Posted on August 6, 2023
1980s Mattel Intellivision Commercials
The Intellivision is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979. The name is a portmanteau of “intelligent television”. Development began in 1977, the same year as the launch of its main competitor, the Atari 2600.
In 1984, Mattel sold its video game assets to a former Mattel Electronics executive and investors, eventually becoming INTV Corporation.
Game development ran from 1978 to 1990 when the Intellivision was discontinued. From 1980 to 1983, more than 3.75 million consoles were sold. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision)
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Posted on August 6, 2023
Carnival by Sega for ColecoVision
Carnival is a fixed shooter developed by Gremlin and released by Sega in arcades in 1980. It was one of the first video games with a bonus round. The goal of the game is to shoot at targets while conserving a limited ammunition supply for as long as possible.
Carnival was ported to the Atari 2600, ColecoVision, and Intellivision by Coleco. A licensed version of the game was also ported later to the Atari 8-bit line of computers by ANALOG Software, and Acornsoft published Carnival for the BBC Micro.
This is the ColecoVision version of the game. Electronic Games, which was a popular video gaming magazine in the 80s, called the ColecoVision port of Carnival “a letter-perfect recreation of the arcade original that’s not to be missed.”
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Posted on August 6, 2023
Amidar Arcade Homebrew for the Commodore Amiga
Amidar is a video game developed by Konami and released in arcades in 1981 by Stern. The format is similar to that of Pac-Man: the player moves around a fixed rectilinear lattice, attempting to visit each location on the board while avoiding enemies. When each spot has been visited, the player moves to the next level. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amidar)
The video shows Amidar500, a homebrew version of the arcade game, created for the Amiga home computer.
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Posted on August 6, 2023
Lock n Chase Arcade (1981)
Lock ‘n’ Chase Arcade (1981) – A maze chase video game developed by Data East and released in arcades in Japan in 1981. It was licensed to Taito for distribution in North America. Lock ‘n’ Chase has similarities to Pac-Man, including a goal of collecting dots, with the addition of doors that periodically block pathways.
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Posted on July 23, 2023
Old Fart Gameplay Video: Commodore 64 – Munchkin 64
Munchkin 64 is a remake of the infamous K.C. Munchkin Pac-Man-like game that was released in 1981. K.C. Munchkin was released one year before Atari’s versions of Pac-Man. That didn’t stop Atari from suing Magnavox/Philips and Atari was able to get K.C. Munchkin pulled from store shelves.
Munchkin 64 is a port of K.C. Munchkin for the Commodore 64 8-bit computer.
To download the game for your C64 or emulator, or to play it in your browser, visit: https://pretzel-logic.itch.io/munchkin64
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Posted on July 23, 2023
YouTube Short: TouchDown Fever Arcade Version by SNK
Touch Down Fever is a 1987 American football arcade game developed and published by SNK. It was later ported to the NES and was released in North America by SNK in February 1991 and in Japan by K. Amusement Leasing on November 11, 1988, titled: Touch Down Fever: American Football.
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Posted on July 23, 2023
YouTube Short: Conquest of Mars – Atari 2600
This game is a remake of the popular Atari 8-Bit home computer game, Caverns of Mars. Conquest of Mars was developed by and is sold by Champ Games.
In the year 4114, the planet Earth and the planet Mars are locked in a century-long war. The Martians have devised a plan to destroy Earth by unleashing the power of their latest weapon: The Destruct-o-Bomb!
The Martians have hidden the bombs deep inside the caverns of Mars. Your mission is to navigate through the depths of the red planet while battling the Martian defenses, including rockets, laser gates, phantom mines, and winding tunnels. Activate the bombs inside the planet and escape to the surface before it explodes!
Do you have what it takes to defeat all six caverns and eliminate the Martian threat once and for all?
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Posted on July 19, 2023
YouTube Short: Piranha – A Pac-Man Clone
A “Pac-Man” hack, the graphics have been drastically altered to present an underwater theme. You control a red piranha, while you are chased around by 4 squid-looking monsters.
Most of the maze in this game is wide open. You are free to move about various open portions of the maze, but so are the monsters.
Posted on July 17, 2023
YouTube Short: B.C.’s Quest for Tires
B.C.’s Quest for Tires is a horizontally scrolling video game designed by Rick Banks and Michael Bate and published by Sierra On-Line in 1983. Versions were released for the Commodore 64, IBM PC, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, ZX Spectrum, MSX, and Apple II. Based on the comic strip B.C. by Johnny Hart, BC’s Quest for Tires is similar to Irem’s Moon Patrol from the previous year. The title is a play on the title of the contemporaneous film Quest for Fire. A sequel, Grog’s Revenge, was released in 1984. In retrospect, the title has been referred to as the first endless runner game.
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