freewheel Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I kept the source code for many years for all of these (and more) games, but sadly with a hard drive crash and a neglected back-up I lost them, so I can’t retrieve the code Dear developers/IP owners: this is why, once you've made your money off of something, you should share it with whatever enthusiast community exists. Trust me, plenty of people will store backups for you So frustrating to see our history slip through our fingers this way. It would be amazing to recover original source for a lot of these games. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) I've heard of those! My grandfather had one. The full name is Tape Recorder Yes those tape recorders were quite something.. you know all that music recorded from that am radio frequency ... i dont understand what this new fandangled tecknollergee you young wippersnappers are talking about! lol , no worries-that high tech confuses most people your age !!!! Edited February 19, 2015 by m-crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yes those tape recorders were quite something.. you know all that music recorded from that am radio frequency ... lol , no worries-that high tech confuses most people your age !!!! technically i am younger than most people here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 technically i am younger than most people here. Yes , but not far behind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Yes , but not far behind... 38 aint bad. I have friends in their 50's here so technically im the young whippersnapper. We used to have a kid on here that would be 17 or 18 now. Something guy97?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I'll also one of the younger guys here (relatively speaking). I'll be 38 very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Hm. While I know there are many of us GenXers here, I would swear there's a good-sized contingent of young'uns. Like mid-late 20s, maybe some younger. No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 There was a poll a while back...mine, maybe? Anyhoo, the average age was early to mid 40s. Few under 25yo. I'll try to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Huh. I like being a bit of a young'un then. In the entire rest of the Internet, I'm "the old guy". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 There was a poll a while back...mine, maybe? Anyhoo, the average age was early to mid 40s. Few under 25yo. I'll try to find it.wasnt initellivisionguy97 (i believe thats who it is) was 15 at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Huh. I like being a bit of a young'un then. In the entire rest of the Internet, I'm "the old guy". I was only 6 in 1983 as Intellivision was winding down. All of the kids who were 8-14 by 1983 are now 39-45 today. The 8-14yo kids who got Intellivision in 1980 are now 42-48. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 There's definitely a shift in audience pre vs post Crash. The largest part of the NES fanbase, near as I can tell, was around 3 years old when it was released - which would make them not even teenagers by the time it was pretty much gone. And some a fair bit younger - there are quite a lot of kids doing reviews and such who must have been all of 5 when it was past its prime. All the pre-Crash stuff seems to have really only stuck with people who were teenagers, or close to it, by the time a particular console was being phased out. I guess pre-Crash, consoles were more of an "older kid" thing, but by the time the NES was out, much younger kids were playing (and getting attached to) them. Then again, what do I know. I grew up with an Odyssey in the house 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gunoz Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I was only 6 in 1983 as Intellivision was winding down. All of the kids who were 8-14 by 1983 are now 39-45 today. The 8-14yo kids who got Intellivision in 1980 are now 42-48. 49 in July... sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) I had a coleco with atari attachment. I wasnt a serious gamer until the nes came along. My biggest part of gaming was with the nes. But ive had every console since up to the wii, ps3, xbox 360 and 3ds Edited February 20, 2015 by pimpmaul69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I grew up with pong and Atari Stunt Cycle (not the console) for many years, then we got an Apple IIc. My grandfather had the Intellivision so I only got to play it during occasional visits. I was 10 when the crash came in 1983 but was completely oblivious to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) I grew up with pong and Atari Stunt Cycle (not the console) for many years, then we got an Apple IIc. My grandfather had the Intellivision so I only got to play it during occasional visits. I was 10 when the crash came in 1983 but was completely oblivious to it.the arcade stunt cycle? I actually grew up with asteroids deluxe, cosmic avenger and 3 player sprint. Edited February 20, 2015 by pimpmaul69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Im 47 in a month today, grew up with pinball mostly, then came telestar right to intellivision... Never really cared for NES or basicly any other console after colecovision.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Intellivision was my childhood love, but in a 'little brother gets his ass handed to him' sort of way. By the time I was a little older and much better at gaming all my friends had NES (which was AWESOME), and made my crappy old glitchy Intellivision seemed lame. I held on to most of my loose carts (around 30 or so) up until sometime around 1990, but since my console had long been broken I gave my remaining games to a friend. I love NES and own around 150 games for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Intellivision was my childhood love, but in a 'little brother gets his ass handed to him' sort of way. By the time I was a little older and much better at gaming all my friends had NES (which was AWESOME), and made my crappy old glitchy Intellivision seemed lame. I held on to most of my loose carts (around 30 or so) up until sometime around 1990, but since my console had long been broken I gave my remaining games to a friend. I love NES and own around 150 games for it. Yes NES sure had and has a huge following.. Funny thing my brother n law is 27 and he just got back to his NES64 and that was the craze when he was younger.. Its a generational thing that brings you back to your first passions.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 the arcade stunt cycle? I actually grew up with asteroids deluxe, cosmic avenger and 3 player sprint. Actually, it was the home version of the game: As for arcade games, my uncle also owned an arcade for a couple years. My brother and I each got paid $2 in quarters for helping him clean the games prior to opening on Sunday. Of course, he promptly got the money back because we'd plunk the quarters right back into the machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Never even heard of it!!! cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intvnut Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) All the pre-Crash stuff seems to have really only stuck with people who were teenagers, or close to it, by the time a particular console was being phased out. I guess pre-Crash, consoles were more of an "older kid" thing, but by the time the NES was out, much younger kids were playing (and getting attached to) them. Eh... We got our Intellivision when I was around 6 or 7, and we played it well into the post-crash era. We eventually got an NES and a Sega Genesis. We got them so close together that we never really built a big library of NES games. Played the heck out of the Genesis. Didn't pick up another system until we got a PS2 for the missus to play Final Fantasy on. Well, that, and we needed a DVD player. It's still our DVD player. Other than that, we have a Wii and a Wii-U. As for age, I'm in my first Jack Benny year this year. (39) Edited February 20, 2015 by intvnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 My first contact with an Intellivision was at age 5, a neighbor had one, I was allowed to see it running Triple Action, but not to touch it, I was dying to touch it!!!... wondering why now I have an Intellivision in my collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpmaul69 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Actually, it was the home version of the game: atari_stunt-cycle_1_s.jpg As for arcade games, my uncle also owned an arcade for a couple years. My brother and I each got paid $2 in quarters for helping him clean the games prior to opening on Sunday. Of course, he promptly got the money back because we'd plunk the quarters right back into the machines. you confused me cause you said "not the console" and isnt that "the console"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Not the famous Atari console that takes cartridges. Atari Stunt Cycle only played a handful of built-in games, similar to the pong games of the day. Back then I only heard 'console' used for game systems with interchangable games via cartridges and later CDs/etc. I suppose the term my have changed over time (especially with the Flashbacks). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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