+Rick Reynolds Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 In this episode we review the Mattel Electronics game Royal Dealer. Cmart (Christian Martin) joins us again, as does George, spreading some holiday cheer in this December / Christmas / Holiday episode. We interview former Mattel Electronics ‘retail merchandiser’ Ken Stefancic, and have our usual helpings of Feedback and News. There’s plenty here, even for those folks who don’t care about card games (like Paul)… http://intellivisionaries.com/episode-30-royal-dealer/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Just to clarify. Desert Bus was not a joint release with Intellivision Revolution. It is a sole release by Freewheeling Games. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 That's what I love about he podcast. There is plenty of other entertainment during the podcast even when the game being covered is not the most interesting one. It's a true testament to all your hard work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 That's what I love about he podcast. There is plenty of other entertainment during the podcast even when the game being covered is not the most interesting one. It's a true testament to all your hard work!Lol. Yep. I believe that's a "lipstick on a pig" scenario in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 (edited) I remember a kid who got Royal Dealer when it first came out. He explained he was an only child and there weren't that many one player games. I still made fun of him. I appreciate Rick's expert opinion on Royal Dealer as a Hearts player. It made me think if Intellivision Las Vegas was any good at poker, I don't think it was. Edited December 24, 2016 by mr_me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intellfan Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Great show as always, I played a lot of Hearts on Royal Dealer back in the day I had never played hearts before , was a good way to learn . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 It was really hard for me to get into the game, since I never really played much of these card games in real life... hence my 'douchey' behavior interrupting Rick with my game playing. I was really doing that while we recorded. He didn't know what was coming up next. But Rick is a pro, and thoroughly explained the games, as well as his personal experiences with them, despite my childish (entertaining?) antics. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 And you're clearly a pro at being a douche. For that you should be commended. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 And you're clearly a pro at being a douche. For that you should be commended. Thank you for noticing! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Rick Reynolds Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Around 2:30 in, listen while I'm trying to discuss rummy rules and quite frankly losing my train of thought while Paul is playing other games in the background! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthompson Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Around 2:30 in, listen while I'm trying to discuss rummy rules and quite frankly losing my train of thought while Paul is playing other games in the background! That's the same point where I lost my train of thought, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Listened to this one around the house while I was wrapping presents and even while using the bathroom. Let's just say it was a Royal Flush! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 From listening to this episode, I agree that this cart desperately needs the Super Pro treatment. Better A.I., adding some "house rules" to some of games, adding a game or two, add some animation to the other players, and Intellivoice would be sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Now that Vectron is the next game, we need to have each of the Intellivisionaries play Joe Z's level 99 rom and see if they can beat the game. http://atariage.com/forums/topic/194913-which-intellivision-games-are-winnable/?p=2478507 Or more directly here: http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/dl/vectron99.rom I played the game quite a bit as a kid, but I've not touched it since. I'd need to play it for a bit before I'd attempt to tackle level 99 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Spear Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 I listened all the way to the end, thinking that the last 4 minutes would have one last gem in a show full of gems... Wrong I was. In this episode we review the Mattel Electronics game Royal Dealer. Cmart (Christian Martin) joins us again, as does George, spreading some holiday cheer in this December / Christmas / Holiday episode. We interview former Mattel Electronics ‘retail merchandiser’ Ken Stefancic, and have our usual helpings of Feedback and News. There’s plenty here, even for those folks who don’t care about card games (like Paul)… http://intellivisionaries.com/episode-30-royal-dealer/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nurmix Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I listened all the way to the end, thinking that the last 4 minutes would have one last gem in a show full of gems... Wrong I was. So you didn't find Rick's travel tips useful, Steve? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jointfilms.com Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 It's funny having never played this game but certainly being aware of it and seeing the screen image I always thought the woman character sitting in the center (or I guess head of the table) was a dude. It always looked like two women and a dude you were playing. A dude with a big ol' wide 70s shirt collar. Also the discussion on what the one lady was wearing was amusing. I mean Will got it right it's obviously fishnets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I just completed a full day training at work on Financial Markets in which the trainer's name was Richard Levine, who claimed that before joining the financial industry, he was a software engineer. I asked and alas, he is not the Rick Levine we know. For a moment I thought the class was going to be very interesting! -dZ. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifthPlayer Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It was really hard for me to get into the game, since I never really played much of these card games in real life... hence my 'douchey' behavior interrupting Rick with my game playing. I was really doing that while we recorded. He didn't know what was coming up next. But Rick is a pro, and thoroughly explained the games, as well as his personal experiences with them, despite my childish (entertaining?) antics. I just caught up on the podcast, and I wanted to say I didn't find this segment entertaining. Yeah, it's a card game, but Rick clearly is enthusiastic about it and he had something worthwhile to say. The 'douchey' behavior got in the way. I would have enjoyed it better if Rick had done the segment by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I just caught up on the podcast, and I wanted to say I didn't find this segment entertaining. Yeah, it's a card game, but Rick clearly is enthusiastic about it and he had something worthwhile to say. The 'douchey' behavior got in the way. I would have enjoyed it better if Rick had done the segment by himself. That's funny, I thought the game itself was what got in the way. I mean how exciting can card video games be? I know the guys plan to cover all the games and that includes this one, but there must be something that can be done to cure the boredom for some of us?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 If the topic doesn't interest you, you don't have to listen. The guys nicely document the times for the different segments so you can skip to parts of interest. I was interested to hear how well this cartridge's AI plays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Rick Reynolds Posted February 6, 2017 Author Share Posted February 6, 2017 @FifthPlayer - thanks for the recognition that I was putting my best into that! I confess, I actually like card games to a degree - not as much as other styles of video games, but I had fun with the cart. @atarifan88 - funny! I'm sure Paul was trying to do exactly what you're describing. I did in fact wonder if I went into too much detail after listening to the final episode. I really like having a serious deep-dive into all these games, but I wondered if the whole community was listening and thinking "ok Rick, we get it... let it die already!" Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Lol, you did a great job as always Rick. It's not your fault that most people find these games rather boring compared to all the gems on the Inty. I just admit this might have been the toughest to get through, mostly because I just didn't care about the games. Also, no particularly cool variations exist for this game, other than maybe the French Canadian box and the PC manual and that's kinda stretching it, so my attachment to it is rather limited. On to Vectron! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 I've got countless hours playing Royal Dealer as a kid. These days when I need to get my card fix taken care of I play Hoyle Card GamesAlthough now that I have my Ultimate Controller, I can now start playing Royal Dealer again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I've got countless hours playing Royal Dealer as a kid. These days when I need to get my card fix taken care of I play Hoyle Card Games Although now that I have my Ultimate Controller, I can now start playing Royal Dealer again. Now you and Rick just need to figure out how to play multiplayer Royal Dealer over the interwebs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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