The moon actually looks better in the eyepiece than it does in any photo, which is pretty much the only object where this applies. Planets can also looks better to some extent in an eyepiece, other than what the best imagers can achieve, but the colors on the planets are much more muted with your eyes in an eyepiece than they are in a photo once stacked and processed. And the astroscan can show a lot of deep space objects if you take it to dark skies. Are they making them again? They were discontinued in the early 200s but I kinda remember hearing something about them making them again, but probably in china.
@ZXSpectrum128K2 күн бұрын
Manic miner is hall of the mountain king jet set is if i were a rich man no?
@talideon3 күн бұрын
13:58 - are you sure this isn't secretly Flight Simulator or something?! 😁
@fractalMD3 күн бұрын
I mean.... it's possible.
@mydrunksibling4 күн бұрын
"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!!! ;)
@sandrojosesilvett7 күн бұрын
Bravo !
@arecproject67199 күн бұрын
Hi, I saw your video and I fell in love with it. On Sunday I bought a trunk with thousands of components at a flea market, I understood that there was something good in the middle. in fact I managed to find different versions of the 8041, 8085, 8088, 8086, ram, rom, eeprom, plus hundreds of TTLs as well as thousands of transistors, capacitors, .... etc. I wanted to know if you could help me choose the best versions of components and build a computer from scratch. It has always been a passion of mine. I hope you can help me, thanks...
@erroneus0011 күн бұрын
That would mean the cable out is configured in a non-standard way.
@NeverlandSystemPunkGirlChloe11 күн бұрын
Amy, your sparkly eye shadow is soooo pretty! Love it. love you crazy geeky ladies!
@fractalMD10 күн бұрын
Thank you!!!!!!!
@EricM-l8k11 күн бұрын
I want one of those 6502 t-shirts!
@fbr6512 күн бұрын
What a great video!! Always know where your towel is!
@chadsmith847613 күн бұрын
😎
@KeritechElectronics15 күн бұрын
Hey, lovely project! And a nice Tek.
@AlejandroJCura15 күн бұрын
Love that you gals proudly wear your rainbows! 🌈
@fractalMD15 күн бұрын
Pride month, baby!
@Eddiedahomeless16 күн бұрын
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.
@fractalMD15 күн бұрын
Whoa. That is pretty epic.
@ArJorge198716 күн бұрын
Such a strange console, someday I want one, haha.I love those early days of gaming consoles with weird controls and ideas.
@fractalMD16 күн бұрын
Ppl were still trying out all the ideas.
@ArJorge198716 күн бұрын
@@fractalMD Yeah, I love that.
@stlbud17 күн бұрын
incredible. Awesome!
@IsaacKuo17 күн бұрын
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 ...
@fractalMD17 күн бұрын
We are keeping it weird!
@novydrassel300517 күн бұрын
you are technicaly so cute !
@HLubenow18 күн бұрын
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.
@fractalMD17 күн бұрын
Yeah, the 16 bit CPU thing blew my mind.
@turret7218 күн бұрын
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.
@fractalMD17 күн бұрын
We will! Thx!
@ActionRetro18 күн бұрын
I think we can all agree that Burger Time was a weird game
@fractalMD17 күн бұрын
Deeply weird, right? Also, band.
@CantankerousDave19 күн бұрын
You really need the slide-in overlays to play the games.
@fractalMD19 күн бұрын
You have never been more correct.
@bridgetclinch367820 күн бұрын
I had one of those, so cool
@fractalMD19 күн бұрын
Nice!
@-fuk5720 күн бұрын
They don't realize that the disc is just a fancy looking "D pad"!
@fractalMD17 күн бұрын
So fancy it doesn't work even as a D pad!!!
@-fuk5720 күн бұрын
Triple action does NOT sound like a toothpaste.!
@fractalMD20 күн бұрын
Heh
@barrywalker197120 күн бұрын
You ladies are entertaining. You should do the show on gummies or with a bottle of red wine.
@escgoogle386520 күн бұрын
Send them a bottle to open for the 8192 subscriber Party!
@fractalMD17 күн бұрын
The world isn't ready for that.
@IAMDonk20 күн бұрын
Wait what? You can get LED segment displays with bubble lenses? How did I not know this?
@fractalMD12 күн бұрын
!!!!
@sacielo20 күн бұрын
What's with orgainizers taking 9.75 times more space than the thing?
@fractalMD19 күн бұрын
Right?
@TJBChris21 күн бұрын
If there was a “Best In Show” award for KZbin thumbnails, this video’s thumbnail would be my pick! Awesome video as always!
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
We did very much enjoy this thumbnail. Not gonna lie!
