The Intellivision was my first console, first electronics box anything ever. I remember playing it at 3 years old. My father went ALL-IN and got like 30 games+ at the get go (how???? why???) and we got even more. I still don't understand how it happened to this day, but it was incredible. I don't agree with people who find the controller disc the worst, it works really well in some games. Still have the intellivision II in my stuff, but it's a repair project now.
Triple Action - planes: was my favorite 1v1 game I played against my brother. After a while, you can master flying upside down, avoiding stalling or exploit stalling to become unpredictable. Surprisingly fun times with such limited gameplay.
I just bought an Intellivision a few days ago! Unfortunately, mine is dead - no sign of life. I’ll have some fun troubleshooting it soon. Thanks for the preview of what I can look forward to. LOL!
generic tip on the disc: Taylor tended to use the disc as a d-pad by tapping the direction - that can be done, but for games that leverage the multi-direction (like Skiing or the Tank battle of Triple Action), you can maintain a light press and move the disc around as if it was a big flat thumb stick.
I had one of those in my teens and had it until my early 40s. In my local cable company had a subscription service you could hook the game up to an adapter box that would give you 30 games a month and each month they'd offer new games to play. Night Stalker and Buzz Bombers were some of my favorites, hockey was funny because you could get a penalty and sit in the penalty box.
fun fact, most games support pausing when you hit 1&9 or 3&7 - this is meant to not happen often by mistake since they're opposite corners. It will either freeze the image or go to a black screen. Hit any button to get out of it (iirc) or the disc.
@@fractalMD as a young kid and no other console and a brother close my age who was equally a huge fan, the sheer number of hours allow these discoveries
Back then, I didn't get one, because I thought, the controllers were weird. Kind of predecessors to gamepads. I'd always prefer real digital joysticks. The sound on this is better than I expected. The "running horses" sounded actually quite good. The Intellivision got an AY-3-8914 soundchip, it seems. The Apple Mockingboard had a similar chip. (And the later ZX Spectrum models or even the Atari ST). So not bad for a gaming console of 1979. According to Wikipedia, it even had a 16 bit CPU.
awesome, just picked up an Intellivision II (same hardware inside) with some games, haven't tried it out yet, but my brother had one when I was single digits in age and I remember it well.
Yeah, that disc on the controller isn't about spinning - it's a rocker switch really. Rocker-joystick? You're missing the overlays that you are supposed to slip into the controller over the keypad so you know what button maps to what.
I remember liking the Triple Action biplanes, since you can actually stall the plane, instead of being able to fly straight up indefinitely. It felt a little more realistic to me. I always had trouble with the Intellivision controllers though, on any game.
When you guys brought out the one without a label, I was like, "Oh! That's the one that was in dad's sock drawer that he only plays late at night." 😉 Then, when the label said, "Triple Action", I was like, "Yup. That's pr0n!" 🤣😂 Thanks for being subtle! 😁
Space Battle is one of the most confusing games if you skip reading the manual. You start straight off in a radar screens. those dots are armadas of enemy ship trying to get to your "base" in the center. You must prioritize the closest one. You move your reticle to one of them and initiate a space battle. You'll transfer to a first person combat view where you must shoot the individual ships of each armada (iirc disc tapping to shoot).
Hey that was my first computer. I had the plug in keyboard module that allowed you to program it, and even tho I had 2 games, Donkey Kong and Tron Deadly Discs, I mostly just programmed it to make sounds and draw colorful patterns on screen
Nice T-shirt, Taylor. "Linux is awesome and so are you." (Edit) 2:44 Amy: Make it DO SOMETHING! Taylor (presses all the buttons on the controller. Nothing happens.)
Happy pride! Good to se the shirt shout out to “Veronica Explains“. I was hoping you had the inrellivoice too, so you could have shown off the voice games though a few games attempted voice without it.
Where my horses at?! I’m in lesbians with both of you! Intellivision was my first console so I loved watching you two try to figure it out. Happy Pride!
