We review all three baseball games: Major League Baseball, World Championship Baseball, and World Series Major League Baseball. We also interview Intellivision baseball programmers David Rolfe and Eddie Dombrower, as well as listener Steve Herold. And we have our usual news, feedback, mentions and music.
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0:00:00 – Turn on the tube TV to ch. 3, insert [Baseball], power up, reset and hit the disc!
0:00:22 – The Intellivisionaries Theme (by Paul ‘Nurmix’ Nurminen)
0:01:45 – Welcome
0:13:41 – Non-Intellivision Mentions Of Significance That Are Primarily Retro Themed!
0:19:00 – Retrogaming Roundup Promo
0:19:11 – Intellivisionaries Promo 1
0:19:23 – Feedback – part 1
0:28:36 – wE trY oUr bESsst!
0:29:06 – Feedback – part 2
0:39:04 – RGR U here?
0:39:29 – Feedback – part 3
0:44:44 – “Lounge Shark! Lounge Shark!” – The Tilton-Tate Orchestra (Intellivision in HiFi CD)
0:47:59 – Intellivision Major League Baseball commercial (at the ballpark)
0:48:29 – L.A.S.T. (Listener Audio Submission Time) – Ferg & Greg Miller
0:57:18 – News!
0:59:04 – The Odyssey2 Speaks! (#1)
1:01:15 – The Odyssey 2 Speaks! (# 2)
1:12:44 – ColecoVisions Podcast Promo
1:13:02 – Intellivisionaries Promo 2
1:13:10 – Listener Interview: Steve Herold – part 1
1:54:36 – Inty chip tune break: “Battle” – Carl Mueller Jr.
1:55:28 – Game Gavel Promo
1:55:42 – Listener Interview: Steve Herold – part 2
2:20:49 – Baseball(s) REVIEW – part 1
2:27:09 – Intellivision Major League Baseball vs. Atari VCS Homerun commercial
2:27:38 – Baseball(s) REVIEW – part 2
2:43:29 – Programmer Interview: David Rolfe – part 1
3:39:37 – Inty chip tune break: “Ida” – Carl Mueller Jr. (#1)
3:39:58 – Programmer Interview: David Rolfe – part 2
4:35:45 – Inty chip tune break: “Ida” – Carl Mueller Jr. (#2)
4:36:03 – Intellivisionaries Promo 3
4:36:07 – Baseball(s) REVIEW – part 3
4:44:35 – Keith Robinson’s Email about World Championship Baseball development
4:47:42 – Baseball(s) REVIEW – part 4
4:49:04 – The World Series! / Baseball(s) REVIEW – part 5
4:54:11 – The ECS Speaks?!
5:04:24 – Programmer Interview: Eddie Dombrower – part 1
5:23:37 – 1982 Christmas commercial for the ECS & WSML Baseball
5:24:07 – Programmer Interview: Eddie Dombrower – part 2
5:47:19 – Baseball(s) REVIEW – part 6 (summation)
6:00:08 – Wrap-up and sign off (“Treasured” by Paul ‘Nurmix’ Nurminen)
Links mentioned in the show:
AtariAge Forums (Intellivision BASIC compiler)
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/221362-intybasic-compiler/
Scanned Intellivision flyer (from JAC! on AtariAge) posted in the ANTIC Atari 8-bit Podcast thread: http://www.wudsn.com/productions/www/site/stories/2013/198x-games-2.jpg
Massive ebay Intellivision auction (ended):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301078503736
Information about the Unisonic Champion 2711
http://www.ccjvq.com/slydc/index/faq/2711/
AtariAge thread on Unisonic Champion 2711
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/168304-the-little-brother-of-the-intellivision-unisonic-champion-2711/
Alex Pace, The 125 Club Platinum Member
http://intellivisionrevolution.com/alex-pace
Bloom County comic about the Intellivision vs. the Atari.
Retroist post with scanned article from the November 1982 issue of Consumer Reports Magazine that compared the Bally Astrocade, Atari VCS, Intellivision, and Odyssey 2 to determine best value
http://www.retroist.com/2014/02/24/what-video-game-system-gave-you-the-most-bang-for-your-buck-in-1982/
Retro Gaming Roundup “top-10 outs from previous shows”
http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/shownotes/2014/roundup071_2014.02.php
Elektronite announcement that Defender of the Crown has been cancelled
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/222875-rip-defender-of-the-crown/#entry2942704
Intellivision catalog review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRTmYgvoWzQ&sns=em
David Rolfe’s “A Trivial Intellivision Game”
http://home.earthlink.net/~davidrolfe/trivia.htm
Another interview with David Rolfe
http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_david_rolfe.html
Jerrol “Jerr” Richardson Box Art
http://www.boxequalsart.com/jerrolrichardsonartistpage.html
Alex Pace’s “Lost Games Guide For Intellivision” (on ebay)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Lost-Games-guide-for-Intellivision-/261249430009
“Easy Pacman” hack
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/223093-easy-pacman-hack/
Steve Herold’s site, Joint Films
http://www.jointfilms.com
AA thread with lots of cool variants pictured, has a nice photo of Super Series Big League Baseball
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/199053-cmart-and-revs-top-30-intellivision-variations
Your Friend the Exec at the Intellivision Library (click Manuals -> Your Friend the Exec) http://www.intellivision.us/library/library/index.htmhttp://www.intellivision.us/library/library/index.htm
Demonstration of some Keyboard Component material
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQkboYgaDzw
The “Leet Lounge” round table discussion
http://www.twitch.tv/1337loungelive/c/2822515