segasaturn Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I just got an intellivision(original) with 30 games and the intellivoice I was wondering what games where good for it. Here is the list of games I got so far(most complete in box! Triple Action NFL Football Auto Racing Donkey Kong NBA Basketball Star Strike Advance Dungeons and Dragons Bowling Space Battle Space Armada Major League Baseball Sea Battle Boxing Horse Racing Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack Carnival Space Spartans Lock'N'Chase Night Stalker Utopia Slam Dunk Super Pro Basketball Tron Deadly Discs Super Challenge Baseball Atlantis Masters of the Universe Beauty & the Beast Super Challenge Football Also demon attack and bomb squad. Is there any more good games? I'm excited to apart of the intellivison brotherhood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightSprinter Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 AD&D is fun, but challenging (especially on the two hardest difficulties). Atlantis is brutally hard but fun. Now for stuff you don't have? Anything by AtariSoft is excellent, Dig Dug and Commando were fun (if slightly pricier-to-get) ports. If you enjoy roguelikes, nothing beats Tower of Doom on the INTV. Thunder Castle's a great game with very nice graphics and surprisingly-good music. Burgertime is a common but amazingly well done port of the arcade game. Activision made some good titles (Pitfall, Happy Trails, Stampede, Beamrider), TRON: Deadly Discs was fun. I'll think of more over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorussell Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Shark! Shark! and Astrosmash are games you should hunt down. Pac-Man was done very well for the Inty. Beauty and the Beast was one of my favorites. I think Venture was done very well IIRC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) Congrats on getting an Intellivision!! Great games to get is Astrosmash. It Is related to Astroblast on the 2600. You control a cannon that shoots falling asteroids. Very addicting!! Donkey Kong Jr. Isn't a bad one and much better than Donkey Kong. Burgertime is a must have for your collection and beats the 2600 version by a country mile. Snafu is a fun snakes game one of my top favs of the library. SharkShark is a great one. And my favorite game you must get is Dungeons and Dragons: Treasures of Tarmin. Out of the games you got. Advance Dungeons and Dragons, Masters of the Universe, Beauty and the Beast, Demon Attack, Night Stalker, Lock n Chase, Space Armada, Carnival, and Tron Deadly Discs are some of the best!! Edited May 27, 2015 by Retrogamer81081 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasaturn Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) I thought of getting commando... but for a 1979 intellivision? Idk how good it will be lol also, I know intellivision is alot of 2 player only games. Is there a reason behind that? I'm okay with it just curious? Was the CPU to slow or something? Edited May 27, 2015 by segasaturn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutsy Doodleheimer Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I thought of getting commando... but for a 1979 intellivision? Idk how good it will be lol also, I know intellivision is alot of 2 player only games. Is there a reason behind that? I'm okay with it just curious? Was the CPU to slow or something? They intended to release it as multiplayer head to head games. This is a system that came out 35 years ago. This was a primitive time for sports games to be controlled by computer opponents (Artificial Intelligence) and only few games of all systems during that time had these capabilities. A great game against the computer is World Championship Baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) Welcome to Intellivision! Most of the original run of sports titles were two-player. Maybe it was in a podcast or speculation elsewhere, but the reasoning was likely a combination of time-to-market pressure, space for the game, and that people more often played with friends. The later "Super Pro" lineup of sports titles addressed this by adding AI. Utopia is awesome, but like Sea Battle and Armor Battle, requires two players. From your list, it sounds like you have a few M-Network Atari VCS titles in there, too - the Super Challenge games. Awhile back we had a long polling process to try to define a 'best games' list and wongojack complied the top 50 here. Edited May 27, 2015 by intvsteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soporj Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Commando is awful on the Intellivision. Astrosmash is overrated and boring, you can pretty much play forever. Some of the best games (excluding homebrews) are AD&D Cloudy Mountain, the Atari games (except Pole Position which is terrible), Atlantis, Beauty & The Beast, Worm Whomper, Football, Baseball, Microsurgeon, Burgertime, and Diner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I thought of getting commando... but for a 1979 intellivision? Idk how good it will be lol also, I know intellivision is alot of 2 player only games. Is there a reason behind that? I'm okay with it just curious? Was the CPU to slow or something? I concur...Commando is not very good...definitely avoid Pole position. I recommend Tower of Doom. It's my favorite game on the console so far. If you go the Homebrew route get Superchef, if you like Burgertime it is VERY good. Flappee Bird I thought I would hate, I still kind of hate it but man, it sure gets a lot of playtime for a game I hate, lol. For arcade ports Defender is highly playable. Thunder Castle is so close to being awesome but has a few nuisances that stop it from being a top pick of