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Jack LaLanne, who appeared in a fitness video game long before Nintendo and EA made millions off the genre, has sadly passed away over the weekend at the age of 96. More »
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Konami's Time Pilot headlines the latest Game Pack release for the Xbox Live Game Room, which just went live today. It's joined by Asteroids, Space Duel, and four other Intellivision and Atari 2600 titles. More »
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Cris Collinsworth took over as the color analyst for the Madden franchise last year. John Madden retired from broadcasting this year. As this video suggests, it's only a matter of time before the ex-Bengals receiver takes over the title More »
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The trade-in program Toys R Us was testing back in March seems to have tested well, as the retailer launches said program nationwide today, accepting used games from the Atari 2600 on up. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5356376&view=rss&microfeed=true Gametrailers has just launched part one of their in-depth look at everything Warcraft, The Warcraft Retrospective. It's a comprehensive look at the origins of the Blizzard property, and when I say comprehensive I mean they go back to the original real-time strategy game, Don Daglow's 1982 game Utopia for the Intellivision, through Warcraft 1 & 2, and even feature footage from the abandoned Warcraft Adventures game. So entertaining and informative that I almost forgot to set this post live. More »
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This month sees the largest addition to the Xbox Originals program for the Xbox 360 ever, with a more than 61 games hitting the service on September 15th. Of course all but one of those games is part of Crave's Intellivision Reborn compilation - which incidentally failed to spark a rebirth of the Intellivision - but if we're going to get technical about things than none of those even count, having not originally appeared on the Xbox. So, a whole slew of Intellivision Games of dubious quality, and one excellent alien invasion title in THQ's Destroy All Humans, a game that received the coveted Fahey award for Best Use Of Zim in a Non-Zim role. More »
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Here's another example of weird early advergames from my collection. These aren't rare like the last ones I mentioned, but they offer an interesting historical case for other reasons. More »
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I find collecting to be a very weird activity. Why amass expensive, arcane objects that just get stored away? So my own videogame collecting has been motivated mostly by my research and design interests. One of the things I thought I would do this week is share a few weird items from my personal videogame collection. Here's the first: Jack LaLanne's Physical Conditioning for the Intellivision. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=321399&view=rss&microfeed=true Who says game programmers don't have a sense of humor? Well, you might after watching this little clip circa 1983 made by Intellivision programmers for their own amusement. Well, thanks to YouTube, now we can all enjoy this little gem from years gone by that includes a naked guy, a guy in drag, a guy in a fairy outfit, smoking jokes, a shockingly realistic representation of a marketing person and lots and lots of large glasses. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=288540&view=rss&microfeed=true As a follow up to last week's Intellivision ad featuring George Plimpton and E.T.'s Henry Thomas I bring you this little clip. Featuring the same two actors, this commercial was obviously from the same ad campaign as the last one with Henry Thomas calling Mr. Plimpton "Mr. Intellivision" and babbling about random games he loves while Mr. Plimpton agrees. At the end we get another take on the joke of Mr. Plimpton not recognizing the arguably more famous at the time Henry Thomas. So, essentially this is the same commercial as last week. The same only different... and blurrier. But certainly worth a watch if you're an old game commercial aficionado. Flynn De Marco More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=271674&view=rss&microfeed=true Back in the day, I didn't realize that George Plimpton, author, actor and humorist was the guy in all the Intellivision commercials. I will qualify that by saying it wasn't so much not knowing as not really caring, being a youngster and all. Well, it seems Henry Thomas (E.T.) didn't know who Mr. Plimpton was either according to this 80's Intellivision ad in which he refers to him as "Mr. Intellivision." This is essentially an ad for Lock n Chase but it's certainly different from other video game commercials of this era in it's strange presentation. And the ending is nothing short of bizarre... "My name?" Flynn De Marco More »
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Brandon from Insert Credit finally asked the question schoolyard fanboys have asked of eachother since the three current gen consoles all hit store shelves, one that when answered will put an end to the console power wars once and for all. The question: How many bits is the PLAYSTATION 3 anyway? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=239780&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's a great little pair of Intellivison Burger Time commercials from 1983. This first one is a live action affair complete with people dressed in wiener and pickle costumes. The second uses a slightly different voiceover script, and animated sequences replace the live action ones. Thankfully it retains that catchy Burger Time theme remix music from the fist commercial. I don't particularly remember seeing these commercials when they were on, but I do remember plugging ridiculous amounts of quarters into this game as a kid and it's still one of my favorite classic arcade games. Note the great list of systems it's available for at the end. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=239410&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's a little throw back to 1982 with a commercial from Mattel promoting the Intellivision game Lock n' Chase. The kid in the commercial is none other than E.T.'s best buddy, Henry Thomas. Not too sure if this came before of after E.T., but my guess would be before. You notice you didn't see Henry promoting the E.T. video game... Flynn De Marco More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=225238&view=rss&microfeed=true Now this is what I call a commercial. No weird baby dolls crying, no nonsensical images that don't make any sense to my muddled mind. When you see this ad for the awesome Intellivision Game System, you know exactly what you're getting, even down to the shining sparkle on the ultra modern controller buttons! And I think we can all agree that that football game really puts Madden to shame. All this fancy gadgetry is available for you to purchase at Hills. I love shopping at Hills because I know when I buy that Intellivision, I'm helping to fight our nation's terrible inflation problem. Flynn De Marco More »
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Mattel, the folks behind Nintendo's Power Glove and the Intellivision game console of yore, is back in the gaming saddle. The company is releasing a new game console called the Hyper Scan, which aimed at the "tween" (between 8 and 12 years old) market. Apparently, this bracket isn't quite ready for real hardware and needs training consoles. Um, okay. Sure. More »
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Holy! Unheard of gadgety toy maker Techno Source just announced that they're going to start selling two new retro plug-and-play systems. Btoth the Intellivision 10 2nd Edition and Activision 10 will sell for $15 and sport, you guess it, ten games. More »
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Reader DBW wrote us in response to our More Retro Baking post, Kotakuite DBW pointed out that Rakka Deer — that sweetly-scented exotic blossom who baked the Centipede string of cupcakes and opium-like entranced us — did him the favor of baking him an Intellivision cake to help promote his book >Lucky Wander Boy... which is also frostily edible. More »
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Academic Gamers linked to an I-Mockery review of White Water! for the Intellivision. Great screens and gifs and some wit make the piece pretty funny. I suppose this is what people feel like when they go back and look at retro Playboy? "Man, we used to think this was awesome!" More »
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