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Scott Adams Announces
“Return to Pirate’s Island II”

Scott Adams (the father of the text
adventure, not the Dilbert guy!) is work- Ok, not really. But, Ron Watt and Mark Boszko have created a hilarious ad
ing on a sequel to his hit game, Return parody by crossing the new style packaging of the iMac with the outdated clunki-
to Pirate’s Island. ness of our favorite console. It’s too bad it’s just a spoof because I’d buy one in a
True to its original form, Return to heartbeat!
Pirate’s Island II will not feature any
graphics, but will now allow full sen- Check out the full “advertisement” as well as their other works at:
tence commands as opposed to two-
word commands. http://www.aalgar.com/aalcorp/062900/
Return to Pirate’s Island II is due to
be released in August and can be pur-
chased and downloaded from Scott
Adams’ website. It will cost $14.95 and
will be playable on PC’s only.

http://www.msadams.com/

The Vintage Computer Festival 4.0 is a celebration of computers and their history. This San Jose, CA
event, being held September 30th through October 1st, features speakers, a vintage computer exhibition, a
vintage computer marketplace, and contests.

http://www.vintage.org/2000/

The Intellicart It's never
too early to
The Intellicart, created by Chad start thinking
Schell of California, is an Intellivision about the per-
cartridge emulator that connects to fect Christmas
your computer's serial port and allows gift for your
you to download Intellivision ROM im- favorite classic
ages and play them on your actual In- gamer, and we
tellivision. Chad wanted to use his have a great
computer skills to give something to the suggestion.
classic gaming community and came An all new 6th
up with the idea to produce the Intelli- edition of the
cart after reading about people's wishes for such a tool. Digital Press
As simply put as possible, you insert the Intellicart into your Intellivison, Classic Video
download a ROM image into the Intellicart from your computer (which is Game Collec-
attached to the Intellicart via a serial port), and play the game! tor's Guide will
The Intellicart serves as a blank slate each time the Intellivison is turned soon be avail-
on so that any number of games can be played using just one cart. Chad able as an updated replacement for the sold out 5th
has almost completed his first shipment of Intellicarts, and the edition.
feedback has been very positive. Other than a few minor glitches, people With previous editions being renowned as the
have been pleased with the cart's performance. He is currently forming a ultimate guides for classic video game collectors,
waiting list for a second run of the Intellicart. To learn more about his pro- the new edition will feature additional sections on
ject, how it works, and to read users' reviews, go to: classic 8-bit computers: Commodore 64, Texas
Instruments TI-99/4A, Commodore VIC-20, and the
http://www.schells.com/intellicart.html Tandy Color Computer TRS-80. It will also provide
collectors with updated rarities and price changes
so you'll know exactly what your flea market find is
worth.
We’re on the Web! With a scheduled release date of late fall, Digital
Press is now accepting pre-orders for the guide,
priced at $20 (including shipping to anywhere in the
http://www.classicgamer.com US).
www.digitpress.com/
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