mr_me Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, gar0u said: Yup. The night we bought our first Intellivision (the big original one with wood grain), we also got our first game aside from the pack-in Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack--and that game was Star Strike! Still have my original, but playing it on the Flashback because it's easier and quicker to set up and the picture is better. Pretty much default to the Flashback unless it's a licensed game like Tron. Then I play those on my Intellivision II if I have the cart. Only play stuff in the jzintv emulator if I don't have any other option. I'm really excited for the LTO Flash to come back. Or I may have to build a Raspberry Pi machine using jzintv--but I don't know what to do about the controllers. I'd like to play with the original controllers if possible. I guess I could map them, right? Winter vacation project maybe. You can plug your flashback controllers into any computer with usb adapters. http://www.2600-daptor.com/ https://www.retronicdesign.com/en/ The word on ltoflash is before the end of the year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, mr_me said: The word on ltoflash is before the end of the year. I’ll be very surprised if that actually happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 17 hours ago, mr_me said: You can plug your flashback controllers into any computer with usb adapters. http://www.2600-daptor.com/ https://www.retronicdesign.com/en/ The word on ltoflash is before the end of the year. Have a Vision-daptor myself. Delightfully fuss-free bit of hardware, delighted with it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Would it not have been possible, even back in the day, to display the ship's systems and indicate which ones were down? And why is there no way to repair systems? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, Intelligentleman said: Would it not have been possible, even back in the day, to display the ship's systems and indicate which ones were down? And why is there no way to repair systems? That would be exactly like Space Spartans then. I think they were going for something different with this one, but they didn’t focus enough on the gameplay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 52 minutes ago, IntyFanMatt said: That would be exactly like Space Spartans then. I think they were going for something different with this one, but they didn’t focus enough on the gameplay. Not really. Spartans has a whole extra layer of semi real time RTS. Like Space Battle does, although, arguably, Space Battle maybe did that part better. No I'm just saying those traits of Star Strike are really what dissatisfies me most. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, Intelligentleman said: Not really. Spartans has a whole extra layer of semi real time RTS. Like Space Battle does, although, arguably, Space Battle maybe did that part better. No I'm just saying those traits of Star Strike are really what dissatisfies me most. Fair enough. I think we would I agree the game is definitely lacking some extra layers to make the game better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 2 hours ago, IntyFanMatt said: Fair enough. I think we would I agree the game is definitely lacking some extra layers to make the game better. It's what we would call a 'graphic demo' these days, but back then it cost you $35 ? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 From Jacob, season standings after Tron. Still 9 games to go (not including bonus games): Rankings 1. INTELLIVISION SPARTAN [+116] 2. Rickster8 [+107] 3. IntyFanMatt [+105] 4. BiffMan [+87] 5. JacobZu7zu7 [+70] 6. Ace24 [+52] 7. mr_me [+45] 8. fakecortex [+32] 9. Player One [+32] 10. hoosierdadee78 [+28] 11. Intelligentleman [+22] 13. gar0u [+20] 11. JasonlikesINTV [+19] 14. roadrunner [+14] 15. ed1475 [+11] 16. jblenkle [+8] 16. Jimmy KDawg [+7] 18. Oscar G. [+6] 19. Mangia-boy [+5] 20. S.BAZ [+4] 21. dpisacane [+3] 22. cmadruga [+1] 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I’ve got behind on the contest bc of work! I’ll try to get my Star Strike scores in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 I guess it’s my turn to comment on Star Strike: Too simplistic compared to the rest of the collection. it should have been part of a triple Space action cart with two other simple Space games. the ships always looked more like balloons on strings Or kites. The pink dash Under the ship is like the handle on a kite and your ship is a 2-D kite that never moves. The enemy ships appear like balloons in the Macy’s parade.... it should be Kite strike. then the shooter..... Little pink squares? if your ship is that wimpy ... maybe send a better equipped ship to save planet earth .... no? apart from that, great game! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 1 hour ago, INTELLIVISION SPARTAN said: I guess it’s my turn to comment on Star Strike: Too simplistic compared to the rest of the collection. it should have been part of a triple Space action cart with two other simple Space games. the ships always looked more like balloons on strings Or kites. The pink dash Under the ship is like the handle on a kite and your ship is a 2-D kite that never moves. The enemy ships appear like balloons in the Macy’s parade.... it should be Kite strike. then the shooter..... Little pink squares? if your ship is that wimpy ... maybe send a better equipped ship to save planet earth .... no? apart from that, great game! Its 1981... it aint that heinous ! Just kinda plain average, didn't age as well as like Shark Shark, or Space Battle. What Strike could use though, is like a force field like Zaxxon, to weave around or above, under etc... and on the top 2 skills, an alien to shoot at the end of the trench to save Earth from the despair. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 (edited) Star Strike (Disc) 7,342 7,596 Edited September 14, 2020 by JacobZu7zu7 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 7,844 (Disc) Just missed 1 alien ship. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 3 hours ago, JacobZu7zu7 said: Its 1981... it aint that heinous ! Just kinda plain average, didn't age as well as like Shark Shark, or Space Battle. What Strike could use though, is like a force field like Zaxxon, to weave around or above, under etc... and on the top 2 skills, an alien to shoot at the end of the trench to save Earth from the despair. Ok I was extra critical ... it was an ok game. Just a little too simple. There’s worse games in the collection! Nice clear graphics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 11:00 PM, mr_me said: I like the gameplay in star strike but I don't like flying a damaged ship. The one change I'd make is have the ship repair itself after a few seconds. Tricking the enemy ships to shoot each other can be part of the strategy. You can shoot them from most areas of the screen but your fire is always going to the centre so they have to be in that line. Exactly this. I want to know what is damaged (visually by looking at the ship itself, which I don't think is possible given limitations, and/or give us a possibility to repair the ship like mr_me suggested. Either via time delay or a simple power up for us to grab... Like Beam Rider. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 20 hours ago, Intelligentleman said: No I'm just saying those traits of Star Strike are really what dissatisfies me most. Yeah same, would be cool to know what is damaged, so can expect what comes next... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 Bonus Game 6,800 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Press Disc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Opening Bids. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTELLIVISION SPARTAN Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Press Disc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 16 minutes ago, INTELLIVISION SPARTAN said: Press Disc Whoa, nice! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Yeah, you two finishing with more points than you started.... Craziness. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, BiffMan said: Yeah, you two finishing with more points than you started.... Craziness. ? Thanks man, lol, gotta shoot down like every ship! Game is frustrating though. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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