Intelligentvision's newly improved re-release Same Game & Robots is now shipping, there may still be some copies available from Intellivision.us. Here is a description of the game: Strategy and planning is the name of the game regardless which title you
choose to test your wits against. Learn to analyze and predict how the
game will unfold to achieve the most points and successful completion.
Welcome to the peaceful world of SameGame and the tense world of Robots.
Either choice is an addicting path.
SAMEGAME - There are three different pieces on the board.
Connect as many shapes of one type to score higher points and clear the
board. The two variations of the game only have different game rules.
ROBOTS - Move the cursor to destroy all the Robots on the
screen by making them collide into each other, by making them hit their
left over scrap, or by using a bomb.
Michael Hayes programmed SameGame as a standalone game in 2001. By early
2004, Robots was added to give the game value. Intelligentvision was
looking for homebrew games
to produce and SameGame & Robots was scheduled as the 4th release.
David did not believe the game was finished and began "enhancing" it.
The following 6 months was a tumultuous
period for Intelligentvision. David continued providing updated versions
of the game but by the end of August, decided to quit from
Intelligentvision. He continued coding the game
though. By the end of September, Chris and Roger released the game
unbeknown to David. The current version of the game, provided to Chris
and Roger, made it to production of
carts numbered after 100. David never felt that the game was really
finished but stopped coding since the game went to production.
Fast forwarding to 2011, David was asked by Darren, a collector and
gamer, to fix/finish FUBAR which is another game by Michael Hayes. Once
deep into programming, he only saw fit to revisit
SameGame & Robots and to really finish it. Being a big fan of the
Intellivoice module, it was only fitting to add human voices to the
game. With the 2004 version seeing a very limited
release, the updates made to the game, and higher quality production, a
2012 release was believe to be warranted.