jbellanca

I wish this would work with the Delta DS emulator somehow, now that Delta's available on iOS. Oh well, maybe we'll get something similar as a direct iOS emulator now that it's allowed.

It's not as complicated as it seems, and is really easy once you play a game or two. Game pieces range from 1-7, and can move horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. Higher numbers beat lower numbers (i.e., a 4 is stronger than a 3, so, if you attack a 4 with a 3, 4 wins and you lose your 3). Stronger/Higher pieces move a shorter distance than smaller pieces. Subtract the number from 8 to see how far it can move - ex. a 2 can move 6 spaces, but a 7 can only move 1 space. Since a 7's the strongest piece, there's a way to reduce its strength - attack it with a 1, which reduces the 7 piece to a 6. You can also split pieces into smaller ones, and meld smaller ones into larger ones. Land any piece, even a 1, on your opponents castle, and you win the game.

Thanks for the heads up - I just pre-ordered the ebook version!

My Dad and I loved Mind Strike back in the '80's on my ECS he got me for Christmas one year (83 maybe?). We'd play for hours and hours. We both still occasionally play on the Ultimate Flashback, but this controller version makes it easier to setup and get going. Wish someone would write a modern version for the iPhone or iPad now. Such a great game.

Just saw this thread. I can help with some. I'll scan them in for you at the DPI you want. (I do a TON of scanning of legacy stuff - photos, negatives, old documents, etc. on an Epson V850.) I've got: Jetsons Ways with Words, Mind Strike, Mr. Basic Meets Bits n Bytes, Pinball, Scooby Doo's Maze Chase, and Sewer Sam. Just have to get the out of the basement and scan them in. My Dad bought us an ECS for Christmas 1983 and got all the games got it he could find, which is why I have all those. Played them a LOT as a kid. Let me know if you want me to. My only request would be that you share the results with the community.

Thinking about it some more, besides Mind Strike, I know they're remaking/reimagining AD&D Cloudy Mountain, which is great, but I'd also like to see a remake/reskin using the early mockup artwork that was in the catalogs for a while. Maybe also Swords & Serpents - that's another one I played with my Dad for hours on end. (Until I got this letter back from Imagic, anyway: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbellanca/28518161411/in/album-72157667192338531/ )

Really hoping for Mind Strike. Played that for hours and hours with my Dad in the '80s, all the time. Still love it.

Do you happen to have a link? I just won Series 1 & 2 from eBay (so wondering if that was Rev's auction?) that closed a couple days ago, and at the time I didn't know there was Series 3-4-5, so I didn't even search for them or I'd have bid on those, too!

I know I’m late to the game, but are these still available to purchase?

I still have mine. My parents got it for me for Christmas 1983. Still works fine, too.

My Dad and I would play Mind Strike all the time. We still talk about it. I gave him an Ultimate Flashback (RaspPi) for Christmas and he was just telling me last night about how much he loved Mind Strike. The Christmas that I got Mind Strike, I remember reading (devouring) the manual in the car on the way to my Aunt's for Christmas, learning how to program Max and Gus, lol. I'd love to see a modern version of this on the iPad where I could post with him remotely on Game Center or something.

That would be awesome... I'd totally pay for that.

Thanks so much - I now have a fully complete Ultimate Flashback now that Triple Challenge is working, so appreciate all the info. As long as we're on this topic, I have a question on one of the Demo carts, #5853 (1982-3). If you let it play, it goes through some demos and gets to basketball... then, it flashes through a bunch of title screens in rapid succession. Do you all think it just isn't finished so is incomplete, or does it need a config file to map it properly?

Hmmm, guess I'll have to try to track down that 32768 byte dump somewhere... I've got the 45058 one stashed around in about 8 different places, but not the "good" one. Thanks for looking into this!

I know this topic's a bit old, and this game's on the bottom of the importance list because it's just a mash-up of existing games, but I think Triple Challenge is mapped wrong. Using Config 4, it won't even load. It makes sense to me to use one with extra ram, and that maps the block switching for the 3 games... so config 2 or 9. (3's like 9 but without the extra RAM.) Funny enough using 2, it adds Reversi to the menu (Quadruple Challenge?), but the game won't load. So looks like 9 is it - BUT, chess isn't playable on 9 (or 3 or 2 for that matter, either). So, I'm guessing it needs a different config file besides these 9.

I just wanted to thank Byte Knight again for his upgrade service. I got my second Flashback Ultimatized by him a month or so ago, and it came back perfect (better than new!) about a week after I sent it to him. Going to give this one to my Dad, who bought me my first Intellivision in 1981. Thanks again!

I'd been wanting to make my own Raspberry Pi Intellivision with RetroPie and EmulationStation ever since I first heard about the Pi, but other life stuff just kept getting prioritized higher and couldn't find the time to do it. So, since everyone here seems to have already done the heavy lifting, I decided to get a Flashback and send it to Byte Knight for his upgrade service. Well, I just got my Ultimate Flashback upgrade back from Byte Knight a week or so ago, and LOVE it. It plays just like the old Intellivision tucked away in my closet does, with proper sounds (unlike the actual Flashback). I easily got it hooked up to home network, transferred my ROMs from my Mac, and got my ECS ROMs working as well. It "scraped" my ROMs to get the metadata info for almost all of them (minus home-brews and some random ones), including box art and other info. The physical upgrade itself seems pretty solid. Before I got it back, I was hoping that the controller ports, power, and HDMI wouldn't feel loose or flimsy, and they don't - there was clearly some good thought and effort that went into doing this. In fact, I'm so happy with it that I'm planning on having a second one done to give as a gift. Very pleased with it. I think the only thing I need to do to make it perfect is transfer the right CFG files for a half dozen of my ROMs that need them for jzintv to work (finally found them thanks to this thread: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/203179-config-files-to-use-with-various-intellivision-titles/). And I'd like to see if there's a way to change the jzintv command line for certain ROMs to only enable ECS for those that need it. I think you can do that with EmultaionStation... execute a different script by ROM... or build some logic into the script that already runs... or something...)

They're now available from Dollar General online... Just picked one up!

Would also make it harder to play with controllers out the back... you'd have to drape them over the top to the front, giving you less cord length. Personally I'd like to see more licensed games and a cartridge port.

He'd have to have it shipped. Or, just go to the TRU across the border in Buffalo - they have them in stock now. The box is pretty light, so probably not too much in shipping cost.

It's been mentioned a few times back in this thread that it's a new emulator that started with the code base from the original Mac emulator. My guess would be because it's running on some flavor of Linux.

Toys R Us in Orlando FL today (Lake Mary) has a bunch of each.

Funny... almost exactly the same on my bottom sticker, but slightly peeling up on the left side. Not enough to bother me at all, though. Overall, I love it! My only small nitpicks are: (1) no Skiing; (2) the invalid entry buzzer sound isn't right; (3) the "Yer Out" sound isn't right; (4) Tower of Doom bug. Those are really small things though that cab hopefully get fixed in v2. I've already bought two and will probably get two more as gifts, and the overlay set once it's out.

Did you hear that from someone at DG?

Actually, it was Intellivisionaries that got me to be more involved. Do love the Flashback though! What I'd really like to figure out is how to setup a Raspberry Pi with that USB controller adapter and the Flashback controllers, as an "arcade cab" of sorts attached to the living room TV so I can play all the games.