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To nab your attention in the stores, Mattel provided sellers with demonstration
cartridges over the years that provided sneak peeks at the games available
for the Intellivision. Information is scanty, and I must thank
Intvman,
Pete2049, and
fasted for their sites and information
about the various Demo carts. Their sources are the Blue Sky Rangers. The
Official Site hasn't put up the
demo cart information, yet, so take this info as 2nd or 3rd hand at best!
Personally, I recall seeing the first demo cart, and possibly one other (that
memory is much hazier) in the stores Back In The Day. In more recent times, all of the demo variants have
been sighted on eBay in complete form - even shrinkwrapped!
The 1982/1983 demo that shows what is rumored to be the 8K version of Lock
'n' Chase is probably the most interesting one to have, simply because of that.
All of the demo carts run an infinite loop. In the USA demos, text screens
tout the greatness of the Intellivision, then show some scripted demos of some
of the most popular games.
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1978 Demonstration Cartridge (Blue) |
1682-0950 |
N/A |
N/A
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ER2 | One shrinkwrapped copy, two loose; back of box is 'manual'; game review / info |
Image not available |
1979 Demonstration Cartridge (Red) |
5932-0710 |
N/A |
N/A
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UR | Same as the 1978 demo in most respects, but references to the Keyboard Component are removed; back of box is 'manual' |
Image not available |
1982 Int'l Demonstration Cartridge |
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N/A
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UR | International demonstration cartridge |
Image not available |
1983 Demonstration Cartridge (Green) |
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N/A |
N/A
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UR | The last demonstration cartridge shows BurgerTime and the modified version of Lock 'n' Chase with a legitimate © symbol and the 'collapsing Lupin' animation |
The following items are still missing from the Demonstration part of my collection.
1979 Demo |
ROM variant of the blue 1978 demo, but no Keyboard Component references - (Red)
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1982 International Demo |
German version has really cool box (Spy)
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1982 / 1983 Demo |
Has BurgerTime and 'collapsing Lupin' Lock 'n' Chase demos (Green)
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