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Published on 1/22/2021
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain was released for the Intellivision console in 1982 and was the first licensed D&D videogame. Though it bears little resemblance to the iconic tabletop RPG, it does have dungeons and it also has dragons.
The gameplay involves exploring a series of randomly generated mazes, searching for tools or arrows with which to progress on the overworld map, or to defeat monsters. The end goal is to reach Cloudy Mountain and recover the Crown of Kings from the fearsome winged dragons.
Watch as Winslinator improves on his previous by 1 frame thanks to better lag management.
If you're itching for more Advanced Dungeons & Dragons we also have a run for the second title Treasure of Tarmin.

Published on 7/22/2021
The gameplay of AD&D: Cloudy Mountain involves exploring a series of randomly generated mazes, searching for tools or arrows with which to progress on the overworld map, or to defeat monsters. The end goal is to reach Cloudy Mountain and recover the Crown of Kings from the fearsome winged dragons!
Winslinator uses two controllers and substantial luck manipulation to tear through the game's content while collecting the key, axe, and boat in the process.
If you're itching for more Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, we also have a run for this title's fastest completion.

Published on 3/31/2020
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin was the second licensed AD&D videogame on the Intellivision. The gameplay involves exploring a series of randomly generated mazes searching for weapons, armor, treasures, and magical items to battle a wide variety of monsters RPG-style. The game was released in 1982, meaning the 3D dungeon crawler perspective was very innovative for its time.
In this run, Winslinator uses an absurd amount of luck manipulation to breeze through the 12 chambers, defeat the Minotaur, and collect the Tarmin Treasure in under a minute. It improves upon the previous run by 00:07.63 seconds, thanks to a completely reworked route that features better movement optimization, collects the Teleport book earlier, and forgoes collecting the Midas book!
If you're itching for more Advanced Dungeons & Dragons we also have a run for the first title, Cloudy Mountain.

Published on 6/29/2023
Bump 'n' Jump, also known in Japan as Burnin' Rubber (バーニンラバー), is a combat racing game that initially released for the arcades and was later ported to the Intellivision, Atari 2600, and NES. On a perilous road filled with cars and dump trucks out to ruin your day, your goal is to get to the finish line without losing all of your lives. Thankfully, to make things easier, you can bump cars to destroy them or to get a small speed boost, Trucks can't be bumped, sadly. The "Jump" part comes from having to jump rivers that have unfinished bridges.
Darkman425 here completes all 32 unique tracks in the game as fast as possible, with a good amount of RNG manipulation done to make fewer trucks spawn and for more ideal car layouts.
Game:
Bump 'n' Jump

Genres:
Action
Racing
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 1/20/2021
BurgerTime is a port of the classic 1982 arcade game, released by Mattel Electronics in 1983 after they acquired the rights to the title from Data East. The player controls Peter Pepper, who must walk over giant hamburger toppings to send them to lower floors, eventually forming complete burgers. Players must avoid the enemies Hot Dog, Mr. Pickle, and Mr. Egg while building burgers, or crush them under falling ingredients.
Winslinator completes one loop of the game's seven stages in record time.
You can watch a TAS of the NES port of BurgerTime here.
Game:
BurgerTime

Genres:
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4

Published on 10/11/2022
Checkers is a video game for the Intellivision based on the board game of the same name. Being produced on a console that's of the same generation as the Atari 2600, the opponent AI takes a while computing possible moves to take against you. Unlike the Atari 2600 version, it takes much less time to do so and it doesn't cut to a black screen while it computes.
Winslinator carefully uses moves that minimize the time the AI takes to compute its moves and beats it in record time.
Game:
Checkers

Genres:
Board
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 12/18/2022
Diner is a video game that was released for the Intellivision in 1987, years after Mattel had stopped supporting the console. Originally conceived as a He-Man game, it was instead designed as a sequel to the arcade classic BurgerTime. As with that game, you play as a chef in a weird world filled with giant walking food that wants to kill you. Your objective is to kick big balls of edible food off the level and into a plate at the bottom. To stop the killer food from getting you, you can kick the food balls over them or use special peppers that can immobilize them.
In this run, Twisted Eye completes all 15 unique levels the game has to offer in record time.
Game:
Diner

Genres:
Action
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.6.1

Published on 5/27/2021
Donkey Kong is a classic arcade game that spawned many ports, including this very Intellivision port.
This is an improvement by 00:00.22 seconds thanks to better menuing.
Game:
Donkey Kong

