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  1. Posted

    Found these at a local yard sale, one of the best of the year (and you would have NEVER though it by the looks of the sale, almost past it up)!

     

    SNES - Secret of Mana ( 50 cents )

    N64 - Pokemon Stadium 2 ( $1)

    N64 - Banjo Kazooie ( $1)

    Terra Nova (looked like an interesting game to play with my son for 50 cents!)

     

    Good luck to all posters!

     

    What kind of media is that Terra Nova on? What are the system requirements? Looking at Google and Youtube I could only find reference to a battle game called Terra Nova. Very interesting.

     

    AX

     

    Oops ... should have mentioned that's just a board game, not a video game.

  2. Posted

    072612



    Found these at a local yard sale, one of the best of the year (and you would have NEVER though it by the looks of the sale, almost past it up)!

    SNES - Secret of Mana ( 50 cents )
    N64 - Pokemon Stadium 2 ( $1)
    N64 - Banjo Kazooie ( $1)
    Terra Nova (looked like an interesting game to play with my son for 50 cents!)

    Good luck to all posters!

  3. Posted

    I wasn't sure if I should call this auction "I can't believe I ran over my MLB" or " I feel bad I used my kids' MLB as toilet paper", so I've just decided to go with "Auctions that are definitely going to find a bidder" :-D Seriously, why bother?

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2610720879951?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=261072087995&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    And it's marked as "acceptable"! Really, quality 'standards' can actually be very... subjective! ;)

     

    I'm tempted to buy it so that I can put it out of it's misery and give it a proper burial. Poor little guy ... he just wanted to be loved ...

     

    (taps playing in the background)

  6. Posted

    I just introduced the Breaking News

    http://www.elektronite.com/Default.htm

    on my mac with a 21" monitor the font is very small for the new section, not sure if it's just me.

     

    Yep, I also think the font is too small. I have to zoom to 150% to read it easily.

     

    fixed

     

    anyone noticed we post the boxart of Defender of the crown? :-)

     

    Yes! Rev posted a link to it on his site. Does that mean Arnauld has made progress with it? (I'm pretty sure he's making this one right?) for that matter, is there any news on Rick D?

     

    both games are not complete and still cannot predict a date.... and Rick D will be a LTO production

     

    Fair enough, but has any further work been done on either game? Please say yes. :)

     

    Defender of the Crown was a favorite of mine growing up (played it on the Commodore 64). It would be HUGE to see this on the Intellivision. I've seen the ROM of the beginning and everything looked awesome.

  8. Posted

    Hey, I have some prototype items i may auction off as well, they are from the IntellivisionRevolution.com website i have. The items I will be selling to you for very high prices consist of a few sheets of notebook paper with some scribbles on them along the lines of: make a cool intellivision website, submit url, intellivision,honey get off the computer and pay attention to me...

     

    Im starting the bidding at around 100.00

     

    No thank you. I already have enough of the "honey get off the computer and pay attention to me" notes ... death threats ... divorce proceedings, etc.

  11. Posted

    Ah ... I remember printing out the backtab coordinates before ... they make sense now! Makes it a LOT easier to change the color of each individual picture as well as giving me unlimited pictures that I can make designs for. Thanks for the info. Now, my main code looks like this ... I

     

    CALL MEMCPY

    Decle ($0237) ; Column 15 & 16, Row 2

    Decle MoonTop ; White Moon top left and right

    Decle 2

     

    CALL MEMCPY

    Decle ($024B) ; Column 15 & 16, Row 3

    Decle MoonBottom ; White Moon bottom left & right

    Decle 2 ; Not efficient, but just testing ...

     

    CALL MEMCPY

    Decle ($02C3) ; Column 15, Row 9

    Decle Zombie ; Zombie is now GREEN!

    Decle 1

  12. Posted

    Congratulations! Looking good so far!

    Hey! It looks very cool!

     

    By the way, are you using P-Machinery?

     

    Thanks! So far, just having fun and trying to learn a few basics in my spare time.

     

    And yes, and no, to using P-Machinery. I stepped outside for this screen just playing with the sky.asm sample and manipulating it to create the screen. I learn best when I can break down a sample program, change it, and see what happens.

     

    I do have a question ... here is the main portion of the code. The issue is that in the string code, the 0's, 1's, etc represent @@0 that are my pictures ... how can I create @@10 and have it use picture "10" and not pictures "1" and "0"?

     

    CALL PRINT.FLS

    DECLE 240*8 + C_WHT, $200

    ;01234567890123456789

    STRING "00000000000000000000"

    STRING "00000000000000013000"

    STRING "00000000000000024000"

    STRING "00000000000000000000"

    STRING "00000000000000000000"

    STRING "00000000000000000000"

    STRING "00000000000000000000"

    STRING "00000000000005500000"

    STRING "00000000000006600000"

    STRING "00090000080007700800", 0

     

    CALL PRINT.FLS

    DECLE 240*8 + C_BRN, $200 + 12*20 ;Starts with Row 12

    ;01234567890123456789

    STRING "00000000000000000000", 0

     

    CALL PRINT.FLS

    DECLE C_RED, $200 + 1*20 +2 ;Starts with Row 1, Column 2

    STRING 'Killer', 0

  13. Posted

    Well ... I've finally dove in and did SOMETHING ... just starting small and drawing a screen. Looked at the SKY.ASM example and ran with it as a template to learn some about drawing on the screen. Played with the DECLE and made a nice little Excel program to translate an eight by eight group of cells into a DECLE command (I'm an accountant and Excel and I are good friends!).

