Ventax1b Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I have just finished reading all 25 pages of this thread and it occurs to me that if INTV Boulder Dash is licensed then undoubtedly the copyright holder - First Star - would probably not accdept a release of a ROM image unless it could be guaranteed to be secure, and probably not at all since such a guarantee is difficult to provide. Unfortunate. Maybe the game will make it into one of those flashback thingies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I have just finished reading all 25 pages of this thread Welcome to the Intellivision section of the AA forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventax1b Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I don't think it is possible to beat INTV Boulder Dash. There are way too many levels. A Save\Restore game option would have been nice. I managed to get half way through level 2. Does anyone know how faithful it is to the original? Is that even important? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 No, I find fun in copying others. lol- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 Welcome to the Intellivision section of the AA forums. He should run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Oh man. I can't believe... Shoot! I should have known better. OMG! I knew better, but figgered I'd click on it anyway since it's been forever since I heard the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gunoz Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I found that there is an auto-scroll option in the controls. It centers Rockford if he is too close to the edge of the screen. GFYI mentioned this a few months ago as one of the undocumented features in the game. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/218608-boulder-dash-r-for-intellivision/?p=3215178 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Ah, so you are just speculating. You don't know what methods are being used. I've never speculated about what methods are being used. There's no need to, because that's irrelevant to the point. There is no method in history nor likely future that changes anything of what I've said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 And Blix? You were commenting about it's superiority because you believe - without evidence - that more people are playing it. Hmmmmm... Your source for your speculation? I commented about Blix's superiority? You might want to look up the word "ironically". I don't need evidence to demonstrate that more people have played Blix. The ROM is being freely (albeit illegally) distributed; anyone who wants to try it, can. The only people who can play BD (beyond the developers/publishers/testers) are those that bought the cart or have friends who did. It's simple math. We're talking 200ish copies at this point, according to one of the publishers. There are more than 200 people involved with this forum alone who trade and play ROMs - at least to the point of trying a new game once - let alone the wider emulation community. There are thousands of people out there who make a point of play-testing every single game they can get their hands on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Someone should send me a copy of the Blix ROM...for science. I promise it will have zero effect on me purchasing a copy (or not)....mostly since it's not available...and I already own the cart. I wasn't aware anyone had dumped it, but I'd like a copy for an upcoming multicart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Don't anyone tell rev, but Brickout is also floating around out there. I bet it's destroying the cart sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) No, I find fun in copying others. Do it! I remember one old hat programmer created a VCS port of Star Castle then held it for ransom for $35000. Later he ran a kickstarter release for people to preorder his game. I missed the kickstarter since I only got involved with VCS in 2012. But amidst all the incessant whining regarding some guy holding the game for a $35,000 ransom, another intrepid programmer began work on his own version of Star Castle, later dubbed Star Castle Arcade to differentiate it from the first, with public betas and all. It's due for release in the AA store any day now. So to anyone withholding something when there's clearly a demand for it, don't be shocked when another programmer steals your thunder. I also urge any SNES fans to check out this charming homebrew Rockfall, featuring mode 7 sprite scaling: https://www.pikointeractive.com/phone/store.html#!/RockFall/p/50560386/category=14008401 Edited August 17, 2015 by stardust4ever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TestaOn Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) WOW! And I really mean... WOW! Earlier this morning I had read up to page 5 of this thread and was thinking strongly about bailing and getting back to work. This was probably going to be a few more pages and the compounding angst was starting to turn my stomach. Soon I looked down and saw I was on page 11, but I wanted to continue because I had some really great thoughts to throw out there that might quell some of the inflamed trifle and bring the important points back into light. But then page 17 and 18 came and went and I just needed to get to the end, which is surely very soon, because there have already been a few mountaintops blown off and the rich minerals mined. And... I don't have time for this. And then the pages kept turning. Turning and turning. Jesus, have mercy. I finally finished. ... now what was it I was going to say? Edited August 17, 2015 by TestaOn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TestaOn Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 (edited) Oh yeah! Now I remember. I've got to have this Boulder Dash <registered trademark symbol> game! I'm heading out to buy it now. Edited August 17, 2015 by TestaOn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Oh yeah! Now I remember. I've got to have this Boulder Dash <registered trademark symbol> game! I'm heading out to buy it now. I think it would be cool if somebody designed a game where you played (literally) as the "registered trademark symbol" character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 post, !!!!!!! just wanted to post something to keep this thread going......lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 100% true story... I've been enjoying this thread so much that I've been making popcorn while reading it. The other night, I bit into an unpopped kernel, and it shattered my dental crown into four pieces. Now I need a new one. Thanks, thread... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) 100% true story... I've been enjoying this thread so much that I've been making popcorn while reading it. The other night, I bit into an unpopped kernel, and it shattered my dental crown into four pieces. Now I need a new one. Thanks, thread... Pics or it didn't happen. Internet rule #34 Edited August 18, 2015 by revolutionika 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheel Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I think it would be cool if somebody designed a game where you played (literally) as the "registered trademark symbol" character. Given that it's on the Intellivision, it'd just use the @ symbol anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 100% true story... I've been enjoying this thread so much that I've been making popcorn while reading it. The other night, I bit into an unpopped kernel, and it shattered my dental crown into four pieces. Now I need a new one. Thanks, thread... Wow ... and I thought that Atari 2600 kernels were hard! (Okay, that's a really bad joke about display kernels. My apologies.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 I heard a rumor that this thread is being scripted into an After School TV Special. Cmart is being played by Mike Meyers in Fat Bastard suit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I nominate Eric Stoltz to play Eric7100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I nominate Eric Stoltz to play Eric7100. Don't bother, he'll just get fired and replaced with Michael J. Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric7100 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Pics or it didn't happen. Internet rule #34 You don't want to see pics of this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I heard a rumor that this thread is being scripted into an After School TV Special. Cmart is being played by Mike Meyers in Fat Bastard suit. Lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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