New Intellivision and Colecovision retro consoles coming in October!

[mazinz]

I sure hope it's not common for these things to fizzle out the way mine did. The controllers that come with them are really great with a adaptor for the pc though.

Well that and the fact that the sound is not 100% correct. I had read the sound was a bit off and when playing I noticed it on some games. I also noticed that Squished Sam is missing the voice. It was one of the few games that featured digitized voice (he would yell Squishem and money money money, etc). PC emulators are still better but something about using this console I enjoy (ironic since I have an old modded xbox that has Coleco and a zillion other just about 100% correct emulation emus on there)

[Figuremod73]

I sure hope it's not common for these things to fizzle out the way mine did. The controllers that come with them are really great with a adaptor for the pc though.

[mazinz]

figured I would mention that toysRus has the Colecovision flashback units on clearance for 30$

[Figuremod73]

No vent. With the Colecovision version I only had it for a week and barely played it. It just went out one day when I turned it on. All it had was color bars on the screen. I played the Intellivision constantly for about 4 months (sometimes up to two hrs in one sitting.) It ended up with the same problem. I took the colecovision a part and on the inside is just a small board, nothing looked loose so I tossed both units, just keeping the controllers.

The controllers are nice. Theres a adaptor for computers that I'll most likely end up getting. In the end it might be better anyways. I can play alot of the games that I was really missing on the flashbacks.

[mazinz]

Do these units have any ventilation holes in the them? Could be that they overheat and with no way for the hot air to escape it slowly (quickly) kills the electronics

[Figuremod73]

The Nightstalker game looks good. I would like to try the homebrew sequel Ms. Nightstalker.

None of the flashback consoles Ive bought have lasted. I was really enjoying the INTL. one. I'm hanging onto the controllers though and will look into getting adaptors for the computer at some point. The controllers seem to be made better than the actual units.

[Bruce Banner]

There's now a Kickstarter campaign to produce "updated" versions of 3 classic Intellivision games (Astrosmash, Shark! Shark! and Night Stalker) for PC & Mac. Can't beat the originals, but the revamped versions actually look pretty cool.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/756513245/intellivision-gen2-video-games-for-pc-and-mac

[Figuremod73]

My Intellivision one is still going.

As a precaution start keeping it unplugged when not in use. Maybe thats where I went wrong.

[jwyblejr]

My Intellivision one is still going.

[Figuremod73]

Well, my Colecovision Flashback stopped working yesterday after just a little over a week of play. It just shows color on the screen now and wont work no matter what I do. Not sure what to think of these systems now.

[jwyblejr]

I liked Atari's Real Sports series they put out near the end of the 2600's run.

[Werewolf]

And the Intellivision version of Burger Time is awesome.

Totally! That is a terrific version of Burger Time. Pac-Man for the Intellivision is also fantastic. Even has the intermissions.

[Bruce Banner]

Parker Bros. did o.k. with Qbert and Frogger, but Popeye was pretty bad. The in house games Night Stalker and Spacehawk are my favs. Their 2 player sports games are still awesome to play with somebody. A really good baseball game on the INTL.

I love Night Stalker, too. That's one of my all time favourites. Along with the first Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game.

The 2 player war games like Sea Battle and Armor Battle were always great fun, too.

Loved the space games. Space Battle and Space Spartans are ones I still play a lot.

And the Intellivision version of Burger Time is awesome.

So many great games.

[drquest]

I'm really suprised the Supercharger add-on didnt catch on that allowed games on tape to play on a 2600.

I still have my Supercharger, lots of great games!

[Figuremod73]

Wish the videogame crash never happened. Your right about ROM sizes. I'm not sure which one was the first but CBS Electronics and Activision both were putting out larger games just when Atari was starting to have financial trouble. Tunnel Runner and Pitfall 2 are both advanced carts. I'm really suprised the Supercharger add-on didnt catch on that allowed games on tape to play on a 2600.