The games are much easier to understand and play if you have the overlay that slide over the keypad. Intellivisipn was my first console system. Try and acquire the voice synthesizer. Its a blast for the games that support it. My favorite was B17 Bomber.
"How many pixels is a furlong" -- had me laughing so hard!! You ladies we're hysterical today. But have you even played the Intellivision if you haven't played Utopia? Also, Amy I always get the bum controller too!!! ;)
YOU KNOW, I had already planned on Amy being my backup plan if I ever found myself back on the market UNTIL that dirty "S " word was thrown out :( Happy pride month and hopefully the supreme court will ease up at pecking away at your freedoms!!
"We're subtle" 🤣🤣
It's our calling card.
You put the "B" in subtle.
@@fractalMD - To paraphrase from Hitchhikers Guide - This is obviously a new definition for the word "subtle" that I was previously unaware of.
"...it really holds onto things." *CRASH*
Reminds me of my entire life. 🤣🤣
You ain't kidding.
Amy with the quintessential gamer excuse of getting the bad controller. 🤣
Like watching this I bitched nonstop, lol.
Except you can't change the ones on the Intellivision because they're hardwired.
@@Desmaad Unless you unscrew the console, you can unplug them from the inside 😁
@@Desmaadthey can be, but you have to take apart the console to do so.
The Intellivision was my first console, first electronics box anything ever. I remember playing it at 3 years old. My father went ALL-IN and got like 30 games+ at the get go (how???? why???) and we got even more. I still don't understand how it happened to this day, but it was incredible. I don't agree with people who find the controller disc the worst, it works really well in some games. Still have the intellivision II in my stuff, but it's a repair project now.
It was my first console too, the controllers used a conductive track on plastic which wore out for us.
It was also my first console thanks to my dad :)
That is so many games!!!!
I think we can all agree that Burger Time was a weird game
Deeply weird, right? Also, band.
The creaking plastic of the controllers has real 1980’s vibes.
It could crumble at any second.
That was the best opening for a video I've ever seen. xD
Hahaha
Triple Action - planes: was my favorite 1v1 game I played against my brother. After a while, you can master flying upside down, avoiding stalling or exploit stalling to become unpredictable. Surprisingly fun times with such limited gameplay.
I how we can get some better working controllers going!
Hearing those sound effects for the first time in 32 years is amazeballz! thankyou for sharing.
NOSTALGIA!!!!
I just bought an Intellivision a few days ago! Unfortunately, mine is dead - no sign of life. I’ll have some fun troubleshooting it soon. Thanks for the preview of what I can look forward to. LOL!
Nice! Intellivision is in the zeitgeist it seems!
generic tip on the disc: Taylor tended to use the disc as a d-pad by tapping the direction - that can be done, but for games that leverage the multi-direction (like Skiing or the Tank battle of Triple Action), you can maintain a light press and move the disc around as if it was a big flat thumb stick.
Man, we tried to use them 37 ways from Sunday. I think if we can get the controllers tuned up a bit we'll have better luck. Opportunity!
omg, I was just looking at Intellivision videos tonight too! awesome
Dude
@@fractalMD Dudette 😎
I love the organizer. That woodgrain-look on everything in the 70s and early 80s is just ❤. Cheers! 🎉
It is truly epic.
Love that you gals proudly wear your rainbows! 🌈
Pride month, baby!
Trying to guess the controls without the keypad overlays is a bold move.
You spelled insane wrong!
Thanks for sharing! I still have 2 Intellivision consoles and a few dozen games. Always a great time!
Oooh, lucky
I had one of those in my teens and had it until my early 40s. In my local cable company had a subscription service you could hook the game up to an adapter box that would give you 30 games a month and each month they'd offer new games to play. Night Stalker and Buzz Bombers were some of my favorites, hockey was funny because you could get a penalty and sit in the penalty box.
Whoa. That is pretty epic.
fun fact, most games support pausing when you hit 1&9 or 3&7 - this is meant to not happen often by mistake since they're opposite corners. It will either freeze the image or go to a black screen. Hit any button to get out of it (iirc) or the disc.
My dude. How do you even know this!!
