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[revolutionika]

 addictedtogaming, on Thu Mar 8, 2012 10:44 AM, said:

As of almost a month ago I just got into game collecting. Growing up i remember getting the nes action pack from santa on christmas morning. So between that and our neighbors atari 2600 we had plenty of games to keep us busy. It wasnt until recently I was playn ps3 with my son and he started bashing the old systems that I felt he needed to experiance the systems that started it all. In 1 day i spent $120.00 getting an atari 2600 w/20 games, an nes w/5 games and because my wifes father had one so she thought we should i got an intellivision w5/games. See i had never heard of intellivision up to this point. Man am I glad I got it! I love this system! I as of two weeks ago went to a town 2 hours away and bought another one in box with the intellivoice in box and 30 CIB games for 55.00! To me its a good deal. My collection is now up to 39 CIB games w/12 doubles. Just joined this site so thought it was kinda cool there was a place to share these sort of things. Im always watching youtube on game finds and unboxings now. never done that before. By the way my son is now completely into the classics too. So basically its bring back childhood memories and making new ones at the same time.

Great story!   Intellivision is my favorite system, closely followed by 2600, colecovision, nes and snes.

Also, you do know about the new 'homebrew' games coming out for intellivision?

[addictedtogaming]

No what are Homebrew? Never heard of it.

[roberto]

 addictedtogaming, on Thu Mar 8, 2012 10:44 AM, said:

As of almost a month ago I just got into game collecting. Growing up i remember getting the nes action pack from santa on christmas morning. So between that and our neighbors atari 2600 we had plenty of games to keep us busy. It wasnt until recently I was playn ps3 with my son and he started bashing the old systems that I felt he needed to experiance the systems that started it all. In 1 day i spent $120.00 getting an atari 2600 w/20 games, an nes w/5 games and because my wifes father had one so she thought we should i got an intellivision w5/games. See i had never heard of intellivision up to this point. Man am I glad I got it! I love this system! I as of two weeks ago went to a town 2 hours away and bought another one in box with the intellivoice in box and 30 CIB games for 55.00! To me its a good deal. My collection is now up to 39 CIB games w/12 doubles. Just joined this site so thought it was kinda cool there was a place to share these sort of things. Im always watching youtube on game finds and unboxings now. never done that before. By the way my son is now completely into the classics too. So basically its bring back childhood memories and making new ones at the same time.

Welcome to the group! Game collecting can be really an addictive and rewarding hobby and the Intellivision is a system that was way ahead of its time in many respects.

BTW, yesterday I received the CIB Shark!Shark! I got off ebay for $4.75! One less to go!

[revolutionika]

 addictedtogaming, on Thu Mar 8, 2012 4:31 PM, said:

No what are Homebrew? Never heard of it.

Homebrew games are new releases for old systems, most systems have them coming out.For example, last year Halo came out on the atari 2600.   Here is a list of the ones coming up for Intellivision.   http://www.intellivi...mebrew-releases

[IntellivisionDude]

 evg2000, on Sat Mar 3, 2012 7:36 PM, said:

PIcked up a complete boxed copy of slam dunk yesterday, probably spent to much? $25, but first time I've seen one in the wild.

$25 is what it goes for on Ebay on average. So you didn't get a steal deal but you also didn't over pay.

[JasonlikesINTV]

 IntellivisionDude, on Fri Mar 9, 2012 10:25 AM, said:

 evg2000, on Sat Mar 3, 2012 7:36 PM, said:

PIcked up a complete boxed copy of slam dunk yesterday, probably spent to much? $25, but first time I've seen one in the wild.

$25 is what it goes for on Ebay on average. So you didn't get a steal deal but you also didn't over pay.

  I recently picked up a boxed Slam Dunk and found surprise Orphan Overlays inside  :-)  Same thing happened with my Chip Shot Golf.  Suppose I'm just lucky...

[addictedtogaming]

 roberto, on Thu Mar 8, 2012 8:05 PM, said:

 addictedtogaming, on Thu Mar 8, 2012 10:44 AM, said:

As of almost a month ago I just got into game collecting. Growing up i remember getting the nes action pack from santa on christmas morning. So between that and our neighbors atari 2600 we had plenty of games to keep us busy. It wasnt until recently I was playn ps3 with my son and he started bashing the old systems that I felt he needed to experiance the systems that started it all. In 1 day i spent $120.00 getting an atari 2600 w/20 games, an nes w/5 games and because my wifes father had one so she thought we should i got an intellivision w5/games. See i had never heard of intellivision up to this point. Man am I glad I got it! I love this system! I as of two weeks ago went to a town 2 hours away and bought another one in box with the intellivoice in box and 30 CIB games for 55.00! To me its a good deal. My collection is now up to 39 CIB games w/12 doubles. Just joined this site so thought it was kinda cool there was a place to share these sort of things. Im always watching youtube on game finds and unboxings now. never done that before. By the way my son is now completely into the classics too. So basically its bring back childhood memories and making new ones at the same time.