     

    Now ... I only have to learn about drawing MOBs, collision detection, game logic, movement, level completion, keeping score, pausing and I'm there! :ponder:

     

    Killer Zombies

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  14. Posted

    Well the wait is ended. Dave has released KotM for all to play. (and Illusions too). Shipping starts on the 15th

     

    So much for the 15th for shipping ... apparently ordering quickly helped as I just received King of the Mountain and Illusions today! They look awesome in my collection :) Now I just have to find time to play them and not just look at them!

  17. Posted

    after all it had already 4 releases.

    In the end there will be 10% new collectors buy the game and the other 90% are complete collectors that must have this new edition.

     

    As a somewhat newbie, I would be part of the 10% that missed the original (and I'm certainly not willing to risk my wife's wrath by spending $400 on a game!). I would buy one if re-released ...

     

    You must have seen the FB post between Willy and Joe ;)

     

    What FB post? I'm allergic to FaceBook, so I can't see it.

     

    I'm not allergic but find Facebook to be a complete and utter waste and a drain on my IQ ... and that post was?

  18. Posted

    It's Donkey Kong ... let's face it, if you created an app for the iPad exactly like this, Nintendo would be on you faster than Rev on a Golden Girl :-o ... this escapes through because it's created for a system that most of the rest of the world have forgotten about.

     

    People still buy Intellivisions (I still sell them on eBay quite well!) but they buy them to relive their favorite games. That creates a market, but only for old existing games that people played as a kid. Some people, such as myself, will stumble onto this board and find the wonderful world of Intellivision here and see the value in new games ... but not most. I think that you need to appeal to them in one of two ways. First, bring a popular game onto the system (such as D2K has done) or second, to create a sequel to existing Intellivision games (who wouldn't want to buy Night Stalker II or Super Pro Snafu, etc). They get a new game AND a sense of nostalgia. I understand there are potential legal issues with either of those plays but are they realistic as selling cartridges does not seem to conflict with the current Intellivision owner's game plan.

  20. Posted

    I may... (ignores verbal taunts from wife in the background) be interested in ... (avoids sharp objects thrown from wife in the kitchen) some of those items ... (sidesteps anvil dropped from ceiling) despite the fact that my life may be slightly endangered. :roll:

     

    And thank you for the dedication to the Intellivision. I just recently started reliving my childhood (can anyone say mid-life crisis?) and I've really enjoyed learning about the extended community here at AA.

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  22. Posted

    Wow ... what a cool find! Love that picture of Space Battle and Slots? ... there's information on that box alone that I've never heard of before. Isn't fascinating to find out something new after all these years?

     

    Great find and I'll cross my fingers that it still works!

  23. Posted

     

    However, most people have held off buying the game until we deliver the box/overlays.....unfortunately, clearing the summit IS the problem.....and crashing into the mountain is the danger.

     

    74 likes on the Classic Game Room review, and everyone waiting for the box.

     

    I must admit to being part of that problem (waiting for the box, that is). ;)

     

    I did forget a third option ... pre-orders. In that case, you usually need to offer some discount or "extra" for accepting someone's money early ... a numbered copy of the game ... perhaps a copy signed by the game's author (or perhaps that's another money making idea altogether!)

     

    Regardless, I truly hope to see your venture succeed!

  24. Posted

     

    I do hope to get our numbers up so that eventually older releases sell for less than new releases. This all depends on if there is the market we thought there was for new Intellivision games, and that will determine if we move on to newer systems or continue to support the Intellivision.

     

    I've seen a lot of posts discussing the financial aspects of the homebrew market and it seems to me that much of the issue is in the start-up costs involved. Obviously, you have the initial expenses of mass producing carts, overlays, manuals and boxes. The only one that you can achieve economies of scale would be the carts (which can be used for multiple games) whereas you are projecting demand for the other items. Anyway you look at it is that the upfront costs are the mountain and, once you sell enough to get over the summit, then you have profit to reinvest in other games or to return to the programmers and owners of the company. But until you get to the summit, cash is always an issue.

     

    Not knowing your situation (if you plan on incorporating, partnership or whatever) it's hard to give any advice. However, there are two ways that come to mind to help get to the summit more quickly.

     

    1) A loan - probably not likely as I don't see any banks jumping into the Intellivision homebrew market and I doubt that the Games for your Intellivision folks have any urge to put their personal lives on the line to sign off for it.

    2) Issuing stock or part ownership ...

     

    The second is an interesting idea as you have a small, fanatical base that may be interested in owning a small portion of the company. I don't know if it's something that may be viable for your specific company, but I'm pretty sure that there are some people who would love to receive a nice shiny certificate as a "stock holder" in the company to frame on their wall. And, in the event that the company becomes profitable there are the possibilities for a "dividend" back to the shareholders.

     

    Just food for thought from your local CPA representative :D

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