Games For Your Intellivision

ILLUSIONS (Unreleased) Cartridge Instructions (For 1 player) Prepare yourself for a journey into a most unusual fantasy. A kingdom where nothing is as it seems. A land where the usual is unusual. Take a good look--then look again. It's a place. It's a time. It's a state of mind. Illusions -- it's all done with mirrors! Legend has it that Gleebs, (Amoeba-like creatures) learned this from the masters, their mentors, their teachers: "The Kingdom of Lizards In the Mirror Dimension is where Gleebs shall hold Their yearly convention". When time comes to leave this structure surreal, the Gleebs must escape, though there is no door. Just stairs going nowhere, And time running out... They must pass through the glass as one Gleeb--not more. Gleebs jump up or down and can change direction; When they meet, they meld, And two become one. Their union is strong, They keep moving along And all late arrivals must join in the fun. Soon lizards may enter to add to the tension. Their touch brings frustration as more Gleebs appear. But there is one known method Of reptile prevention... A liquid-filled beaker, Crystalline clear. Those liquefied lizards are put on "suspension"; They change into fish, flopping in place. That's the cue for the Gleebs to go for extension. Contact a fish To add time to the race. What's not fish is fowl- (In this kingdom that's fair). When a bird glides above them The Gleebs must beware. If one happens to meet it The result is a crime; there's egg on their faces, The Gleebs lose some time. At last, through the mirror! Is a haven at hand? No! The Gleeb finds itself In a weird, cubic land. The objective now is more Gleebs, not less. It takes four to escape By the mirrored egress. If the Gleebs want out with all of their heart, the answer is simple: They must stay apart. To split, they must split (which makes sense, if you ponder), In order to get through that looking-glass yonder. When one group of Gleebs flees each mirrored maze, A new crew convenes In the Kingdom's first phase. Use the clues in these verses To help them get free. PRESS RESET BUTTON: Title will appear on TV screen. SELECT LEVEL Press any button or disc and the option to enter the level appears. All odd entries start on the Mirror Dimension screen. All even entries start on the Cube Maze screen. The higher the number selected, the more difficult the level. GAME CONTROLS DISC makes the Gleebs change the direction in which they are traveling. Press DISC up to make the Gleebs go up ramps. Press the DISC down to make the Gleebs go down ramps. SIDE BUTTONS On the Mirror Dimension Screen: The Upper side buttons makes the Gleeb jump up when it reaches a jump point. The Lower side Button makes the Gleeb jump down when it reaches a jump point. On the Cubic Maze: Pressing any side button makes the Gleeb split when it reaches a separation point. NOTE: In this game, side button presses are held "in memory". A Gleeb will not jump up or down. or split, until it is at a jump point or a separation point. Then the game "remembers" the side button press and the jump or separation occurs. POINTS Points scored are shown on the Scoring Screen at the completion of each round. Players score 10 points for every second of time remaining on the timer, at the completion of a round. Players score 50 bonus points each time a Gleeb is combined or separated. At all Skill Levels. players start with five minutes on the timer. Additional time can be earned by contacting a fish. Time can be lost by contacting a bird. A game is over when the timer runs out.

I've heard nothing from LTO regarding the LTO Flash! as of March 2023. The 300 LTO Flash! boxes have not been shipped from Thailand.

Where in the world are you located?

Arnauld C. has a new Chess game, but I told him I didn't think it would sell if we finished it.

I'm a bit confused by this post. It's my understanding that you were the one who cut off the sales at 300. I've encouraged you to release more a few times in the past decade, but you've always cited 'speculators' as the reason for not releasing more. Now, here we are about a decade later and people are lamenting that they can't get a copy of the game at a reasonable price. Exactly opposite to what you wanted. There are actually zero barriers to making more exact copies. Joe has more hologram stickers than 300. He has many more exact overlays. He has enough boxes for a couple of hundred. He has remaining cartridge stickers. You printed the manuals. I'm sure you could do them at the same printer, and in the same way. Hell, I didn't even toss all of the Christmas Carol boxes into the garbage (just a lot). Joe won't block you making more exact copies. Just buy the materials that belong to him and you could make more. This picture was just taken today in Ontario, Canada. If you want to kill off speculation, let's do it. I'll arrange to have these boxes shipped.

The occasional INTV System III or Super Pro system have Tutorvision parts in them.

Encrypted ROMS for the 3rd run of LTO Flash! do not exist because that has to be done by Left Turn Only. Regardless, despite you wanting to buy one of the ROMS, you are probably one of the 30 people who would lay out actual money for a ROM.

JLP doesn't allow encryption. On the other hand, LTO Flash! can use encrypted ROMS that work on the LTO Flash! either individually or on ALL LTO Flash! units. JLP boards however, can be burned in a way (or not) that allow copy protection. Even if you're using a JLP board, and don't apply copy protection, the rom can then be dumped. Unfortunately, the ability to encrypt ROMS has been a disappointment. From my experience, it seems to me that ROM sales top out at about 30, regardless if they are protected or not. So, my advice is to not even bother.

Michael Thomasson boasts world record collection of more than 10,000 video games | Daily Mail Online

I have a friend who once had the record. It takes effort to get verified so there are people who may have an unverified larger collection. Also, the inevitable publicity sets you up as a target for thieves. So, I am sure that this guy holds the record. Anyone who has a bigger collection is welcome to take the title.

