Games For Your Intellivision Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 Ordered from Nabor Hood Games. I hope its as fun as it looks. I trust that you got your copy of Boulder Dash® for Intellivison already? How do you like it? So far, we've had a lot of positive feedback from our customers. Here is a picture of Richard Spitalny, (Left) the president of First Star Software, Inc. and Chris Gray (Right) enjoying Intellivision Boulder Dash® at Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas in September 2014. Richard was the original publisher of Boulder Dash® 'back in the day' and Chris was a co-designer of the game. Fewer than 100 copies remain! Don't miss out on this extremely well done port of this acclaimed game! Pick up your copy at www.naberhood.com today! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 The game is awesome, thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Ooh, I recognize someone else in that pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Frankly, I'm surprised that nobody has found any Easter Eggs in Boulder Dash® for Intellivision There are a few hidden features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Frankly, I'm surprised that nobody has found any Easter Eggs in Boulder Dash® for Intellivision There are a few hidden features. Is one of them a snow level??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Frankly, I'm surprised that nobody has found any Easter Eggs in Boulder Dash® for Intellivision There are a few hidden features. That is because nobody plays the carts , they just buy them and play them once and put it on a shelf for display Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 You expect me to actually open one of my 11 sealed copies!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 You expect me to actually open one of my 11 sealed copies!? I believe that to be true Come on people ... who has the largest number of copies of this game or any other homebrew ? I bet someone has atleast 4 of the same homebrew . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 OMG if you only knew... Not me, though. I own doubles of most but have 3 of a small few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Finally played this for the first time since William showed it to me at CGE. I've never played Boulderdash before so I have no history with it and clearly it's going to take me some time to figure out all the physics, but it strikes me as yet another really well done game. I think I only made it to the third level so I clearly need to put in some more time but it is definitely one I'll be going back to. Congrats William on another high quality release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Day off, cmart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Day off, cmart? Lol! Yah. I rarely get time to venture near my collection lately and I finally started playing through the homebrew shelves a bit today. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoDr.Bones Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 (edited) Hey, sorry for reviving a long dead thread, but I have been playing enough of the Atari 800 version of "Boulder Dash" that I have decided that the game itself is one that I want to add to my collection. I don't really have a system preference... so how does this version compare to the Atari original? If it is comparable, I would be very interested... Edited July 14, 2016 by DiscoDr.Bones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 It was approved by Chris Gray and Richard Spitalne of First Star Software. I have played it and it plays just like the 8-bit Atari version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Seems like I have 14 DK2's. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Having never played Boulder Dash before getting this cart, it's an awesome game. It has that "I bet if I did X instead of Y, I'd get past that, one more go" quality to it. I was really pleased that the cart saves high scores. I feel lucky to have ended up with a copy of it. I'm still coming to grips with the rock-drop physics. I'm never quite sure if a rock is going to fall to the left or right or at all yet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I played the Apple ][ version a lot when it was new, the Intellivision version is equal in gameplay and control and "computing" but the sound is better than the A2 version. I don't know about the Atari original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 There are 5 unique to Intellivision caves that can be implemented if you know how. It swaps out the original 20 for 5 Intellivision specific ones. They are only on one difficulty setting however. I'm glad you are enjoying the game. We really worked hard on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Hey, sorry for reviving a long dead thread, but I have been playing enough of the Atari 800 version of "Boulder Dash" that I have decided that the game itself is one that I want to add to my collection. I don't really have a system preference... so how does this version compare to the Atari original? If it is comparable, I would be very interested... The game is co-published by First Star Software and Elektronite. What that means in a real sense is that the game had to pass strict quality control from First Star. If it wasn't a good version, it would never have been released. The game play is exactly like the original Atari version. The colours are monochrome compared to the Atari, but far brighter in my opinion. The game features the original 20 caves, but there is a secret mode where you can invoke 5 very involved secret caves that are unique to the Intellivision. On the Intellivision podcast, when they talked about the game, there was someone who claimed that he liked it better than the original. The game plays the same speed on PAL as it does on NTSC. It has different speed sound effects however. You can save your scores on the cartridge itself. The Intellivision version is still available and will no doubt become one of the rarer versions in the franchise. You can get it at www.naberhood.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Just curious, what happened to the limited sales time frame? I though that FSS only allowed the sales for x amount of time. Early post states: However, the TIME limit for purchasing runs out in August 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Just curious, what happened to the limited sales time frame? I though that FSS only allowed the sales for x amount of time. Early post states: However, the TIME limit for purchasing runs out in August 2015. I believe that was the time limit for Elektronite to sell them and since Tim bought all the remaining copies effectively he is a secondary market seller and therefore not subject to that timeframe. My best guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I believe that was the time limit for Elektronite to sell them and since Tim bought all the remaining copies effectively he is a secondary market seller and therefore not subject to that timeframe. My best guess. I guess that is one way of doing it, and it makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Games For Your Intellivision Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 We extended our agreement last year with First Star Software. We just didn't announce it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetastrike Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) The game is co-published by First Star Software and Elektronite. What that means in a real sense is that the game had to pass strict quality control from First Star. If it wasn't a good version, it would never have been released. The game play is exactly like the original Atari version. The colours are monochrome compared to the Atari, but far brighter in my opinion. The game features the original 20 caves, but there is a secret mode where you can invoke 5 very involved secret caves that are unique to the Intellivision. On the Intellivision podcast, when they talked about the game, there was someone who claimed that he liked it better than the original. The game plays the same speed on PAL as it does on NTSC. It has different speed sound effects however. You can save your scores on the cartridge itself. The Intellivision version is still available and will no doubt become one of the rarer versions in the franchise. You can get it at www.naberhood.com I just played the A8bit version last night, and I may have to agree with him. The only thing the original might have over the Inty is the smooth scrolling, but even that I'm not sold on. The block-shifting that happens on the Inty version makes it easier to not move too far ahead of the scroll rate. Graphically, the Inty game uses much more attractive colors. They're nice and bright, while the Atari has very dull, earthy tones (that was likely the idea, though). The sound effects are nice. I particularly like the musical tones played when crystals fall. I also had an easier time controlling with the disc than with a CX-40. If this version isn't better than the original, then it's on equal ground at worst. Edited July 16, 2016 by zetastrike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoDr.Bones Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Well, you all sold me. I picked it up and got DK Arcade as well. Looking forward to trying both of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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