The Sorrow of Gadhlan' Thur (Kai Magazine) for Intellivision: Cartridges have finally arrived!

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

For a system from 1979, that is absolutely stunning. Fantastic soundtrack too

[@presscontinuepc]

This is amazing! Who knew the intellivision still had this kind of power!

[@kaimagazine8221]

Thank you for your kind words ^_^

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Its a 16-bit console believe it or not.

[@leonardoliveira]

Anazing. It looks like if a NES game was running on the INTV.

[@coppermutant]

Very cool, reminds me of a Sega Master system title.

[@gloriou]

One of my favorite modern MSX games 👍

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Incredible game! Worth every penny. 👍

[@atariforever2002]

This looks un-believe-able!! I can not wait to get this!

[@pychoncy]

I do own and finished the MSX version. Excellent game. Highly recommended!

[@madmax2069]

About the only thing I don't like about the game is the hit detection when you're fighting, and the massive knock back. But otherwise it's a beautiful game with a great soundtrack.

[@zenokblueraven]

this game seems pretty good, I would love to see this game ported to the nintendo switch

[@PuzZLeR_00]

Fantastic! Well done. 👍 I feel like I'm looking at an NES game (ex: Zelda 2, Castlevania 2, Battle of Olympus, etc). I'm assuming you're taking advantage of the JLP chip. I have been saying for a while now that the best of Intellivision is yet to come, and this is one such example.

[@kaimagazine8221]

Thank you! The only feature I use from that cartridge is its higher storage capacity in order to fit the hugue maps of the world

[@PuzZLeR_00]

@@kaimagazine8221 Nevertheless, it still feels like you managed to stuff an SUV into a mousehole with this one. Great programming! I too am looking to develop for the Inty, but am having trouble with some clunky code. Even an incomplete one-screen maze game so far is over 50kb! Hey, can I ask the size of this ROM in kb? (I think, at least on a PC, that 80kb would be the max for an Intellivision game.)

[@kaimagazine8221]

@@PuzZLeR_00 yep, the inty can only hold up to 80kb without a mapper for extra ROM memory. The JLP cartridges allow up to around 200kb. This game uses those 200 kb to store world map data.

[@PuzZLeR_00]

@@kaimagazine8221 Thank you for your reply, and the great info! I will look to take advantage. I really should hang out more at AtariAge, but will soon. Hey, I'd like to release something someday too. 😉 Congrats on this game, and cheers my friend! 😀

[@IapetusRetroStuff]

perhaps I should port my game Zezito in The Glittering Caves to the Intellivision...

[@909crime]

this looks incredible! Did you code this in BASIC, ASM, C, or something else? Also, how did you write the music? Did you use a tracker? Very cool!

[@kaimagazine8221]

Thank you for your kind words! It is coded with intybasic and compiled to ASM. As for the music, I used the intybasic music commands only, so nothing fancy.

[@909crime]

@@kaimagazine8221 Thank you for the reply! I love retro console programming.

[@HerculesMays]

Will we ever get a 3rd batch of this game? Would definitely love to own a physical copy of this!

[@IapetusRetroStuff]

wow this is so good

[@retrocompativel]

OMG I love it, I really want to buy a copy, but unfortunately i live in brazil :_( Sad, sad... have a lot of good homebrews for intellivision, buts every one is outside my country :_(

[@maniaque37]

funny how they seem to skate instead of walking. maybe you should do a hockey game.

[@presscontinuepc]

Is there a way to download the rom?

[@kaimagazine8221]

Sure, you can purchase it from our online store:

[@kaimagazine8221]

kai-magazine-software.fwscart.com/The_Sorrow_of_Gadhlan_Thur_for_Intellivision_DIGITAL_VERSION_for_LTO_Flash_and_jzintv_emulator/p4398489_21444598.aspx

[@kaimagazine8221]

But please note that the ROM will only work with the LTO flash cartridge or with the jzintv emulator.

[@galenhuebner526]

@@kaimagazine8221 Any chance this would work with a Backbit Pro and Intellivision Adapter.

[@kaimagazine8221]

@@galenhuebner526 no, this game only works with the original cartridge, and the rom only works with the LTO flash cartridge on the intellivision console, or with the JZintv emulator.