Intellivision

[@maverickblah]

"We're subtle" 🤣🤣

[@fractalMD]

It's our calling card.

[@1stage]

You put the "B" in subtle.

[@CurtisBoyle]

@@fractalMD - To paraphrase from Hitchhikers Guide - This is obviously a new definition for the word "subtle" that I was previously unaware of.

[@DJTI99]

"...it really holds onto things." *CRASH* Reminds me of my entire life. 🤣🤣

[@fractalMD]

You ain't kidding.

[@davidkroeker1821]

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!

[@fractalMD]

Nice! Intellivision is in the zeitgeist it seems!

[@Eddiedahomeless]

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.

[@fractalMD]

Whoa. That is pretty epic.

[@jameswhite1450]

I still own my Intellivision but I have no games. I used the cartridges to make soft reset switches for the C64. When programming in Assembler your program might go off in the ozone and you didn't know why. The C64 only had a hard reset so you could never inspect the registers for bad values. Making the soft reset switch I could examine the code in machine memory.

[@ActionRetro]

I think we can all agree that Burger Time was a weird game

[@fractalMD]

Deeply weird, right? Also, band.

[@carpetbomberz]

Hearing those sound effects for the first time in 32 years is amazeballz! thankyou for sharing.

[@fractalMD]

NOSTALGIA!!!!

[@1BitFeverDreams]

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.

[@MrWaalkman]

It was my first console too, the controllers used a conductive track on plastic which wore out for us.

[@sinistermoon]

It was also my first console thanks to my dad :)

[@fractalMD]

That is so many games!!!!

[@davidlord5739]

The side buttons are generally the action buttons. I also remember you slide your finger around the disc like an I pod. You can press the edges like a directional joystick, but it works better when your fingers do the I pod slide.

[@davidlord5739]

In tanks, a certain button will drop invisible mines which cause you to explode if they are run over. I seem to remember you only had 2 or 3 of them.

[@LasseHuhtala]

Having the joypad overlays is pretty important, it's basically the manual for most games. :-)

[@fractalMD]

Now you tell us!

[@LasseHuhtala]

@@fractalMD I know, right!

[@GeoffSeeley]

Amy with the quintessential gamer excuse of getting the bad controller. 🤣

[@fractalMD]

Like watching this I bitched nonstop, lol.

[@Desmaad]

Except you can't change the ones on the Intellivision because they're hardwired.

[@BriansManCave]

@@Desmaad Unless you unscrew the console, you can unplug them from the inside 😁

[@i80386sx]

@@Desmaadthey can be, but you have to take apart the console to do so.

[@1BitFeverDreams]

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.

[@fractalMD]

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!

[@jamesc2327]

omg, I was just looking at Intellivision videos tonight too! awesome

[@fractalMD]

Dude

[@jamesc2327]

@@fractalMD Dudette 😎

[@datassetteuser356]

I love the organizer. That woodgrain-look on everything in the 70s and early 80s is just ❤. Cheers! 🎉

[@fractalMD]

It is truly epic.

[@1BitFeverDreams]

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.

[@fractalMD]

I how we can get some better working controllers going!

[@davidlord5739]

Head garb a little different than the 'Bama football helmet.

[@azurabayta133]

That was the best opening for a video I've ever seen. xD

[@fractalMD]

Hahaha

[@EricsEdgeVideos]

The creaking plastic of the controllers has real 1980’s vibes.

[@fractalMD]

It could crumble at any second.

[@macrohard007]

I like how y'all have the NABU as the monitor stand.

[@fractalMD]

It just feels right. Lol.

[@turret72]

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.

[@fractalMD]

We will! Thx!

[@JeffSmith03]

Yeah you did have audio in the last one but you didn't notice it because there wasn't music haha

[@alexgayer85]

Thanks for sharing! I still have 2 Intellivision consoles and a few dozen games. Always a great time!

