In this episode we do a “deep dive” on Astrosmash, discussing its history, and our memories and opinions of this iconic Intellivision title. We also talk about the latest Intellivision news, have an interview with Mike Kennedy (aka SoCal Mike) about his projects, and Rick tells us all about his personal story and history with the system. Finally, within this episode you’ll find an exclusve special offer from Elektronite / Classic Game Publishers… not to mention all the additional fun, music and excitement we try to pack into every episode.
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00:00 – Turn on the tube TV to channel 3, slap in Astrosmash, power up, reset and hit the disc!
00:18 – The Intellivisionaries Theme (by Paul Nurminen aka Nurmix)
01:39 – Welcome, thanks and corrections
13:24 – FocusRS “A-Team” promo
13:41 – The Odyssey 2 (#1)
13:57 – The Intellivisionairies News (part 1)
19:09 – The whole Hover Bovver story
20:43 – “An Easy Question”
21:24 – The Intellivisionaries News (part 2)
25:12 – Intellivision Animated Newscast commercial (it was played in movie theaters)
27:12 – GameGavel promo
27:27 – Interview with Mike Kennedy (aka SoCal Mike) – RETRO, GameGavel, RetroGaming Roundup
70:58 – RetroGaming Roundup promo
71:15 – The Odyssey 2 (#2)
71:30 – Michael Schwartz – “My Intellivision” (from Intellivision in HiFi CD from Intellivision Productions)
76:05 – Astrosmash “Deep Dive” game review and discussion
126:41 – Elektronite “Hover Bovver (Half Cut Edition)” from Elektronite
129:47 – UK Mike promo
129:59 – SNAFU (Intellivision game music – by Russ Lieblich)
131:30 – Meteor (game play)
131:54 – The Odyssey 2 (#3)
132:05 – Gioachino Rossini – “William Tell Overture” [Intro] (Intellivision music)
132:17 – Rick Reynolds’ Intellivision story
147:59 – The Odyssey 2 (#4)
148:07 – Thank you, contact information, end theme (“Treasured” by Paul Nurminen aka Nurmix)
Links mentioned in the show:
The Throwback Network:
http://throwbacknetwork.net/
Intellivision Productions partners with AtGames Digital Media:
http://m.prnewswire.com/news-releases/intellivision-productions-and-atgames-digital-media-partner-to-bring-new-products-to-market-225956221.html
Elektronite – Hover Bovver ‘Half Cut’ Edition:
http://www.gamesforyourintellivision.com/halfcut.html
Kickstarter for RETRO Magazine (‘SoCal’ Mike Kennedy):
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/socalmike/retro-the-multi-format-throw-back-video-game-magaz
Intellivision Productions’ Astrosmash page:
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/space.html#astrosmash
Intvfunhouse’s Astrosmash page:
http://www.intvfunhouse.com/games/mash.php
Video Game Critic’s review:
http://videogamecritic.com/intelae.htm#Astrosmash
AtariAge thread introducing Rocketeer:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/209220-new-homebrew-called-rocketeer/
AtariAge thread about Mars Minis:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/212069-mars-mini-games/
AtariAge thread about Killbotz
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/210544-killbotz-homebrew/
YouTube video for “My Intellivision”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFSvhhwxKYw
Links to purchase Intellivision Lives! and Intellivision Rocks Emulators (with game ROMs):
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/lives.shtml
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/rocks.shtml
Intellivision in HiFi audio CD from Intellivision Productions:
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/hifi.shtml
RetroGaming Roundup:
http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/
Game Gavel:
http://www.gamegavel.com/
Stalking The Retro:
http://indieseoul.blogspot.com/
The Atari 2600 Game By Game Podcast:
http://2600gamebygamepodcast.blogspot.com/
Rick Reynolds’ Astrosmash manual (with his childhood high scores):
