 3 different ways in the game and provide evidence (screenshots or written summary of what you did).
Impossible Mission: get stuck in a spot where it becomes impossible to complete the game, and describe what you did.
Welcome to the 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards, where YOU get to vote on your favourite homebrew games of 2021! The results of the Atari Homebrew Awards will be announced LIVE on the ZeroPage Homebrew's Twitch channel on February 12th, 2022 during a special broadcast. During the event we will be announcing the winners and runners up in each of the categories along with LIVE acceptance speeches from the winners, plus much, more!!
Voting Begins: January 21, 2022 @ 13:00:00 PT 1PM PT | 4PM ET | 9PM GMT
Voting Ends: February 6, 2022 @ 23:59:59 PT 12AM PT | 3AM ET | 8AM GMT
Awards Show: February 12, 2022 @ 12PM PT | 3PM ET | 8PM GMT on the ZeroPage Homebrew Twitch Stream
Here's the 4th Annual Atari Homebrew Awards: Voting Information & Discussion, you can cast your votes in all categories in this discussion forum - Atari Homebrew Awards!
The Lovebyte party has been announced for 2022! Hopefully we will see some ATARI LYNX entries for it!
Join us in a celebration of the smallest with a dedicated sizecoding demoparty/event, held on the weekend of 11-13th february 2022 on Discord and Twitch
We'll be online streaming with intro competitions in different size categories from the smallest to the even smaller. From our 256 byte graphics and nanogame competitions to bytebeat music competition.
Or what about cool size-coded related seminars to get you started, Bytejam, DJ Sets and many other events?
This is the one event where size does matter! Don't miss it!
- Lovebyte 2022: Bring the love!
Watch the invite below -
A new year and a huge new update from Songbird Productions...
New Releases8bit-Slicks puts you in the cockpit of a high-speed racing machine. Battle it out against up to three CPU opponents on 20+ custom tracks, or play ONLINE against other retro fans using the 8bit-Hub (not included). Yes, you read that right: you can now play certain Lynx games ONLINE against other players around the world! Even better, the Hub supports cross-play, so a Lynx fan could be racing against someone playing on a C64 or other select retro platforms. This cartridge release of Slicks includes multiple exclusive features such as bonus racing tracks, in-game music, and improved graphics.
8bit-Slicks, and the 8bit-Hub will be available from Songbird in March 2022. Pre-orders open by February 1st!
Will you become an Unnamed Champion?
Unnamed quickly became one of our best-selling Lynx games when it was released in March 2021. Now Songbird has teamed up once again with talented coder Marcin Siwek to produce a limited edition Unnamed Champion cartridge. How does one get an Unnamed Champion cartridge? By winning the contest, of course!
You'll be pushed to your limits to see how well you know Unnamed by answering multiple questions about the game and exploring parts of the game you might have never seen before. Three contestants who answer all questions correctly will each win one of three Unnamed Champion carts. This exclusive cart will display the names of all three winners plus include a single brand-new playable bonus stage!
The contest will open later in January, with the winners announced by March 2022. Stay tuned!
And now for a work-in-progress update...Carl has been busy at Songbird adding new features to Microvaders for the Lynx. Check out the video below to see all-new power-ups, bigger explosions, and more music!
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