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'Intellivision Lives!' will not be sold in GameStop stores, available through web store only
A Facebook posting by the folks behind Intellivision Lives! states that the DS version of the game won't be sold by GameStop, but the retail giant claims that isn't exactly true. According to the Intellivision Lives! devs, their publisher was informed by GameStop that the retailer would not carry the game because it didn't fit the store's demographics. Contacting GameStop, Joystiq was told by a corporate representative: "Intellivision Lives! DS will be available for purchase on GameStop.com." Ah, semantics. A quick check of GameStop's website doesn't show a listing for the game at this time. Intellivision Lives! is scheduled for release sometime this month.
Intellivision Lives! comes back from the dead this September
Virtual Play Games unearthed a collection of ancient relics, believed to have been called "Intellivision games" in their time. To allow modern audiences to examine these historical artifacts for themselves, Virtual Play has built a mobile exhibition called Intellivision Lives!, which requires only a Nintendo DS for admission. In other words, the publisher's putting a bunch of old games on a DS cartridge and selling it this September. The collection includes classics like Astro Smash, Armor Battle, Night Stalker and Shark! Shark! (a precursor of Flow), as well as six unreleased games, for a total of 60 titles from Mattel's console. The DS touchscreen substitutes for the Intellivision controller's number pad, with an image of each game's custom controller overlay! The last we heard of this project, it had been banished from DSiWare. It'll finally be out (as a cartridge-based game) this September, and we'll get a chance to play ... these games that have been out since 1982.
Intellivision DSi collection held back by Nintendo policy
Would you like to have a downloadable collection of vintage console games on the DSi? We would too! Oh well. When the DSi was announced, Intellivision president and IP holder Keith Robinson decided to move a stalled DS version of the Intellivision Lives compilation to DSiWare. However, Nintendo rejected the project. Apparently, according to an email Robinson received from Nintendo, WiiWare and DSiWare games cannot "run under emulation."Because of this rule, we're missing out on the most authentic presentation of Intellivision games yet. Look at that -- even the Intellivision keypad is emulated on the touch screen, with overlays and everything. Nintendo didn't respond to IGN's inquiry about the rule, so as of yet we don't have an explanation for the refusal. It's likely that Nintendo refuses emulated projects to avoid Virtual Console-style games on WiiWare. But there's no Virtual Console on DSi, so either that rule needs to be changed or there will be a VC soon. Scratch that -- the rule needs to be changed.
