#mattel aquarius

[wisconsincomputerclub]

The Wisconsin Computer Club's last show at the Portage County IDEA center went really well. The theme was "weird" and a lot of the oddball equipment rolled out!

[barbiesince59]

Zodiac - 2004

[beretheiv]

myscene kennedy was an aquarius icon omg

[what-shitfuckery-is-this-ew]

BOYCOTTING FOR PALESTINE

The Official BDS Boycott Targets

Campaigns

Block the boat: End maritime arms transfer to Israel

Ban Apartheid Israel from Sports (FIFA, Olympics)

CAF get off Israel's train: Boycott CAF

Greenwashing Apartheid

Israeli Spyware

Military Embargo

Farming Injustice

Consumer Boycotts - a complete boycott of these brands

Cisco

Axa

Puma

Carrefour

HP

Siemens

Chevron

Intel

Caltex

Israeli produce

Re/max

Ahava

Texaco

Sodastream

Intel

Organic Boycott Targets - boycotts not initiated by BDS but still complete boycott of these brands

Disney

Macdonald's

Dominos

Papa Johns

Burger King

Pizza Hut

Wix

Divestments and exclusion - pressure governments, institutions, investment funds, city councils, etc. to exclude from procurement contracts and investments and to divest from these

Elbit Systems

CAF

Volvo

CAT

Barclays

JCB

HD Hyundai

TKH Security

HikVision

Pressure - boycotts when reasonable alternatives exist, as well as lobbying, peaceful disruptions, and social media pressure.

Google

Amazon

AirBnb

Booking.Com

Expedia

Teva

Here are some companies that strongly support Israel (but are not Boycott targets). There is no ethical consumption under capitalism and boycotting is a political strategy - not a moral one. If you did try to boycott every supporter of Israel you would struggle to survive because every major company supports Israel (as a result of attempting to keep the US economy afloat), that being said, the ones that are being boycotted by masses and not already on the organic boycott list are coloured red.

5 Star Chocolate

7Days

7Up

Apple

Arsenal FC

ALDO

Arket

Axe

Accenture

Ariel

Adidas

ActionIQ

Aquafina

Amika

AccuWeather

Activia

Adobe

Aesop

Azrieli Group

American Eagle

Amway Corp

Axel Springer

American Airlines

American Express

Atlassian

AdeS

Aquarius

Ayataka

Audi

Barqs

Bain & Company

Bayer

Bank Leumi

Bank Hapoalim

BCG (Boston Consulting Group)

Biotherm

Bershka

Bloomberg

BMW

Boeing

Booz Allen Hamilton

Burberry

Bath & Body Works

Bosch

Bristol Myers Squibb

Capri Holdings

Costa

Carita Paris

CareTrust REIT

Caterpillar

Coach

Cappy

Caudalie

CeraVe

Check Point Software Technologies

Cerelac

Chanel

Chapman and Cutler

Channel

Cheerios

Cheetos

Chevron

Chips Ahoy!

