+Lathe26 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Latest experiment with Blix was not a success: drinking high-octane beer does not improve score. I only got to ~850. Dragon Lady Doppelbock (19.4 proof) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 19.4 and they still call that a beer? Gotta try that and play Blix at the same time. That way I am sure to get Blixed! I will try for the Dragon Lady Doppelbock high score. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Can anyone that got one, post a Youtube video of the actual game in action? I could not make it to CGE and am wondering what it is that I exactly missed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Who all got a Blix cart??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I got one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I don't have one. I've been making stuff up this whole time just to seem like one of the cool kids. Just kidding. I have a Blix as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 I don't have one. I've been making stuff up this whole time just to seem like one of the cool kids. Just kidding. I have a Blix as well. Were you kidding, or kidding about kidding, or joking about not kidding that you were kidding? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I have one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavvv Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 OK... So can someone share 30 seconds of video of game play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 You Blix guys suck. No really…you suck. (But I'm not bitter!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoerty Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 It is nice to see that the carts appear to have gotten into the hands of people who would appreciate them. To this point, I have not seen one on eBay. Nor have I any ROMs. And barely any images. Looking at how the game plays, it would not be surprising to see someone make another version of Blix and release it more widely between now and 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I hope that the sound issues with the game get figured out, and a few touches are added like some animation when matches are made, etc. You can give one of the online versions a try (linked elsewhere in this thread). As it is, it's a pretty quick play and if you like things like Candy Crush or Bejeweled and that ilk, you'll dig it. If it's going to turn into a CIB release, some more variations would be good to add. Maybe more rows to match, finite goals (e.g. speed mode like match 10 in 2 minutes), some animated symbols, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoerty Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I hope that the sound issues with the game get figured out, and a few touches are added like some animation when matches are made, etc. You can give one of the online versions a try (linked elsewhere in this thread). As it is, it's a pretty quick play and if you like things like Candy Crush or Bejeweled and that ilk, you'll dig it. If it's going to turn into a CIB release, some more variations would be good to add. Maybe more rows to match, finite goals (e.g. speed mode like match 10 in 2 minutes), some animated symbols, etc. This could be combined with a clean-up version of FUBAR (another MIchael Hayes game which has not been released) into a two-game cart for a CIB release. Someone will need to do that in 2017. Also, that person/entity will need to do more than 30 copies. I know GDG likes those short runs -- but I don't think it was ready for the crazed following of the couple of hundred Intellivision die-hards who must have it all. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) This could be combined with a clean-up version of FUBAR (another MIchael Hayes game which has not been released) into a two-game cart for a CIB release. Someone will need to do that in 2017. Also, that person/entity will need to do more than 30 copies. I know GDG likes those short runs -- but I don't think it was ready for the crazed following of the couple of hundred Intellivision die-hards who must have it all. . I think that the short run, hurried release, and three year moratorium have been discussed in some rumors around here. Hasn't GDG been involved with flashback units for other consoles? In any case, yeah... A double-game cart w/ FUBAR (can't recall playing that one) would be pretty cool. GDG has done short runs for other platforms, but without such strong reaction, right? Maybe it's a matter of how relatively rare Intellivision releases have been that's been the cause of it -- scarcity of releases generally, in addition to this particular run. It seems that as a platform, Intellivision is beginning to catch up. Now there are what, at least three active board designs out there -- LTO's JLP (also used by Elektronite), the IntelligentVision board, and now the CollectorVision board. The day may come when there are enough releases that it's just too expensive to keep up. At that point, we'll have to maybe relax the death grip on 'gotta have 'em all' thinking. That's good/bad. Edited September 26, 2014 by intvsteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoerty Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I think that the short run, hurried release, and three year moratorium have been discussed in some rumors around here. Hasn't GDG been involved with flashback units for other consoles? In any case, yeah... A double-game cart w/ FUBAR (can't recall playing that one) would be pretty cool. GDG has done short runs for other platforms, but without such strong reaction, right? Maybe it's a matter of how relatively rare Intellivision releases have been that's been the cause of it -- scarcity of releases generally, in addition to this particular run. It seems that as a platform, Intellivision is beginning to catch up. Now there are what, at least three active board designs out there -- LTO's JLP (also used by Elektronite), the IntelligentVision board, and now the CollectorVision board. The day may come when there are enough releases that it's just too expensive to keep up. At that point, we'll have to maybe relax the death grip on 'gotta have 'em all' thinking. That's good/bad. I am not aware of GDG working on previous Flashbacks ... but that does not mean it has not. And GDG does have a history of doing short runs -- without strong reaction. For example, 7800 Super Cobra was posted for quite a while before it sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 ...anybody want to post some Vimeo or YouTube of actual Intellivision play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 It's brief, but game play video of Blix as requested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4yepl1vuXQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntellivisionDude Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Looks similar to Same Game from Same Game & Robots. Like a twist on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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First Spear Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 @JasonlikesINTV and @revolutionika, thanks for the gameplay and manual posts. Now that I have seen "everything", I'm not sure why folks are so angry that they couldn't get this game. I will sink hours into Thin Ice. I will sink hours into Burgertime. Blix, not so much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It's fun, but not mind blowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntellivisionDude Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 @JasonlikesINTV and @revolutionika, thanks for the gameplay and manual posts. Now that I have seen "everything", I'm not sure why folks are so angry that they couldn't get this game. I will sink hours into Thin Ice. I will sink hours into Burgertime. Blix, not so much. I'll just sit back and play the better puzzle games, Same Game & Robots and Match 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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