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In case anyone cares (I know @cmart604 and @Rick Reynolds don't - I'm pretty certain they high-fived when they heard the news)... I had to cancel the PRGE trip. My wife fell and broke her arm last month -- very badly, it required surgery and lot's of titanium hardware! Her recovery is going to take quite a while, and she won't be able to drive for quite some time, which means I'm handling all the transportation duties for my son, school, etc. Wife before games. Have fun, guys. Maybe next year.

I'm pretty sure I still have my previous badge, but I would like to have a new one as well. Thanks! Nurmix El Segundo, California

I thought I posted already -- maybe it was another thread? Anyway, yes, I will be there.

Well, at least we know where the cartridge and overlay tray from Dracula went now.

Nice work! Clearly you do a thorough job refurbishing these consoles.

If you're talking about the short bit for the Intellivision FAQ, then what you just heard was an informative commercial. Right, @First Spear?

Very cool. Definitely interested in a pair.. wish it could be ambidextrous so I could use my right thumb on the disc. It’s going to be tough to un-learn 40 years of muscle memory. Sent from unspecified hardware using indeterminate software

Looks cool. Will add this to my projects list.

I agree, it’s a great controller / accessory. It’s not quite the same feel and build quality of the 5200 trackball, but close. Never thought about using the power adapter as a driving module ‘battery eliminator’. Gonna have to get a parts RC and do that! Sent from unspecified hardware using indeterminate software

Count me in for one as well! And Ed… will you be at CORGS next month? I’m flying in to hang out with Rick Reynolds at The Intellivisionaries table. I know Rick was right next to your table last year. Sent from unspecified hardware using indeterminate software

Yeah, that’s ‘throwing the controller’ fuel. (agree about the video though!) [emoji23] Sent from unspecified hardware using indeterminate software

Ha.. I remembered as I was posting, but figured I’d see what sort of replies it would get. I wasn’t disappointed! Sent from unspecified hardware using indeterminate software

I remember this.. except for what movie it’s from. Sent from unspecified hardware using indeterminate software

Definitely interested when this is completed.

That would be me! ? I haven't made them in about 3 years, but keep hinting (promising? threatening?) that I will begin production again soon. There's a waiting list. It's L O N G . . . Atari Age thread about that here: Intellivision Flashback Controller Adapters - Round 3 (Nurmix) I have all the components needed to make a lot more, it just comes down to time... and actually motivating myself to start again, since it's quite overwhelming knowing how many people are waiting for them, following up with all those people, actually making the cables, packaging, boxing, shipping. It's a bit like the situation with Joe Z and the LTO Flash. If you want to make them yourself, there are wiring diagrams here on Atari Age - I don't have the specific thread handy at the moment. There are a number of wires that need to be cut and switched since At Games didn't stick to the same wiring pin-outs as Mattel when they made the Flashback controllers. As for parts and equipment, you'll need a soldering iron and some soldering skills, a crimping tool, pin insertion tool, and wire cutters. If you want to make adapters for the Intellivision II / Sears Super Video Arcade, you'll also need heat shrink tubing, plastic wire covering conduit, and a heat gun (although if you want to go cheap you could use electrical tape and twist wires together, but I wouldn't recommend that for longevity and reliability). You'll need db9 cables - the easiest is to buy joystick extension cables (ones for the Sega Genesis work just fine, I use those that are made by Retrobit). You can find them a little cheaper on ebay. You'll need the 9-pin header / pin housing that plugs into the Intellivision motherboard. I get those from Mouser Electronics (Mouser part # 571-1-87499-6). And you'll need the pins themselves. The ones I get can be used as crimp-on, but I prefer to solder them to the wires (and I bend the wire ends / cups down a bit before soldering so they slide into the housing more easily). I also get those from Mouser Electronics (Mouser part # 571-1023165). Here's a video review with installation from GRay Defender: Intellivision Flashback Adapters | Nurmix

Umm, I hope Rick doesn't look up the definition of feltch... ?

Floppy (aka Barky Barkington) gets plenty of love and attention from the entire family. She is easily frightened and will bark at inanimate objects that move, such as an open door in a breeze, or leaves blowing on the ground, or a broom leaning up against a wall, or a closed garage door. Basically I think wind in general is her enemy. Sent from unspecified hardware using indeterminate software

I still have my Intellicart. Got it before the CC3 came out.

Hmm… you might be on to something, Lathe! I’ll have to check the poll to see if it’s primarily Canadians who say ‘INN TV’, and Americans who say ‘I N T V’. It may be another case of “SARR-EE” / “SORE-EE”? Sent from unspecified hardware using indeterminate software

Yeah, the software is horrible. I still have 2 CC3s that I bought from Chad back when they were available. I actually had 4 at one point, but I gave 2 of them away to friends. Oh, and 1 LTO Flash that I have yet to load with games. Sent from unspecified hardware using indeterminate software

Blame @cmart604... everyone else does.

I should listen to that show some time.. I hear good things. Yeah, I don't remember any of the programmers I interviewed saying "INN TV".

Interesting. I hadn't thought about the way it was written / printed. Of course that's the same way Mattel wrote it as well, with the lower case "t" and "i"s... so that may have just been a carry over from that with INtV Corp. Since I don't currently have Terry Valeski's contact info (although I'm working on that), I'll reach out to Dave Warhol and see what his memories of the name are.

You just did.

Why am I reading that with a German accent?