Christina Aguilera

Citi Bank

Codral

Cosco

Canada Dry

Citi

Clal Insurance Enterprises

Clean & Clear

Clearblue

Clinique

Champion

Club Social

Coca Cola

Coffee Mate

Colgate

Comcast

Compass

Caesars

Conde Nast

Cooley LLP

Costco

Côte d’Or

Crest

CV Starr

CyberArk Software

Cytokinetics

Crayola

Cra Z Art

Daimler

Dr Pepper

Del Valle

Daim

Doctor Pepper

Dasani

Doritos

Daz

Dior

Dell

Deloitte

Delta Air Lines

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Telekom

DHL Group

David Off

Disney

DLA Piper

Domestos

Domino’s

Douglas Elliman

Downy

Duane Morris LLP

Dreft Baby Detergent & Laundry Products

Dreyer��s Grand Ice Cream

eBay

Edelman

Eli Lilly

Evian

Empyrean

Ericsson

Endeavor

EPAM Systems

Estee Lauder

Elbit Systems

EY

Forbes

Facebook

Fairlife

Fanta

First International Bank of Israel

Fiverr

Funyuns

Fuze

Fox News

Fritos

Fox Corp

Gatorade

Gamida Cell

GE

Glamglow

General Catalyst

General Motors

Georgia

Gold Peak

Genesys

Goldman Sachs

Grandma’s Cookies

Garnier

Guess

Greenberg Traurig

Guerlain

Givenchy

H&M

Hadiklaim

Huggies

Hanes

HSBC

Head & Shoulders

Hersheys

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hewlett Packard

Hasbro

Hyundai

Henkel

Harel Insurance Investment & Financial Services

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HubSpot

Huntsman Corp

IBM

Innocent

Insight Partners

Inditex Group

IT Cosmetics

Instacart

Intermedia

Interpublic Group

Instagram

ICL Group

Intuit

Jazwares

Jefferies

John Lewis

JP Morgan Chase

Jaguar

Johnson & Johnson

JPMorgan

Kenon Holdings

Kate Spade

Kirks’

Kinley Water

KKR

KFC

KKW Cosmetics

Kurkure

Keebler

Kolynos

Kaufland

Kevita

Knorr

KPMG

Lemonade

Lidl

Loblaws

Levi Strauss

Louis Vuitton

Life Water

Levi’s

Levi’s Strauss

LinkedIn

Land Rover

L’Oréal

Lego

Levissima

Live Nation Entertainment

Lufthansa

La Roche-Posay

Lipton

Major League Baseball

Manpower Group

Marriott

Marsh McLennan

Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Mastercard

Mattel

Minute Maid

Monster

Monki

Mainz FC

Mellow Yellow

Mountain Dew

Migdal Insurance

Marks & Spencer

Mirinda

McDermott Will & Emery

Motorola

McKinsey

Merck

Michael Kors

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank

Merck KGaA

Micheal Kors

Milkybar

Maybelline

Mount Franklin

Meta

MeUndies

Mattle

Microsoft

Munchies

Miranda

Morgan Lewis

Moroccanoil

Morgan Stanley

MRC

Nasdaq

Naughty Dog

Nivea

Next

NOS

Nabisco

Nutter Butter

No Frills

National Basketball Association

National Geographic

Nintendo

New Balance

Nutella

Newtons

NVIDIA

Netflix

Nescafe

Nestle

Nesquick

Nike

Nussbeisser

Oreo

Oral B

Old spice

Oysho

Omeprazole

Oceanspray

Opodo

P&G (Procter and Gamble)

Pampers

Pull & Bear

Pepsi

Pfizer

Popeyes

Parker Pens

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Pizza Hut

Powerade

Purina

Phoenix Holdings

Propel

Ponds

Pure Leaf Green Tea

Power Action Wipes

PwC

Prada

Perry Ellis

Prada Eyewear

Pringles

Payoneer

Procter & Gamble

Purelife

Pureology

Quaker Oats

Reddit

Royal Bank of Canada

Ruffles

Revlon

Ralph Lauren

Ritz

Rolls Royce

Royal

S.Pellegrino

Sabra Hummus

Sabre

Sony

SAP

Simply

Smart Water

Sprite

Schwabe

Shell

Soda Stream

Siemens

StreamElements

Schweppes

Sunsilk

Signal

Skittles

Smart Food

Sobe

Smarties

Sephora

Sam’s Club

Superbus

Samsung

Sodastream

Sunkist

Scotiabank

Sour Patch Kids

Starbucks

Sadaf

Stride

Subway

Tang

Tate’s Bake Shop

The Body Shop

Tesco

Twitch

The Ordinary

Tim Hortons

Tostitos

Timberland

Topo Chico

Tapestry

Tropicana

Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries

Turbos

Tom Ford

Taco Bell

Triscuit

TUC

Twix

Tottenham Hotspurs

Twisties

Tripadvisor

Uber

Uber Eats

Urban Decay

Upfield

Unilever

Vicks

Victoria’s Secret

V8

Vaseline

Vitaminwater

Volkswagen

Volvo

Walmart

Wegmans

WhatsApp

Waitrose

Woolworths

Wheat Thins

Walkers

Warner Brothers

Warner Chilcot

Warner Music

Wells Fargo

Winston & Strawn

WingStreet

Wissotzky Tea

WWE

Wheel Washing Powder

Wrigley Company

YouTube

Yvel

Yum Brands

Ziyad

Zara

Zim Shipping

Ziff Davis

[tronarchive]

Tron Deadly Discs

Greetings Programs!