Genres:
Platformer
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4

Published on 2/27/2021
Donkey Kong Jr. was originally released in the arcades in 1982 as a sequel to Donkey Kong. In this game, Mario plays the antagonist, finally having captured Donkey Kong, and has put the ape in a locked cage.
Winslinator plays through the Intellivision port in record time.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4

Published on 11/26/2022
Flapee Bird [sic] is a homebrew port of Flappy Bird to the Intellivision. As with the original iOS game, the goal is to have the bird flying across as many pipe gaps as possible without crashing. As the game progresses, the pipes get closer and closer together, increasing the difficulty.
In this run, Winslinator decides to reach the maximum score possible in this game of 9999, with the help of a script to automate the process.
You can get the game here.
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BizHawk 2.8

Published on 5/19/2023
Frankenstein's Monster is a homebrew port of the Atari 2600 game of the same name to the Intellivision. As with that game, the goal is to build a barricade around Frankenstein's monster before it comes to life. To do this, you must venture in and out of Frankenstein's castle to retrieve materials needed for the barricade, avoiding giant spiders, bats, and pits of acid along the way.
nymx and MrTASer collaborate to complete every level the game as to offer in record time, which is 12 different layouts of increasing difficulty, each with 6 stages of wall building.
You can get the game here.

Published on 2/4/2023
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack is a collection of gambling games released for the Intellivision and was the first game to be bundled with the Model 1 console during its launch. The collection includes Blackjack and three Poker variants, Five Card Draw, Five Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud. You can either play against the computer dealer or another player in each game.
Winslinator beats all four gambling games offered in record time, doing a hefty amount of RNG manipulation in the process.

Published on 6/17/2018
Night Stalker is a top-down maze shooter released in 1982 for the Mattel Intellivision. You are trapped in a maze while robots, spiders, and bats relentlessly track you down. The key to survival is to destroy as many of them as possible -- before they get you!
While the robots only spawn in the lower left corner of the map, the player is normally given an incentive to wander throughout the maze when ammo spawns in a far away location. Winslinator and SuperMonkeypotato make the game look too easy by manipulating ammo to also only spawn in the lower left corner for the fastest robot massacre in history! The robots aren't shown any mercy once an Invisible Robot is killed, which appears after 80,000 points is reached, and marks all of the game's content being showcased.

Published on 3/10/2023
PBA Bowling is a bowling game for the Intellivision that is licensed after the brand of the Professional Bowlers Association. In this game are two modes of play: standard bowling and Pick-Up Spares. Pick-Up Spares is a challenge mode that randomly arranges the pins to let you practice hitting difficult spares.
DrD2k9 opts to play the standard bowling mode for this run and completes it in record time with the usage of both the 1st and 2nd player controllers. For more information on how that was done, you can read the author's notes.

Published on 3/11/2023
PBA Bowling is a bowling game for the Intellivision that is licensed after the brand of the Professional Bowlers Association. In this game are two modes of play: standard bowling and Pick-Up Spares. Pick-Up Spares is a challenge mode that randomly arranges the pins to let you practice hitting difficult spares.
DrD2k9 improves on his previous run by 8 seconds through the usage of two controllers, with the second one used to manipulate the RNG to give the most favorable pin layouts. For more details on the necessity of two controllers and other things, you can read the author's notes.
Game:
PBA Bowling

Genres:
Sport
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 3/14/2023
PBA Bowling is a bowling game for the Intellivision that is licensed after the brand of the Professional Bowlers Association. In this game are two modes of play: standard bowling and Pick-Up Spares. Pick-Up Spares is a challenge mode that randomly arranges the pins to let you practice hitting difficult spares.
In this run, DrD2k9 decides to play Pick-Up Spares mode with the objective of getting the maximum score possible in that mode. A good degree of RNG manipulation was done to get the most favorable pin layouts to achieve this.
Game:
PBA Bowling

Genres:
Sport
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 11/12/2018
Sewer Sam is an Intellivision and ColecoVision game, developed and published by Interphase in 1983 featuring a guy named Sam going through a network of sewers. Sam is armed with a six-shot revolver and has to locate and destroy three enemy submarines that are hidden inside this maze of sewers. Along the way, plenty of sewer wildlife is out to get him, so those need to be shot or otherwise avoided as well.

