BOMB SQUAD
(Posted 2013-03-12 08:38:11 by basscomm)

While growing up, I never had an Intellivision, and I never was friends
with anyone that had one (or if they did, they kept their mouths shut about
it). But, I happened across this gem at a yard sale, and the price was
right, so I jumped on it. No, that's not why the box is flattened.

Image: Bomb Squad Box [
http://www.crummysocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_20130311_223448-300x225.jpg
] [
http://www.crummysocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_20130311_223448.jpg
]

But why would I get a game for a console that I don't have? Well, I might
get one some day, but that's a pretty flimsy excuse. The bigger reason is
that it was bundled in free with the game I actually wanted... which we'll
talk about later this week. A third reason is because I really like the
package art of a lot of the older titles [
http://gaming.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Atari_2600_box_art ]. 

But there's not really a lot of art to be had here, either. 

Image: Bomb Squad Box Innards [
http://www.crummysocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_20130311_223547-300x225.jpg
] [
http://www.crummysocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_20130311_223547.jpg
]

I was intrigued to find that this was a game that talks (or so the box
says). I didn't think that this capability came into use much later,
especially for home entertainment devices. And even then we were restricted
to a word or two, at maximum, compressed so much that it sounded like the
clip was recorded by putting a microphone against the wall of an apartment
and hoping your neighbors said something you could use in your game. 

But this one was different. It uses a synthesized voice, of course, but it
actually sounds decent [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anaKsrK_BbI ].

Now I feel like I need to find an Intellivision system, and an Intellivoice
module [ http://www.old-computers.com/museum/printer_view.asp?c=1205&pxz=2
].

Shouldn't be too hard, right?

Image: VOLTMTR [
http://www.crummysocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/VOLTMTR-252x300.png ]

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