@intylab21 күн бұрын
Pride? More like an Activision game box.
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
It's the same picture. 😂
@intylab21 күн бұрын
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.
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
Very very cool.
@jeromekentz661621 күн бұрын
push the edge of the disc in the direction you want to go. you are trying to spin it.
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
Lordt I tried this that and everything.
@sinistermoon21 күн бұрын
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!
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
That last horse finally showing up late to the game to cross the line absolutely sent me. 🌈 🏳️🌈 🌈 🏳️🌈
@macrohard00721 күн бұрын
I like how y'all have the NABU as the monitor stand.
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
It just feels right. Lol.
@CronoCloudAuron21 күн бұрын
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.
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
Oh we wish. Would love to find one. Also Veronica is AWESOME! 🌈
@TheBoyMechanic21 күн бұрын
Trying to guess the controls without the keypad overlays is a bold move.
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
You spelled insane wrong!
@davidkroeker182121 күн бұрын
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!
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
Nice! Intellivision is in the zeitgeist it seems!
@Toby_Q21 күн бұрын
Change the W to an E by pressing the G... WTF?
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
MADNESS!
@azurabayta13321 күн бұрын
That was the best opening for a video I've ever seen. xD
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
Hahaha
@shawnerz9821 күн бұрын
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! 😁
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
There were.... significant glances.
@bobtherieau608621 күн бұрын
Superior membrane-based content, as expected. I'm so proud of you. Best episode ever!
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
Any time I can dress as a rainbow is a good time.
@lurkerrekrul21 күн бұрын
I got an Intellivision II as a Christmas present after the video game crash happened, and games were cheap. Basically the same system, except the case was smaller, you could unplug the controllers, and reportedly the side buttons were stiffer. Mattel also tried to lock out third party cartridges by looking for a certain byte sequence, and refusing to play any games that didn't have it. I think this only affects a couple Nintendo games though. I also ended up getting the voice module, which added crude speech, but only 4-5 games used it. I found that even when it was new, if I pushed the games all the way into the cartridge slot, sometimes they didn't work. I would then pull them out maybe a millimeter, and that seemed to fix them. I don't know why. Wico made a replacement controller that had an actual joystick, but they were rare and expensive. Even more so today. Other companies had cheaper solutions. You could buy replacement discs that had small joysticks on them, which kind of looked like pawns. There were stick-on joysticks, and even a plastic thing that clamped around the controller, with a fairly large joystick meant to push the disc in your chosen direction. With your knowledge, I'm sure you could build your own replacement controllers with joysticks. You'd lose eight of the directions though, as almost all joysticks are 8-way and the Intellivision disc had 16 directions. The overlays are important for some games, but for a lot of games there are so few things you need the keypad for that the overlays are kind of overkill. BurgerTime - Seriously, you don't know how to play BurgerTime??? It's a classic arcade game! You have to clear each screen by making burgers. You do this via the ultra-sanitary method of walking over the burger pieces to make them drop. When a piece falls, it will temporarily kill any enemies it hits, and it will knock down any burger pieces under it that it hits. If you lure enemies onto a burger piece and drop them with it, the piece will fall an extra level for each enemy, plus kill them temporarily. You can stun enemies by throwing pepper at them. You get more pepper by picking up the bonus items that occasionally appear. The enemies are programmed such that they will almost always get off a ladder at the next platform, or take the next ladder that they come to. Rarely, if ever, will they simply keep going up/down a ladder, or across a platform. My favorite games; BurgerTime Sub Hunt - Naval action and strategy Microsurgeon - Move a microscopic sub around the body and heal it Atlantis - Protect a city from alien ships, like the Atari 2600 game
@fractalMD17 күн бұрын
Taylor is crazy cause we already played burger time, even on our very own channel!!!!
@jamesc232721 күн бұрын
omg, I was just looking at Intellivision videos tonight too! awesome
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
Dude
@jamesc232721 күн бұрын
@@fractalMD Dudette 😎
@chrissimpson118321 күн бұрын
I hope you can get the controllers fixed...
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
They aren't broken controllers, they are content opportunities!
@chrissimpson118320 күн бұрын
LOL!
@LasseHuhtala21 күн бұрын
Having the joypad overlays is pretty important, it's basically the manual for most games. :-)
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
Now you tell us!
@LasseHuhtala21 күн бұрын
@@fractalMD I know, right!
@EricLikness21 күн бұрын
Hearing those sound effects for the first time in 32 years is amazeballz! thankyou for sharing.
@fractalMD21 күн бұрын
NOSTALGIA!!!!
@alexgayer8521 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing! I still have 2 Intellivision consoles and a few dozen games. Always a great time!