The Intellivison Club games that I ordered back in 2023 finally showed up back in January. Being so delayed, it kind of knocked back my momentum to complete the original 55. I had only gotten a few games in 2024, and a few more in 2025. I haven’t even gotten rid of the duplicate games that I have acquired in lots yet.
I was very happy with being able to play Time Pilot on the Intellivison. It is one of my favorite arcade games, and it has been very well translated to the platform. It was the reason that I bought the Club set. Grail of the Gods is also fun, but I have not put in as much time on it. I have not tried the Antarctic Tales: Enhanced Edition.
As well, on the Intellivision part of the AtariAge board, I played in the High Score Club for 2025. Basically, they list a new game every few weeks, and you send in screen shots of your high scores. It gave me a reason to play a bunch of games again. Even though I don’t have all the games, and am certainly not the best at the ones I do have, I earned enough in participation points to be in the top 10 for the season.
I’ve ordered the first new Intellivision game by Atari – Akalabeth: World of Doom. I received my shipping notice but it hasn’t arrived yet. I was a big Ultima fan on the Apple – for both Ultima III and Ultima IV. I am very excited to see how it plays on the Intellivision.
Even though the Amica relaunch of the Intellivision games did not pan out, another retro relaunch has been announced. The Sprint has 45 games preloaded on it and connects to the TV through an HDMI cable. It also has disc controllers similar in design to the original ones, but wireless.
I did not order one yet, but it seems like some people are already getting their units. Some people are upset that it does not have a slot to be able to play old cartridges, as well as the new homebrews, but it does has usb connections to allow you to load more games to play.
I am still missing 6 of the original 55 games. I am missing Shark Shark, Bump ‘n’ Jump, Buzz Bomber, Kool Aid Man, Motocross, and Pinball. Only Bump 'n' Jump and Kool Aid Man are not on the Flashback. I am also missing 2 of the games from 1982 from other companies – Mousetrap from Coleco, and Dragonfire from Imagic. I would like to get these 8 games by the end of next year. I might also get some of the other games from 1983 from other companies. I am not sure how many of the remaining 63 games needed to complete the original 125 I would chase down as some are quite expensive, and the 6 Aquarius games would need the computer keyboard expansion to be able to play. I might try to get some more of the 96 games up to 1983. I would only need another 26 games after the 8 I am actively chasing, but even a few of those are very pricey.
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