Intellivision® TV Commercial: Star Strike

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Who needs the Death-star now!?

[HomeskooledVideo]

Hahaha I wouldn't pay $2.99 for the game let alone the video.

[8BitBastard]

There. You see, Lord Vader? She can be reasonable. Continue with the operation. You may fire when ready.

[EdwardsGirl404]

Even though it's obvious that the planet is Earth, they had to say "planet" in the ad to avoid controversy - probably the first situation of video game violence.

[ProManUnitedFan]

2 people are actually smart and don't care for graphics unlike George Plimpton

[CatTitBingo]

they forgot to say intellivision does what atari doesnt or something like that

[fatograph]

Don't be so proud of this technological terror you have constructed, George Plimpton. The destruction of a planet is nothing in comparison to the Power of the Force!

[WebVMan]

$2.99 for a grainy 30 second spot? I can get way better quality videos from PSN... well, I could anyway. There's enough downloaders people don't need to pay for Youtube material.

[TheLastBrainLeft]

@ashenclone Most Intellevision games played better on the Atari 2600. While the games weren't as visually striking, they generally played faster. And you didn't have to deal with that piece of shit Intellivision controller.

[ninelivecat]

How come Intellivision didn't chase down arcade licenses like Atari did.

[TheLastBrainLeft]

@ninelivecat The Intellivision, which could produce superior graphics, paid for that advantage with a slower processor. It wasn't able to produce to the fast, frenetic shooting that Atari could provide. All you have to do is try and play the Intellivision's lame Space Invaders clone to see that. The only really good shooter Intellivision produced was Astrosmash.

[Agent1W]

2 people were left rather flat.

[mccarrpo]

That's great. Let's teach our kids how to blow up planet Earth.

[psycoticbastard]

Who needs half life 2 etc ? this is the best graphics !

[mariopianofreak]

MORE LIKE STARFUCK

[gyforget]

Totally fake. Plimpton is dead. They must have used footage from years ago to make these new commercials./

[rejectofsoul24]

but which has better gameplay?

[14rock9]

@rejectofsoul24 yeah, do they realize graphics dont make gameplay?

[PixieStixxandAdderal]

@rejectofsoul24 Star Strike.

I do like Asteroids though.

[TheLastBrainLeft]

@rejectofsoul24 Atari. Even the best Intellivision games were hampered by their controllers.

[TJae1]

fine jokes 4 a fine system ~

[derpenstein]

Star Strike was bad-ass. I played it for many hours as a kid.

[Apostacious]

#LOL better graphics doesn't mean better a game. I hate that dude.

[RawSteelUT]

@Apostacious Aw come on, ol George was probably paid for those commercials. He probably went home to play his 2600 after the shoot ended. :P

[MattTheSaiyan]

Very amusing commercial! Some things never change!

[disciple90633]

hmmm "Star" strike and total destruction of a planet.....wonder where they got that idea from.....

[WarioMan3KTheContra]

@disciple90633 Star Wars, anyone? ;)

[Enzo012]

I wounder how much that cardboard cutout of George Plimpson would go for on Ebay? Imagine having that stood in your room.

[Luigi84289]

I actually hate starstrike. So boring. There other space games were better.

[katakisLives]

I know which one I would have bought at the time! that's a cool looking game! but how many people in the street would name check it now! asteroids is a classic that stood the test of time!

[stiqman]

Star strike has total destruction of a planet.

[Muffincakeswithsugar]

@stiqman holy FUCK you serious dawg? BUYIN THAT SHIT RIGHT NOW

[carsonky]

This is the only game I ever played on a real Intellivision in the early 80s. Thx for the post.

[Herbarius]

"Starstrike features our most exciting visual effect: the total destruction of a planet."

LOL, even back then they were overly obsessed with "visual effects"... It's about gameplay, folks! Look at Tetris, one of the most popular games, but it only needs the most rudimentary graphics.

[rockolutheran]

R.I.P george

[mcorleonep]

I played both these games back in the day and I thought Star Strike sucked and Asteroids is still fun to play to this day thus it stood the tests of time well. (Throws egg on George Plimpton's face! :p)

[wolfschmidt11]

our newest element=total destruction of a planet.

[adog262]

Star Strike was in 3-D, that's for sure. However, I would have not compared it to Astroids.

In Astroids, you are a ship in defense against astroids. In Star Strike, you are trying to save planet earth, These 2 games are alike in that they're "space games," but nothing more.

[fjccommish]

Asteroids was far better.

[adog262]

Yes, but Astrosmash is even better! :)

In Astroids, the game only gets harder, even when you're struggling. In Astrosmash, however, the game gets easier when you're struggling. This makes the gameplay much more enjoyable.

[fjccommish]

Only games for losers get easier when you aren't doing well. The point of a game is you have to improve in order to win, not have the game get easier so anyone can win.

[adog262]

I know what you mean. XD

Sometimes it's like "WHY CAN'T I JUST DIE?!"

But it actually does get pretty hard. How many points did you get from that one?

[Herbarius]

yeah a comparison would have been Zaxxon for the Atari 2600, however that game was not BY Atari... (also I don't know if Star Strike came out before Zaxxon)

[adog262]

As far as I know, Zaxxon came after. First Zaxxon went into arcade, and then onto home consoles such as Atari VCS and Colecovision.

