Intelligentleman Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 If you wanted to introduce a friend to the Intellivision, and show them what makes it a special system, what three games in your collection do you pull out? Share below. Here's mine in no order: B-17 Bomber Space Spartans Safecracker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 If I was simply choosing games to impress aesthetically and/or on a technical level, three that I'd pick include: Dracula Thunder Castle Tower of Doom Three games I'd choose that genuinely demonstrate what makes Intellivision special are: Treasure of Tarmin Sea Battle Utopia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Black_Tiger said: If I was simply choosing games to impress aesthetically and/or on a technical level, three that I'd pick include: Dracula Thunder Castle Tower of Doom Three games I'd choose that genuinely demonstrate what makes Intellivision special are: Treasure of Tarmin Sea Battle Utopia I'm interested in why you picked Sea Battle as one of your three. I like it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Utopia Utopia Utopia ? For variety's sake... Space Spartans Sea Battle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, BiffMan said: Utopia Utopia Utopia ? For variety's sake... Space Spartans Sea Battle Utopia is so fun. Graphics are rather spartan, but the depth of gameplay is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Definitely a showcase game for what made the Intellivision so different. Since the graphics are iconography, I think they hold up just fine. Quite clear what everything is meant to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 To impress: DK Arcade or D2K Arcade (after showing the original Coleco version) Christmas Carol Space Patrol For fun legacy games that take advantage of the controller: AD&D Cloudy Mountain Baseball Utopia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 2 hours ago, BiffMan said: Utopia Utopia Utopia ? For variety's sake... Space Spartans Sea Battle Which two Utopias would they replace? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 From BITD I'd choose... Beamrider AD&D Cloudy Mountain Burgertime 3 awesome games for three different genres I haven't played all of recent releases but Christmas Carol, Stonix and D2K are incredible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 1 hour ago, cvga said: Which two Utopias would they replace? The 4th and 5th ones. Utopia should still have the top 3 slots ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, cvga said: From BITD I'd choose... Beamrider AD&D Cloudy Mountain Burgertime 3 awesome games for three different genres I haven't played all of recent releases but Christmas Carol, Stonix and D2K are incredible How is Beamrider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmadruga Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) In no particular order: - Defender of the Crown - TNT Cowboy - Intellivania - Burgertime - He-Man - Atlantis Edited February 17, 2020 by cmadruga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 57 minutes ago, Intelligentleman said: How is Beamrider? Beamrider is fantastic,although from Activision I like Dreadnaught factor best of all! Worm Whomper and River Raid are great too! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 59 minutes ago, Intelligentleman said: How is Beamrider? Fantastic. Check it out. It’s a forgotten one somehow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Thunder Castle Night Stalker Lady Bug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, JacobZu7zu7 said: Thunder Castle Night Stalker Lady Bug I love me some Night Stalker, although I've never been able to unlock the invisible robots! (...at least, I don't think so, HAHA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterZero Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Not including homebrew: AD&D: Treasure of Tarmin Thin Ice Thunder Castle Just missing out... Burgertime Bump 'n' Jump AD&D: Cloudy Mountain (the game that I remember most vividly being used to display an Intellivision at a Grace Bros department store back in the early 80s) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Thunder Castle Dreadnaught Factor Burgertime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Intelligentleman said: How is Beamrider? It's my favorite game on any system. I love how it continues to add new enemies with different features deep into the game. The controls allowing you to jump from beam to beam are very responsive and the difficulty ramps up at a reasonable, but fairly quick, pace. The key to getting high scores is to build a large reserve of ships and hit the mother ship at the end of each sector for a large bonus. 1 hour ago, Intelligentleman said: I love me some Night Stalker, although I've never been able to unlock the invisible robots! (...at least, I don't think so, HAHA) I've never seen them either lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 6 hours ago, save2600 said: To impress: DK Arcade or D2K Arcade (after showing the original Coleco version) Christmas Carol Space Patrol For fun legacy games that take advantage of the controller: AD&D Cloudy Mountain Baseball Utopia Very much in agreement with these six. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Man, this is tough. I'm going to cheat ? Not Inc homebrews... Burgertime/Diner AD&D Cloudy Mountain/Treasure of Tarmin Worm Whomper/Dreadnaught Factor/Beamrider Atlantis/Demon Attack/Microsurgeon World Series MLB Thunder Castle That's only 12. Top 3 bolded. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 4 hours ago, IntyFanMatt said: Thunder Castle Dreadnaught Factor Burgertime These were exactly the same as my top 3 answers to the original question so I'll add my next 3 choices... Major League Baseball Tron Deadly Discs Bump 'N' Jump 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 From the classics: Burgertime (for great Arcade games) Atlantis (to show the difference to the Atari VCS) Sub Hunt ( to show the good use of the keypad and complex gameplay) From the homebrew: Defender Of The Crown (wtf. A 16 bit game on the Intellivision with all game elements) AF (wtf. parallax scrolling and voice on a 70s machine) Sydney Hunter and the cursed tribe (what a big and beautiful game). and many more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Intymike said: From the classics: Burgertime (for great Arcade games) Atlantis (to show the difference to the Atari VCS) Sub Hunt ( to show the good use of the keypad and complex gameplay) From the homebrew: Defender Of The Crown (wtf. A 16 bit game on the Intellivision with all game elements) AF (wtf. parallax scrolling and voice on a 70s machine) Sydney Hunter and the cursed tribe (what a big and beautiful game). and many more... It's of course a Sacred Tribe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Major League Baseball Tron Deadly Discs Treasure of Tarmin Homebrew: Space Patrol Sydney Hunter Sacred Tribe TNT Cowboy I could go ten deep easily on both the old school and post 125 released games,but I will stop here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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