Christmas Carol

[DZ-Jay]

To Carol: How many copies have been sold so far?

Carol doesn't know, and neither do I. That's a question for "intvnut" from Left Turn Only. Sorry.

[Ignorama]

Or someone buys a copy and tells us the serial

[DZ-Jay]

Or someone buys a copy and tells us the serial

That may give you the number of copies manufactured, not sold.

 

dZ.

[Fushek]

To Carol: How many copies have been sold so far?

 

Not enough! Carol should be owned by everyone with an Intellivision. We shall not rest until EVERY Intellivision owner has experienced the roar of the Snowman ... the chaos of the Ghost ... and the thrill of saving Christmas!

 

(insert inspirational music here, such as the Eye of the Tiger ... or maybe MC Hammer's You Can't Touch This?)

[+Special Teams]

Or someone buys a copy and tells us the serial

Just bought another copy, and the number is LTO-03-277. I have no idea what that means.

[LidLikesIntellivision]

Just bought another copy, and the number is LTO-03-277. I have no idea what that means.

I guess this is Left Turn Only - third review - 277 carts made.

[DZ-Jay]

I guess this is Left Turn Only - third review - 277 carts made.

Close. It means Left Turn Only, third release (4-Tris was first, Space Patrol was second), 277 games packaged CIB.

 

Like I said, this does not tell you that LTO sold 277, just that they manufactured at least that many. It excludes copies sent to reviewers, free ones given away, or bad ones thrown out.

 

dZ.

[Intymike]

I guess this is Left Turn Only - third review - 277 carts made.

 

 

Just bought another copy, and the number is LTO-03-277. I have no idea what that means.

 

 

 

It's the 3rd LTO game.

 

The others are Space Patrol and the LTO version of 4-tris.

[Games For Your Intellivision]

I think Carol number 20 went missing at CGE. Don't know what happened with that.

[DZ-Jay]

I think Carol number 20 went missing at CGE. Don't know what happened with that.

What??

 

I did not know that...

[Games For Your Intellivision]

True. I don't know if it was ever found.

Just to be clear, I can't remember for sure the exact serial, but I think it was 20...apologies to any owner of number '20'.

Edited October 10, 2013 by Games For Your Intellivision

[Intymike]

Luckily number 10 was not lost.

[JasonlikesINTV]

I think Carol number 20 went missing at CGE. Don't know what happened with that.

I think you "accidentally" mailed the box to someone prior to it's release

[Games For Your Intellivision]

Naw,....the debut was at CGE.....

 

I just put the CGE Carol boxes together, I didn't fill them or distribute them....that was all LTO.

 

Joe put the numbers on at CGE.

[slab0meat]

I think you "accidentally" mailed the box to someone prior to it's release

 

That was Hover Bovver

[DZ-Jay]

Naw,....the debut was at CGE.....

 

I just put the CGE Carol boxes together, I didn't fill them or distribute them....that was all LTO.

 

Joe put the numbers on at CGE.

That's right, I was also putting stickers in boxes at CGE, so if a box with a serial number disappeared, it was from there.

 

#20 would have been a Special Edition (1 through 20). I don't think it disappeared. It may be one of the 5 or 6 I took with me--part of my deal with Joe.

 

Ill check later today. I don't recall which serials I have (except, of course, #1).

 

dZ.

[JasonlikesINTV]

 

That was Hover Bovver

My boxes should be coming soon! I was on vacation and all of my mail is on hold until tomorrow. I have a few goodies coming and can't wait

[DZ-Jay]

 

True. I don't know if it was ever found.

Just to be clear, I can't remember for sure the exact serial, but I think it was 20...apologies to any owner of number '20'.

 

 

 

OK, just confirmed: I have Christmas Carol #20, I also have a few others of the "Special Edition." They've all been fixed and resealed by LTO--except #1, which I left intact on purpose. I also have the first box/cart/label we ever put together. For some reason, it did not get a serial number. However, other than the CGE bug, there's no real way to tell it's the "first off the assembly line"; it's just an unmarked boxed game with a buggy ROM, so not much value in it.

 

Perhaps there was a different serial number missing? I do remember something like that, it's just that my memories are mostly hazy, for I was in a whirlwind all week-end. First it was the overwhelming excitement of releasing my game, then it was the overwhelming anxiety of finding the bug.

 

-dZ.