Intellivision Book Possibly in the Works

[IntellivisionDude]

They Tweeted about it here.

https://twitter.com/IntyLives/status/662026556122861569

It says to go here and follow this post to show support.
https://www.inkshares.com/projects/crash-of-the-blue-sky-rangers?came_from&follow=true

Want an Intellivision book? Follow to show interest. No obligation; if enough follow, we publish! Plz retweet!

 

 

 

The Idea In 20 Words Or Less

A look inside the early days of video game production by one of the programmers who was there.

Working Title

Crash of the Blue Sky Rangers

Creator

Keith Robinson

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Edited November 4, 2015 by IntellivisionDude

[+GroovyBee]

Lets hope that if they choose Kickstarter again that they have a sensible funding goal. As an example, the ColecoVision "history" book currently on Kickstarter was 100% funded in around 24 hours :-

 

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/245126-coleco-the-complete-history-on-kickstarter/

[+cmart604]

Cool. I would teach myself to read just so I could read it.

[+save2600]

Awesome news!

 

I don't do Twitter, but would like to show my support here and probably even the Kickstarter campaign if there is one.

[pimpmaul69]

Cool. I would teach myself to read just so I could read it.

only you would be illiterate when it comes to picture books.

[+cmart604]

Lol!

[m-crew]

could be a read along book.. come with a cassette!! lol just for Cmart lol

[Eric7100]

If Keith is selling it, I will never get one.

[wolfy62]

If Keith is selling it, I will never get one.

Sure you will, and it comes with a set of overlays too!

[+intvnut]

If Keith is selling it, I will never get one.

 

Maybe it'll show up on a ROMs site, or as a third-party *cough* homebrew *cough* release.

Edited November 5, 2015 by intvnut

[Rev]

Or maybe someone will clone it and call it Keith Patrol.

[Bill Loguidice]

Interesting. I purposely avoided pursuing a Mattel Electronics history book because Marty Goldberg was supposed to be working on one in conjunction with them. I guess that that didn't work out so Keith is doing one himself.

[bikeguychicago]

I would hope that the book would cover the entirety of Mattel Electronics' existence: from the handhelds to the end and the aftermath (Intellivision Inc, and Intellivision Productions). i would also hope that it would go into further details on the projects that lived and died in the R&D labs (with pics, of course! ).

 

Also, while I would definitely love to read a book on the history of the BSRs and their work, I would also love to see a a book covering each of the original 125 games (and possibly unreleased/homebrews), as if being done with the Atari 2600.

Edited November 5, 2015 by bikeguychicago

[Intymike]

I would hope that the book would cover the entirety of Mattel Electronics' existence: from the handhelds to the end and the aftermath (Intellivision Inc, and Intellivision Productions). i would also hope that it would go into further details on the projects that lived and died in the R&D labs (with pics, of course! ).

 

Also, while I would definitely love to read a book on the history of the BSRs and their work, I would also love to see a a book covering each of the original 125 games (and possibly unreleased/homebrews), as if being done with the Atari 2600.

 

That would be nice, something like the Commodore book.

[+BBWW]

If Keith is selling it, I will never get one.

[SiLic0ne t0aD]

:-)

[atarifan88]

Interesting. I purposely avoided pursuing a Mattel Electronics history book because Marty Goldberg was supposed to be working on one in conjunction with them. I guess that that didn't work out so Keith is doing one himself.

 

Honestly I can't think of anyone better than Keith to do it. After all, he is the one who has plenty of things from the archives of his days at Mattel.

[Bill Loguidice]

 

Honestly I can't think of anyone better than Keith to do it. After all, he is the one who has plenty of things from the archives of his days at Mattel.

 

I agree on one level. On another level it would be safe to assume that any book, regardless of who wrote it, would include input from as many of the people who were there as possible. There's also something to be said for a neutral perspective on this stuff, particularly when it's now being written by someone with a vested interest to protect an active brand.

[DZ-Jay]

 

Honestly I can't think of anyone better than Keith to do it. After all, he is the one who has plenty of things from the archives of his days at Mattel.

 

Well, as you may have heard in the Intellivisionaries' podcast, the programmers for the original games worked at APh under contract for Mattel, and there seem to be a lot of politics involved between the two companies, leading to some very different views on some events. Keith certainly has the "Mattel" side of the story, since he was a manager there; but some other people may have the "APh" side of the story.

 

Moreover, depending on who you talk to on each side, you get a different version of events. So always take that into consideration.

[mr_me]

Some of those different views might also be because Keith started at Mattel in 1981 but they started programming Intellivision games in 1977/78 and hardware before that. Nothing against Keith he's been very helpful but he wasn't there for the early days and that was a very long time ago. Memories are fading, somebody should write this book sooner than later.

 

According to the original post, Keith's book is "Crash of the Blue Sky Rangers", so it could be a book about one part of Intellivision history. A part that Keith would know very well.

[Retro Rogue]

Interesting. I purposely avoided pursuing a Mattel Electronics history book because Marty Goldberg was supposed to be working on one in conjunction with them. I guess that that didn't work out so Keith is doing one himself.

 

No Keith is just doing this independent of my efforts, which is his prerogative since he has to try and keep the Intellivision IP relevant and in the public eye. I'm still working on the full Mattel Electronics one, which Intellivision is just a subset of so I don't see his proposed book as directly competing with what I'm doing. Keep in mind as well, Keith wasn't there for the entirety of the Intellivision or Mattel Electronics. The only thing I ever needed Keith's direct involvement/blessing on was just for any IP usage he now owns. Otherwise, all the interviews I'm doing/have done across the entire employee history of Mattel Electronics have very little to do with him. I wish him the best success on this.

 

And my time on the Mattel Electronics book is being split with three other books as well: Atari Inc. second edition, Atari Corp. - Business Is War, and my book on the whole Alamogordo burial phenomenon (which covers the actual events surrounding the burial, the rise of the various myths surrounding it, and the dig). So it's not exactly full steam ahead at all times.

Edited November 9, 2015 by Retro Rogue

[Rev]

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/245386-stacked-and-interconnected-intv-ii/

 

Retro rogue. I tried to pm this to you. But it said box was full or something. It link to a guy that designed consoles with mattel.