Rev Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 :mad: :mad: Ill pick up the Atari version though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Over there! <Points in a random direction> 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 That's kinda spiffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 The Intellivision Flashback portable is right here! Bring your own hardware, it's just software! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 Over there! <Points in a random direction> hey...i looked.....i fell for it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KylJoy Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I've never been able to get a Bluetooth controller to work with it. Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I picked up the portable Genesis last year (the Nomad?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Eric 7100 is going to love this! hey...i looked.....i fell for it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 The Intellivision Flashback portable is right here! unnamed.jpgunnamed-2.jpglocknchase.jpg Bring your own hardware, it's just software! Tried it on my Android tablet and smartphone. Can't stand the touchscreen input - I find it unusable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZillaRUSH Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Picked up the Atari Portable the other day...great stuff. Screen is a bit small...but the SD card slot is fantastic. Added tons of ROMs to it. Works perfect. Def hoping for an Intellivision Portable one day! hint, hint...Keith. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Thst would be interesting. But I would want the disc on the right, keypad on the left. Maybe side buttons as shoulder buttons. I'm sure if one were ever made they would put the disc on the left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Picked up the Atari Portable the other day...great stuff. Screen is a bit small...but the SD card slot is fantastic. Added tons of ROMs to it. Works perfect. Def hoping for an Intellivision Portable one day! hint, hint...Keith. Or an updated Intellivision Lives for 3DS, with all the Imagic games from Intellivision Rocks ... preferably in digital form so we don't have to hunt down cartridges or worry about scarcity. The old DS game was quite nice, as the controls actually made sense with the little touchpad right up front, overlays and all. http://www.nintendolife.com/games/ds/intellivision_lives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillLoguidice Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Although a company like AtGames would never produce one due to lack of a market, that would be an interesting challenge for a homebrew project. With more and more homebrew portables being developed, it's probably just a matter of time (maybe even within a few years) before it will probably be practical to "graft" the necessary controls onto a good portable platform. Certainly I think that's what would be ideal with an Intellivision portable, i.e., having the real deal controls on it. Something like that could maybe take the form factor of a Nintendo Switch, in that we could have a core processor unit with screen, etc., and have different controls slide onto the sides. This way we could do an Intellivision Portable, a ColecoVision Portable, etc., with authentic controls, sort of like how some of the current Pi-based console systems are done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I think someone could port jzintv to the newer Nintendo DS making use of the analog stick. Also move the keypad to one side of the touch screen so its thumb workable. That cable link for two player games is optional. It might be better than anything atgames would make. Controls are still backwards. I cant see someone making one as a home project other than fastening a 4" display to an original intellivision controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Anyone know the sales numbers for the Intellivision Flashback, just for comparison with a theoretical Intellivision Portable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillLoguidice Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Anyone know the sales numbers for the Intellivision Flashback, just for comparison with a theoretical Intellivision Portable? All I can say is that it sold reasonably well, but did not meet overly lofty retailer expectations. Same thing with the ColecoVision Flashback. As such, no future hardware from AtGames will be created for either of those two properties. More software beyond the two PC SKUs is still a possibility, although there are no plans at this time, nor do I have any particular expectations for there to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillLoguidice Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 That's always a possibility in my mind. Didn't someone pack something into an Intellivision controller already? Again, as long as we already have a movement for homebrew DIY handhelds, I don't see any particular restriction for that eventually forming the foundation of more custom creations. It won't be cheap, but then homebrew stuff rarely is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 With more and more homebrew portables being developed, it's probably just a matter of time (maybe even within a few years) before it will probably be practical to "graft" the necessary controls onto a good portable platform. Certainly I think that's what would be ideal with an Intellivision portable, i.e., having the real deal controls on it. The Android port of jzintv could be updated to work with USB controllers via OTG cables ... it doesn't seem to have been touched in three years so I don't know how interested the developer would be. This strikes me as the path of second-least resistance. The easiest and cheapest way to make a Flashback Portable would be to roll your own, using a cheap laptop computer, an emulator, and a USB Intellivision controller. Done! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Alternatively, you can install Linux on your tablet, and just compile jzintv as is. Either way with a usb controller hooked up it becomes a portable as opposed to a handheld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Maybe on a windows tablet. I don't think the Android port supports USB controllers, at least going from the user reviews. I had a bunch of fun with it on Android, the disc controller and the touchscreen aren't so very different to me. I recognize that most people prefer hard controls though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KylJoy Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 No, seriously... Has anyone been able to use a Bluetooth controller with it in android? There is a video of someone doing this but I can't figure out how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Intellivision Portables are exist, unfortunately I don't own a set: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 No, seriously... Has anyone been able to use a Bluetooth controller with it in android? There is a video of someone doing this but I can't figure out how. My understanding is that jzintv4droid doesn't support external controllers. In general you can get a controller to work with any app without native controller support by having a progran that maps the controller to screen touches. I think it requires a rooted android. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I agree with mr_me in that I don't think jzintv4droid works with external controllers. If support was added, it should theoretically be easy since most USB and Bluetooth joystick use the HID protocol (I worked on the Bluetooth HID specification). Once jzintv4droid supports USB or Bluetooth, adding support for the other should be easy. That said, there are some exceptions to this (ex: original XBox joystick used USB but had proprietary protocol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 There was also this portable unit that Walgreens sold for a while in their toy aisle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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