Welcome to the group! Game collecting can be really an addictive and rewarding hobby and the Intellivision is a system that was way ahead of its time in many respects.

BTW, yesterday I received the CIB Shark!Shark! I got off ebay for $4.75! One less to go!

Thats cool! There are still lots of stuff im learning about the older systems. Im always going around trying to find cib games. not only for intellivision but for atari 2600 and nes also. If you have any websites you could direct me to that would be awsome.

[addictedtogaming]

 revolutionika, on Fri Mar 9, 2012 9:56 AM, said:

 addictedtogaming, on Thu Mar 8, 2012 4:31 PM, said:

No what are Homebrew? Never heard of it.

Homebrew games are new releases for old systems, most systems have them coming out.For example, last year Halo came out on the atari 2600.   Here is a list of the ones coming up for Intellivision.   http://www.intellivi...mebrew-releases

Thanks for the link ima check it out! I had no clue people were still making games thats awsome!

[revolutionika]

Check out the Atari age store too...or just google homebrew and the system you want...there are lots of new nes homebrews as well.

Edited by revolutionika, Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:47 PM.

[thegamezmaster]

Just thought I'd put this out. I have a dead Intellivision console, don't know what's wrong, and 13 loose carts if anyone wants to make an offer and pay shipping. Intellivision games loose:
Pitfall
Lock 'N' Chase
Night Stalker
Space Battle
Utopia-bad label but have manual I think.
Tripe Action
Bowling
Golf
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack  
Sea Battle
Loco-motion
Football
Frogger

PM me if interested,thanks.

[OutlawTorn71]

Just picked this up from Craigslist, when I arrived I found out there wasn't any power supplies for either the Inty II or the ECS   Bummer...

But when I got it home it all works except the Intellivoice I'll give it a good cleaning and see what happens

I think it was in a basement for a while, it's all really dirty, and smell's horrible..cigarette smoke !!   ICK ! Lot's of scrubbing in my future

It's seen heavy use, boxes are worn, several overlays are almost mutilated.. just like mine were as a kid !

But a nice pickup none the less!

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[coleconut]

A good week on Kijiji.

Thurs. GOOD
picked up an R9 Atari 2600 T-handle $30, there's a couple on ebay for $400+, sellers are insane but realistically, if you can find one, $130 is low avg.


Saturday BETTER
15 Atari 8-bit carts, 2xR9, 2xR8, 3xR7. A rare-ish Atari mini-modem, Some Avalon Hill tape games,  A stack of TI 99/4A carts, bunch of 2600 commons. $50, estimated value on the market $300+

But tonight....drum roll....BEST
Boxed Intellivision III complete, box is an 8+ condition, 83 boxed titles all in immaculate condition, 80% of which will replace existing copies I have since they are mint. Overlays look like never used, manuals and inserts like never opened.

Highlights - 21 Cdn bilingual titles including gatefold Burgertime ( L'Heure du Burger), Bomb Squad , gatefold Mission X, Buzz Bombers, multiple Parker Bros, Interphase titles, Coleco, others
A few International box varieties of Activision games - Pretty sure these are box varieties, I dont remember whether my other Ptifall or Happy Trails had 5 languages on the back of the box or in the manuals(?)
Lots of harder to find titles like Commando, Defender, Hover Force, Tower of Doom, Thin Ice, Diner, Thunder Castle, Truckin, Tron Solar Sailer, Stampede, River Raid, Dig Dug, He Man

No sleepers like a Super Cobra or Tutankham but nonetheless for what I paid, I made out like a bandit.

BTW, is there a variety of the INTV III that looks like the picture on the box witih INTV III in smaller font, no italics, flat red power lite? Because this one and every other one I've seen has the larger font, "System III" in italics, red power light "bulb". Although I do understand theres at least 3 different controller styles, tactile, ridged, flat.  Just curious...

Edited by coleconut, Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:49 PM.

[cmart604]

 coleconut, on Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:09 PM, said:

A good week on Kijiji.

