"It is safe to say that all Intellivision games are playable with only a few games mostly sports titles such as Baseball, Football, Golf, Hockey where gameplay is adversely affected. Bomb Squad and Vectron are playable but some elements of game are much tougher. My conclusion is that the RetroGameBoyz Intelli-stick functions with all games, works well with most games with the exception of a few sports titles and Vectron.
Finding the diagonals is important in Venture and they are tough to consistently pull off with the OEM disc but with the RetroGameBoyz Intelli-stick they are effortless and make Venture a much more enjoyable game.. Armor Battle which is a 2 player only game IS PLAYABLE with only 8 directions but when comparing the Intelli-stick to the OEM disc controller, there is much smoother rotation with the disc than the Intelli-stick, but if there were 2 Intelli-sticks it would be very playable because both player have the same limitations." ~ Mitchell Azevedo
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- Plug fits directly in Intellivision II units - adapter available for model 1
- NOT FOR Intellivision Flashback
- THIS IS NOT A 16 WAY STICK LIKE THE ORIGINAL DISC
(but really doesn't effect game play, see game list info below)
- THIS REQUIRES 3 AAA batteries (included)
- There is an adapter available for Mattel Intellivision Model 1, please inquire
- Please specify if you want the stick on the right or left
The RetroGameBoyz Intellivision II Arcade Stick provides the following:
- Framed keypad insert - it does the job, but since the buttons are raised it does not feel the same, and certain insert graphics are positioned differently per game, so it may take getting used to for some games
- Compatibility with the Sears Super Video Arcade
- 8 way microswitch arcade stick (high quality JLF (Sanwa copy / clone)
(Appropriate deadzone, throw and engage feel and a standard SQUARE configurable restrictor gate)
- 3 independent micro switch click buttons (high quality JLF (Sanwa copy / clone)
- Custom designed control board & voltage regulator
powered by 3 AAA batteries - Custom designed wire harnesses
- Custom designed keypad to work with the Intellivision system
- Switched AAA Battery pack and LED power indicator (color will vary)
- 3 x AAA batteries included
- Support for most (if not all) Intellivision games (see lists below)
- Intellivision styling (can be customized if desired - extra fee)
- LED Power indicator color will vary based on availability
Below are the initial testing results for existing physical games that were available at the time of testing. The below list does not represent all the games that are playable. Special thanks to Mitchell Azevedo for putting Compact Prototype #1 through its paces and compiling this list of Intellivision games that are compatible with the RetroGameBoyz Intellivision II arcade stick.
Games 100% compatible with 4 or 8 directions
- AD&D Treasure of Tarmin
- Astrosmash
- Backgammon
- Beauty and the Beast
- Blockade Runner
- Bomb Squad
- BurgerTime
- Buzz bombers
- Centipede
- Checkers
- Chip Shot
- Decathlon
- Defender
- Demon Attack
- Dig Dug
- The Dreadnaught Factor
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Horse Racing
- Kool-Aid Man
- Learning Fun I
- Lock n’ Chase
- Loco-Motion
- Math Fun
- Maze-a-Tron
- Mission-X
- Mountain Madness
- Mouse Trap
- Night Stalker
- Pac-Man
- Pinball
- Pitfall!
- Poker & Black Jack
- Popeye
- Q*bert
- River Raid
- Royal Dealer
- Safe Cracker
- Sewer Sam
- Sharp Shot
- Snafu
- Space Armada
- Space Spartans
- Super Cobra
- Thin Ice
- Thunder Castle
- Tower of Doom
- Truckin'
- Turbo
- U.S. Ski Team
- Venture
- Worm Whomper
- Zaxxon - this port is the worst I have ever seen lol
- Mouse Trap
16 direction games that are 100% playable in 8 directions
- Shark! Shark! = Originally designed for 16 directions. Still very fun playable with 8 directions.
- Bump'n'Jump = Original was 8 direction. 16 Doubles moving/shooting precision. Still very fun playable with 8 directions.
- Tron: Deadly Discs
16 direction games where precision may be affected by only 8 directions
- Baseball = movement precision is cut in half
- Bomb Squad = movement precision is cut in half but not noticeable (see video)
- Football = movement precision is cut in half
- Golf = Shot accuracy is cut in half
- Hockey = Shooting precision is cut in half
- Vectron = movement precision is cut in half
- AD&D Cloudy Mountain = I struggled to squeeze by a blob
- Bump'n'Jump = Original was 8 direction. 16 Doubles moving/shooting precision. Playable in 8 direction.
- Soccer = Shooting precision is cut in half
- Space Hawk = playable but much tougher with only 8 directions.
Reference: Intellivision games that use 16 directions
- AD&D Cloudy Mountain
- Armor Battle
- Bump'n'Jump
- Commando
- Golf
- Hockey
- Ice Trek
- Shark! Shark!
- Soccer
- Space Hawk
- Tron Deadly Discs
- Tron Maze-a-Tron
- Utopia
- Vectron