ColecoGamer Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) That's right! We're soon going to release Astro Invaders for the Intellivision A very fun and addictive arcade game Meanwhile, here's a quick animated gif along with the box art Cheers Impressive! Please add me to your pre-order list. This is completely off topic, but have you checked your email recently? Ive been waiting to receive a follow up response to those new sprites I submitted a couple of weeks ago. Edited February 19, 2018 by ColecoGamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980gamer Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 This looks amazing. I did not think the Intellivision resolution would allow this game to be possible. Put many quarters in this machine back in the day. The corner pizza place had this and Asteroid Deluxe. I stunk at both of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLic0ne t0aD Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 I love the box art! Even though I have this for Coleco, I'll probably buy a copy. Pretty fun game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Awesome!!! See... Intellivision could easily have doubled what Atari did if they went the arcade game route instead of wasting money on all those sports licences. If you're sticking with Stern games... can you do Berzerk using the Intellivoice? That would be sick... as you can see.. I'm a little biased. LOL IMB I gotta say it here,all those sports games were great and my friends and I played them for a couple years on end. Every one of them!!! I still love Baseball,Bowling Skiing etc. If i wanted to play Arcade games in the early 80's I went to the Arcade. On the other end of it they clearly missed out on Arcade licences I do agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I loved Berzerk. Someone pull it off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthompson Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I gotta say it here,all those sports games were great and my friends and I played them for a couple years on end. Every one of them!!! I still love Baseball,Bowling Skiing etc. If i wanted to play Arcade games in the early 80's I went to the Arcade. On the other end of it they clearly missed out on Arcade licences I do agree! I think his main point might be what Mattel paid to MLB, NBA, NASL, NHL, PBA, etc. to license their logos to include on the box. The sports games themselves would still have been great. Mattel sure did waste a ton of money on licenses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 I think his main point might be what Mattel paid to MLB, NBA, NASL, NHL, PBA, etc. to license their logos to include on the box. The sports games themselves would still have been great. Mattel sure did waste a ton of money on licenses. Agreed Coleco did the very same by using licences to make most of their Colecovision games That's also mainly why you don't see Plug n Play stuff of those consoles as much as you would see Atari2600 stuff The best? Creating more original games! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KylJoy Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I loved Berzerk. Someone pull it off. and... WIZARD... OF... WOR!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I think his main point might be what Mattel paid to MLB, NBA, NASL, NHL, PBA, etc. to license their logos to include on the box. The sports games themselves would still have been great. Mattel sure did waste a ton of money on licenses. Point well made and taken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) Does anyone know how much Mattel paid for the sports licenses in 1979/80? Those leagues were only a fraction of the multi-billion dollar industries they are today. It's been speculated that since Mattel only paid less than $30k for the development of each of these cartridges it was unlikely they paid more than that for the sports license. Mattel did sell millions of sports cartridges making Mattel millions of dollars. Arcade licenses for popular games like Pac-man and Donkey Kong were going for millions of dollars a year or two later. However, according to intellivisionlives.com, in 1983 Mattel paid millions for the 1984 Winter Olympic license. In 1979/80 Mattel's marketing budget for Intellivision was much, much smaller than it was in 1982/83. Mattel also lost millions in unused cartoon licenses. According to intellivisionlives.com these licenses had royalty guarantees averaging $300k per license. That was still far short of what a decent arcade license was going for at the time. Edited February 21, 2018 by mr_me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gernot Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) I gotta say it here,all those sports games were great and my friends and I played them for a couple years on end. Every one of them!!! I still love Baseball,Bowling Skiing etc. hi there, they was (are) great and for some (me at least) the reason to decide for the inty (licensed or not, while i guess it makes a difference, certainly not for the game but to sell a game. how much nickels i will ever have spent in arcade machines, the sports games made the difference to me, unfortunately back then i couldn't get my hands on the "super" releases to play them without a friend. The best? Creating more original games! in some sort of way i guess it has been digged out what's to dig out, real new ideas i can't imagine (me). but well, original mustn't mean a complete new concept, just original. mr_me that was a very pointed point. i guess yes they brought them a lot of reputation, so i also guess the sports licenses had payed off well. "players" are idiots (pardon me), but they run for a character (or brand) they know no matter how bad the game is, it was and it's still that way. i'm pretty sure you could sell millions of "pong" if it would be entitled "zelda". Edited February 22, 2018 by Gernot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Any updates on this game? I put money aside for two copies,it looks great. I bet I can even get my Wife to play this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZillaRUSH Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Excellent! I suck at this game. 1 copy for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar G. Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I'm interested in this game. Please put my name in the list. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imstarryeyed Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Looking forward to hearing news on this release, I loved this simple game from the 80s, I own it on Colecovision but would love to play it on Intellivision as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 It's coming guys 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroillucid Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 Pre-orders opened! http://collectorvision.com/shop/intellivision/astro-invader/ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Teams Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Ordered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Pre-orders opened! http://collectorvision.com/shop/intellivision/astro-invader/ Payment sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Ordered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Looks cool! $77 shipped, yikes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthompson Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Is this in a like Sydney Hunter-style gatefold box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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