Questions from a non Intellivision user

[pjduplooy]

Hi guys

 

Although I am a TI 99/4A user, I have a couple of questions for you (if you do not mind me asking, and helping me out if you can).

 

Were any Intellivision systems sold in South Africa, and if so would it have been an European version? (In South Africa we use 220v and in the past our TV's were PAL). If so, are there any South African users on this forum.

 

In the TI world, the guys doing emulation, had to get permission from TI to distribute official roms. What is the situation in your "world"

 

Over at the TI 99/4A forum on AtariAge a user built his own machine, using old schematics etc, and even showcased a new version yesterday. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/266585-tiny-994a-computer/

 

Has something like this been attempted for the Intellivision?

 

Regards

 

Pieter

 

 

[+intellivotion]

I have no idea about the hardware, but I know of one Armor Battle in box for the UK market with documentation for South Africa (with reference to the distributor or to the customer care services, I don't remember now).

I consider it as evidence that Intellivision was distributed in South Africa.

 

That's all I know

[mr_me]

Not exactly hard evidence of distribution in South Africa but this page shows Intellivision made it there.

https://www.clasf.co.za/q/intellivision-boxed-retro/

The packaging is smilar to that used in the UK but it has armor battle as the pack-in which is kind of unique. There's several different part numbers for different pal standards, likely for different electrical standards. If SA has the exact same electrical standard as elsewhere perhaps it shares the same part number. Was it acceptable in South Africa for consumer products to have packaging and instructions in english only?

 

With all systems you need permission from the copyright owner to distribute rom files. Intellivision Productions has the Mattel and INTV copyrights including the exec rom inside the intellivision. Others are owned by various companies, some the owners are not known.

 

One of the guys on atariage has completed an fpga Intellivision but is otherwise not available.

[pjduplooy]

mr_me

 

Thanks for the info...

 

Yes it was acceptable to have packaging and instructions in English, if it came from overseas. My TI even had the promo material in for stuff that wasnt available in SA. (Got mine in 83).

 

If I can recall (Old age .....) I do not know if I saw any Intellivision. Most played was ATARI.. HUGE competitions in malls back in the days, with celebs and musicians balling it out .

 

If it helps our TI's were exactly the same versions as in the UK

Edited September 10, 2018 by pjduplooy

[Spadafermo51]

Intellivision also had to be sold in South Africa,
some time ago I found this:

 

 

[pjduplooy]

Thanks Spadafermo.

 

Although Metlionics does not exist, they are regularly mentioned in South African retrogaming forums (of which I only became aware of while searching for Metlionics.

 

Seems like they made this, now this I havent seen at all before.

 

https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/210404614/Retro_and_vintage_games_Teleplay_entertainment_unit_rare_South_African_made_game_console.html

 

and

 

https://www.clasf.co.za/teleplay-game-console-made-in-rsa-by-metlionics-in-south-africa-1219909/

 

The box is in Afrikaans, which meant this was made in South Africa

 

and

 

https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/209278226/TELEPLAY_TV_GAMES.html

Edited September 10, 2018 by pjduplooy

[+cmart604]

Intellivision also had to be sold in South Africa,

some time ago I found this:

 

 

Awesome! I don't think I have seen that before. Have you shown it in another thread?

[+intvsteve]

Yikes! Another language variation to track!

[Spadafermo51]

Awesome! I don't think I have seen that before. Have you shown it in another thread?

 

 

no, only sent to INTVSteve……

[+intvsteve]

I'm really behind on processing submissions from the Italian contingent of collectors! Years behind... possibly more than a decade in some cases! :the shame:

[mr_me]

Thanks Spadafermo.

 

Although Metlionics does not exist, they are regularly mentioned in South African retrogaming forums (of which I only became aware of while searching for Metlionics.

 

Seems like they made this, now this I havent seen at all before.

 

https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/210404614/Retro_and_vintage_games_Teleplay_entertainment_unit_rare_South_African_made_game_console.html

 

and

 

https://www.clasf.co.za/teleplay-game-console-made-in-rsa-by-metlionics-in-south-africa-1219909/

 

The box is in Afrikaans, which meant this was made in South Africa

 

and

 

https://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/209278226/TELEPLAY_TV_GAMES.html

I'm guessing here, but the first one looks like it could be one of the many programmable game systems found around the world based on the signetics chipset.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1292_Advanced_Programmable_Video_System

 

The second one, based on the screen shots, e.g. tanks, stunt cycle, could be a general instrument non-programmable game system; or the box for the first one.

 

The third looks like a pong clone also possibly GI chip based.

[Intymike]

I'm really behind on processing submissions from the Italian contingent of collectors! Years behind... possibly more than a decade in some cases! :the shame:

 

 

That's why I send no German stuff.

 

btw. did you see my new group on Facebook?