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By the way... Ride of Valkyries WAS used in the PlayCable menus in 1982. The menu had four different songs. I didn't make a video for it because, to me it was a "commonly" available song, as it was used in both Checkers and Sub Hunt. Sorry if I neglected to point out that it was actually an original menu song as well.

Interesting how this version differs slightly from the original PlayCable unit, beyond the obvious. The load beeps for example, they are spaced further apart on here than on the actual machine. I wonder why that is? Also, is the recording they made of the original PlayCable signal still in existence? I kick myself for not thinking of trying to capture the signal myself back in the day, but given my crude technology at the time, it's unlikely that even if I had, that the signal would be usable today. Either way, great job!!

Wow!! I know I'm way late to the party here, but I haven't been checking in too much lately... All I can say is amazing job as always, decle. You really deserve some type of medal to dig this stuff up and preserve it. Now if only I can get clean copies of the audio for the menus incorporated as part of my modded Flashback system, instead of my cassette versions. Seriously, great work. Thanks so much for bringing my memories to life. ?

Most definitely. One of my favorite Intellivision games because of that strategy element.

Good to know! BTW, here's the video of the second half of the game:

Good to know. I'm checking it out now. What does the percent mean? Percent of the high score??

Dagnab it!!! Well, back to the drawing board! ?

I have a modded version of the Intellivision Flashback. By "modded", I mean that it was modded to play all the games (not just the 60 on the Flashback) from the original ROMs rather than the modified versions on the actual Flashback. (I hope I'm explaining this right). Anyway, the upshot is it's like playing the original games on the original controllers. Well, I just had a killer game of Buzz Bombers where everything lined up and I was able to stack multiple beehives. My final score was 311,200 which seems to be a high score as I cannot find record of a higher score anywhere. Once I realized I was going to be racking up points due to the placement of honeycombs, I started to record the game with my phone. I'm uploading the video to YouTube and will post it once it's ready, but I gotta warn y'all - I curse a little bit here and there. ? Anyway, here's the screen shot for now...

Hi All!! Simple question - does a MAME playable ROM exist for this title and if so, where would one find it? I saw this gmae in a retro arcade yesterday and immediately fell in love with it. Thanks!

Late to the party, but I recall seeing both Astrocade and the MP-1000 at Montgomery Ward's in 1980-81. I had wanted the Astrocade for Christmas 1980, but it was too expensive, so my mom got us the MP-1000, which was much cheaper (either $99- or $149- compared to $249- for the Astrocade). As I recall, there was an elaborate kiosk set up for the Astrocarde (probably what was shown on the previous page, but I can't be sure), but nothing special for the MP-1000, although there definitely was one on display (without a cartridge, so the only playable game was Rocket Patrol.

The gym I go to has an abundance of em. Go find your own, millenial! ?

I can sure relate to that! I'm 49 and go to the gym just to run on the treadmill, which I do for an hour (6.5 miles). I see so many people (20-somethings usually) who hop on and off the treadmills, running for five, maybe ten minutes. Meanwhile, this old guy here keeps chugging along! I still feel the energy and vitality I had in my 20s for the most part and I'm always open to learning new things. I'd hate to be complacent in life - at any age. So when I hear stereotypes about "old people this" or "old people that", it does bug me because in my case I don't feel it applies at all.

Do people really care about labels (Gen X, Boomer, Millenial, etc.)?? I mean they seem like just ways to go about systematically hating someone for no good reason, right (unless the calendar year one happened to be born in is compelling enough reason for this hatred)? I'm here because I love classic video games, period. Does it really matter whether I was born in 1970, 1950 or 2000? As the French might say, Sacre Bleu!!

Sixteen Candles is great! Weird Science too.

Brought my modded Flashback, which now has every Intv game - including prototypes - along with every 2600, 7800 + Colecovision game (thanks Eddie!) up to my mom's in Poughkeepsie, NY and played Backgammon (with her), Snafu, Carnival + Frogger (with my sister).