Intro

[Intellfan]

Hi my name is Mark i am 47 years old I live in St Louis MO I found this forum yesterday it is so nice to see there is other Intellivision lovers out there . I have been playing Intellivision since 1979 when i bought my first system for 240 bucks bought my two first games triple action and baseball those games are still in my top ten . i still Play my Intellivsion and luckily i turned my two 20 year old nephews on to it and I can play with them and my brother . I have a large collection of games, some loose some in boxes i have most of the games except a few of the rare ones like spiker and mudbuggies ,congobongo I would love to play in your tournaments if you have more hope to get to know all of you better hope you have a great day Mark

[IntellivisionDude]

Welcome Mark. Always happy to see more Intellivision fans show up. I been a fan since Christmas of 83 when i got my model 2 for Christmas. Unfortunatley for me, i don't know anybody who would play with me. Everybody complains about the controllers.

 

Here is my story.

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/156479-intellivision-guy/page__p__1919930

 

+ this awesome thread here.

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/172583-vintage-gaming-store-displays/page__view__findpost__p__2139280

[Intellfan]

Welcome Mark. Always happy to see more Intellivision fans show up. I been a fan since Christmas of 83 when i got my model 2 for Christmas. Unfortunatley for me, i don't know anybody who would play with me. Everybody complains about the controllers.

 

Here is my story.

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/156479-intellivision-guy/page__p__1919930

 

+ this awesome thread here.

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/172583-vintage-gaming-store-displays/page__view__findpost__p__2139280

Thanks for the Welcome yes it is hard to find people to play anymore I lucky both my nephews love it which surprises me with all the great graphics out there now I am seen some of your Utube videos great job i may have to try to put one up showing Commando

[IntellivisionDude]

That would be cool. Commando is high on my wish list. And Thanks.

 

This is a little off topic, but you mentioning Commando got me thinking.

 

Even though i only need 33 more games to have a complete loose collection, a few of those are not high on my wish list. Here are the ones i really want.

 

Beamrider

Commando

DK jr.

Mountain Madness Super Pro Skiing (i can actually play this one of my PS2 or DS)

Popeye

Super Pro Decathlon (same as above)

Thin Ice (same as above)

Tower of Doom (same as above)

Worm Whomper

 

These ones i don't know much about but sound cool.

 

Fathom

Ice Trek

Sewer Sam

Super Cobra

Truckin'

Tutankham

White Water!

 

I didn't add Spiker or Mud Buggies since they are almost impossible to get. And a few of the rare ones may be more rare than fun. The switch off may not be worth it.

 

And here is my box wish list. I always said the cart comes first and i wouldn't worry about if it had the box. But there is a few i would love to have.

 

Diner

Dracula

Master of the Universe

Jetsons Ways with Words

Slam Dunk

Slap Shot

Super Pro Football

Shark Shark

Maybe Centipede

Maybe Pac-Man

 

The rest are not high on my list and i know i'll get them eventually. I can't play the boxes anyway. They just look nice on the shelf.

 

And for games i don't own. The boxes for Dig Dug and Commando are killer looking.

[Chuck D. Head]

Hi Mark! Welcome to AtariAge, the best place to talk about Intellivision, oddly enough. Lots of cool stuff here, folks working on new homebrews, buying / selling / trading, and a lot of talk now about the Mattel Aquarius computer, with a new multi-cart on the way. You will want to get in on the competition at the Intellivision High Score Club, I bet............

[Intellfan]

That would be cool. Commando is high on my wish list. And Thanks.

 

This is a little off topic, but you mentioning Commando got me thinking.

 

Even though i only need 33 more games to have a complete loose collection, a few of those are not high on my wish list. Here are the ones i really want.

 

Beamrider

Commando

DK jr.

Mountain Madness Super Pro Skiing (i can actually play this one of my PS2 or DS)

Popeye

Super Pro Decathlon (same as above)

Thin Ice (same as above)

Tower of Doom (same as above)

Worm Whomper

 

These ones i don't know much about but sound cool.

 

Fathom

Ice Trek

Sewer Sam

Super Cobra

Truckin'

Tutankham

White Water!

 

I didn't add Spiker or Mud Buggies since they are almost impossible to get. And a few of the rare ones may be more rare than fun. The switch off may not be worth it.

 

And here is my box wish list. I always said the cart comes first and i wouldn't worry about if it had the box. But there is a few i would love to have.