Published on 7/28/2022
Sharp Shot is an Intellivision game filled with four minigames that revolve around aiming at things: Touchdown Passing, Space Gunner, Submarine, and Maze Shoot. Touchdown Passing has you throwing footballs at receivers for scoring touchdowns while the rest has you shooting at moving objects. The goal is to earn as many points as you can in 60 seconds.
In this run, Winslinator manipulates the RNG and uses tight movements in order to score as many points as possible for each minigame. Two players are used in certain minigames where both can play at the same time.

Published on 3/21/2021
The alien armada is closing in on your Mother Ship. You're awesomely outnumbered, and they attack and attack... In Space Battle, the player is put in command of three fighter squadrons, tasked with protecting their mothership from an alien aggressor. The game has two modes that the player can switch between: a "situation map" where the player sends their own fighters to intercept alien squadrons, and a battle screen that allows the player to fight the enemy directly by destroying their ships with lasers.
While the player can only engage in battle with one squadron at a time, the player's other squadrons will engage with the enemy in real time, via a simple AI. In this run, Winslinator defeats the alien armada in record time by deft control of the battle screen, allowing the blue and white player squadron to destroy their targets quickly, then manipulating luck such that the AI proceeds to defeat all of the remaining enemy fleet.
As a fun side-note on the development of this game: the alien invaders are clearly designed after the Cylon Raiders from the original Battlestar Galactica. One of Mattel's subsidiary companies had rights to produce Battlestar Galactica toys, but it was discovered late into development of this game that Mattel itself did not get the rights to the name, so this game had its name changed to Space Battle but still featured the not-Cylon sprites.

Published on 3/20/2021
In Star Strike, the player controls a spaceship launched against invaders that are attempting to destroy Earth with the DeathSt... er, an alien planet-destroying superweapon! Players fly along a trench in the alien superweapon, destroying weapon silos and fending off alien fighters. If any silos are left standing when Earth is in range, it's game over.
Winslinator bombs all 5 weapon silos in record time, while completely ignoring the harassing enemy fighters since destroying them causes costly lag.
Game:
Star Strike

Genres:
Shooter
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4

Published on 1/28/2021
Thunder Castle is a whimsical medieval fantasy game. You're the knight in shining armor on your quest for survival. Your journey takes you through the enchanted forest where three dragons wait with heated breath. Then, through a castle maze with six wicked wizards. Finally to a dark and dreary dungeon where the nine demons present your final challenge!
Along the way, you'll find creatures that energize your knight when touched, giving you the strength to slay your enemies. Keep your eye out for treasures too as they can grant other special abilities!
Winslinator completes the three stages the game has to offer in record time.
Game:
Thunder Castle

Genres:
Action
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.4

Published on 5/16/2022
Explore winding corridors! Collect magical treasures! Battle vile monsters! Escape perilous traps! You are about to face the greatest challenge any mortal has ever known -- the Tower of Doom. a roguelike featuring 10 selectable characters and 14 adventures. Surviving the Tower of Doom requires quick reflexes and quicker wits. You must learn for yourself how to use many of the items you will find. You must decide when to fight a monster, and when to trade treasure for your life. You must maintain your strength, increase your stamina, and develop your diplomatic skills.
Winslinator saves 1:32.22 over their previous run by using a more optimal seed that requires less rooms to be entered and through even more extensive RNG manipulation.

Published on 9/16/2022
Explore winding corridors! Collect magical treasures! Battle vile monsters! Escape perilous traps! You are about to face the greatest challenge any mortal has ever known -- the Tower of Doom. a roguelike featuring 10 selectable characters and 14 adventures. Surviving the Tower of Doom requires quick reflexes and quicker wits. You must learn for yourself how to use many of the items you will find. You must decide when to fight a monster, and when to trade treasure for your life. You must maintain your strength, increase your stamina, and develop your diplomatic skills.
Winslinator decides use the most optimal character and scenario that can be used for this run, the Warlock and "The Fortress", in order to beat the game as fast as possible. For further details, you can read the author's notes.
Game:
Tower of Doom

Genres:
RPG
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 1/5/2023
Explore winding corridors! Collect magical treasures! Battle vile monsters! Escape perilous traps! You are about to face the greatest challenge any mortal has ever known -- the Tower of Doom. Surviving the Tower of Doom requires quick reflexes and quicker wits. You must learn for yourself how to use many of the items you will find. You must decide when to fight a monster, and when to trade treasure for your life. You must maintain your strength, increase your stamina, and develop your diplomatic skills.
Winslinator beats the game on the Novice adventure quest with the Novice character in record time, throwing lots of axes in the process to get lucky.
Game:
Tower of Doom

