A person who goes by the name “decle” has uploaded two fascinating videos that capture exactly what Mattel was going for in 1979 with the Keyboard Component. The first is “Conversational French,” with Mimi’s introduction, which has an impressive animated character with speech synchronized to the mouth movements.
Oscar Kenneth, from Kai Magazine Software, posted about the next great Intellivision release, TNT Cowboy. Oscar and the team were previously responsible for the excellent Ninja Odyssey, an impressive Adventure Island-like scrolling platformer game, also for the Intellivision. TNT Cowboy, which takes inspiration from JRPGs and Bomberman, is due out...
UPDATE EXCLUSIVE TO MAY 31, 2018: The online portion, which is only a small 64 lots, runs for a few more hours, New Jersey time: https://connect.invaluable.com/bodnar/ The live portion, which is the bulk of the stuff, starts at 3PM and runs until at least midnight tonight. That allows for absentee...
OK, finally a date has been set for the auction of my personal collection of hundreds of different videogame and computer systems from all eras and regions, as well as tens of thousands of software items, accessories, books, and other paraphernalia and collectibles (my past descriptions of this here). Temporary...
“mthompson,” with the help of “GraziGamer,” has touched up and restored the rare Mattel Intellivision III brochure from Winter CES 1983. You can find the link to the PDF via AtariAge, here (and if there’s enough interest, “mthompson” may also do a print run). Although Mattel promised both an upgraded Intellivision...
As was reported last night, Keith Robinson, who was a manager and video game producer at Mattel Electronics from 1981 – 1984 and worked on various Intellivision games, including Tron Solar Sailer (1983), and President of Intellivision Productions, Inc., since 1997, passed away yesterday from heart and kidney failure at...
Intv Prime is developing an amazing looking RPG for the Mattel Intellivision (Wikipedia, book; console first released in 1979), called The Minstrel’s Legend (TML). Formally announced in September 2016, it should see release this year (thanks to Indie Retro News for the heads-up). The game is described as “a one-player ‘sword and sorcery’ open world...
The gaming world quite rightly regards EA Sports’ FIFA franchise as the cream of the footballing crop. With the company’s effortless transition into the world of next generation consoles, thanks in no small part to their sublime IGNITE game engine and the sponsorship of Lionel Messi, a leading contender to...
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