 

Diner

Dracula

Master of the Universe

Jetsons Ways with Words

Slam Dunk

Slap Shot

Super Pro Football

Shark Shark

Maybe Centipede

Maybe Pac-Man

 

The rest are not high on my list and i know i'll get them eventually. I can't play the boxes anyway. They just look nice on the shelf.

 

And for games i don't own. The boxes for Dig Dug and Commando are killer looking.

I have all of those games except supercobra and Tutankham Most of my games are loose but i have a few boxes I have commando and world series baseball sewer SAM are my rarest boxes

[+cmart604]

Hi Mark, welcome to the best place on the interweb to discuss INTV! Glad to see another fan join our merry little group...I mean our ever-expanding, soon-to-be-massive group.

Edited December 27, 2010 by cmart604

[Intellfan]

Hi Mark, welcome to the best place on the interweb to dicsuss INTV! Glad to see another fan join our merry little group...I mean our ever-expanding, soon-to-be-massive group.

Thanks Cmart great to be here

[roberto]

Welcome and best wishes from Singapore!

 

PS: I just realized many Inty games were made/assembled over here. I still have to track down exactly where... who knows, maybe there's still some old warehouse with some forgotten boxes!?

Edited December 28, 2010 by roberto

[Intellfan]

Welcome and best wishes from Singapore!

 

PS: I just realized many Inty games were made/assembled over here. I still have to track down exactly where... who knows, maybe there's still some old warehouse with some forgotten boxes!?

If you find it please send me a case or two of spiker volleyball please

[IntellivisionDude]

Welcome and best wishes from Singapore!

 

PS: I just realized many Inty games were made/assembled over here. I still have to track down exactly where... who knows, maybe there's still some old warehouse with some forgotten boxes!?

If you find it please send me a case or two of spiker volleyball please

 

 

And send me a case of Mud Buggies so i can trade Intellfan for a Spiker.

[IntellivisionDude]

I would also like to mention that lately i have doing Intellivision high score challenges on my Youtube channel. They are not as serious and competitive as the ones here. It's just a friendly challenge mainly just trying to get people to participate and get people involved in the Youtube community. The last few i did, i think only 4 or 5 people participated.

[Rev]

yeah, welcome. like others have said, this is about the only place besides the intellivision facebook page that isnt dead. this place wouldnt be as lively if it wasnt part of AA though. but i think most of us collect and play more than just intellivision.

 

i also have colecovision, 2600,5200,nes,SMS,and still play the new stuff on ps3 and wii.

 

Stick around, and enjoy. P.S. hopefully there will be some new intellivision games released this year onto cart! dont miss the preorders.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Hi my name is Mark i am 47 years old I live in St Louis MO I found this forum yesterday it is so nice to see there is other Intellivision lovers out there. I would love to play in your tournaments if you have more hope to get to know all of you better hope you have a great day, Mark

 

Hey Mark, nice to see a new face at the Intellivision forum.

 

I am new to Intellivision since Feb 2010, but I caught on quickly. Already racking up high scores, on my own Intellivision, nowadays. Also got the Intellivoice and about 50 games for it. I didn't know this console existed in the punk gaming era '77-83! I only knew Atari, Odyssey and Colecovision, plus the home computers like Commodore 64 and Apple 2C. LOL... probably because I was 5 in 1985. I'm 30 now, but I have two brothers around 5 n 8 years older then me, so they know all about the 80's and I learned a lot from both my older bros (and some from living in the 80's), so I know all 80's songs, movies, culture... etc. The best time for everything pretty much was the 1980's. Creativity was limitless then.

 

Would be cool to see you in the Intellivision tournaments for high scores! The next season of games starts next SPRING around "March or April of 2011 I presume. About 4 months from now. I finished "5th" place overall this past year at the HSC of Intell.

 

You could still post some high scores of yours in a message here, if you want to discuss the games you are playing.

 

You can make a post about everything Intellivision here.

 

I'm the best at Vectron and Tron Deadly Discs, two awesome games, those two are probably my favorites.

 

Vectron I scored over 400ks. Tron D.D, over 2 million!

Edited December 29, 2010 by JacobZu7zu7

[Intellfan]

Hi my name is Mark i am 47 years old I live in St Louis MO I found this forum yesterday it is so nice to see there is other Intellivision lovers out there. I would love to play in your tournaments if you have more hope to get to know all of you better hope you have a great day, Mark

 

Hey Mark, nice to see a new face at the Intellivision forum.