[@fractalMD]

Oooh, lucky

[@TheBoyMechanic]

Trying to guess the controls without the keypad overlays is a bold move.

[@fractalMD]

You spelled insane wrong!

[@808v1]

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.

[@fractalMD]

Hell yes! Break it out!

[@HLubenow]

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.

[@fractalMD]

Yeah, the 16 bit CPU thing blew my mind.

[@AlejandroJCura]

Love that you gals proudly wear your rainbows! 🌈

[@fractalMD]

Pride month, baby!

[@TJBChris]

If there was a “Best In Show” award for KZbin thumbnails, this video’s thumbnail would be my pick! Awesome video as always!

[@fractalMD]

We did very much enjoy this thumbnail. Not gonna lie!

[@softdorothy]

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.

[@fractalMD]

We are missing them very very much.

[@Grant_S_M]

Astrosmash, Utopia and Burger Time. Oooooh yeahhhhh AND Snafu!

[@davidlord5739]

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.

[@fractalMD]

We'll be on the lookout!

[@1BitFeverDreams]

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]

My dude. How do you even know this!!

[@1BitFeverDreams]

@@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

[@danielsanichiban]

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

[@fractalMD]

Very very cool.

[@intylab]

The ECS was my only "computer" until the 12th grade. Good times.

[@NeverlandSystemPunkGirlChloe]

Amy, your sparkly eye shadow is soooo pretty! Love it. love you crazy geeky ladies!

[@fractalMD]

Thank you!!!!!!!

[@ArJorge1987]

Such a strange console, someday I want one, haha.I love those early days of gaming consoles with weird controls and ideas.

[@fractalMD]

Ppl were still trying out all the ideas.

[@ArJorge1987]

@@fractalMD Yeah, I love that.

[@PAJ3Cub]

For the Skiing, to move faster, push the bottom of the dial

[@fractalMD]

So much safer to go slow!

[@mydrunksibling]

"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!!! ;)

[@fractalMD]

It's a remote conspiracy!!!

[@shaun4bigblocks]

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!!

[@fractalMD]

Looool. My husband might have some concerns.

[@BriansManCave]

Always happy to see more people getting into Intellivision! 😃

[@fractalMD]

We were stoked to find it for sale at East!

[@BriansManCave]

@@fractalMD YAAAAAAY!

[@cpm1003]

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.

[@fractalMD]

Not the best controllers in the world....

[@PAJ3Cub]

I saw one of these game consoles fly across a room once. True story!

[@fractalMD]

They don't seem very aerodynamic.

[@bobtherieau6086]

Superior membrane-based content, as expected. I'm so proud of you. Best episode ever!

[@fractalMD]

Any time I can dress as a rainbow is a good time.

[@lindnertim]

Finally, a new Utopia opponent I can dominate!

[@fractalMD]

Pffft!

[@1BitFeverDreams]

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).

[@fractalMD]

I could just tell by looking at it that was the case!!!!!!

[@1BitFeverDreams]

@@fractalMD I think it's the numpad to shoot, thinking about it, separated into 9 equal zones mimicking the pad layout

[@SusieTheExhaustedCatLady]

"This is harder than going to an actual track and betting." SERIOUSLY. DANG.

[@fractalMD]

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO GAMBLE!

[@SusieTheExhaustedCatLady]

@@fractalMD Yes!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CronoCloudAuron]

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.

[@fractalMD]

Oh we wish. Would love to find one. Also Veronica is AWESOME! 🌈

[@intylab]

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.

[@fractalMD]

Very very cool.

[@IsaacKuo]

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 ...

[@fractalMD]

We are keeping it weird!

[@VRBug]

Another awesome video 🎉

[@fractalMD]

Thx!

[@talideon]

13:58 - are you sure this isn't secretly Flight Simulator or something?! 😁

[@fractalMD]

I mean.... it's possible.

[@EricsEdgeVideos]

Pixels per Furlong is now my unit of measure.