Thurs. GOOD
picked up an R9 Atari 2600 T-handle $30, there's a couple on ebay for $400+, sellers are insane but realistically, if you can find one, $130 is low avg.
SpiderMaze.jpg

Saturday BETTER
15 Atari 8-bit carts, 2xR9, 2xR8, 3xR7. A rare-ish Atari mini-modem, Some Avalon Hill tape games,  A stack of TI 99/4A carts, bunch of 2600 commons. $50, estimated value on the market $300+

But tonight....drum roll....BEST
Boxed Intellivision III complete, box is an 8+ condition, 83 boxed titles all in immaculate condition, 80% of which will replace existing copies I have since they are mint. Overlays look like never used, manuals and inserts like never opened.

Highlights - 21 Cdn bilingual titles including gatefold Burgertime ( L'Heure du Burger), Bomb Squad , gatefold Mission X, Buzz Bombers, multiple Parker Bros, Interphase titles, Coleco, others
A few International box varieties of Activision games - Pretty sure these are box varieties, I dont remember whether my other Ptifall or Happy Trails had 5 languages on the back of the box or in the manuals(?)
Lots of harder to find titles like Commando, Defender, Hover Force, Tower of Doom, Thin Ice, Diner, Thunder Castle, Truckin, Tron Solar Sailer, Stampede, River Raid, Dig Dug, He Man

No sleepers like a Super Cobra or Tutankham but nonetheless for what I paid, I made out like a bandit.

BTW, is there a variety of the INTV III that looks like the picture on the box witih INTV III in smaller font, no italics, flat red power lite? Because this one and every other one I've seen has the larger font, "System III" in italics, red power light "bulb". Although I do understand theres at least 3 different controller styles, tactile, ridged, flat.  Just curious...

Now we can make that BC bud trade! what a great bunch of scores! Regarding the Activision games, there's also a International Stampede, was yours a regular version? Seems weird he would have 2 out of the three international ones.

Just to be clear, were the gatefold Mission X and the Buzz Bombers both the French ones? Was there a French Vectron there? That's one that people often miss as it just has the English title but with the bilingual verbiage on the box.

Some great titles in there, good for you!

I'll check all my INTV 3's and see if I can answer your question.

[revolutionika]

 cmart604, on Tue May 1, 2012 12:31 AM, said:

 coleconut, on Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:09 PM, said:

A good week on Kijiji.

Thurs. GOOD
picked up an R9 Atari 2600 T-handle $30, there's a couple on ebay for $400+, sellers are insane but realistically, if you can find one, $130 is low avg.
SpiderMaze.jpg

Saturday BETTER
15 Atari 8-bit carts, 2xR9, 2xR8, 3xR7. A rare-ish Atari mini-modem, Some Avalon Hill tape games,  A stack of TI 99/4A carts, bunch of 2600 commons. $50, estimated value on the market $300+

But tonight....drum roll....BEST
Boxed Intellivision III complete, box is an 8+ condition, 83 boxed titles all in immaculate condition, 80% of which will replace existing copies I have since they are mint. Overlays look like never used, manuals and inserts like never opened.

Highlights - 21 Cdn bilingual titles including gatefold Burgertime ( L'Heure du Burger), Bomb Squad , gatefold Mission X, Buzz Bombers, multiple Parker Bros, Interphase titles, Coleco, others
A few International box varieties of Activision games - Pretty sure these are box varieties, I dont remember whether my other Ptifall or Happy Trails had 5 languages on the back of the box or in the manuals(?)
Lots of harder to find titles like Commando, Defender, Hover Force, Tower of Doom, Thin Ice, Diner, Thunder Castle, Truckin, Tron Solar Sailer, Stampede, River Raid, Dig Dug, He Man

No sleepers like a Super Cobra or Tutankham but nonetheless for what I paid, I made out like a bandit.

BTW, is there a variety of the INTV III that looks like the picture on the box witih INTV III in smaller font, no italics, flat red power lite? Because this one and every other one I've seen has the larger font, "System III" in italics, red power light "bulb". Although I do understand theres at least 3 different controller styles, tactile, ridged, flat.  Just curious...

Now we can make that BC bud trade! what a great bunch of scores! Regarding the Activision games, there's also a International Stampede, was yours a regular version? Seems weird he would have 2 out of the three international ones.

Just to be clear, were the gatefold Mission X and the Buzz Bombers both the French ones? Was there a French Vectron there? That's one that people often miss as it just has the English title but with the bilingual verbiage on the box.

Some great titles in there, good for you!

I'll check all my INTV 3's and see if I can answer your question.

http://www.longislan...t-drug-dealing/

[coleconut]

 cmart604, on Tue May 1, 2012 12:31 AM, said:

Regarding the Activision games, there's also a International Stampede, was yours a regular version? Seems weird he would have 2 out of the three international ones.