Genres:
RPG
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 12/4/2022
Tropical Trouble is an arcade-like action game for the Intellivision. Clarence and Doris have found themselves shipwrecked on an island when suddenly, a huge Beach Bruiser kidnaps Doris and literally kicks Clarence's butt to the side. Clarence must now get Doris back from the Beach Bruiser while avoiding all kinds of hazards on the island along the way.
In this run, Twisted Eye completes a loop of levels on the hardest difficulty in record time.
Game:
Tropical Trouble

Genres:
Action
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 3/3/2023
Tutankham is an arcade game developed by Konami that was ported to home consoles such as the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision by Parker Brothers. You play as an ambitious grave robber that's plundering the tomb of Tutankhamun, hoping to find riches and treasures. Unfortunately, there are a bunch of magical curses and wild animals such as dragons that can kill you in one hit. You can shoot them off with your gun, but you can't shoot up or down. You also can only carry one key in a time, and there are multiple locked doors in each level.
Winslinator and feos make their trek in the tomb much easier through the power of RNG manipulation, causing enemies to not spawn most of the time, and complete one loop of the game in record time.

Published on 7/19/2021
U.S. Ski Team Skiing, later re-released as Skiing, is an early sports game that features both downhill and slalom courses on which up to 6 players can compete. The goal of the game is simple: reach the end of the chosen course as fast as possible. Each player's fastest time is chosen from their best performance over three heats.
In the first heat, Winslinator skis through the Downhill course in the fastest in-game time. He follows that up by beating the second and third heats in the fastest real time.

Published on 3/3/2023
USCF Chess is a chess video game that uses the name of the United States Chess Federation for branding purposes. It comes with both a one player mode and two player mode. In one player mode, you play against the AI with the difficulty of your choice. The higher the difficulty, the longer it takes for the AI to come up with a move to play against you, with some moves even taking hours to happen.
In this run, Winslinator chooses to play against the AI at Level 1, the lowest difficulty, and trounces it in record time.

Published on 3/4/2023
USCF Chess is a chess video game that uses the name of the United States Chess Federation for branding purposes. It comes with both a one player mode and two player mode. In one player mode, you play against the AI with the difficulty of your choice. The higher the difficulty, the longer it takes for the AI to come up with a move to play against you, with some moves even taking hours to happen.
For this run, Winslinator chooses to play against the AI at the Level 6 difficulty, the highest difficulty the game can go and still make moves on its own, and beats it as fast as possible. The moves taken by Winslinator are chosen so that the AI won't spend too long calculating its next move. They are not meant to be the most optimal moves used in an actual chess game.
There are also encodes that cut down on the time it takes for the AI to think for those in a hurry.

Published on 3/4/2023
USCF Chess is a chess video game that uses the name of the United States Chess Federation for branding purposes. It comes with both a one player mode and two player mode. In one player mode, you play against the AI with the difficulty of your choice. The higher the difficulty, the longer it takes for the AI to come up with a move to play against you, with some moves even taking hours to happen.
Winslinator in this run beats the AI at the easiest difficulty as fast as possible by glitching it into making blunders and outright illegal moves while technically making legal moves himself the whole time. For more details on how this is achieved, you can read the author's notes.

Published on 10/23/2022
Venture is an action-adventure game where a treasure hunter named Winky goes into dungeons to find treasure. The goal is the get all of the treasure in each level while fighting and dodging monsters. Stay in a room too long and a big monster called the Hallmonster will chase down Winky and try to kill him.
In this run, Winslinator plays the game until the difficulty can no longer increase, collecting all of the treasure in the process. The difficulty of the game stops increasing after level 9.
Game:
Venture

Genres:
Action
Adventure
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 12/30/2022
The original arcade game Zaxxon was the first game to employ an isometric perspective, later used in other games like Q*Bert, Marble Madness, and Fallout. This ColecoVision port preserves the graphical style which gave the game its name – AXONometric projection.
This run by Winslinator uses the hardest difficulty and avoids shooting shots in order to beat the first cycle of the game in under a minute.
Game:
Zaxxon

Genres:
Shooter
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8


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