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  7. Posted

    if you want me to post a good bowling score.... :grin:

    Hey now, you need to learn the subtlety between a bribe and a veiled threat :lol:

     

    Bribes are to the betterment of all parties involved, and veiled threats are to the betterment of the person making such demands :roll:

     

    did I get that right?

  16. Posted

    Darrin...

     

    Don't know your play style, but try using one consistent spin (I use max all the time) and one consistent starting point for your bowler. You then only have ONE variable left... Your release point. Find the release point that hits the head pin and knocks the 3 into the 7 pin (or the 2 into the 4 pin) and gives you a strike.

     

    Just remember to use the same bowler location and the same spin. Then you just experiment with your release point until you get a comfortable pattern. :D

     

    Maybe this is why my scores are going lower. I've been experimenting with slicknesses, weights, spins, locations, and release point, etc. I even tried left handed to dismal results.

     

    I can't seem to find anything that I like.

  17. Posted · Edited by fdr4prez

    Haven't met one I didnt like yet, but Vectron and Maze-A-Tron are a little perplexing to me. Maybe I just don't get em?

     

    Maze-A-Tron was discussed pretty thoroughly on one of the Intellivisionaires podcast. I played it quite a bit as a kid, but not so much these days. The MCP level leaves much to be desired.

     

    Vectron is perplexing, as you say. I also played this as a kid, or at least tried to. My memory isn't good enough to remember how well I did. I didn't dislike the game. It is just difficult to play

     

    I got to be quite good at Space Hawk and Star Strike, too.

  19. Posted

     

    Context people. Context.

     

    This thread is talking about what games we could live without *today*. Not yesterday, especially if your game library was solely dependent (as were you) on your parents decision making. Sounds like most of you were lucky to have *whatever* BITD, so beggars and very young people can't always be choosers and that's just fine when it comes to nostalgia! :)

     

    But you accidentally kind of made my point(s) anyway… you played Beamrider and Dreadnaught Factor more than Pitfall! back then. And then there's Vectron and Blockade Runner today… ;)

     

    And disagree about the Coleco games being bad renditions.

     

    Lady Bug is excellent.

    Mouse Trap is great.

    Carnival is good (albeit a tad slow)

    DK was just fine back then and somewhat better (or different enough which still made it fun) than the 2600's.

    DK Jr. - didn't know anyone back then that had it, but it's pretty good today for an Intellivision rendition.

    Turbo's decent enough for what it is and blows the "demo" that was the 2600 version away.

    Venture is good enough for such a simplistic 2600-like game.

    Zaxxon - well, not much of a difference between the 2600 version I guess. Yeah, that's some pretty damned mediocre crap going on right there. :ponder:

     

    All my opinions of course and wouldn't want to be without most of the Intellivision Coleco games *today*. :)

     

    Even today I only play Inty stuff. These days I also play Dreadnaught Factor and Beamrider, and not Pitfall. I don't recall the last time I played Pitfall. It is not that Pitfall is something that I can do without, but there are just better titles out there. I think I have a 2600 in a box in the garage, and my System Changer is collecting dust in the corner over there. So I won't be foregoing the Activision titles on my Inty for a 2600 version.

  20. Posted

    Can do without....

     

    D&D all variations....

    Almost all Coleco Games. Venture is okay.

    Tropical Trouble, Buzz Bombers, Frog Bog, Kool-aid man etc.

     

    Love the sports games! That is what Intellivision made it reputation on. MLB still one of the very best baseball games ever made.

    Yes, we have some nice eye candy on modern systems. But they mostly play them self....

     

    How can you do without Cloudy Mountain? I still play that today.

     

    Ya see, I can do without the sports games. Just not into them, even in single player variations. Not that they shouldn't have been made, or that they are stinkers, but just not into them.

     

     

    Most of the Activision games. Hardly different from their 2600 counterparts, so why bother? Because you're a glutton using the Intv controller - aren't 'ya? lol

     

    <removed for brevity>

     

    …oh and Vectron. And the Interphase games. :lol:

     

    Love most of the 1st party Mattel games, sports or otherwise. They're unique enough for the system and its control scheme. In reality though, yeah… most all of the 2-player sports games can go. Today at least. Was different when we had disposable time and (very) like-minded friends that didn't mind wasting their disposable time on such learned and disciplined activities. Took then and takes today, a pretty special son of a bitch to muddle their way through the Intellivision experience. ;)

     

    Why did Activation bother with the INTV versions of their games, or why bother buying them? Some of us didn't have a 2600 back then, so that's why. I am glad Activision bothered, and I am glad my parents bothered buying what they did purchase. Dreadnaught Factor and Beamrider were played more often than Pitfall on my Inty system.

     

    Back in the day, I actually use to like playing Vectron. Although I don't know if I can say that today. Same with Blockage Runner. Those were tough, and quick, games.

     

    I only have 80 of the 125, so I can't really comment on the remaining titles because I've not played them, so I've never played them, and I don't really play in emulation.

     

    Maybe I can do without Sharp Shot. That's a bit of a pointless game.

     

    Most Coleco games are bad renditions

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