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the review system. 1 = Terrible, 5 = Awesome!
A classic not only on the Atari VCS, but the Intellivision as well.
| Graphics: 5
Sound: 4
Replay Value: 4
Notes: 1- or 2-player game
Screen Shots |
Demon Attack is by all measures a Classic.
It's much more than an adaptation of the Atari VCS classic. Some
of the smoothest animation I've ever seen on the Intellivision -
especially the Tentacled Terrorists. But, this also seems to be
one of the buggiest Intellivision games I've ever played. Many
games end with a lockup, or stick with sprites scrolling in a
fixed pattern and all other motion stopping (e.g. missile or
demon wraps around forever). Best
Score: 40321
[Game 1]
ROM |
No ROM variants have been identified. |
Box |
So far, four variations have been found. |
Manual |
Five variants have been identified. |
Overlays |
No variations have been found. |
Label |
To date, four labels have been recorded. |
Easter Eggs |
No Easter Eggs have been found. |
A total of four Demon Attack box variants have been documented.
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Imagic |
710005-1 Rev. A |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
Cover art uses chrome dinosaurs with rockets mounted on them; standard black tray with cardboard backing; has game name and catalog number on top; game title on silver background on spine |
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Imagic |
710005-1 Rev. B |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
Cover art uses cooler leathery 'space pterodactyl' painting from centerfold of manual; standard black tray with cardboard backing; has game name and catalog number on top; game title on silver background on spine; some copies have been found to contain a white tray rather than the traditional black one (as reported by boxpressed) |
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Imagic |
710005-2A |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
International Edition—text in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish; cover art uses cooler leathery 'space pterodactyl' painting from centerfold of manual; standard black tray with cardboard backing; has game name and catalog number on top; game title on silver background on spine |
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Digiplay |
N/A |
None |
Brazil |
Digiplay logo on box; no part number or copyright apparent; trayless pocket; manual and overlays in separate slots; 'Av. Açaí' address printed on back; special thanks to Intellivotion |
The box art for Demon Attack underwent a radical change. Gone were the
chrome-plated dinosaurs with cheap rockets glued to them! The more elegant
artwork from the manual was put on the front of the box instead.
Original Box Art (rev. A)
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Revised Box Art (rev. B)
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A total of five Demon Attack manual variants have been documented.
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Imagic |
700005-1A |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
Has chrome dinosaur artwork |
Image not available. |
Imagic |
700005-1B |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
UNCONFIRMED! Which artwork is on the cover of this version? Hankster has reported this version exists, but still need scans |
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Imagic |
700005-1C |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
Has cooler artwork cover using artwork from centerfold |
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Imagic |
700005-2A |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
International Edition—instructions in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish; uses cooler artwork cover using artwork from centerfold |
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Digiplay |
N/A |
None |
Brazil |
Digiplay edition; no part number or copyright apparent; submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper; 'Av. Açaí' address printed on back; special thanks to Intellivotion |
Supplemental Materials
The following supplemental materials have been found for Demon Attack.
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Imagic |
711005-1A |
2000 |
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Black text version of note about 2-player game |
The following sections describe the differences I've recognized so far between
revisions 700005-1A and 700005-1C. Not shown is the lighter, orange background
art from pages 11-12, as it's not obvious that the lighter colors are a true
revision, or just due to normal variations in printing. It's unclear which changes
first appeared in revision B, as this version hasn't been located yet.
The first internal change we see is on page two, in the illustration showing the overlays.
Page 2: Overlay Illustration (rev. A) |
Page 2: Overlay Illustration (rev. C) |
Here we have a very minor change on page four, where the sub-sub bullet was
resized. It's the bright blue star next to the auto-fire option.
Page 4: Auto-fire Blue Bullet Size |
Page 4: Auto-fire Blue Bullet Size |
The color of the rocket ship's exhaust changed from yellow to pink. Hmmm...
Page 9, 13: Rocket Exhaust Color (rev. A) |
Page 9, 13: Rocket Exhaust Color (rev. C) |
Here we see that the overlay order form had expanded, and that the mailing
address to order replacements changed.
Page 14: Overlay Order Form (rev. A) |
Page 14: Overlay Order Form (rev. C) |
Finally, we see that the designer credit and consumer affairs address changed.
Back Cover: Credit |
Back Cover: Credit |
A total of two Demon Attack overlay variants have been documented.
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Imagic |
140005-1A |
1982 |
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Phil Boland |
140005-1A PRTD2014 |
1982 |
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Part of the Imagic Overlays 2.0 Set (2016) |
A total of four Demon Attack label variants have been documented.
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Imagic |
720005-1A |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
Picture label with the chrome dinosaur artwork |
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Imagic |
720005-1A |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
Picture label with pterodactyls; ironically the part number is not different (suspect it should be version 1B, as box is) |
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Imagic |
720005-2A |
1982 |
U.S.A. |
International Edition—label text in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish; silver label |
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Digiplay |
N/A |
1982 |
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Digiplay edition; has © Imagic 1982; game title not translated; standard Mattel cartridge shell, with dark blue label; large label, square corners; special thanks to Intellivotion |
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Typical Imagic arract mode title screen. |
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The 'splitter' aliens (Tentacled Terrorists) are pretty tough, and very smoothly animated. My only complaint is that I wish they were more colorful. (Of course this can't be so because of the limitations of the Intellivision's graphics chip, mainly.) |
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The mothership battle is dang impressive. In fact, there may have even been a legal spat over this vs. the Phoenix arcade game at some point. |
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