+Rick Reynolds Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 In this episode, we review the Mattel and INTV Corp. basketball games NBA Basketball and Slam Dunk Super Pro Basketball respectively. We interview designers / programmers Steve Ettinger, Dave Warhol, and Ken Smith. We also have listener audio contributions from Robert 'Intellivision Dude' Worden and Official Show Sports Correspondent Greg Miller. We talk to 'SoCal' Mike Kennedy about the Intellivision Gen2 Kickstarter, as well as his other projects. Brett Weiss comes on the show to discuss his video game books. And we hear from Todd Holcomb about his Ultimate Intellivision Flashback. There's also Feedback, News, Mentions, Aleks On Intellivision, the Odyssey 2, 'William' (Robotic Announcer Guy), and George. So grab your basketball(s)... and have a listen! http://intellivisionaries.com/episode-18-basketballs/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 W00t! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I literally just got back from a 2000 mile solo road trip. Great timing Seriously though, I put on ep 17 for the drive out. It was surprisingly fun to listen to - normally these get a bit long for me, but 5 hours goes by fast on the Canadian prairie when you're geeking out on 80s gaming goodness. I'll likely be doing it again in September, so here's hoping 2-3 episodes are out by then 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_intv Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Fantastic! I'll start listening soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Sweet! Gotta be a record length at 6+ hours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Yep. 6 hours and 6 minutes. It beats episode 7 by 2 minutes. It was carefully orchestrated to do just that... And thanks again for your contribution, Byte Knight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntellivisionDude Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Look Ma, i'm on TV. I still have a hour left to go, but i will listen to the rest later. Still feel weird listening to myself here. I don't like not knowing what people think about anything i said. On Youtube people leave comments. Here there is nothing. I feel vulnerable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Please say that you made it 6 hours, 6 minutes, and 6 seconds. \m/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) I thought about that, Chris, but then decided against it. It's 6:06:11. No significance there, but I did manage to make certain segments start on all the same numbers (sometimes it just works out that way on it's own - oddly enough). I actually have a fun doing little things like that that probably only I ever notice... Like part 4 of the game review starts on 4:44:44 (purely accidental). The outtakes start at 5:55:55 (nudged things around a bit to make that happen). I've done other things like that in previous episodes too - like episode 8 where you get an hourly 'chime' and running time count from The Odyssey 2. That one took some effort! Edited April 20, 2015 by nurmix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntellivisionDude Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 You guys mentioned the Hockey glitch but there is another one. Not sure if it's in both NHL and Slap Shot. But you can score every time if you shoot the puck at the net from behind it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Hmm.. I've seen that happen occasionally before, but didn't know it was easily repeatable. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_intv Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 You guys mentioned the Hockey glitch but there is another one. Not sure if it's in both NHL and Slap Shot. But you can score every time if you shoot the puck at the net from behind it. i remember this, as kids if you kept scoring like this you ended up taking a shot to the "junk" lol, that seemed to put a end to it, for a while anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 http://www.digitpress.com/eastereggs/intvnhlhockey.htm That bug? You guys mentioned the Hockey glitch but there is another one. Not sure if it's in both NHL and Slap Shot. But you can score every time if you shoot the puck at the net from behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Very minor: I noticed that the intro changed back to the previous version. I like both intros but episode 17's updated version was pretty cool. A very minor thing I noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 i remember this, as kids if you kept scoring like this you ended up taking a shot to the "junk" lol, that seemed to put a end to it, for a while anyway. isnt that how all disputes were settled? Funny how you use the phrase "taking a shot to the junk". Thats my line too. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Very minor: I noticed that the intro changed back to the previous version. I like both intros but episode 17's updated version was pretty cool. A very minor thing I noticed. Yeah. I don't want to use the extended mix on every episode, but will throw it in from time to time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntellivisionDude Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 http://www.digitpress.com/eastereggs/intvnhlhockey.htm That bug? Yes that one. A few months ago i was goofing around and i was able to do it a few times in a row. But i can't remember if i was playing NHL or Slap Shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hockey games are, for some reason, prone to easy scoring glitches. The early EA hockey games on Sega Genesis had a couple of guaranteed-to-score moves. I think it might be an indication of lack of interest in the sport from the programmers, so hockey doesn't get tested well enough. Not enough Canadians write video games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Out of topic, but just because my searches lead me to an old link in one of the Podcast pages. Has anybody ever noticed that all available links to the "Your Friend The EXEC" manual all reference the same scanned copy, and that it is missing one page? It is missing the first page of Appendix D (page D-1, which should be between C-7 and D-2). It is the first page on the section about screen scrolling. I only noticed because I'm in the process of transcribing the entire document and faithfully reproducing it, with tables and all, for historical archiving. (I don't plan on distributing it, it's just for my own personal archives). Anyway, if anybody happens to have a copy of page D-1, please let me know. