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4762
While looking up info on the Osborne, I found this site: http://oldcomputers.net Sure brings back memories (very small ones!). Dan...
Dan
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Nov 1, 2005
8:23 pm
4763
Just when you couldn't get enough error messages, now you can wear them! http://www.errorwear.com/ LOL! I love the Pac-Man "256th level" shirt, and the Amiga...
Dan
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Nov 2, 2005
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4764
My wife bought me the Pac-Man "256th level" level T-shirt 3 years ago. I've never had any other t-shirt that was such a conversation starter. Everyone asks...
Ryan Kinnen
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Nov 4, 2005
3:38 pm
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Ryan, I can't think of any flubs offhand that would be very obvious on a T-shirt. Most Intellivision game bugs are subtle. I do know of a few that I've found...
Joe Zbiciak
intvnut
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Nov 4, 2005
4:49 pm
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Speaking of Inty bugs, I remember having a couple of crashes with Armor Battle, but I've never seen any bug report about it. Did anyone else on the list ever...
a_chevallier
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Nov 4, 2005
5:06 pm
4767
... Ok, I've done some tests on Kinty. Now, I'm almost sure that the game was accidentally switching to FG/BG mode instead of ColorStack mode. Attached are two...
Arnauld Chevallier
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Nov 4, 2005
5:27 pm
4768
For Hockey, I was able to get guys that were in the penalty box to get out. They stayed in a sitting position. You could move them around the field, but they...
Joe O'Brien
oblachubs
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Nov 5, 2005
7:40 pm
4769
... get out. ... field, ... the ... I got ... When my brother and I first got our Intellivison, we had 3 two player games (NFL Football, Baseball, Armor...
willy_in_japan
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Nov 6, 2005
2:48 pm
4770
Yes I had a similar problem with Boxing. I was able to play a bout once where the timer was messed up. It was so long ago that I can't remember the details....
Joe O'Brien
oblachubs
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Nov 7, 2005
5:22 am
4771
Hi INTV specialists, I was wondering if all the companies that manufactured games for INTV where using the same bank switching schema. If not, is there a...
Jorevall
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Nov 14, 2005
2:35 am
4772
... There are two bank switch schemas out there that we know of. One was Mattel's, used by the ECS and World Series Major League Baseball, and the other was...
Joe Zbiciak
intvnut
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Nov 14, 2005
11:29 am
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Freddie, I should add, as far as we know, no other companies developed bank-switching schemes for the Intellivision, as far as we know. All the Activision,...
Joe Zbiciak
intvnut
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Nov 14, 2005
11:31 am
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Anyone know either of the TWO eBay sellers who managed to acquire similar Activision prototypes? Pitfall and Stampede. Timing is odd. ...
classic_videogames
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Nov 14, 2005
7:09 pm
4775
I'll be happy to dump them. I have the required equipment and have dumped cartridges for people before. ... ...
Joe Zbiciak
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Nov 14, 2005
7:46 pm
4776
Hello I won the Pitfall prototype! I was trying to make a dumper before I have all the parts needed, just no time to put it together! Anyone willing to put it...
shawn olson
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Nov 14, 2005
11:54 pm
4777
What does bank switching accomplish? Is it to allow for re-using the same memory like a compression method? Thanks....
Joe O'Brien
oblachubs
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Nov 15, 2005
5:41 am
4778
Joe, It's not really compression, it's reuse. It's more like turning pages in a book: It switches what's visible at some range of addresses. The main goal of...
Joe Zbiciak
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Nov 15, 2005
11:41 am
4779
... I have to admit, I'm not sure exactly how the Intellivision does it, but to use the Atari as an example, what bank-switching (in that case at least)...
Russ Perry Jr
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Nov 15, 2005
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... In the Intellivision, you get the full 4K in any given page in Mattel's scheme. For ECS-style page-flipping, programs write to addresses allocated to the...
Joe Zbiciak
intvnut
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Nov 15, 2005
2:36 pm
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... What does bank switching accomplish? Is it to allow for re-using the same memory like a compression method? Thanks. <<<<< Here's another way of looking...
Ryan Kinnen
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Nov 15, 2005
2:54 pm
4782
... Actually, it's the Intellivision I (and its rebranded versions) and the various INTV systems. The Intellivision II is the only one that doesn't use the...
Joe Zbiciak
intvnut
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Nov 15, 2005
3:05 pm
4783
... Well, in addition to more sophisticated methods, there are also some simple ways to apply small compression into Inty programs. But most of these common...
Arnauld Chevallier
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Nov 15, 2005
5:26 pm
4784
Came across this one in my searches! about the closest we can come to seeing/hearing a playcable in action! Later, Shawn ...
shawn olson
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Nov 21, 2005
9:00 am
4785
... Damn! Where do I sign up? Near the end, it sounds like the Intellivision doing 'Pop goes the Weasel',.........perhaps that is a Math Fun or Word Fun...
willy_in_japan
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Nov 22, 2005
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4786
That's too funny. Good stuff!...
Joe O'Brien
oblachubs
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Nov 22, 2005
9:21 pm
4787
Greetings, folks! Long time, no post.. but otherwise I have nothing in common with the Intellivision Productions' November 2005 newsletter. Along with...
neptho
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Nov 25, 2005
6:26 am
4788
Ok, this isn't exactly about programming, but I thought the crew here would find this amusing. I-Mockery finally caught up to the Intellivision: ...
Joe Zbiciak
intvnut
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Nov 29, 2005
1:14 pm
4789
Funny you should say that. I have one simmering right now that I can't wait to show you guys. You'll all be the first to see it, and I'm *really* close. Maybe...
Kyle Davis
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Nov 29, 2005
4:19 pm
4790
Oh, and one other thing that may be useful. Frank Palazzolo had posted an Intellivision service manual sometime back. I don't know what domain his website's ...
Joe Zbiciak
intvnut
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Nov 29, 2005
5:09 pm
4791
This is just a stab-in-the-dark theory, but I've had at least one console that didn't like to come out of reset, but would operate fine (at least for a little ...
Joe Zbiciak
intvnut
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Nov 29, 2005
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