@@fractalMD as a young kid and no other console and a brother close my age who was equally a huge fan, the sheer number of hours allow these discoveries
Always happy to see more people getting into Intellivision! 😃
We were stoked to find it for sale at East!
@@fractalMD YAAAAAAY!
Another awesome video 🎉
You are going to have a LOT of fun with that system, especially when it comes to comparing Atari 2600 games with Intellivision counterparts.
Have fun.
We will! Thx!
Having the joypad overlays is pretty important, it's basically the manual for most games. :-)
Now you tell us!
@@fractalMD I know, right!
Amy, your sparkly eye shadow is soooo pretty! Love it.
love you crazy geeky ladies!
Thank you!!!!!!!
Back then, I didn't get one, because I thought, the controllers were weird. Kind of predecessors to gamepads. I'd always prefer real digital joysticks.
The sound on this is better than I expected. The "running horses" sounded actually quite good. The Intellivision got an AY-3-8914 soundchip, it seems. The Apple Mockingboard had a similar chip. (And the later ZX Spectrum models or even the Atari ST). So not bad for a gaming console of 1979.
According to Wikipedia, it even had a 16 bit CPU.
Yeah, the 16 bit CPU thing blew my mind.
awesome, just picked up an Intellivision II (same hardware inside) with some games, haven't tried it out yet, but my brother had one when I was single digits in age and I remember it well.
Hell yes! Break it out!
I like how y'all have the NABU as the monitor stand.
It just feels right. Lol.
Yeah, that disc on the controller isn't about spinning - it's a rocker switch really. Rocker-joystick?
You're missing the overlays that you are supposed to slip into the controller over the keypad so you know what button maps to what.
We are missing them very very much.
For the Skiing, to move faster, push the bottom of the dial
So much safer to go slow!
Pixels per Furlong is now my unit of measure.
Those horses JUST KEPT RUNNING.
I remember liking the Triple Action biplanes, since you can actually stall the plane, instead of being able to fly straight up indefinitely. It felt a little more realistic to me. I always had trouble with the Intellivision controllers though, on any game.
Not the best controllers in the world....
When you guys brought out the one without a label, I was like, "Oh! That's the one that was in dad's sock drawer that he only plays late at night." 😉
Then, when the label said, "Triple Action", I was like, "Yup. That's pr0n!" 🤣😂
Thanks for being subtle! 😁
There were.... significant glances.
Superior membrane-based content, as expected. I'm so proud of you. Best episode ever!
Any time I can dress as a rainbow is a good time.
Space Battle is one of the most confusing games if you skip reading the manual. You start straight off in a radar screens. those dots are armadas of enemy ship trying to get to your "base" in the center. You must prioritize the closest one. You move your reticle to one of them and initiate a space battle. You'll transfer to a first person combat view where you must shoot the individual ships of each armada (iirc disc tapping to shoot).
I could just tell by looking at it that was the case!!!!!!
@@fractalMD I think it's the numpad to shoot, thinking about it, separated into 9 equal zones mimicking the pad layout
Hey that was my first computer. I had the plug in keyboard module that allowed you to program it, and even tho I had 2 games, Donkey Kong and Tron Deadly Discs, I mostly just programmed it to make sounds and draw colorful patterns on screen
Very very cool.
The ECS was my only "computer" until the 12th grade. Good times.
Finally, a new Utopia opponent I can dominate!
Pffft!
I had one of those, so cool
Nice!
If there was a “Best In Show” award for UA-cam thumbnails, this video’s thumbnail would be my pick! Awesome video as always!
We did very much enjoy this thumbnail. Not gonna lie!
16:43 "Wouldn't it be fun to make your own game?" Yes! Yes it would. I ought to know. Good to see new fans of the old Intellivision.
Very very cool.
Taylor: Biplanes Amy: It's perfect for Pride -- Thank you Amy for letting me know I'm not the only one with the brain of a 12 year old 🤣
I mean, it was low-hanging fruit.
Nice T-shirt, Taylor. "Linux is awesome and so are you."
