MRnuff Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Hello friends, I just picked up these carts from an Estate of a Principal Engineer that worked for Mattel in 82-84. I was wondering if you can help me identify these cartridges. All these were in a Intellivision II lot with a console that had an incredible low serial number of 00661. Thank you in advance 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMBerzerk Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) Interesting. Mind Strike (or some version of it) is the one on the upper right. But I see the one on the upper left has a removable EPROM (or ROM). That could be a test cart of some sort. Does that Intv II work? Try them out. Maybe BSR Steve might know? What was the person's last name? Do you feel comfortable letting us know? Edited March 28, 2022 by IMBerzerk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Your gonna have to plug them in to test. Top two look to be Pinball and Mind Strike. It would be interesting to see if they are same versions as production carts. The bottom 2 will need to be plugged into a system to check unless there are other ID #s on back side. You can send to me to test out if need be. ? Great find. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRnuff Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 13 minutes ago, IMBerzerk said: Interesting. Mind Strike (or some version of it) is the one on the upper right. But I see the one on the upper left has a removable EPROM (or ROM). That could be a test cart of some sort. Does that Intv II work? Try them out. Maybe BSR Steve might know? What was the person's last name? Do you feel comfortable letting us know? Thanks. I haven't had a chance to test console need to clean it first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRnuff Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 8 minutes ago, Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog said: Your gonna have to plug them in to test. Top two look to be Pinball and Mind Strike. It would be interesting to see if they are same versions as production carts. The bottom 2 will need to be plugged into a system to check unless there are other ID #s on back side. You can send to me to test out if need be. ? Great find. Are the top two considered prototypes? Is it okay to test in any intellivision 2 console, no additional attachments needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Pretty sure those bottom two are test carts. ? Definitely going to need to plug them in and see what pops up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, MRnuff said: Are the top two considered prototypes? Is it okay to test in any intellivision 2 console, no additional attachments needed? Maybe tester carts for Pinball and Mindstrike. Should be fine in an Inty 2. Very curious to see. Might want to buy all these from you. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) IMI v4.1 and v3.1 test cartridges. I like the zif socket with the pinball rom. Edited March 28, 2022 by mr_me 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Yes, looks to be ok to plug into system to test. Plug in a regular game cart to system first to test it and make sure its working properly. Then you will know if the test boards are good. Keep us posted! We are interested in seeing some screen shots of title screens and game screens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Was there any paperwork with any of the Intellivision or Aquarius stuff you picked up? Catalogs, internal documents, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeOfPortal Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, cmart604 said: Was there any paperwork with any of the Intellivision or Aquarius stuff you picked up? Catalogs, internal documents, etc? Would also like to know. Very nice haul! I never find anything like this locally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRnuff Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 19 minutes ago, cmart604 said: Was there any paperwork with any of the Intellivision or Aquarius stuff you picked up? Catalogs, internal documents, etc? No other stuff with the aquarius, the Intv 2 console did come with a computer module and computer keyboard and a guide for the computer module. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Here are some unique circuit boards. Maybe protos. Mattel NFL Football on an Activision PCB. Tennis and Boxing on the small PCBs. These two Mattel games are never on this particular PCB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 More unique PCBs. You never see the white on the pcbs, also hand written sticker on the eeproms (found like that) and Frog Bog and Snafu have the copper eeproms (never seen). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Two Commando PCBs. I believe the one on the right is not the retail version/normal PCB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 15 minutes ago, Rev said: Here are some unique circuit boards. Maybe protos. Mattel NFL Football on an Activision PCB. Tennis and Boxing on the small PCBs. These two Mattel games are never on this particular PCB. Why would NFL football be on an Activision pcb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog said: Why would NFL football be on an Activision pcb? Not sure. But its from the 80’s for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSRSteve Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 9 hours ago, cmart604 said: Maybe tester carts for Pinball and Mindstrike. Should be fine in an Inty 2. Very curious to see. Might want to buy all these from you. ? Production Mind Strike requires ECS 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 15 hours ago, Rev said: More unique PCBs. You never see the white on the pcbs, also hand written sticker on the eeproms (found like that) and Frog Bog and Snafu have the copper eeproms (never seen). I call fake! They were handmade by Rev ... So obvious ... 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinjinhawke Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 14 hours ago, cmart604 said: Might want to buy all these from you. ? Whatever CMART offers I will offer half to a quarter as much. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendocon Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 On 3/28/2022 at 7:04 PM, MRnuff said: No other stuff with the aquarius, the Intv 2 console did come with a computer module and computer keyboard and a guide for the computer module. Cool, you got an ECS. You'll need that to play Mind Strike. I'm definitely excited to see videos of what's on those carts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRnuff Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 On 3/28/2022 at 4:33 PM, Psycho Stormtrooper- Rog said: Hi. Nice find on the carts and Aquarius items. Im not sure if your an Avid collector or not, but you have some special items! Great of you to have the insight to save these items. If you ever decide to sell them off, be sure to let me know. You will probably get alot of emails from people trying to buy them. I dont want to be a bother to you or one of the ones trying to get you to sell. I just wanted to let you know i am interested if you ever sell and to keep my name in mind.. (to sell or trade for other items). Also, when you finally test them.. let us all know. It is exciting for all of us as well to see items like this! Thanks, Roger 2 hours ago, Zendocon said: Cool, you got an ECS. You'll need that to play Mind Strike. I'm definitely excited to see videos of what's on those carts. I have a computer module with keyboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Found the generic datasheet for the Pinball ROM chip. I suspect that the above board's Pinball game is either the release version or close to it since the word "PINBALL" is professionally printed on it (rather than hand-written as would be during development). Thought this was kind of neat to share. Intellivision ROM - Solid State Scientific SCM23C120.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 On 3/28/2022 at 7:55 PM, Rev said: Two Commando PCBs. I believe the one on the right is not the retail version/normal PCB. My SPIKER looks like the right one. The board is cracked and the game does not work..... The only reason I know what it looks like! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 50 minutes ago, 1980gamer said: My SPIKER looks like the right one. The board is cracked and the game does not work..... The only reason I know what it looks like! I wonder if it could repaired! Pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.