Blue Sky Rangers / Intellivision Programmers 40th Reunion! - VCF SoCal 2024 Presentations

Blue Sky Rangers - Intellivision Programmers - 40th Reunion!
Moderated by Tom Boellstorff
Enjoy an entertaining and informative panel of Blue Sky Rangers-the Intellivision game designers and programmers at Mattel Electronics in the early 1980s-as they share their memories and answer your questions about the pioneering days of video games. From the technical challenges of developing a game that fits into a 4K cartridge, to the antics of a group of a young, creative team of programmers, to the business wars that led to the great video game crash of 1983, and everything in between. 40 years later, the Blue Sky Rangers remain in touch and regularly get together for reunions, panels and collaborations on new projects. Panelists include Bill Fisher, David Warhol, Stephen Roney, Mark Kennedy, Bob Newstadt, and Mark Urbaniec! Panel will be moderated by Tom Boellstorff, co-author of the Intellivision book published by the MIT Press: Intellivision | How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie ®
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254950...
Presented Sunday, February 18, 2024 at the Vintage Computer Festival SoCal at Hotel Fera in Orange, CA
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[@intylab]

7:51 "The Award-Winning Kool-Aid Man" is one of the games I reverse-engineered. Fun to see what happens beyond Level 13.

[@intylab]

50:09 I documented the procedure to uncover the Vectron Easter Egg and posted it on GameFAQs, though somebody else created the original indie disassembler and discovered the text in the ROM.

[@intellivisiongamer]

Thanks for the great video! I watched and shared.