(Edit) 2:44
Amy: Make it DO SOMETHING!
Taylor (presses all the buttons on the controller. Nothing happens.)
Such is our lives!!!!
I saw one of these game consoles fly across a room once. True story!
They don't seem very aerodynamic.
Triple action FTW!
I mean, it's no quintuple action, but it will do.
@2:22 Cue the TripleDent Gum jingle.
Such a strange console, someday I want one, haha.I love those early days of gaming consoles with weird controls and ideas.
Ppl were still trying out all the ideas.
@@fractalMD Yeah, I love that.
Happy pride! Good to se the shirt shout out to “Veronica Explains“. I was hoping you had the inrellivoice too, so you could have shown off the voice games though a few games attempted voice without it.
Oh we wish. Would love to find one. Also Veronica is AWESOME! 🌈
"This is harder than going to an actual track and betting." SERIOUSLY. DANG.
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO GAMBLE!
@@fractalMD Yes!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
13:58 - are you sure this isn't secretly Flight Simulator or something?! 😁
I mean.... it's possible.
2:20 i laughed out loud 😂
I know. It's like, insert your own jokes, here.
Nice find ladies!!!
Sorry you weren’t able to make CoCoFEST.
I knooooow. Missed you David Ladd.
@@fractalMD
Hopefully will catch you two at VCFMW and/or CoCoFEST 2025? :D
indeed very subtle :)
😃
THIS INTRO IS EVERYTHING.
I love my rainbow hat. 🌈
@@fractalMD I DO TOO!
Where my horses at?! I’m in lesbians with both of you! Intellivision was my first console so I loved watching you two try to figure it out. Happy Pride!
That last horse finally showing up late to the game to cross the line absolutely sent me.
🌈 🏳️🌈 🌈 🏳️🌈
I hope you got the controller overlays for each game
Surely the internet will provide.
The games are much easier to understand and play if you have the overlay that slide over the keypad. Intellivisipn was my first console system. Try and acquire the voice synthesizer. Its a blast for the games that support it. My favorite was B17 Bomber.
I was not ready for that.
We get that a lot!
The only people to get an Aquarius before an Intellivision?
Also, I always think of "triple action" Aquafresh when I see the space capsule icon ...
We are keeping it weird!
It seems like bonghits should have worked into this afternoon of Intellivision, somehow
I'm afraid we aren't that cool, lol.
"How many pixels is a furlong" -- had me laughing so hard!! You ladies we're hysterical today. But have you even played the Intellivision if you haven't played Utopia? Also, Amy I always get the bum controller too!!! ;)
It's a remote conspiracy!!!
I love youse two
Awe! ❤
push the edge of the disc in the direction you want to go. you are trying to spin it.
Lordt I tried this that and everything.
happy pride!
Happy pride! 🌈
Thanks, that was fun!!
Woo hoo! 😊
What's with orgainizers taking 9.75 times more space than the thing?
Right?
Happy Pride!!! 🌈🌈🌈
Happy pride!!! 🌈 🏳️🌈 🌈 🏳️🌈
YOU KNOW, I had already planned on Amy being my backup plan if I ever found myself back on the market UNTIL that dirty "S " word was thrown out :( Happy pride month and hopefully the supreme court will ease up at pecking away at your freedoms!!
Looool. My husband might have some concerns.
your experiences are more or less what I remember from AVGN. the controller sucks and most buttons just makes noises.
Opportunities!
You really need the slide-in overlays to play the games.
You have never been more correct.
I hope you can get the controllers fixed...
They aren't broken controllers, they are content opportunities!
LOL!
lmao
Oh wow, vis-a-vis Smart TV: my mind is blown, lol
@@JBBostRight?
Pride? More like an Activision game box.
It's the same picture. 😂
I had one growing up. the controller were aways shitty but yours are especially shitty.
The shitty goes to 11.
Change the W to an E by pressing the G... WTF?
MADNESS!
You ladies are entertaining. You should do the show on gummies or with a bottle of red wine.
Send them a bottle to open for the 8192 subscriber Party!
The world isn't ready for that.