More deep Intellivision writings from my childhood.

[Guest LiqMat]

Some of you might remember when I posted a letter that I had written to Mattel warning them of that shadow company Coleco that was about to take over the video game world. Well, I just came across a story I wrote when I was, I think 11 maybe 12 (circa 1982ish), which mentions Intellivision. Not near as interesting as the letter to Mattel and I am not sure what Kool-Aid I was drinking when I wrote it, but here it is. Gave me a few chuckles. For some reason the Mattel/Coleco letter, PRGE 2016 MP3 and 2016 expo videos I made all got deleted by me. Weird. If any of you want me to repost any of that let me know.

 

 

Edited January 27, 2018 by LiqMat

[m-crew]

Cool !! Thanks for sharing !!

 

I think it would be great if you would repost those letters , I would love to read and see them again and im sure there would be others interested as well..

 

 

 

cheers

Edited January 27, 2018 by m-crew

[Guest LiqMat]

No problem.

 

 

[+intellivotion]

Cool !! Thanks for sharing !!I think it would be great if you would repost those letters , I would love to read and see them again and im sure there would be others interested as well..cheers

I'm one of those interested

[Ignorama]

Did you ever got any response?

[BillyHW]

Aren't like half of those Coleco photos fakes?

[spacecadet]

Love the kid logic in the first story. Like you just happen to be walking around England with a .45 and a bazooka, which you took with you on a guided tour for some reason. Then you managed to kill a monster made out of fog with a missile.

 

I'm sure I have some stuff exactly like that, though.

[Intymike]

Mattel would never have found out without your help!

 

I wrote to Mattel Germany in 1984 if they could send me an ECS because I couldn't find it in any store.

The answer was that Mattel Electronics was already closed.

That way I found out that the Intellivision was out of business (no Internet back then with every information served worldwide).

[Guest LiqMat]

Love the kid logic in the first story. Like you just happen to be walking around England with a .45 and a bazooka, which you took with you on a guided tour for some reason. Then you managed to kill a monster made out of fog with a missile.

 

I'm sure I have some stuff exactly like that, though.

 

This was probably the accumulation of my my young hyperactive Cocoa Puffs laced mind regurgitating random ideas from recent media I had been exposed to. I had probably recently seen the movie "The Fog" which horrified me as a child and of course I loved Scooby back in those days. Some of the monster sounds in AD&D on the Intellivision also freaked me out. I like how I stated that I was "in the back of the tour guide" which sounds painful. The "midgets" encounter was definitely plucked from my favorite movie "Time Bandits". I absolutely loved that film and wished it had been adapted into a video game.

Aren't like half of those Coleco photos fakes?

 

Yeah. I had cut them out from some magazine I was reading. At the time I had no idea those were just mock-ups. I especially liked the Dracula and Tunnels & Trolls isometric look.

Did you ever got any response?

 

I don't think it ever got sent which explains why I still have the letter. I was big into model railroads and I was probably too busy sending cash in the mail that I earned from mowing lawns to model railroad companies for different scenery items. They would write back asking me to please not put cash in the mail. LOL

Edited January 27, 2018 by LiqMat

[m-crew]

Thanks, It was just as great to see and read these letters now as the first time I read Them.. Just make me remember that feeling of youth again(wonder and innocence)

 

Cheers

Edited January 27, 2018 by m-crew

[+DZ-Jay]

 

And? And???

 

So... what happened?!

 

Also, I have to say that you were sooooo lucky you turned around in time to notice that rat. You could have lost that leg! And I would suggest that next time, you carry your missile in the bazooka -- it saves space, it's less cumbersome to carry, and lets you kill fog monsters before they approach too close.

 

 

-dZ.

[Guest LiqMat]

And? And???

 

So... what happened?!

 

Sorry, that will only be released as a pricey DLC add-on.

Edited January 27, 2018 by LiqMat