Merry Christmas

[Intellfan]

I want to Wish Everyone here a Merry Christmas.

I had a great one.Look what Santa left under our tree . Two great games I haven't received a Intellivision game for Christmas since 1981

 

[JasonlikesINTV]

Meow, those are some fine looking Intellivision homebrews! Congrats! Now time to start playing Carol

[DZ-Jay]

MERRY CHRISTMAS Intellfan!

 

Those are two terrific games. I'm glad you finally got to play Christmas Carol. I really hope you enjoy it and that it meets your expectations.

 

-dZ.

[Oscar G.]

Great gifts. Just in time to get the Elf on Duty achievement in the CvW Competition!

[+Lathe26]

My gift to DZ-Jay and Left Turn Only, LLC is purchasing a copy of "Christmas Carol vs. The Ghost Of Christmas Presents" today.

[DZ-Jay]

My gift to DZ-Jay and Left Turn Only, LLC is purchasing a copy of "Christmas Carol vs. The Ghost Of Christmas Presents" today.

 

Thanks! I hope you and enjoy it, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

[SiLic0ne t0aD]

Sweet games! Wish I could pick up a copy.. Merry Christmas everyone!!!

[+save2600]

Cute pic, always nice to see the little tykes getting in retro gaming spirit!

 

Merry Christmas all!

[DZ-Jay]

Cute pic, always nice to see the little tykes getting in retro gaming spirit!

 

Merry Christmas all!

 

I was going to say, you look very good for someone who received games in 1981!

[voltron]

Nice pick up intellifan

[Illtiger1]

I also just received my first new Intellivision game since 1983 for Christmas. Not home yet so picture pending...

[DZ-Jay]

I also just received my first new Intellivision game since 1983 for Christmas. Not home yet so picture pending...

 

Don't leave us in suspense, which game was it?

[Illtiger1]

[DZ-Jay]

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Cool! I hope you enjoy it!

[JasonlikesINTV]

I also just received my first new Intellivision game since 1983 for Christmas. Not home yet so picture pending...

Oh, you won't be disappointed.

[+Lathe26]

My copy of "Christmas Carol" just arrived yesterday. Had a blast playing it. I like to polish in the cut-scenes and sound of Carol being frozen and breaking apart when the snowman gets her.

[DZ-Jay]

My copy of "Christmas Carol" just arrived yesterday. Had a blast playing it. I like to polish in the cut-scenes and sound of Carol being frozen and breaking apart when the snowman gets her.

 

Awesome! I'm glad you liked it. The cut-scenes were one of my favourite parts to make. My wife helped design them.

 

Christmas Carol Fun Fact: There's one cut-scene in particular that my wife can take credit for, I call it Snowman's Gambit. It's the one where Carol is hiding in a "fake" snowman costume. She proposed it back when I was still trying to design them as simple animations, and I remember telling her "How the heck am I going to do that? It's much too complex! I would have to animate snow, the snowman looking around, and put them all on the screen at the same time. I can't do it!" And then... I did. To this day she reminds me of the cut-scene that was "impossible to make" that was her idea.

 

http://vimeo.com/40791176

 

Actually, the one with the Jack-In-The-Box turned out to be the hardest one to make, due to the number of moving objects in it. I came up with some techniques to put more characters on screen, which helped with all the others. After making that one, the others became much easier.

 

Oh! and by the way, just so you know, there's two more days for the high score competition. Don't worry if you don't have much time to get your score very high, just post your progress and join in the friendly chatter at the HSC thread. C'mon, we won't bite.

 

Anyhoo... Merry Christmas!

 

-dZ.

[Illtiger1]

Wow, just Wow! I finally got to play Carol and it's absolutely a work of art. I have a 2 yr old and a new born so I've been patiently waiting for a good opportunity to play it. My best description is it's like a first gen NES game on the Intellivision, which is both classic and amazing. Well done DZ, best Xmas present in a long time.

[DZ-Jay]

Wow, just Wow! I finally got to play Carol and it's absolutely a work of art. I have a 2 yr old and a new born so I've been patiently waiting for a good opportunity to play it. My best description is it's like a first gen NES game on the Intellivision, which is both classic and amazing. Well done DZ, best Xmas present in a long time.

 

That's very sweet, Illtiger1; I'm touched. It was truly a labour of love, and I am immensely proud of it. I'm very pleased you've enjoyed it. I hope it brings fun and joy to you and your family.

 

-dZ.

[Oscar G.]

Wow, just Wow! I finally got to play Carol and it's absolutely a work of art. I have a 2 yr old and a new born so I've been patiently waiting for a good opportunity to play it. My best description is it's like a first gen NES game on the Intellivision, which is both classic and amazing. Well done DZ, best Xmas present in a long time.

 

Ditto. This is one of the best descriptions of Carol I have read in a long time. Great words for a great game!