Today we'll be taking a look at the first of 3 Mattel video games published the same year as the original Tron movie: Tron: Deadly Discs. Originally released for the Intellivision console, it was also made for the Atari 2600 (under Mattel's M Network label) and the Mattel Aquarius (although this was actually ported in 1983). Each version has different aspects that will be covered in a bullet list down below. 

The Intellivision version was programmed by Don Daglow and Steven Sents. I couldn't find much on Sents unfortunately. Daglow, however, programmed notable games like "Utopia" and "Dungeon" and even went on to found the now defunct studio Stormfront Studios Inc. They were responsible for games such as Neverwind Nights and several Tony La Russa baseball games. The Intellivision version came with the cartridge, an instruction manual, 2 overlays for the controller, and a nifty little flyer with deals for the movie.

As far as I can find, the Atari 2600 came with just a cartridge and an instruction manual. The Aquarius version came with the cartridge, instruction manual, 2 controller overlays, and a keyboard overlay. 

All three games follow the same premise: you play as Tron, locked in the game grid and forced to fight against endless waves of enemies. Intellivision Master managed to get 19 million points, which I believe is the current world record! The enemies will appear through doors around the edge of the arena and you can keep them "jammed" open by throwing your disc at them. You can use said doors to travel to the opposite side of the map if there's a corresponding door. Basic enemies will attack by throwing their own disc; they're not harmful if Tron touches the enemies themselves (an exception would be the Guards in Intellivision and Intellidiscs). You have the ability to recall your disc in mid-fight, but it'll be rendered harmless as it returns.   

During my research I stumbled upon Intellidiscs- a fan conversion of the Intellivision version for the Atari 8-bit/5200. It was published by Phaser Cat Games in May 2021 and programmed by Ryan Whitman, with sounds by Bobby Clark. At the initial release, you could actually purchase a physical cartridge that came in a custom box with an instruction manual and custom controller overlay. Wired-Up Retro has a great unboxing and playing of it. According to the site, this cartridge could be played on North America and NTSC TV sets. Don't worry, you can download the ROM for free from their site as well! This version also features battle mods, where you can battle up to 4 players. The enemies follow the same format as the Intellivision (shown below, just with different names). There are developer diaries if you wish to see some behind the scenes -> here.

What’re your thoughts? Were you able to play it during its glory days?

Here's link for a side by side comparison of gameplay for each version!

Want to try it out? Here you can download a ROM of the Intellivsion or Atari 2600 version, or try the Intellivision version out on archive.org!

Intellivision (review with gameplay)

Distinct enemies, each with own abilities: 

Warriors- light blue, 1 hitpoint 

Leaders- appear after 10,000 points, dark blue, special disks, 1hp, can increase other warriors' skills. Introduces brown (double damage) and white discs (lock-on)

Bulldogs- purple, move slower, 2 hitpoints, less accurate

Guards- orange, white paralyzing sticks to immediately end the game, 4hp, appear after 1 million points

Recognizers: will take out the usable doors in between waves after a certain amount of doors are jammed, 1 touch is instant death, will fire a stun attack to freeze Tron for duration of knocking out doors, can disable it by attacking the "eye" when it turns white causing it to leave at the bottom offscreen. Exclusive to this version. 

3 different speeds for the disc   

To play, you can use both of the controllers- one for disc direction, other to move Tron around. Otherwise the typical controller would be with one controller and the number pad would control the disc direction [insert pic of instruction manual] 

Start out with 3 hitpoints, 1 life, move slower if got hit, restart at each wave

Progression- 20,000: increase HP to 4, 100,000: increase HP to 5 

Warrior point value increases with your score 

Tron is red for some reason 

Features 16 directions (very fancy for the time)

Atari 2600 (review with gameplay)

No recognizers

Doors close after 1 use

Enemies only have difference in color and each color is assigned a specific point amount (for instance, the basic light green warrior is worth 10 points, while the gold warriors are worth 800 points) 

Everything controlled with joystick

Once a warrior is defeated, another will spawn in 10 seconds unless you defeat the last warrior of that wave

Have 5 hp, regained at the end of each wave. Only 1 life

Mattel Aquarius (gameplay)

Similar gameplay as the previous- tossing disc to derezz 3 enemy soldiers at a time in waves

No recognizers

Doors situated in specific spots that can be left open if you attack them, will close once you use them 

Tron can gain a shield- can use 10pts to gain it (from what I can tell based on gameplay)

Enemies worth 50pts, only one type (red colored) 

Atari 8-bit/5200 fan game

Published under the name "Intellidiscs" by Phaser Cat Games

A fan conversion of the Intellivision released in May 2021, for North America and NTSC TV sets according to their site. 

