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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 20 January 2010 )
Intellivision Rap Song
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Dr. Demento regular, the great Luke Ski, has written and posted a rap song about Intellivision. He tells us it is a true story. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Blue Sky Ranger Discusses Groundbreaking Intellivision Game at Health Conference
Friday, 29 May 2009
Blue Sky Ranger Rick Levine will be a guest speaker at the Games for
Health conference in Boston (June 11 & 12, 2009). Games for Health has
been held annually since 2004, and it is part of the Serious Games
Initiative.
Rick is well-known for creating the Intellivision game Microsurgeon back in 1983 for Imagic. In the game, the player moves a robot probe through a patient's body, cutting out tumors and blood clots. Rick used his experience in the medical field to create a game that was ahead of its time, using factual medical information in a game that was fun and educational.
At the conference, Rick will discuss Microsurgeon in a Q&A format, with the game playing on a big screen.
For more about the conference, check out these links:
NOTE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE THERE: Because they let in people early for the next screening, we had to move the awarding of door prizes into the lobby. We know some people didn't find us and left without finding out if they won. If you still have your door prize ticket, email us the number (to
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Last Updated ( Friday, 08 May 2009 )
Arcade Documentary Screening with Director Q&A Sunday
Saturday, 25 April 2009
Lincoln Ruchti (above right) talks with host Robert Welkner about his documentary film Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade on the web show Coin-Op TV. Inspired by a Life Magazine photo from 1982 showing the top arcade scorers in the country (below), Ruchti follows these gamers from their glory days in the arcades to their lives today. For some it's just a fond memory; others are still defending their claims to the high scores. Their stories are bizarre, touching and funny, often all at once.
Intellivision Productions, Inc. is sponsoring a screening of the film Sunday, April 26 at 2PM as part of the Los Angeles Harbor International Film Festival in San Pedro, California. After the screening, Ruchti will take questions from the audience. Well worth the $10 ticket price, right?
But wait! There's more! Yes, DOOR PRIZES! You arcade fans out there know Billy Mitchell, holder of multiple arcade machine world-records and the first person ever to score a perfect game in Pac-Man (3,333,360 points). He's featured in the film. He's also proprietor of Rickey's World Famous Hot Sauces. He's sent us a case of his hot sauce specially labeled with the Chasing Ghosts logo and the April 26, 2009 screening date. These limited and numbered collectors bottles will be given to randomly selected attendees of the screening. Copies of the music CD Intellivision in Hi-Fi will also be handed out, courtesy Intellivision Productions.
In addition to sponsoring this screening, Intellivision Productions provided footage from two vintage commercials - BurgerTime and Major League Baseball - to use in the film. "We're proud to be part of this movie," says Intellivision president Keith Robinson. "A big part of what we do is preserving and promoting video game history. Chasing Ghosts is an important document of that wild era when the arcade was the center of so many kids' lives."
If you're in the Los Angeles area this weekend, please join Lincoln Ruchti, Keith Robinson and a bunch of the Blue Sky Rangers at the screening! The Film Festival is being held at the historic Warner Grand Theatre, 478 West 6th Street in downtown San Pedro, California. Doors for Chasing Ghosts open at 1:30 PM. Tickets are $10. You can buy tickets at the door, or order online here.
Blue Sky Ranger Rick Levine will be a guest speaker at the Games for
Health conference in Boston (June 11 & 12, 2009). Games for Health has
been held annually since 2004, and it is part of the Serious Games
Initiative.
Rick is well-known for creating the Intellivision game Microsurgeon back in 1983 for Imagic. In the game, the player moves a robot probe through a patient's body, cutting out tumors and blood clots. Rick used his experience in the medical field to create a game that was ahead of its time, using factual medical information in a game that was fun and educational.
