Vedder9

I have had both, RF and composite, connected at the same time. I believe i was sending examples of what colors looked like on RF vs. composite to the guy at RetroFixes.com. Having both connected at the same time didn't seem to make any obvious difference.

I'm definitely looking forward to the results. I ordered the RetroFixes.com board after having issues with the one from Greatdarb. Both had identical issues, but I have yet to take the time to compare them to see if they are using the same circuitry or not. Compared to the RF, neither had a higher quality than RF. However, the bigger issue was colors. It sounds just like what Crossbow mentioned. Colors were way off. Basically, everything that was supposed to be yellow was green, and it really struggled with light blue. Putting in Tron Deadly Discs gave me identical results on both. The light blue guys that come out right away were bright pink. I contacted both sellers and both were nice and shot some messages back and forth, but things didn't get far. Both made it sound like this was new feedback. I tried both circuits on two different Intellivision 2609 units and had identical results on two TVs. One LCD, one plasma. RF looks fine, so I know it isn't either system with issues. Depending on the results of Lathe26's tests, I'll either just go with another option, or will attempt some of these alterations to see if I can get better results with what I have. I'd love to have composite outputs, but haven't had the best luck with what I've purchased yet.

Thanks for the info. That's awesome. I haven't had a chance to look around for the 2005 project, but I'm definitely curious. At this point I'm knee deep and have had a couple responses to help me dig a bit deeper, so I fear I can't bail on things, but I definitely want to see what has been done in the past. Also, thanks for the lists of what you have. If it looks like we are in need of something, I'll definitely give you a shout. It sounds like between the two people I've heard from, all of the bases should be covered in terms of manuals and overlays, but if we discover something is missing between the three of us, it sounds like you will be a valuable person to reach out to. Thanks again!

Thank you kindly.

Thanks. Hopefully they consume far less time as I go along. I know my way around Photoshop (or in this case, Pixelmator), but I'm no graphic designer. I'm sure there are ways to do a lot of things far faster than I currently do them. Yeah. Sadly, I don't imagine it will stop here. I find most of the work somewhat... relaxing? The Intellivision has a bit of an extra challenge with the overlays, but the small library helps make up for that. I see myself moving onto other consoles after I complete the Intellivision. I haven't decided what system to move onto after this, but I likely have quite a bit of time to figure it out... This might be the easiest route to go, actually. I had considered mentioning it in my initial post, but wasn't sure how many people that had the harder to find manuals / overlays had access to a quality scanner. Your V800 is infinitely superior to my V39. If you had any interest in actually helping scan these last ones, I certainly wouldn't argue and would make sure credit is given for all the effort and contributions. If you are actually serious and interested, I can figure out how to send PMs to sort out a way to transfer things since they are a bit hefty in size. As far as homebrew games go, they aren't in my plans at the moment. I'm certainly not opposed to the idea. Quite honestly, I haven't really even looked into the homebrew library for the Intellivision, so I don't even know how many games that adds to the pile. What I have considered doing, however, is trying my hand at a new round of the 'orphan overlays'. As stated above, I am by no means a graphic designer or even artistic enough to come close, but I've got a good friend that fits that description a bit better, and he's expressed some interest in helping out. Before I really got going with the scanning, I spent some time throwing together a rough idea for the Empire Strikes Back overlay and was happy with the results. I'd like to get the scanning and 'correcting' of the overlays done first, and then see if I have it in me to continue on with a new set of overlays for games that never had them.

So I've embarked on a time consuming, likely pointless mission. I'm not sure how willing people will be to help out, but I figured I'd give it a shot. BACKSTORY: I grew up with an Intellivision. We weren't allowed to get a Nintendo, because we already had two "Nintendos" (an Intellivision 1 and 2). We had a decent library of games that were eventually sold in a garage sale for a whopping $5 for everything (thanks mom...). Fast forward about 20 years, and I decided to start collecting the entire Intellivision library since it isn't terribly large. At first I got drawn into the boxes and how awesomely 80s they were, but then started to check out the manuals. Come to find out, so many of the games we had growing up weren't "fun" because we either didn't have the manual, or never bothered to read them. I've been working more on collecting the games than playing them, but a large portion of games sound fantastic based on the manuals and their instructions. I also started looking around for overlays, and it seemed like most people were using the same set of scans that were fairly outdated and low resolution. They work just fine, but for whatever reason, I felt that they weren't good enough for life in 2019. THE PROJECT: I have invested in a decent scanner and have been scanning as many overlays and manuals as I can find. Overlays are being scanned in at an absurd 4800dpi, and manuals are being scanned in at 1200dpi. To take it one step further, I'm cleaning things up as I'm going, and in the case of the overlays, I'm actually "rebuilding" them. I noticed a ton were off-center, crooked, etc. and figured with modern technology I could fix these things. I've attached a couple examples of some 'corrected' overlays. I meant to grab an example of one of the manuals, but neglected to grab the drive on my way out the door this evening. I can post one tomorrow if people are curious. I'm not rebuilding the manuals, but I am cleaning them up. They look nice. MY REQUEST: I have a good portion of the library scanned completely. Touching things up is going to take some time, and 'correcting' the overlays is going to take a very good chunk of time. Though I do have a few common games that I'm missing either a manual or overlay for, most of what I'm missing are the obvious ones. Things that aren't terribly inexpensive... Games like Congo Bongo, Stadium Mud Buggies, and other games that aren't cheap, especially with manuals. Thankfully, most of the expensive games don't have overlays, so that makes this a bit easier. I don't know if anyone would be willing to do it, but would anyone be interested in mailing missing manuals or overlays so that I could get them scanned in and then sent back? I want to make everything publicly available once I'm done, and have considered handing over the entire thing to a game preservation organization. I have no reasons to hoard such things. I certainly understand the concern of mailing something valuable off to someone you don't know, so I may not find any takers, but I figure even if I get a few of these checked off the list, I can save myself the hassle of buying them only to turn right around and sell them once I have them scanned. MY CONCERNS: Thankfully, most of the Intellivision library isn't rare or expensive, but I am mildly concerned with people using the scans and passing things off as legit manuals and overlays (mostly manuals since overlays are pretty tough to fake). I'm not sure if it is worth putting some sort of watermark on there. Opinions are welcome. Anyway, I figure I'll finish the project regardless of any assistance. I just have no need for collecting manuals and overlays in physical form. I do want a cartridge for everything (a Spiker repro will suffice), but a digital manual and printed overlay will work for me, personally. As mentioned, I have attached a couple examples of the two Dungeons & Dragons games, and also included a link to a Google Sheet of the current status of each game. Feel free to get at me with any questions, concerns, thoughts, suggestions, etc. Google Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_I32OhJaOwqnsKMicRm7z578IbU1UJRCX_qT9e1zO0k/edit#gid=0