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Out of topic, but just because my searches lead me to an old link in one of the Podcast pages. Has anybody ever noticed that all available links to the "Your Friend The EXEC" manual all reference the same scanned copy, and that it is missing one page? It is missing the first page of Appendix D (page D-1, which should be between C-7 and D-2). It is the first page on the section about screen scrolling. I only noticed because I'm in the process of transcribing the entire document and faithfully reproducing it, with tables and all, for historical archiving. (I don't plan on distributing it, it's just for my own personal archives). Anyway, if anybody happens to have a copy of page D-1, please let me know. -dZ. I don't have it, DZ, but I can ask the man behind it (Dave Rolfe) if he does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Curse cmart for bumping ep.17 thread. Hahahhaha I enjoy the podcast. But due to being busy with projects, family, and work. It is hard to find time to listen. I can't listen at work. My radio is old in my truck and can't stream from my phone if that's even possible. I don't even want to download that much onto my phone and use memory up. It would be nice if the episodes were shorter. Not less content. But take the same 6 hour podcast and break it down into 3 episodes. Example: Episode 19 A. Episode 19.1 19.2. 19.3. You get my idea. I find myself skipping around and just hitting segments that interest me. If shorter I would listen to the whole thing. I don't particularly like the pause feature. It don't seem to work for me. After around episode 10 I have been skipping content due to my personal schedule. If I was not as busy i would listen to it all. Dont get me wrong. I enjoy the news and listener interviews. Some of technical stuff I skip. I actually like the 8bit music segments. Now a segment on some kind of serial number database would be nice. Hint hint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soporj Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The pros: Interviews with programmers/developers...always interesting Questions for Keith (to a point...he's hard to listen to after a while) News of upcoming and newly released games Game reviews The cons: Interviews with fans that go on way too long The George Plimpton impersonator (it's just not funny) The music segments are too long The podcast is just too long overall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I enjoy the podcast. But due to being busy with projects, family, and work. It is hard to find time to listen. I can't listen at work. My radio is old in my truck and can't stream from my phone if that's even possible. I don't even want to download that much onto my phone and use memory up. It would be nice if the episodes were shorter. Not less content. But take the same 6 hour podcast and break it down into 3 episodes. Example: Episode 19 A. Episode 19.1 19.2. 19.3. You get my idea. Now a segment on some kind of serial number database would be nice. Hint hint. Thanks, Rev. I get that. As I posted in the Ep 17 thread, I use a podcast app on my smart phone, so there's no need to remember where you left off, and I can listen in the car, my office, the house, the garage. It really is the ideal way to digest podcasts. Wouldn't a serial number database segment be rather dry..? Nothing but monotone, endless readings of Cmart's console numbers... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) The pros: Interviews with programmers/developers...always interesting Questions for Keith (to a point...he's hard to listen to after a while) News of upcoming and newly released games Game reviews The cons: Interviews with fans that go on way too long The George Plimpton impersonator (it's just not funny) The music segments are too long The podcast is just too long overall Thanks, soporj. Most of the Keith segments would go on twice as long if I didn't stop him. He always says, he'll keep going until I turn the microphone off, and he's not kidding. Others mentioned the listener interviews too. Looks like we'll be rethinking that segment a bit. I respect your opinion of 'George'. I personally find him hilarious, which is why I put him in the show (in some episodes, I may over-use him a bit, but trust me, there are more unused George bits than used ones. He's very prolific). For what it's worth, your comment is the first time anyone has told me they don't care for him. But I understand he may not be to everyone's liking. I usually only put one song in each episode - and by that I mean music that is just music, not a music bed under one of George's bits, or while the outtakes play, or as some sort of transition between segments. Unless you're talking about the intro and outro, which are both quite short, unless I use one of the extended mixes, as I do from time to time. Of course we hear the opposite too; "more music!" And "you should always use the extended intro", etc. No matter what we do, someone won't like one aspect of it, and someone will think it's the best thing ever. The length issue is being addressed extensively in the Ep 17 thread, as you know... Edited June 17, 2015 by nurmix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Thanks, Rev. I get that. As I posted in the Ep 17 thread, I use a podcast app on my smart phone, so there's no need to remember where you left off, and I can listen in the car, my office, the house, the garage. It really is the ideal way to digest podcasts. Wouldn't a serial number database segment be rather dry..? Nothing but monotone, endless readings of Cmart's console numbers... No dryer than the rest of the podcast.... Ouch! Too soon? Too soon? If anyone can make it exciting its you, Rick and Will. I have faith. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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