Episode 9: Beauty and the Beast

Another “deep dive” game review, this time it’s Beauty & The Beast from Imagic. We also have an interview with the programmer / designer Wendell Brown. We chat with Scott Shreiber and Mike James from Retrogaming Roundup about Classic Gaming Expo 2014. And we introduce a new segment “Questions For Keith”, where we ask Keith Robinson of Intellivision Productions listener-submitted questions. Of course we have our usual news, listener feeback and mentions, and we even “Say Pow!” in this one! Huh?

Download .mp3 of this episode

0:00:00 – Turn on the tube TV to ch. 3, insert B&TB, power up, reset and hit the disc!
0:00:22 – The Intellivisionaries Theme (by Paul ‘Nurmix’ Nurminen)
0:01:45 – Welcome
0:09:38 – George!
0:09:46 – Thanks & Corrections
0:13:10 – This just in!
0:14:01 – Non-Intellivision Mentions Of Significance That Are Primarily Retro Themed!
0:19:46 – Scott Schreiber Promo
0:19:53 – Feedback – part 1
0:26:41 – Intellivisionaries Promo
0:26:47- Feedback – part 2
0:31:14 – Say Pow! (1)
0:31:38 – Say Pow! (2)
0:32:51 – RGR Promo
0:33:06 – Interview: Scott Schreiber & Mike James (Retrogaming Roundup / CGE 2014)
1:15:51 – Say Pow! (3)
1:17:05 – News – part 1
1:25:07 – Watch For Flak!
1:25:12 – News – part 2
1:27:57 – Questions For Keith – part 1
2:24:21 – Inty chip tune break: “Godarni” – Carl Mueller Jr.
2:25:23 – Questions For Keith – part 2
3:18:16 – George Gets Mail!?
3:19:25 – Beauty & The Beast REVIEW – part 1
3:54:21 – Interview: Wendell Brown – part 1
4:54:55 – ColecoVisions Podcast Promo
4:55:11 – Interview: Wendell Brown – part 2
5:22:36 – Say Pow! (4)
5:23:30 – Inty chip tune break: “Ending” – Carl Mueller Jr.
5:24:27 – The Odyssey 2 leaves a message (for George)
5:24:47 – Beauty & The Beast REVIEW – part 2
5:35:30 – Wrap-up and sign off (“Treasured” by Paul ‘Nurmix’ Nurminen)
5:38:27 – Outtakes

Links mentioned in the show:

Intellivision Lives entry for Beauty and the Beast
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/credits/imagic.shtml#beauty

Intvfunhouse entry for Beauty and the Beast
http://www.intvfunhouse.com/games/beas.php

Video Game Critic entry for Beauty and the Beast
http://videogamecritic.com/intelae.htm#Beauty_and_the_Beast

Mockups of a modern redesign of the Intellivision controller
inty_gamepad_disc_left
inty_gamepad_disc_right

Intellivision flashback console preorder
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=35290526

Armchair Arcade article about the new flashback consoles
http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/node/5692

CIB Old School carts and upgrade kits
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225075-order-old-school-cib-or-upgrade-your-cart-only-release

Rev’s Intellivision newsletter sign-up
http://intellivisionrevolution.com/newsletter

IntelligentVision’s newsletter sign-up
http://intellivision.us/lists/?p=subscribe

AA thread announcing Ms. Pacman for Intellivision
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225233-its-officialms-pac-man-is-coming-to-intellivision/#entry2986820

AA thread with a mini-screen-shot animation of Ms. Night Stalker (aka Super Pro Night Stalker)
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/223753-new-intelligentvision-games-coming-soon/page-4

Classic Console Gamernews episode 13 (the one where Rick guest-hosted)
http://ccg.podomatic.com/entry/2014-05-10T22_19_59-07_00

Wendell Brown’s Wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Brown

Retro Asylum podcast page
http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/

Gizmonic Institutes Radio podcast
http://supertotallyawesome.com/category/gizmonic-institutes-radio/

CGE website
http://cgexpo.com/

CGE twitter
https://twitter.com/cgexpo

Retro Gamer Magazine
http://www.retrogamer.net/

Page on intellivisionlives.com where you can download Intellipack 3 with a copy of Beauty and the Beast
http://www.intellivisionlives.com/download.shtml

Youtube video of Russ Haft and Steve Montero (Blue Sky Rangers) biplanes tournament
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PDo3V15lY