[@fractalMD]

Those horses JUST KEPT RUNNING.

[@shawnerz98]

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! 😁

[@fractalMD]

There were.... significant glances.

[@bridget_clinch]

I had one of those, so cool

[@fractalMD]

Nice!

[@David_Ladd]

Nice find ladies!!! Sorry you weren’t able to make CoCoFEST.

[@fractalMD]

I knooooow. Missed you David Ladd.

[@David_Ladd]

@@fractalMD Hopefully will catch you two at VCFMW and/or CoCoFEST 2025? :D

[@jayvillneff]

I hope you got the controller overlays for each game

[@fractalMD]

Surely the internet will provide.

[@zh84]

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.)

[@fractalMD]

Such is our lives!!!!

[@barrywalker1971]

You ladies are entertaining. You should do the show on gummies or with a bottle of red wine.

[@escgoogle3865]

Send them a bottle to open for the 8192 subscriber Party!

[@fractalMD]

The world isn't ready for that.

[@sinistermoon]

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!

[@fractalMD]

That last horse finally showing up late to the game to cross the line absolutely sent me. 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🌈 🏳️‍🌈

[@EricsEdgeVideos]

Triple action FTW!

[@fractalMD]

I mean, it's no quintuple action, but it will do.

[@DavidYoud]

@2:22 Cue the TripleDent Gum jingle.

[@jeromekentz6616]

push the edge of the disc in the direction you want to go. you are trying to spin it.

[@fractalMD]

Lordt I tried this that and everything.

[@blankbruno70]

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 🤣

[@fractalMD]

I mean, it was low-hanging fruit.

[@JBBost]

It seems like bonghits should have worked into this afternoon of Intellivision, somehow

[@fractalMD]

I'm afraid we aren't that cool, lol.

[@RonsVideo]

Thanks, that was fun!!

[@fractalMD]

Woo hoo! 😊

[@CantankerousDave]

You really need the slide-in overlays to play the games.

[@fractalMD]

You have never been more correct.

[@lactobacillusprime]

indeed very subtle :)

[@fractalMD]

😃

[@notanfningain]

I was not ready for that.

[@fractalMD]

We get that a lot!

[@chrissimpson1183]

I hope you can get the controllers fixed...

[@fractalMD]

They aren't broken controllers, they are content opportunities!

[@chrissimpson1183]

LOL!

[@sacielo]

What's with orgainizers taking 9.75 times more space than the thing?

[@fractalMD]

Right?

[@SusieTheExhaustedCatLady]

THIS INTRO IS EVERYTHING.

[@fractalMD]

I love my rainbow hat. 🌈

[@SusieTheExhaustedCatLady]

@@fractalMD I DO TOO!

[@JBBost]

lmao

[@JBBost]

Oh wow, vis-a-vis Smart TV: my mind is blown, lol

[@fractalMD]

​@@JBBostRight?

[@awilliams1701]

your experiences are more or less what I remember from AVGN. the controller sucks and most buttons just makes noises.

[@fractalMD]

Opportunities!

[@GarthBeagle]

2:20 i laughed out loud 😂

[@fractalMD]

I know. It's like, insert your own jokes, here.

[@T.E.S.S.]

I love youse two

[@fractalMD]

Awe! ❤

[@awilliams1701]

happy pride!

[@fractalMD]

Happy pride! 🌈

[@intylab]

Pride? More like an Activision game box.

[@fractalMD]

It's the same picture. 😂

[@MaxAmiga]

Happy Pride!!! 🌈🌈🌈

[@fractalMD]

Happy pride!!! 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🌈 🏳️‍🌈

[@BrianKapellusch]

I had one growing up. the controller were aways shitty but yours are especially shitty.

[@fractalMD]

The shitty goes to 11.

[@Toby_Q]

Change the W to an E by pressing the G... WTF?

[@fractalMD]

MADNESS!