The D2K Arcade HSC has officially started! Time to start playing and competing for the top score. The competition starts February 1 and ends February 28 2013. Multiple tiers of prizes will be rewarded to the top scoring players. Time to dust off those Mattel Intellivision's and get playing! D2K Arcade was just released in 2012 by Elektronite, a new video game publisher dedicated to bringing new games to old systems. D2K Arcade features new and improved gameplay, sound, and graphics. Featuring …
J2 Games and Video Game Trader have merged. Check out the new site for great deals, and if you are near Atlanta Ga USA, make sure to visit the Video Game Trader retail store. They have a great selection of retro games all the way to the current systems. Also check out the Video Game Trader magazine for current articles on past systems and a great price guide.
The upcoming Elektronite Intellivision releases will take advantage of the new JLP4 PCB designed by Left Turn Only Productions.
Up currently on Ebay is a one-of-a-kind Intellivision/Gameboy development kit. View the auction HERE.
This is a truly one-of-a-kind auction. The following is from the auction description:
I am the developer of Intellivision for GameBoy Color (hereafter I4GBC), the world's first Intellivision emulator for a portable system (developed between 2000-2001), and this is the actual development system I used to develop and test I4GBC.
Not only is this development system historically significant (be…
There were usually three types of boxes available, the regular US issue, the bilingual Canadian version and the International release. Here, sadly with one glaring omission, is all of the Parker Brothers boxes for the Intellivision.
First up is Frogger, which came in the standard three versions. This is the most common of the Parker Brothers releases, so the US one is really easy to find, the other 2 aren't too bad. (By the way, if you're trying to figure out which version a game is at a gl…
Head over to TeamPixelBoy and check out the Colecovision Homebrew selection.
A recent Elektronite Newsletter update outlines this years release schedule and plans for upcoming Intellivision releases. Have you not subscribed to the newsletter? Do so HERE! Here is a sneak peek of some of the stuff the newsletter has to offer.
Hello Intellivision fans!
2012 was an exciting year for Intellivision and Elektronite, and 2013 is shaping up to be even better!
As you know, we successfully published D2K Arcade in a beautiful Mattel Style Gatefold box, with full colour manu…
As reported a few weeks ago HERE, the possible origin of the unfinished Intellivision game 'Spina the Bee' fit almost perfectly with the description of the Maya the Bee franchise. Now thanks to a tip, We can now see that there was an actual game released on the Philips VG5000 system. The game is titled "L' ABEILLE Spina The Bee". L'ABEILLE is also translated in French to none other than: Maya the Bee! Below is an actual in-game screen shot of the Philips VG5000 version in action. Almost ident…
Have you missed out on getting the Elektronite Minehunter release? Some copies are still available for purchase, visit ELEKTRONITE for ordering details.
Preview of upcoming D2K Arcade patch for a High Score Contest. Details coming soon.
A new Burgertime game is under development by Intelligentvision. More details can be found HERE. It is unknown if this will see an actual release at this time.
INTERVIEW COURTESY OF GAMOTEK
Spanning almost a decade (2003 – 2012), David Harley and Intelligentvision released 17 games for the Intellivision console. The first one being the famous Stonix. In November 2012, David announced the end of Intelligentvision. By Christmas time though, he may have already returned to the scene. We’re going back through time with the founder who accepted to answer our questions. (picture: David Harley (left) and the French developer Arnauld Chevallier)
