The 2008 TCTD Awards

Best Visual Artist

• minusbaby
• Kef and Niina
• Sander
• Steig
• UI

Best Demo

• Doctor, by Trilobit
• Edge of Disgrace by Booze Design
• More or Less than Zero by DHS
• Personal Nightmare by Omega Hackers Group
• Soliloquy by Elude

Defender of the Chip

• 2Player Productions
• Battle Of The Bits
• Goto80
• Jose Torres
• The Tank

Best Live Performer

• Starpause
• Animal Style
• Bud Melvin
• Graffiti Monsters
• Meneo

Best Label

• II
• 8bitpeoples
• Kittenrock
• Retinascan
• Shanshui

Best Hardware

• Powerpak
• arduinoboy/MGB
• Hardsid4U
• Little-Scale
• MSSIAH

Best Software

• maxYMiser
• Famitracker
• Hively Tracker
• LittleGpTracker
• Loopy tools for PowerPak

Best Live Visuals

• The C-Men
• Entter
• NOCARRIER
• Paris Treantafeles

Best Track

• $$ Troopers – Huoratron
• 8bit What – Bud Melvin ft/ gwEm
• Animal Style – DMG Guitar
• Cheap Dinosaurs – Hot Plate
• Nullsleep- Shadows In The Sky

Best Release

• Disasterpeace – Level
• Chromelodeon – The Final Recordings
• minusbaby – Saudade for Beginners
• stu – atari solo
• Trash80 – Icarus

Artist of the Year

• Bud Melvin
• minusbaby
• goto80
• gwEm
• stu

Lifetime Acheivement

• Hally