Intellivision Sea Battle
December 22, 2009 9:56 PM Subscribe
Anybody know where I can play and/or buy Intellivision Sea Battle? Everywhere I've found so far has been a dead end.
Thanks.
If you've got an Xbox (old or 360) or Gamecube (Wii with GC controllers will work as well) or a PS2, there was an Intellivision Lives! compilation that was put out a few years back for that generation. I have it for the Xbox and I recall it has Sea Battle, but nobody I know wants to play it with me :(.
It's going for anywhere from $8 - $15 on Ebay
posted by barc0001 at 10:53 PM on December 22, 2009
It's going for anywhere from $8 - $15 on Ebay
posted by barc0001 at 10:53 PM on December 22, 2009
Amazon, eBay, thrift stores, used-media stores (look for indie ones, as the corporate ones usually don't carry anything that old).
Failing all that, I've got a copy. But I'd totally rip you off on the price. Better to go with another option.
posted by box at 6:20 AM on December 23, 2009
Failing all that, I've got a copy. But I'd totally rip you off on the price. Better to go with another option.
posted by box at 6:20 AM on December 23, 2009
EBay has tons of Intellivision stuff available.
posted by torquemaniac at 7:53 AM on December 23, 2009
posted by torquemaniac at 7:53 AM on December 23, 2009
Response by poster: Thanks everybody!
I should've said it in my original question but I want to play it on my PC only. I don't have (or really want) any video game systems.
Haha, thanks Box, do you play Sea Battle much?
Thanks Askr, unfortunately the ROM/emulator route you linked to was one of the dead ends I found.
posted by atm at 2:38 PM on December 23, 2009
I should've said it in my original question but I want to play it on my PC only. I don't have (or really want) any video game systems.
Haha, thanks Box, do you play Sea Battle much?
Thanks Askr, unfortunately the ROM/emulator route you linked to was one of the dead ends I found.
posted by atm at 2:38 PM on December 23, 2009
I didn't realize you wanted to play it on a PC. That changes everything. This comment risks deletion for being too warez-y, so I'm going to intentionally keep things vague and skip a couple steps.
Go to a big public torrent site and search for 'intellivision.' Then, sort by number of seeds, and download the best-seeded thing that hasn't gathered a bunch of negative comments and whose description seems to match what you're looking for (you might have to do this more than once). If your torrent doesn't include an emulator, you can find one online--here are two sites that are decent places to start.
But beware! If you don't have the original hardware and ROMS, emulation is probably illegal! And you might download a virus or malware or something! From the darknet!
posted by box at 3:24 PM on December 23, 2009
Go to a big public torrent site and search for 'intellivision.' Then, sort by number of seeds, and download the best-seeded thing that hasn't gathered a bunch of negative comments and whose description seems to match what you're looking for (you might have to do this more than once). If your torrent doesn't include an emulator, you can find one online--here are two sites that are decent places to start.
But beware! If you don't have the original hardware and ROMS, emulation is probably illegal! And you might download a virus or malware or something! From the darknet!
posted by box at 3:24 PM on December 23, 2009
The first link in the question Askr links to seems to work--I didn't pursue the second one. Finding emulators is easy--it's the ROMs that's the hard part.
posted by box at 3:26 PM on December 23, 2009
posted by box at 3:26 PM on December 23, 2009
Response by poster: Box,
Thanks.
I probably won't go the warez route. I'd rather do without than take the necessary risks involved.
As for the links referenced, the first one doesn't point to a .rom, it points to a .int, which no emulator I found and installed would play. :(
It looks like my best option is Intellivision Lives, so I'm reading about it at their website to see what the deal is (besides the $29.95, which I'll pay if it's a good program.)
posted by atm at 5:03 PM on December 23, 2009
Thanks.
I probably won't go the warez route. I'd rather do without than take the necessary risks involved.
As for the links referenced, the first one doesn't point to a .rom, it points to a .int, which no emulator I found and installed would play. :(
It looks like my best option is Intellivision Lives, so I'm reading about it at their website to see what the deal is (besides the $29.95, which I'll pay if it's a good program.)
posted by atm at 5:03 PM on December 23, 2009
(I haven't played Sea Battle in a while--I've got a ton of Intellivision stuff, but I've also got a ton of Atari stuff, and so I hardly ever bring out the ol' Intellivision. Poor guy.)
posted by box at 5:11 PM on December 23, 2009
posted by box at 5:11 PM on December 23, 2009
It looks like there was a PC version of Intellivision Lives! (as well as similar pieces of software called Intellivision Rocks! and Intellivision Greatest Hits (dunno if either of the second two specifically have Sea Battle)). And the games have been licensed to Gametap and a couple other sites.
posted by box at 5:19 PM on December 23, 2009
posted by box at 5:19 PM on December 23, 2009
Response by poster: Unless I'm mistaken, Intellivision Rocks is different games from Intellivision Lives (and doesn't have Sea Battle).
Intellivision Greatest Hits, at $75, has me wondering if it wouldn't be worth it to go ahead and buy an original Intellivision system for $100-$150 and have the controllers too.
Before posting this question I had tried those links to the "other sites" and unfortunately they too were dead ends.
Thanks though.
posted by atm at 3:42 PM on December 24, 2009
Intellivision Greatest Hits, at $75, has me wondering if it wouldn't be worth it to go ahead and buy an original Intellivision system for $100-$150 and have the controllers too.
Before posting this question I had tried those links to the "other sites" and unfortunately they too were dead ends.
Thanks though.
posted by atm at 3:42 PM on December 24, 2009
Response by poster: Well, I went ahead and bought an Intellivision system on eBay for $50 including shipping, and the seller says it "works perfectly". I also bought a Sea Battle cartridge, including overlay and instructions for $8. So the problem is solved.
I'm ready to start kicking opposing navies' butts.
posted by atm at 7:08 PM on December 25, 2009
I'm ready to start kicking opposing navies' butts.
posted by atm at 7:08 PM on December 25, 2009
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posted by Mike Mongo at 10:38 PM on December 22, 2009