Opry99er Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Tonight the boy and I blitzed the Intellivision collection. We played Copter Command, Frog Bog, Shark! Shark!, Frogger, Burgertime, Bowling, Super Pro Football, and Bump-N-Jump... I took a few pix of our evening. It was great to play them tonight on my off day. His favorite was Shark!Shark!, mine was Copter Command, tied with Burgertime. Anyway, we had a blast, and will be doing this once a week for the foreseeable future. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonlikesINTV Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Glad to see some father/son gaming! Some of my fondest memories of my childhood are playing MLB with my dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byte Knight Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Tonight the boy and I blitzed the Intellivision collection. We played Copter Command, Frog Bog, Shark! Shark!, Frogger, Burgertime, Bowling, Super Pro Football, and Bump-N-Jump... I took a few pix of our evening. It was great to play them tonight on my off day. His favorite was Shark!Shark!, mine was Copter Command, tied with Burgertime. Anyway, we had a blast, and will be doing this once a week for the foreseeable future. Snafu is a fun game to play with the kids too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Haven't played that one with the boy yet. Thanks for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 jeez... But anyways.. good bowling, fellas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZ-Jay Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) For what? Assuming that minors can't make accounts on here? It still seems like a very inappropriate comment for this thread. Anyway, Oppry99er, it's great that you got to share your Intellivision passion with your son. Some of my fondest childhood memories are when I played Intellivision with my Father. Our favourite games to play together were Utopia, Dracula, and B-17 Bomber. My Father, a history buff, loved B-17 Bomber and took great pride in picking specific locations to bomb, re-enacting various historical WWII battles. He would then share historical facts about the war and Europe, and about the technology at play. In spite of the game's topic, he admired Germans and their culture (having lived there for a while). I learned a lot about Messerschmitts and Fokkers, and what Flak meant and how anti-air guns worked. As a matter of fact, I bought him an Intellivision Flashback for Christmas when they came out, and when he called me to thank me, he said, "I see that it has B-17 Bomber! I already ordered the plasticky things from the company, where can I get a copy of the instructions?" I could see him smiling on the other end. -dZ. Edited February 27, 2016 by DZ-Jay 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Thanks, Albert! You know what I mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Its a shame how good Frog Bog looks and how bad it actually is ^^ But its nice to see father and son playing old games together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 IMO, Frog Bog is nice if you play it in two, but in any case there is no accounting for tastes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignorama Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 At least it looks great, no arguing about that ^^ And I am not sure, but wasnt it the first video game ever with day/night changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZ-Jay Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) IMO, Frog Bog is nice if you play it in two, but in any case there is no accounting for tastes My two go-to two-player quick mini-games are Frog Bog and Tennis. I think they are lots of fun to play with a friend (or son, if you have it). -dZ. Edited February 27, 2016 by DZ-Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) I think both Frog Bog and Atlantis were released the same year EDIT: @Ignorama obviously I was referring to the games with day/night changes. I've checked: Frog Bog, Atlantis and even Dracula were programmed on 1982 but it seems that Dracula was released later Edited February 27, 2016 by intellivotion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 For some reason, my kids like Shark Shark as the go-to game first, then anything else (unless it's Christmas time then CC is the first choice) like Boulderdash or Burgertime. When they very young Snafu was #1, Frog Bog was #2. You got me motivated to do some more playing this weekend. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZ-Jay Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I think both Frog Bog and Atlantis were released the same year EDIT: @Ignorama obviously I was referring to the games with day/night changes. I've checked: Frog Bog, Atlantis and even Dracula were programmed on 1982 but it seems that Dracula was released later Frog Bog is from the original Mattel line-up; Atlantis and Dracula are from Imagic, which came out afterwards, so yes they are older. -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Rick Reynolds Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Snafu is a fun game to play with the kids too. Definitely - my 7yo loves playing Snafu with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonlikesINTV Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I was the younger sibling when we owned our Intellivision. I turned 6 when the 1983 games came out, so Frog Bog & Snafu were more my speed. By the time I reached my gaming prime, I had moved on to NES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Looks like we will be hitting up some Snafu tonight after our Copter Command go-round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 We've delved into Snafu... Game Option 3... The boy is hooked, and I have to say, so am I. Two player Snafu is pretty awesome, this morning we played a best of 55 rounds match. I won, but he started gaining on me there towards the end. We will be playing again in the AM. Great suggestion on the game, guys!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 My 10 year old likes to play Shark! Shark! and Utopia with me. We haven't tried Snafu either. I think he'd enjoy it also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonlikesINTV Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Snafu is pretty kid friendly. It's relatively easy and decently customizable. Great for one player or two. This would be a fun candidate for real-time online 4-player gameplay...if that's anywhere in the near future. Or scale up to bigger map and 16 players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 Yea, Shark! Shark! is definitely up there for Buck. He really likes trying to nip the shark's tail. Snafu may well be the new game of choice for our sessions. Tomorrow morning we will likely play some Snafu and some Christmas Carol... Christmas Carol never gets old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 (edited) We played Snafu -- 70 rounds one morning this past week of Game variation #1. 4 players (two CPU controlled) gets pretty hairy!!! Had a blast as usual. The game variations are unique enough to give us basically a 'new' game to play each time we sit down. Very enjoyable, and a good waste of an hour. Edited March 6, 2016 by Opry99er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Jay Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Snafu is pretty kid friendly. It's relatively easy and decently customizable. Great for one player or two.This would be a fun candidate for real-time online 4-player gameplay...if that's anywhere in the near future. Or scale up to bigger map and 16 players . I have loved Snafu since I was young. I never thought about a bigger play screen. That would be sweet, although that might be hard to do with two players, or four. Dare to dream. I still think an app that allows for online four way Snafu would be a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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