I don't believe so. I believe the bank switching in LTO Flash! is identical to ECS bank switching. In other words, it works like the JLP cartridge. JLP is not 'something new' like some people think. Most games written that REQUIRE JLP carts have either extra RAM, ECS style bank switching, or non-volatile RAM that could be implemented with a Dallas chip as recently covered in Lathe's excellent tutorial on the T-card. BTW, Stop the Express is available at Intellivision Collector. Stop the Express - ROM (intellivisioncollector.com

There are different bank switching methods. It's been a while, so I can't competently comment on the methods. However, I'm pretty sure that the Intellicart and/or the Cuttle Cart (one of them) had incompatible with ECS baseball bank switching. With regards to encryption, LTO is not going to share their method with others, so, a rom encrypted for use on the LTO Flash! is not going to work with one encrypted for use on any hypothetical encryption method. Stop the Express is available at Intellivision Collector Stop the Express - ROM (intellivisioncollector.com

Yes, people should buy ROMS. Doesn't matter for which multi-cart.

In order to give each LTO Flash! a unique ID and to KNOW what those ID's are, they have to have the initial firmware installed by LTO. It allows the encryption feature to work. Nevertheless, the fact that the initial firmware needs to be installed by LTO is NOT the limiting factor of getting more units out there. What IS the limiting factor is Joe Z. finding the TIME and MOTIVATION to do that one trivial thing AND ship them out. Believe me, if he can find the time and motivation to put the firmware on the boards, he can also go the extra mile to put them in the mail. If he CAN'T find the time, he won't have time to put them in the mail either. This talk of it being an 'original sin' is nonsense in my opinion. The firmware can be upgraded by the user in the field. It simply needs the first one to be installed 'at the factory'.

The LTO Flash! firmware can be user upgraded. It's done through the GUI.

Extra ram is not a retro console feature? What about the Chess game? It has extra RAM. Bank switching is not a retro console feature? What about ECS Baseball? It supports bank switching. The JLP supports static ram, and even back in the day, the cartridges COULD have supported flash ram with a Dallas chip. The JLP cartridge is not some magical device that adds futuristic abilities to the Intellivision. It is just a cartridge with RAM, non-volatile RAM and Bank switching.

As a person who is partly involved in the production of the LTO Flash!, I must say, your constant spreading of disinformation regarding the LTO Flash! is getting a bit tiresome. The LTO Flash! is not 'already done'. They are NOT 'out of production'. Not by a long shot. I printed 300 LTO Flash! boxes in summer 2022. There are 300 fully assembled circuit boards and shells for them to go into that have ALREADY been done. What DOES need to happen, is that Joe, from Left Turn Only, needs to find the time and motivation to install the firmware on the circuit boards and notch the USB slot on each shell. Unfortunately, putting the firmware on the boards is something ONLY HE CAN DO. Therefore, there is no firm date when the 300 copies will drop. However, I would BET, that it will be sometime in 2023. Sorry that I cannot be more specific, but it all depends on Joe's free time and motivation. To be clear, there are around 1000 LTO Flash! copies in the field currently. The Graphical User Interface is ACTIVELY supported by Steve O., and will CONTINUE to be supported. So, your declaration that 'they are not fixing them', is unfounded speculation at best. It's not the first time that you've been told this. Stop spreading disinformation about the LTO Flash! I know that you love to shill for the Backbit, and I have nothing against it. I would LOVE to see it support JLP features such as compatible bank switching, non-volatile flash RAM, and an extra RAM block. It would certainly make it a good alternative to the admittedly difficult to obtain LTO Flash!. However, it will NEVER support compatible encryption with the LTO Flash!. Get the back bit to support some form of running encrypted ROMS if that is your goal. I personally think that the encrypted ROM business is already well served by the LTO Flash!. Even with approximately 1000 LTO Flash! units out there, ROMS typically sell 30 copies, encrypted or not. So, it's not going to make any difference at all in the popularity of the Backbit if it supports or does not support proprietary encryption.

34. RAPO#34 Jaxivision (Atari Age) Payment Instructions Sent PAID - Infiltrator PAID If you got your Robot Army, you have it. Losing track of your collection?

Do you mean vapourware? Doesn't seem like it.

Unfortunately, there are no cartridges to make more copies. We expect to have cartridges in six months to a year and intend to make more copies available when we can.

Unfortunately, there are no cartridges to make more copies. Closer to the end of the year is my guess for more copies to be available. Elektronite is working on our own solution for cartridges.

Your RAPO#34 and PANDORA#24 went out November 23. I forgot to enter your tracking number in PayPal, but have done so now. Your delivery is expected December 6.

I think that he meant 'Frenzy'. Berzerk and Frenzy were the two arcade games. No samples of those games were taken. The voices were done by a voice actor and encoded for use on the Intellivoice.

They are human voices, done by a voice actor and encoded into Intellivoice data. Credits for the voice actor are in the manual.

One of the reasons that the game was delayed so long is that we did NOT want to ship the game with phoneme voices in it. We finally did the encodes and testing led to the discovery of a bug in Intellivision Basic. Nevertheless, we are much happier with the real voices which we encoded. Copies are now shipping to preorderers. Please confirm your shipping address at elektronite @ hotmail.com and give your RAPO#, real name, Atari Age handle and indicate if you preordered Infiltrator or not. Thanks for everyone's patience and support.