Can download the ROM for free and used to be able to buy the cartridge (came with instruction manual, custom overlay for controller, actual cartridge) -> here on their official website 

Complete with a 4 person battle mode 

Programming by Ryan Whitmer, Music/SFX by Bobby Clark

Game plays similar to original Intellivision version- recognizer (identifier in this one) takes out the doors, can go through door multiple times, different colored enemies with different abilities

Can block/crouch 

Difficulty ramp (enemies come faster) 

References under the cut!

- https://www.myabandonware.com/game/tron-deadly-discs-eah

https://archive.org/details/intv_TRON_Deadly_Discs_1981_Mattel

https://thecoverproject.net/ (covers for both games) 

https://www.mobygames.com/game/8889/tron-deadly-discs/screenshots/ (in-game screenshots)

https://intvfunhouse.com/games/disc.php (box manual, overlay, flyer)  

https://videogamevariations.com/AtariCompanies/MNetworkGames/TronDDManuals/trondd_manualA.htm M Network manual 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(video_game) Utopia 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_(video_game) Dungeon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nowS8TypH94 side by side comparison of all games

https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Mattel_Intellivision/Manual/formated/Tron-_Deadly_Discs_-_1982_-_Mattel_Electronics.pdf intellivision instruction manual 

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/320634-intellidiscs-now-available-for-the-5200/ forum with box art

https://www.deviantart.com/atariboy2600/art/Atari-5200-Intellidiscs-921972194 official art from the instruction manual 

[legacydevice]

Mattel Electronics Aquarius

[gmlocg]

69.) BurgerTime

Release: August 25th, 1982 | GGF: Action, Arcade, Platformer | Developer(s): Data East Corporation | Publisher(s): Bally Midway Mfg Co., Mattel Electronics, Texas Instruments Incorporated, Interceptor Micro's, Coleco Industries, Inc., Dempa Shimbunsha, Namco Limited, Data East Corporation, G-mode Co., Ltd., HAMSTER Corporation | Platform(s): Arcade (1982), Apple II (1983), Atari 2600 (1983), Intellivision (1983), Mattel Aquarius (1983), PC Booter (1983), TI-99/4A (1983), Coleco Adam (1984), ColecoVision (1984), Commodore 64 (1984), NES (1985), PC-8000 (1985), Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500 (1985), Sharp X1 (1985), MSX (1986), PlayStation (1997), Windows (1997), Wii (2011), Antstream (2019), Nintendo Switch (2020), PlayStation 4 (2020)

[lovelyllamasblog]

Lilly-Bo Peep

Daughter of Little-Bo Peep

Birthday: February 6*

Star Sign: Aquarius ♒

Little Bo-Peep

Royal

*Mattel requests trademark

[mamaangiwine]

𝕸𝖞𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖖𝖚𝖊 𝕱𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝕮𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖘: 𝕾𝖎𝖝𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝕺𝖈𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖒 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝕶𝖎𝖉𝖘

I'm so excited.

So a few years ago I heard about a game from 1968 produced by the megacorps toy entity known as Mattel. Apparently, Mattel produced a line of 'fortune telling' games in The Age of Aquarius; a time when New Age, pseudo-spirituality and interest in the occult were ramping up in pop culture which, of course, didn't necessarily lead to the most properly researched contributions to mysticism as we know it, but did lead to some amazing art. Anywho, I digress.

One of these games was known as Mystique: Fortell Cards (There was also Mystique: Astrology and Mystique: Palmistry).

Intrigued, and having once been obsessed with all things 60's (yes, I was that kid) I was actually able to purchase the cards that once went with the game.

(Note: these pictures aren't mine but are the photos of the exact product I bought.)

Now, of course, in all my wisdom and hubris I thought I could determine the nature and function of these cards without the instructions or the rest of the game. This was, after all, produced for children.

