Any Intellivision owners?

Started by zapiy, March 05, 2012, 22:40:26 PM

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onthinice

People not buying the game or lack of support?

TrekMD

Quote from: "onthinice"People not buying the game or lack of support?

Not quite sure but I think there is money involved.  This seemed to come out of the blue and surprised a lot of people.  I'm disappointed because he clearly knows what he's doing in programming for the Intellivision.

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onthinice

It would have to take some cash to get started. Maybe the payment choices limited buyers.

TrekMD

Quote from: "onthinice"It would have to take some cash to get started. Maybe the payment choices limited buyers.

I think it went beyond that.  There seemed to be some history there but, as I said, I really don't know the details. 

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TL

Seems to me that they fell out because the programmer chose to sell some copies on eBay and the publisher wasn't happy about it

TrekMD

Quote from: "The Laird"Seems to me that they fell out because the programmer chose to sell some copies on eBay and the publisher wasn't happy about it

I think that was the trigger but there was more going on.

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DZ-Jay

Hi all!

I'm still trolling the forums, so I'm slowly catching up with these old threads.

As some of you may know, I have an Intellivision (actually, I own three).

It is a very good system, but then again, I'm biased. :)

I'm very glad that RVG picked it up as a first class citizen of the retro-gaming community.

As for the best games for the console, I agree with the ones mentioned already. Some of my favourites as a kid were, in no particular order:

- B-17 Bomber
- BurgerTime
- Loco-Motion
- Utopia
- Astrosmash
- Star Strike
- Dracula
- Microsurgeon
- Atlantis
- Frog Bog
- Tennis
- Basketball

As an adult, I rediscovered Night Stalker, which is a very good maze game; and Thin Ice.  Neither of these I owned as a child.

    Cheers!
    -dZ


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TrekMD

That's a good list of games.  Atlantis was particularly impressive to me (as I said on my review).  I haven't played some of the titles you listed (Loco-Motion, Utopia, Tennis, Frog Bog) but getting there!  I've had an Intellivsion for a relatively short time.  :)

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DZ-Jay

Quote from: "TrekMD"That's a good list of games.  Atlantis was particularly impressive to me (as I said on my review).  I haven't played some of the titles you listed (Loco-Motion, Utopia, Tennis, Frog Bog) but getting there!  I've had an Intellivsion for a relatively short time.  :)


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TL

Frog Bog, I believe, is the same game as Frogs 'N' Flies on the 2600 and Frog Feast on the Jaguar (and other formats)

TrekMD

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Quote from: "TrekMD"That's a good list of games.  Atlantis was particularly impressive to me (as I said on my review).  I haven't played some of the titles you listed (Loco-Motion, Utopia, Tennis, Frog Bog) but getting there!  I've had an Intellivsion for a relatively short time.  :)


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Thanks for that info!  I knew there were several 2-player only games for the system and assumed most were sports games. 

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TrekMD

Quote from: "The Laird"Frog Bog, I believe, is the same game as Frogs 'N' Flies on the 2600 and Frog Feast on the Jaguar (and other formats)

Yes it is. 

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onthinice

Great list dzfoo! BurgerTime, Loco-Motion and Thin Ice top my favorite title list.

TL

I have my Intellivision lives for the DS now and have played some of the games on it (there are 60!)

So far I really like Shark Shark! and Astro Smash, will play some more later I think!

TrekMD

Quote from: "The Laird"I have my Intellivision lives for the DS now and have played some of the games on it (there are 60!)

So far I really like Shark Shark! and Astro Smash, will play some more later I think!

Those two are very good titles, so there is a reason you like them.  :)

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