ARTICLE BY TEAM B MARKETING: I have a confession to make. I still own an Atari 2600, two as a matter of fact (unless my mother doesn’t care about my childhood and sold my original). So my opinion on the Atari 2600 vs. Intellivision may be slightly biased. I have one at my home in Denver and one in my parent’s attic in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately the version I have in Denver is a newer model with all the gamesbuilt right into the system, so it’s kind of cheating and pales in co…
You could argue that every game is of some sort of historical significance, of course. The question really is how do you whittle down the list.
Can you really have a list of the games that have defined our medium without the inspirational Half-Life? That skips over the technologically liberating Pong? That omits the expectation-defying Super Mario 64? That fails to mention the crack-like World of Warcraft? That ignores the divorce-inducing Championship/Football Manager? That ignores the comme…
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Nanochess has announced that he is bringing Princess Quest to the Intellivision in addition to the upcoming Space Raid game.
Miss out on an Elektronite title? Atari Age user SOULBUSTER has made a small supply of 5 different titles available. If interested check out the
FOR SALE THREAD. The titles are D2K Arcade, DK Arcade, Paddle Party, Minehunter, and Match 5.
Another surprise announcement for the Intellivision! Expected to be revealed today on May 4th 2014 at 3:00 pm Eastern time/ 12:00 pm Pacific time. Today's announcement is by ATARI AGE forum member Soulbuster. Head over to see what the surprise could be!
Episode 7 of The Intellivisionaries Podcast is now Live. A whopping 6 hours! Listen HERE.
Join the discussion of Episode 7 over on the Atari Age forums.
Program Notes:
They review all three baseball games: Major League Baseball, World Championship Baseball, and World Series Major League Baseball. They also interview Intellivision baseball programmers David Rolfe and Eddie Dombrower, as well as listener Steve Herold. And the usual news, feedback, mentions and music.
In 2010, Fries, a former vice president of game publishing at Microsoft, released a landmark demake, Halo 2600—a version of Halo, the multibillion-dollar series that has dominated 21st-century gaming—for the Atari 2600, the 1970s vintage console that brought us Pac-Man. Now, Halo 2600 has been added to the Smithsonian American Art Museum's permanent collections. A playable version will go on display at a date yet to be determined.
After reading a book about programming for the 1970s …
Collectorvision is releasing Moon Patrol for the Colecovision. Check out the Official Pre Order thread HERE.
