Intellivision®: The Great Biplanes Tournament

[JimmyJazz13333]

I peed in my pants playing this game when I was 5!!! So funny

[digiprez77]

My sister and I used to play this game for hours at a time... The tank game on this cart was also quite good. More fun than armor battle in my book.

[Liquadia1]

me and my dad ALLWAYS played this lol i was 10 loved it

[Tagemandbagem]

Can my PC run this?

Intel Core i5 2500 3.3GHz 1155

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Gigabyte GA-H67MA-D2H

Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 2 x 2gig

[Schnitz1]

@Tagemandbagem

Without an emulator it can not.

[thedarkone2134]

@Tagemandbagem By definition no your computer can not run this as it's lacking the necessary GI CP1610 CPU and supporting hardware ;)

Thank goodness for emulators though.

[zacdeo]

amen to you altitude peeps

[dkseaverns1]

One of my favorite games ever!!!!

[gjc82071]

Wow, never played this game before. I searched for "Mattel Intellivision Bi-Plane (1981)" & realized it was on/part of the "Triple Action" cart, which I have (the ROM/emulator). Cool little game. I wish I could start or find a little online "Classic/Retro game lovers club" or something. A site where people can/do play rretro games online against each other on emulators that have "kaillera client". Maybe have a forum/message board for emulator/ROM help, & perhaps a "High Scores" section too.

[sneskegagama]

Wow Altitude took this formula and built upon it.

[cujocujocujocujocujo]

I am gonna kill myself befor monday if no sweet girl e-mail.

[earthjin2000]

Cool I just bought a game on steam that is based on this old game. Man it brought back memories. Think it is called Altitude.

[HereticJutah]

Oh crap... I actually have an original copy of triple action... it's falling apart cause me and my brothers used to play it all the time...

[Causalspark]

Working for Intellivision must have been the most fun time anyone could have.

[Fredthedrummer21]

The very first game I EVER played... I can remember how amazed I was at the concept that what I did with my fingers was affecting what was happening on the screen. Needless to say, this game started my passion for gaming, and watching this video is not without a strong sense of nostalgia. Thank you for uploading. :o)

[TNkenny]

this game was actually one of the more challanging games on Intl. (in my opinion) And one of the funnest too!

[Rombizio]

I really miss this game

[Pistogamo]

XDDDD i remember a lot of laughs on this game...hahaha this guys play it like they have a pair of su-27´s hahahahaha its just cool to see it now!!

[willdouglas77]

Wow this game brings up a lot of good times !!

[ogicabp4u]

Very addictive game!!

Just shows what can be done on a 4k ROM!

Colorful, great graphics and fun n fasst gameplay.

[dennislongusa]

they were around thirty something dollars a cartridge

[Rachman1337]

so fun :D

[johnesco]

It may not be apparent on this video, but it had a subtle physics simulation where you could stall if you climbed to steep. Trying to keep your plane going while shooting the other guy led to a LOT of screaming :-D

[Stingray55]

This is such a great game. Glad I can play it on my xbox today.

[maskedmosher]

im ganna ask some body.

back in the day what was the average retail price for an intellavision game.

[Polaris912b]

Depended on the title. Here, they ran $40-$60 new. Pretty much the same as today's games!

[kurisux]

but, consider inflation. 60 bucks back then would be more like 100 now.

Or did you already adjust? :p

[kkbeligerence]

i was king in my neighborhood, no one could beat me,

[3tausend]

It is one part of the game calling "Ttipple Action" is ist right ?

I love to play this....all time !!!

[velocity73R]

This was my favorite game in all, "Intellivision's' Lineup, and to think it was part of a three pack...The controls' were deadly, and stalling the bi-planes was the most fun...Hate to say it though if I could go back in time and get my skill back, I would own you fools... :)

[chrisdeitzel]

best 2 player game ever. I need to plug my system back in.

[PlayTheNESdotCOM]

Right in the FACE! haha Looks fun as hell, wish I'd have had an Intellivision back in the day.

[bicostp]

It's just like Atari's 'Combat', but with prettier graphics and really bad controllers! :D

[petesampras1974]

Pase cientos de horas juegando este juego con mis hermanos

[AlbertaGamer]

LOL - I remember playing this as a kid. Great fun.

[hlhr]

You folks had too much fun making video game history :D

[nigieworld73]

Death match 1982. Before the term was even widely used. COOL.

[howelldrake]

Loved this. You people had more fun creating the games than should be legal. As an Intellivision freak who's only played this on ps2, I have to say you kick my ass at Bi-Curious Planes. Either I really, *really* suck, or it was actually easier w/ the disk controller.

[chasesunlight]

I like their moves but the deal is my friend and I wil destroy the shit outta these guys.

[525830]

this was a killer

[EmmyKokoro]

Hahahaha that was fun, i still remember my old intellivision, this game is very fun. :P 5 stars! :P

[JonTerp]

Some needs to re make this game, it was simple multiplayer fun, and a sign of the future of gaming.

[badsysop]

These guys are pretty good!

[brobinson75]

Triple Action rocked; Bi-planes and Tanks were the coolest.

[joepod]

Was this any different from the flying game available on Triple Action?

[jon61]

Brings back a lot of memories - good kill at 4.00, but could the pilot have pulled up in time if it hadn't been the final kill of the game.

[Braununit]

me and my dad still play this from time to time on his intellivision, i always use the green plane and i ussaly win about 80% of the time. I love triple action, bi-planes and the tanks are the best

[Augiestyle]

That's what i love about classic video games: despite the simple & abstract 2D graphics, the gameplay was usually ultra-realistic. The appearance still let the player use his imagination, & due to the subtle accuracies of the gameplay (in this case the stalling of the planes), playing was a very "real" experience. These games were about skill & precision. & I can't help but be the 3rd person to mention the kill at 4:00, 1 of the greatest & most graceful video game maneuvers I've ever witnessed.

[airfixpelz]

Memories,memories,memories...

It was a great time!My first Intellivision game that was sold with the console.

[VoyBoyX]

Indeed, hot kill at the 4:00 mark. I didn't know the game was programmed for the planes to stall... man, that was a heck of a feature for an '82 game. Makes me kinda wish I had bought it-- but the auto game is what killed it for me. I'd have played Biplanes for hours!

[nostyleja]

OW! Great kill at 4:00. Well played lane-change maneuvers as of 6:21. The running commentary was something that we did frequently in our Intellivision household, I'm glad to see that this practice was alive at Mattel Electronics. This was indeed great.

[nostyleja]

Yeah, I remember reading that this was on everyone's station and was beginming to be a bit of a problem. Thanks for the footage!