mine.Still fun in short bursts though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+JasonlikesINTV Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Try these: AD&D Night Stalker Space Armada Sea Battle Utopia Tron Deadly Discs Atlantis Demon Attack I'm also a big fan of the Activision games, so try to find: Beamrider Worm Whomper Dreadnaught Factor River Raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasaturn Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Is the ecs worth it? For future expansion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Is the ecs worth it? For future expansion? Search for the ECS down the road a ways, enjoy the games Jason listed first. Note that Sea Battle and Utopia are 2 player games, and I personally recommend any sports games. Skiing is great, Golf as well and if you have someone to play against Baseball for certain.Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Oh yeah if you like golf, Chip shot super pro Golf is pretty damn good. I'm not a huge golf guy but I had a lot of fun with it and it was a LOT better than I thought it would be Definitely ahead of it's time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Venture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 There are so many good homebrew games too: Christmas Carol D2K Moon Patrol Ms. Pacman Ms. Nightstalker Super Chef BT The Lost Caves of Kroz Match 5 Princess Quest Boulder Dash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 There are so many good homebrew games too: Christmas Carol D2K Moon Patrol Ms. Pacman Ms. Nightstalker Super Chef BT The Lost Caves of Kroz Match 5 Princess Quest Boulder Dash you mean space patrol. Yes these are great homebrews. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 For me its comes in waves with games I play.. Get stuck on a few then move on.. Time permitting lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xybot67 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Diner and Beauty & the Beast are two of my all times favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Never did and still can't get into Diner, but Beauty and the Beast is an excellent DK clone for what it is. Very fun and addicting little game. Game just flows once you get going. Pretty much all of the sports titles are really good and was definitely a genre that they exploited well. The Super Pro versions of most of the sports titles add a bunch of features, 1-player gameplay and enhanced graphics. Both AD&D games are excellent as is Burgertime (easily one of the best translations of the game ever), Pinball is not to be missed and then there are the homebrew games already mentioned above. Some seriously crazy awesome efforts that will forever be timeless in their own right. Amazing what some of these guys are able to pull out of such an 'old' system! Some of my other favorite "must have" Intellivision games include: Bump N Jump DK, DK Jr. & DIIK Arcade homebrew Lady Bug and Mousetrap Lock N Chase Locomotion and Happy Trails Night Stalker and Ms. Night Stalker homebrew Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man homebrew Sea Battle Tron: Deadly Discs Utopia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intellfan Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I love Commando on Intellivision but it is hard . My tip is never stop moving or you will be shot or Fragged Atlantis is great . World Championship baseball is fun I love Biplanes but you need two people and you need to learn how to fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) A top 50 list was produced based on voting on the forums here. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226879-top-50-intellivision-games-as-determined-by-you/?hl=+top%20+20 AD&D is a great challenging game. Lock n Chase, Tron Deadly Discs, Night Stalker, Space Spartans, Utopia and Beauty and the Beast all great games. Burger Time and Bump n Jump are must haves. I personally love Thin Ice - deserves to be much higher than 50 on the list. I think the fact it's a bit hard to find and a bit pricey mean less people played it so it scored fewer votes. Edited May 29, 2015 by HunterZero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah98 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Diner and Thin Ice are two of my favorites. Dracula, Tower of Doom, and Thunder Castle are also awesome. You are off to a great start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari5200dude82 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Yes i would recommend get the Ecs add on. Some great games on there. Jetsons, scooby doo, Wrold series baseball. Unreleased Mattel, but now hombrews , Super Nfl, Game Factory amd soon Number Jumble. Also Homebrew. unreleased mattel game King of the Mountain. Imagic game sword of serpents, Ice trek, Tropical trouble, safecracker, truckin, Atlantis, bump n jump, mission x , . defintly Both Ad&d, my favs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
segasaturn Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) There are so many good homebrew games too: Christmas Carol D2K Moon Patrol Ms. Pacman Ms. Nightstalker Super Chef BT The Lost Caves of Kroz Match 5 Princess Quest Boulder Dash I know. I was actually looking at d2k....though to me donkey Kong still looks like an alien! Haha. I wouldn't even know where to buy the homebrew games. Surprisingly, I hear alot about them and I'm looking into them for all my systems. I just never pulled the trigger for some strange reason. Intellivision has some cool ones though. Maybe it might be the first system I have a homebrew on. Edited May 29, 2015 by segasaturn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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