 

I am new to Intellivision since Feb 2010, but I caught on quickly. Already racking up high scores, on my own Intellivision, nowadays. Also got the Intellivoice and about 50 games for it. I didn't know this console existed in the punk gaming era '77-83! I only knew Atari, Odyssey and Colecovision, plus the home computers like Commodore 64 and Apple 2C. LOL... probably because I was 5 in 1985. I'm 30 now, but I have two brothers around 5 n 8 years older then me, so they know all about the 80's and I learned a lot from both my older bros (and some from living in the 80's), so I know all 80's songs, movies, culture... etc. The best time for everything pretty much was the 1980's. Creativity was limitless then.

 

Would be cool to see you in the Intellivision tournaments for high scores! The next season of games starts next SPRING around "March or April of 2011 I presume. About 4 months from now. I finished "5th" place overall this past year at the HSC of Intell.

 

You could still post some high scores of yours in a message here, if you want to discuss the games you are playing.

 

You can make a post about everything Intellivision here.

 

I'm the best at Vectron and Tron Deadly Discs, two awesome games, those two are probably my favorites.

 

Vectron I scored over 400ks. Tron D.D, over 2 million!

WOW Great scores I really need to explore more of my Intellivision collection I have never played Vectron much I don't think i could figure it out the last time i played .I used to play Tron back in the day but it has been a long time will have break that out and try it again

[IntellivisionDude]

The next season of games starts next SPRING around "March or April of 2011 I presume

 

I would prefer if they started in January since every year i'm laid off from January to March and have nothing but time on my hands. Even though i still seem to find time when i'm not laid off.

[JacobZu7zu7]

Hi my name is Mark i am 47 years old I live in St Louis MO I found this forum yesterday it is so nice to see there is other Intellivision lovers out there. I would love to play in your tournaments if you have more hope to get to know all of you better hope you have a great day, Mark

 

Hey Mark, nice to see a new face at the Intellivision forum.

 

I am new to Intellivision since Feb 2010, but I caught on quickly. Already racking up high scores, on my own Intellivision, nowadays. Also got the Intellivoice and about 50 games for it. I didn't know this console existed in the punk gaming era '77-83! I only knew Atari, Odyssey and Colecovision, plus the home computers like Commodore 64 and Apple 2C. LOL... probably because I was 5 in 1985. I'm 30 now, but I have two brothers around 5 n 8 years older then me, so they know all about the 80's and I learned a lot from both my older bros (and some from living in the 80's), so I know all 80's songs, movies, culture... etc. The best time for everything pretty much was the 1980's. Creativity was limitless then.

 

Would be cool to see you in the Intellivision tournaments for high scores! The next season of games starts next SPRING around "March or April of 2011 I presume. About 4 months from now. I finished "5th" place overall this past year at the HSC of Intell.

 

You could still post some high scores of yours in a message here, if you want to discuss the games you are playing.

 

You can make a post about everything Intellivision here.

 

I'm the best at Vectron and Tron Deadly Discs, two awesome games, those two are probably my favorites.

 

Vectron I scored over 400ks. Tron D.D, over 2 million!

WOW Great scores I really need to explore more of my Intellivision collection I have never played Vectron much I don't think i could figure it out the last time i played .I used to play Tron back in the day but it has been a long time will have break that out and try it again

 

Thanks! Sometimes trying to figure out a games mechanics, and playing it often, suddenly you find out better or different ways to play and succeed. Basically the easiest way to get how to play VECTRON is...

 

You have to build or fill in, "energy blocks" with using the top buttons and disc while shooting away the eniemes flying around them block and breaking them apart.

(cannot complete the level if any damage is done to EVEN the corner of one block)

Sorta space-tetris in a way. One tip, is hold your thumb down on the STANDARD mode and shoot the bad stuff with the directional pad, and not bother with the FREESTYLE setting it sends you all over the place. It's better to build each block 1 by one and then when your done, you solve the level.

 

I made an extra effort to read most of my instruction manuals, like with

Tron Maze-A-Tron, also Sub Hunt, Space Spartians, Mission X, Microsurgeon, Horse Racing, Vectron and that... it gets me better scores, and let's me understand all gameplay aspects. Lowers my frustration and I realize the games are EASIER then I thought. (Helps to buy the games in lots on ebay, with their box, manual and overlays)

Some games it's a must! You need all the gear to play.