[dj4monie]

best version of Zaxxon is on the Colovision, second was the Intellivsion verison

[adog262]

I don't know, the arcade version had some rad sound effects! ;)

[Sharptooth100]

I must say that Intellevision should have continued to replace Nintendo such as the 8 bit Intellevision Entertainment System; 16 bit Super Intellevision; 64 bit Intellevision 64; Intellevsion Game Cube and Intellevision Wii. That's what Intellevision should do instead of Nintendo. I'm very unhappy that Intellevison was discontinued.

[Highretrogameblood89]

It's actually pretty funny that Mattel Electronics made a port of Star Strike to the Atari 2600, although they competed with Atari.

[nietzsche71]

total distruction of a planet

[n00berania]

Why does Mattel crap on Atari? These commercials kinda' reminds me of the Mac vs. PC ads.

[Capt777harris]

Intellivision had a small market share. I had one friend who had an Intellivision. Me and the rest of my friends had Atari. In fact one of my friend's dad was VP for Atari.

Intellivision had a lot of good games, but a lousy controller, that disk thing that was the basis for the Nintendo and SEGA controllers.

The animation in the Intel games wasn't the best. People liked smooth quick action. Intellevision didn't have that, so tried to "dis" Atari with superior graphics.

[Skylinesandsunsets]

I've played both games, and there's one comparison that George forgot to give: Atari's Asteriods was actually *FUN* to play. Star Strike was a B-O-R-E.

[djhives]

you must have not got to destroy the plant... that was fun.

[Skylinesandsunsets]

You don't destroy earth, you try to save it.  Star strike had neat-o graphics, but had lousy game play.

[Capt777harris]

Very true. Intellivsion games were hard to get into. I liked the horse racing one, and Sea Battle. But their aerial combat game was poor, and their racing game was just too hard to control.

Good football game though. Okay baseball game.

I remember this commercial too. Always wanted to play Star Strike, but my friend who had an intellevision, never got the game.

[Skylinesandsunsets]

Do what I do - Get an Intellivision emulator and download the Star Strike rom :)

[intellaricovision]

Skylinesandsunsets, how about you go buy the original system and play the ORIGINAL games. Your score doesn't count if you use the emulators...

[Skylinesandsunsets]

What? My score doesn't count if I use the emulators?!? Oh dear god no..NO...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOO!!

[cybersalad]

I was obsessed with Auto Racing. Although I was a ColecoVision elitist in those days...Intellivision's Auto Racing was the ultimate game.

[Capt777harris]

The Auto Racing game was impressive. I liked the way you could drive off the track and find that hidden dragstrip and pit row. Very advanced graphics and gameplay. But I preferred the Atari racing control to Intellivision's. A little easier to control. That's just me.

[cybersalad]

Yeah that's what blew me away--at the time the ability to drive and explore a 'vast' landscape just amazed me. I loved driving around finding stuff. That game was truly ahead of its time.

[clebo99]

Never a big fan of Star Strike...I liked Space Battle much better....

[djhives]

Billy D Willimas should have done these commercials

[Skylinesandsunsets]

Anybody more dynamic than George Plimpton would have sold more Intellivisions.

[djhives]

no - only billy dee williams could have done it better. he was from space

[queenofinsects]

TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A PLANET!!! YES!

[Nadav34]

The sound of the missle on its way of destroying the earth sounded like a big fart.

[justincrap]

if they had seen COD4 graphix then they'd have a heart attack lool

[fawdown]

It is too bad, Mattel did not have the licensing power that Atari had. The graphics and games on the INTV were more in depth. Even the Atari made Centipede cart was a step up.

[QueenFoaer]

I want an intellivison now lol

[BOX5]

intellivision was way better then atari, star strike was the shit, happy to say i won in this game,shit it's the first game i ever won in yell

[denilsonsa]

Hum... Was this an inspiration for those Apple vs PC commercials we see today?

[dorkydorkone]

That sound at 00:14 didn't appear in star strike.

[xderDoktor]

Astroid > Star Strike

I hate fake 3D games.

[PSPdude36]

Q: what is intellivision's best selling type of games?

A: the sports games

[RetroChump]

Even on the PS2 and XBOX version. Don't you forget it.

[jackmorgs]

LOL, can they keep dissing ATARI like hat? LMAO!

[christophernaze]

I hate crappy atari

[thebig1]

Atari is the best system ever. Colecovision is a close #2 though.

[jhuhn]

This clip is also found on the Intellivision Lives program on Nintendo Gamecube.

[RoyalKnightVI]

That planet explosion was the most realistic thing I've ever seen. I really hope this won't affect the children!

[geemoe2007]

So...THAT'S how the world will end? With a BANG?!!! ;-)

[RoyalKnightVI]

or with Jack Thompson

[geemoe2007]

Oh, yeah? Well...let's hope HE never decides to run for President...if he does, and wins, let's hope his missus Patricia reins him in before he goes INSANE, and unleashes NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON! :-O

[psycotikbastard]

omg that looks so realistic

[b799]

hell yeah nigga!

[StealthyPenguin]

lmao!