Just to be clear, were the gatefold Mission X and the Buzz Bombers both the French ones? Was there a French Vectron there? That's one that people often miss as it just has the English title but with the bilingual verbiage on the box.

Un moment, s'il vous plait
No/nein/non to Stampede, oui to Mission X et  Buzz Bombers, non to Vectron.

[cmart604]

 coleconut, on Tue May 1, 2012 3:34 PM, said:

 cmart604, on Tue May 1, 2012 12:31 AM, said:

Regarding the Activision games, there's also a International Stampede, was yours a regular version? Seems weird he would have 2 out of the three international ones.

Just to be clear, were the gatefold Mission X and the Buzz Bombers both the French ones? Was there a French Vectron there? That's one that people often miss as it just has the English title but with the bilingual verbiage on the box.

Un moment, s'il vous plait
No/nein/non to Stampede, oui to Mission X et  Buzz Bombers, non to Vectron.

Nice reply, well played. That Buzz Bombers is one of my favourite variations and that French gatefold Mission X is crazy hard to find. It sounds like maybe pics should be taken of this giant score so we can all revel in its glory. (As an aside, I did a kijiji search for Intellivison here in Vancouver and got one search result for a loose system for $40) Yay.

[coleconut]

 cmart604, on Wed May 2, 2012 1:59 AM, said:

It sounds like maybe pics should be taken of this giant score so we can all revel in its glory.  (

Will do. The fun of going thru a new lot like this is when you think at first glance that you have most of the games only to find many varieties you didnt have. Like the Donkey Kong included was one I didnt have. Its a bilingual Cdn one, and it makes it my 3rd different DK Cdn box, this one has the arcade machine picture and printed to the left of that on the front where you would normally see "PLAYS LIKE THE REAL ARCADE GAME" instead it says "SPECIAL HOME VERSION OF Nintendo ARCADE GAME / VARIANTE DU VRAI JEU D'ARCADE DE Nintendo".

Edited by coleconut, Thu May 3, 2012 8:32 AM.

[cmart604]

 coleconut, on Thu May 3, 2012 8:19 AM, said:

 cmart604, on Wed May 2, 2012 1:59 AM, said:

It sounds like maybe pics should be taken of this giant score so we can all revel in its glory.  (

Will do. The fun of going thru a new lot like this is when you think at first glance that you have most of the games only to find many varieties you didnt have. Like the Donkey Kong included was one I didnt have. Its a bilingual Cdn one, and it makes it my 3rd different DK Cdn box, this one has the arcade machine picture and printed to the left of that on the front "SPECIAL HOME VERSION OF Nintendo ARCADE GAME"

Ooooh, I'd definitely like to see all three in case you've found something I don't have. Yah, I love it when you go through a lot and find something cool you didn't know you'd bought.

[16-bit]

Just wanted to share my latest Intellivision score I found on CL. Super cheap, and almost everything has the box and overlays!  

[roberto]

 16-bit, on Thu May 3, 2012 5:25 PM, said:

Just wanted to share my latest Intellivision score I found on CL. Super cheap, and almost everything has the box and overlays!  

Nice! that was really a good lot:  many classics and also a couple of not so common ones!

[coleconut]

 cmart604, on Wed May 2, 2012 1:59 AM, said:

It sounds like maybe pics should be taken of this giant score so we can all revel in its glory.

Only 'cause you insisted...


My bad, that is 2 bilingual DK not 3.

Edited by coleconut, Fri May 4, 2012 5:19 PM.

[OutlawTorn71]

 coleconut, on Fri May 4, 2012 5:18 PM, said:

 cmart604, on Wed May 2, 2012 1:59 AM, said:

It sounds like maybe pics should be taken of this giant score so we can all revel in its glory.

Only 'cause you insisted...


My bad, that is 2 bilingual DK not 3.

wow.. very nice !!

[Darrin9999]

Look what I got in the mail today!  But I ordered Spine the Bee, and Samegame & Robots...

Edit: moved to the 2012 collection

[scalpel]

 OutlawTorn71, on Fri May 4, 2012 5:37 PM, said:

 coleconut, on Fri May 4, 2012 5:18 PM, said:

 cmart604, on Wed May 2, 2012 1:59 AM, said:

It sounds like maybe pics should be taken of this giant score so we can all revel in its glory.

Only 'cause you insisted...


My bad, that is 2 bilingual DK not 3.

wow.. very nice !!

Really very impressive... I want the same !

[revolutionika]

Nice Coleconut!