Interest Check - Desert Bus for Intellivision

[Oscar G.]

I have read about the original game and I am interested in the INTV adaptation. Thanks.

[First Spear]

That sounds like a great charity event type of idea actually at a 'con. Get sponsors for participants of n minutes or hours of driving, start the bus at the beginning of a 'con and check the logs of miles and time at the end. Maybe just add a little flavor to the game by adding "billboards" and get commercial sponsors (eg the hosting hotel of the 'con) to donate and show their billboard in Intellivision lo-fi glory as the bus passes by maybe every 4 hours or something.

 

 

 

A bunch of us should tag team drive the bus at an Expo somewhere to finish the game!

[First Spear]

 

More on the idea of having a charity marathon 'con branded Desert Bus:

 

A specially-labeled cart of "Desert Bus" with a tiny logo of the sponsor on it (like the original Mattel carts of Football, etc). And a kind of CNC machined "overlay" to go on top of a 2609 console with the same name and branding. Hmm, even bus-charity branded overlays.....

 

 

I can't stop... Kind of like the bus...

 

 

 

 

That sounds like a great charity event type of idea actually at a 'con. Get sponsors for participants of n minutes or hours of driving, start the bus at the beginning of a 'con and check the logs of miles and time at the end. Maybe just add a little flavor to the game by adding "billboards" and get commercial sponsors (eg the hosting hotel of the 'con) to donate and show their billboard in Intellivision lo-fi glory as the bus passes by maybe every 4 hours or something.

 

 

 

 

[+grips03]

When driving the bus are there ads on the side of the road, such as "buy grips03 Intellvision arcade controller" on sale now Then you can get ad dollars too.

[First Spear]

Hmm... The (insane) possibilities are endless...

 

A for-charity/fundraising setup at a 'con with two Intellivisions and TVs side-by-side. A Desert Bus race, with the game mechanics tweaked so going straight results in a faster time (making/correcting turns takes longer). Super Pro Desert Bus, Competition Edition .

 

Each Intellivision has a Crazy Climber "console inset overlay" made out of some kind of clear material, the Intellivision logo at the bottom-left part of the unit can still be seen but there is space for a sponsor between it and the power button, the top area of the console can take a console overlay that mentions the contest. I imagine something like thin Lucite as a material?

 

Team Intellivision one has regular controllers with contest/charity overlays only, team two has wired-in the Grips Intellivision Arcade Controller, which also has a sponsor/ad bearing "coverlay" on the right side of the controller - nothing sells better than seeing something in action.

 

 

When driving the bus are there ads on the side of the road, such as "buy grips03 Intellvision arcade controller" on sale now Then you can get ad dollars too.

 

[intvnut]

And now there's Desert Bus, the AI....

[GroovyBee]

I wanted to vote for "Goes straight to a free ROM" but you didn't have the option.

[soporj]

Can the game have an option where you are an Intellivision fan waiting for 6 months in real time for your overlays to show up?

[First Spear]

 

 

Desert Bus bumper stickers as additional fundraising items or feelies for the CIB release. Awesome.

[cparsley]

I would turn it up/down (as the original Desert Bus is) and an example on how to do it can be gleamed from the INTV Corporation release of Pole Position back in 1987.