+DZ-Jay Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) The reviews for the new Christmas Carol game are starting to come in. Here's a few so far: "This game is a lot of fun, and they did a great job squeezing every bit of performance out of the Intellivision hardware." "I absolutely love the packaging and controller overlays--Nice release!" The Video Game Critic "A+ This is a pretty amazing new homebrew, and the fact that it happens to be a seasonal title is a sweet bonus." AllGamers.fr "The gameplay, sound, graphics and animations are a success from every point of view and with 16 levels in total, plus practice mode, there is plenty to do." Retro Collect "One of the more impressive aspects to this Intellivision homebrew is the inclusion of detailed and animated cut-scene sequences." RetroVideoGamer (UK) (new) "9/10 Christmas Carol vs. the Ghost of Christmas Presents is a title everyone with an Intellivision should get. It’s so good that I think you can play this game all year long just for the fun of it!" Intellivision World (new) "92% A must have hit for all hombrew collectors!" Official Retro Gamer Blog (new) "Spread across eight levels and with an emphasis on high score chasing, it’s bound to go down well with anyone who still owns Intellivision’s console." So get your copy of the game now, and spend this Christmas Season the old-fashioned way: playing video games on your favorite childhood console! Also, don't forget about our amazing Christmas Championship Extravaganza: Carol vs. The WORLD! -dZ. Edited December 8, 2012 by DZ-Jay 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Excellent! My review will be coming soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Rick Reynolds Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Congratulations! An A+ rating on videogamecritic is very good! I really like his intellivision reviews. I'll be posting a review of the game from the standpoint of how it plays on an arcade box sometime in December. (spoiler: it plays very well!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 Updated with latest reviews. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I loved this line from Classic Game Room: "Just when you thought people were crazy for putting out new games on the Sega Dreamcast, Left Turn Only makes a right turn and out-crazies them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 I loved this line from Classic Game Room: "Just when you thought people were crazy for putting out new games on the Sega Dreamcast, Left Turn Only makes a right turn and out-crazies them." Brilliant! And you can see that they loved the style of our manual. All that work was worth it. dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Congrats. Well deserved. The best compliment I can give you is this: I never played Intellivision growing up, so I have no nostalgia for the system. But if I see an Intellivision in the wild, I will definitely consider picking it up just so I can play this game on real hardware. -B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Today my wife sent me a text message saying: "Bad news: the game store at the mall does not sell your game. Good news: they have heard of it!" I was baffled! Turns out she was at the mall, and inspired by a throwaway comment in the Classic Game Room review, she stopped by the Game Stop and asked about Christmas Carol. Expecting to get a weird look (and the ever popular "what's an Intellivision?"), she was surprise that the guy said he's heard of it. It went something like this: "Oh, hi! I saw this video online about a Christmas game for Intellivision called "Christmas Carol vs. The Ghost of Christmas Presents," and I wanted to buy it for my husband. "Oh, yeah I saw that. Unfortunately we don't carry homebrews (he said Homebrews!). You can only order it online." "So where do I buy it?" "From their site. You can search for it on Google, it should come near the top." "OK, thanks!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 You mean to tell me that GameStop actually has one employee who knows something about retro gaming? Impressive! Good story too! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghsqb Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 That's pretty awesome. He clearly wasn't bullshitting either since he knew it was a Homebrew and had a dedicated site. Pretty awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeshed Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 That's pretty awesome. He clearly wasn't bullshitting either since he knew it was a Homebrew and had a dedicated site. Pretty awesome! Next you are going to tell us that they didn't gouge, or at least kept your preorder for a Wii U, or maybe even didnt offer to preorder something for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Video or it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeshed Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Video or it didn't happen. Forget that, just tell me where it happened so I can go investigate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 :bump: Bumped with three new review links. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Are these reviews helping out with sales? Close to a sellout yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 That's a Joe question. I believe they have spurred a few sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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