fred Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) I took my back up Intellivision off the shelf to fire it up for a little bit. I played Stampede just fine. It happened to be the first game I grabbed. I then tried a few others, burger time, lock’n’chase, poker, I get a purple screen. I put in Pitfall, and it works perfectly the first time. Does my system have a preference or is it just broken? Edited May 29, 2020 by fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendocon Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Sounds like it might a problem with the Executive ROM in your Intellivision unit. The Activision games I think bypassed the Executive ROM, which is why they would work fine. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 That or some are just dirty. I would try and clean them all good and the slot if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Don't the coleco and imagic Intellivision games bypass the exec rom as well? I seem to recall that if you can get Beauty and Beast to come up but none of the Mattel games come up then it is likely an issue with EXEC rom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMBerzerk Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Yes, that's correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+the1hatman Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Not a problem. Just re-skin the unit as an "Original Activision System" and sell it to cmart for massive profit ? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 I had this problem with an Intellivision II. It ended up being the right Controller. I disconnected it and all the games started. But bypassing the exec seems logical also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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