Tag: Intellivision
As an Atari owner living in Brazil, the Intellivision was never part of my childhood and I never played one back then. I remember to think of the intriguing controller and imagine how would perform compared to the Atari. Brazil had the Intellivision II available in the market but at that time I had moved into computers, and I confess…
By reading this, most likely you have a thing for vintage computing and gaming, as well as being the owner of either a small or big collection of vintage technology. But have you ever thought of why do you still keep that Gameboy in your drawer since your childhood? Why do you miss your little Speccy and can’t forgive yourself…
A few months back it was revealed that Intellivision, a major influence in the video games boom of the early 1980s, was planning to release a new video game console, and the company has now unveiled it’s concept for the “Amico”, a system set to focus on family-friendly entertainment. Much like the original Intellivision unit, the Amico design features a…
Collectorvision is pleased to announced that they have opened up pre-orders for two new games for the Intellivision platform – MoonSweeper and Mad Bomber. Moonsweeper is a shooter game that has previously been released on various other vintage systems including the Atari 2600, Colecovision, C64 and ZX Spectrum. The action takes place in space and on the surface of satellites…
Way back in 2015 an Intellivision version of Defender of the Crown was announced on Atari Age. I’m sure most of you will fondly remember the Amiga version and how much of an impact it made on us back in 1986. Released on multiple systems including the Atari ST, Commodore 64 and even the Game Boy Advance, Defender of the…
“Spin, Blast, And drop into hyperspace to avoid a killer asteroid shower! Aleisha Cuff (AMCgames) has released a new AGD game for the ZX Spectrum called “AstrosmashZX” which is a port of Astrosmash, which was originally released in 1981 on the Intellivision games console. Astrosmash was a very popular game back in the day, more than one million copies were sold…
Sydney Hunter is a new retro-style adventure/puzzle platformer. Armed only with his trusty boomerang, Sydney must navigate dark caverns while avoiding bats, ghosts, hot lava and other obstacles. The Sacred Tribe is the second game in the Sydney Hunter series. Already announced two years ago, Sydney Hunter & The Caverns of Death is still in development. Sydney Hunter, the great…
We always try to cover various different game formats, most notably, Commodore 64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad, and we are always open to new Retro Gaming News on lesser known platforms. Recently we swapped links with a new website called “Intv Prime“, they cater specifically for the Intellivision game console, and they gave us the heads up on a couple of new releases that will be…
Oh Mummy is a computer game originally for the Amstrad CPC models of home computer. It was developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft in 1984. It was often included in the free bundles of software that came with the computer. The object of the game is to unveil all of the treasure within each level (or pyramid) of the…
Atari Age member Kiwi is working on a new Homebrew game for the Intellivision inspired by the movie Towering Inferno. The game, of course, has the same name. This is still in development but below you’ll find a video of what has been accomplished so far. News Update 04/10/16: Work has continued on the game. New Boss level has been…
