Blog posts August 2013
Upgrade your SPINA THE BEE Game From Intelligentvision
Intelligentvision is offering to upgrade the ROM of your Spina The Bee game if you had previously purchased a copy in the past. There are numerous changes and upgrades including the game now starts on the more difficult level 2 instead of the extremely easy level 1. Also improvements to the scoring screen among others. Can you spot the other changes? Check out the details here.
PRE ORDER CBS MOUSE TRAP Alternate Art Reissue
For you variation enthusiasts comes this CBS Mouse Trap alternative art edition. Ordering details are on the ATARI AGE forums. Not part of the Atari Age community yet, no better time than now to join! GET ON THE LIST HERE.
Portland Retro Gaming Expo coming in 2013
The Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2013 game convention is just around the corner, will you be attending?
Boulder Dash Coming to Intellivision
Elektronite, Classic Game Publishers, Inc. and First Star Software, Inc. are pleased to announce that they will be co-publishing Boulder Dash® For the Mattel Electronics Intellivision® video game system.
Since its initial release in 1984, several million units of Boulder Dash® have been purchased throughout the world on numerous platforms. Undoubtedly, Boulder Dash® is First Star's best known game, and continues to delight and challenge casual and hard-core players of all ages and bo…
IN SHELL PROGRAMMER by Left Turn Only for Intellivision
The latest homebrew programming tool by Left Turn Only is the In-Shell Programmer. A very useful tool!
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Hover Bovver Title Screen
The title screen for the upcoming Elektronite release: Hover Bovver. Keep an eye out for this game's release summer/fall 2013. This game is a joint effort by Elektronite and Mark Ball a.k.a. Groovybee to bring the classic game to Intellivision!
Tales from Elektronite Labs MS PAC MAN and GALAGA
Elektronite has made many attempts to aqcuire official licenses for popular games, such as the official porting of Namco classics:
Ms Pac Man and Galaga!
Having a prototype of Ms Pac Man already in place, they tried hard to find a point of contact in Bandai Namco to buy the license, and possibly extend the agreement to Galaga. The screen shot of Ms Pac Man is on actual Intellivision hardware. But Galaga was never begun for Intellivision.
After contacting several Namco sites around Europe and US f…
TETRIS for Intellivision
The title screen of Tetris is on real and on Intellivision, but is it possible that it could be coming? Maybe one day.....
See the progress made so far from Elektronite.
REVIEW - Match 5 by Elektronite
REVIEW BY RETRO VIDEO GAMER - SCORE 9/10
The grid....an alien ship wrecking yard. You are responsible for keeping it clean and organized. How do you do that? You must link five or more identical ships so you can blast them into nothingness with an electrical charge. Fail to keep the grid clean and its game over for you! Of course, if you are skilled, you will do a good job. Sounds like fun? Well, it should because Match 5 is one fun puzzle game on the Intellivision. The game offers two modes …
REVIEW - Deep Pockets Super Pro Pool & Billiards
REVIEW BY RETRO VIDEO GAMER - SCORE 8/10
Ever wanted to learn nine different types of billiard games? Well, here is your chance! Deep Pockets boasts nine different types of pocket billiards (pool) and carom billiards and it is only available on the Intellivision. The opening screen for the game looks and sounds like a billiard parlour as you have a lit and very nicely rendered table appear. From this screen you move to a menu screen where you can choose from five variations of pool and four v…
The Homebrew Heroes Magazine
Who is your Homebrew Hero?
Homebrew Heroes is more than just a magazine, it's over 100 pages of retro goodness dedicated to all things homebrew. Inside you will find the top 10 homebrew games for near enough every retro console out there from the Atari 2600 to the Sega Dreamcast as well as the history of each system, tech specs and screenshots. But that is not all, not even close, we also tell you how to build your own home computer and speak to somebody who has. Alongside this we bring you t…
Get your copy of the Defender Of The Crown DEMO
Elektronite is making available a Non-playable Demonstration cartridge of the upcoming new Intellivision game Defender Of The Crown. The demonstration runs on real Intellivision hardware. Defender of the Crown is on track to receive a kickstarter later this year to help fund the programming and production. This game is fully licensed and will be programmed by Syd Bolton. Pick up your copy HERE.