In this episode we review the Mattel Electronics game Royal Dealer. Cmart (Christian Martin) joins us again, as does George, spreading some holiday cheer in this December / Christmas / Holiday episode. We interview former Mattel Electronics ‘retail merchandiser’ Ken Stefancic, and have our usual helpings of Feedback and News. There’s plenty here, even for those folks who don’t care about card games (like Paul)…
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0:00:00 – Turn on the tube TV, [reluctantly] insert Royal Dealer and go?
0:00:11 – The Intellivisionaries Theme (Christmas Remix) by Paul ‘Nurmix’ Nurminen
0:01:34 – George: episode rundown
0:03:21 – Welcome?
0:35:00 – George: what’s up with the microwave oven?
0:35:41 – Feedback
0:56:37 – RGR promo
0:56:47 – Russ Haft promo
0:56:57 – Intellivision Desert Bus commercial
0:57:30 – News
1:26:11 – Helpful tips for the ladies?
1:26:40 – Former Mattel Electronics employee interview: Ken Stefancic
2:14:31 – Channel F Files promo
2:14:48 – Todd Holcomb’s Ultimate Flashback commercial
2:16:04 – Cheez-Its?
2:16:34 – Deep Dive game review: Royal Dealer
3:36:37 – 80 of the 80s promo
3:37:33 – Intellivisionaries promo
3:37:38 – Wrap Up / “Treasured” by Paul ‘Nurmix’ Nurminen
3:40:48 – Outtakes & more George
3:47:18 – …more travel tips from Rick
Links mentioned in the show:
Intellivision Lives entry for Royal Dealer
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/gaming.html#royal
Intvfunhouse entry for Royal Dealer
http://intvfunhouse.com/games/deal.php
Video Game Critic entry for Royal Dealer
http://videogamecritic.com/intelmr.htm?e=55420#rev1496
Princess Quest is available for purchase as a ROM download
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/257221-princess-quest-available-in-rom-format/
A port of Jr. Pacman is being worked on
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/257994-found-a-bunch-of-intellivision-games-on-craigslist/page-5
Super Pro Baseball is available as a paid rom
http://intellivision.us/intvgames/baseball/baseball.php
Thread on AA by scalpel highlights that the Nice Ideas storyboard document(s) has been released
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/259164-nice-ideas-the-complete-storyboard-revealed/
A rom of a version of 2048 for Intellivision was posted over on AA
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258872-2048-game-for-intellivision/
Intellivision Revolution newsletter sign-up
http://intellivisionrevolution.com/newsletter
Imagic foil backed overlays thread
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/238317-interest-check-imagic-foil-backed-overlays/
Sacred tribe review on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyQHYCZi-ds
Pics of the card sorting bug
Ken Stefancic’s name tag