 

Like you, I am into playing and not just collecting. For example; with a game like Donkey Kong I worked at it, figured out that jumping the barrels is best "before" the barrel gets near your feet. Also the bonus hammer... if you aren't walking into the barrel or ducks, they wont go THROUGH your hammer and you can hit them everytime.

I got a score of 138,000!

 

There's only a few games left in my humble collection that I haven't played much,

B-17 Bomber (need to read how to play) and Bomb Squad (the code I'm confused about).

That's about it, and I could spend more time on the Dungeons and Dragons games,

I haven't gotten very far on either one.

[Intellfan]

Hi my name is Mark i am 47 years old I live in St Louis MO I found this forum yesterday it is so nice to see there is other Intellivision lovers out there. I would love to play in your tournaments if you have more hope to get to know all of you better hope you have a great day, Mark

 

Hey Mark, nice to see a new face at the Intellivision forum.

 

I am new to Intellivision since Feb 2010, but I caught on quickly. Already racking up high scores, on my own Intellivision, nowadays. Also got the Intellivoice and about 50 games for it. I didn't know this console existed in the punk gaming era '77-83! I only knew Atari, Odyssey and Colecovision, plus the home computers like Commodore 64 and Apple 2C. LOL... probably because I was 5 in 1985. I'm 30 now, but I have two brothers around 5 n 8 years older then me, so they know all about the 80's and I learned a lot from both my older bros (and some from living in the 80's), so I know all 80's songs, movies, culture... etc. The best time for everything pretty much was the 1980's. Creativity was limitless then.

 

Would be cool to see you in the Intellivision tournaments for high scores! The next season of games starts next SPRING around "March or April of 2011 I presume. About 4 months from now. I finished "5th" place overall this past year at the HSC of Intell.

 

You could still post some high scores of yours in a message here, if you want to discuss the games you are playing.

 

You can make a post about everything Intellivision here.

 

I'm the best at Vectron and Tron Deadly Discs, two awesome games, those two are probably my favorites.

 

Vectron I scored over 400ks. Tron D.D, over 2 million!

WOW Great scores I really need to explore more of my Intellivision collection I have never played Vectron much I don't think i could figure it out the last time i played .I used to play Tron back in the day but it has been a long time will have break that out and try it again

 

Thanks! Sometimes trying to figure out a games mechanics, and playing it often, suddenly you find out better or different ways to play and succeed. Basically the easiest way to get how to play VECTRON is...

 

You have to build or fill in, "energy blocks" with using the top buttons and disc while shooting away the eniemes flying around them block and breaking them apart.

(cannot complete the level if any damage is done to EVEN the corner of one block)

Sorta space-tetris in a way. One tip, is hold your thumb down on the STANDARD mode and shoot the bad stuff with the directional pad, and not bother with the FREESTYLE setting it sends you all over the place. It's better to build each block 1 by one and then when your done, you solve the level.

 

I made an extra effort to read most of my instruction manuals, like with

Tron Maze-A-Tron, also Sub Hunt, Space Spartians, Mission X, Microsurgeon, Horse Racing, Vectron and that... it gets me better scores, and let's me understand all gameplay aspects. Lowers my frustration and I realize the games are EASIER then I thought. (Helps to buy the games in lots on ebay, with their box, manual and overlays)

Some games it's a must! You need all the gear to play.

 

Like you, I am into playing and not just collecting. For example; with a game like Donkey Kong I worked at it, figured out that jumping the barrels is best "before" the barrel gets near your feet. Also the bonus hammer... if you aren't walking into the barrel or ducks, they wont go THROUGH your hammer and you can hit them everytime.

I got a score of 138,000!

 

There's only a few games left in my humble collection that I haven't played much,

B-17 Bomber (need to read how to play) and Bomb Squad (the code I'm confused about).

That's about it, and I could spend more time on the Dungeons and Dragons games,

I haven't gotten very far on either one.

Thanks for the reply Jacob I have most of the manuals and for the games. what i dont i printed them out online there used to be a great site that had a lot of manuals on it not sure if it is still up anymore but i have bought a lot of loose games on Ebay and like you said on some of them reading the manual is a must hope to play in the next HSC and learn some new games