Wrong.

The cards images made almost no sense to me. Most of the pictures were completely appropriated from various medieval texts and hermetic illustrations. Also, there were elements I couldn't deduce at all: strange dots ranging in numbers 1-12 in the corners, seemingly random planetary and other 'celestial' symbols (like a cute lil' ufo). I felt like I had tried everything: placing the cards in a circle and using a pendulum, straight sortilege and even whole tarot spreads, but all of these approaches focus on imagery, and it was obvious that the dots, the planetary symbols, and the descriptions were the more important elements.

...but I have finally found the rest of the game!

Evidently the whole process is a little more complex than I gave it credit for!

What I Have Figured Out So Far:

- The number of dots correspond to the astrological house on the chart. 1 dot= 1st House, 2 dots= 2nd House, etc- and this is in accordance to the corresponding celestial symbol also found on the chart.

- The board with the astrological symbols is meant to spin so that you can allign the chart in accordance to the ruling sun sign.

- The colors in the center of the board correspond to the colored frame of the card.

With all this in mind it seems that you are meant to read the description of the card, then gather the details from the markings, then place the cards on the astrological chart so as to divine your future for the year.

For me personally, I don't think I will be using the cards exactly in this way, but it is good to learn their original function to build off of. I may update as I tinker with it and find out what works, and might even upload a pdf of the cards if anyone is interested in playing it themselves- but I will definitely be revisiting this series of games.

[ailur4phile]

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☕️; mae/maeve (both are equally cool). 21. neurodivergent. genderfluid/transmasc (they/he). bisexual & acespec. white. infj. aquarius (feb 1st)

💒; deeply in love with my girlfriend @kittiefaerie 💕

🍂; i like a bunch of different media & will reblog/post about pretty much anything i like. this used to kinda break down the Specifics of that but....eh! my absolute favorites are osemanverse/heartstopper, taylor swift, and a current fixation on jujutsu kaisen

🌨️; dolls i collect: monster high (g1 & g3), rainbow high, shadow high, novi stars, ever after high, bratzillaz, lol omg surprise, magic mixies pixlings

🌿; other things i collect: vinyl records, funko pops, littlest pet shop, lalaloopsy minis

🦡; favorite people: sadie sink, kit connor, joe locke, taylor swift, olivia rodrigo, trixie mattel, katya zamolodchikova, heartstopper cast

🥧; other things: drawing, painting, editing, music, writing, film, vinyl records, dolls, funko pops, collecting, cartoons, reading, cold/cloudy weather, cats, coffee, colors (favorite is blue💙💙), led lights, candles, puzzles, stuffed animals

🐻; dni: extremely nsfw (idc about cussing or mentions of sexual things but if your whole blog is dedicated to explicit smut please don't bother), ship harringrove/are a billy defender, are a defender of sam levinson, preferably no one who is anti my interests, and ofc are homophobic, racist, transphobic, ableist, sexist, and/or discriminate towards any minorities. this is my house i am not going to argue with losers over basic human decency

❄️; i tag my favorite characters/ships/films for anyone interested in knowing those!

🦨; i have a mercari shop where i'm currently selling funko pops, lps, dolls & doll accessories for anyone who may be interested in any of that!

that is all enjoy my blog i mainly just reblog things but i plan to post my own edits & art soon (i post video edits on instagram @/shamereactions)🫱🏻

˗ˏˋ movys • tv • books • music • more music ´ˎ˗

⊹˚.⋆ mh wishlist • rh/sh wishlist • funko wishlist ⊹˚.⋆

˗ˏˋ vinyl collection/wishlist ´ˎ˗

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[muddiestpath]

Tagged by @sweatandwoe !!

🍂About Me 🍂

NICKNAME: mudd

SIGN: Aquarius

HEIGHT: 5'3 (I've been getting shorter it seems)

LAST GOOGLE SEARCH: "tracking delay" parcel on 48hr tracking has not updated in 10 days but post service only has a phone number as customer contact so I'm putting off dealing with it.

SONG STUCK IN YOUR HEAD: My hallelujah by Autoheart.

FOLLOWERS: 205 here, 625 on @mudd-art

LUCKY NUMBER: 46

SLEEP: 10hrs on average & I have no control on when. If I try to stay awake I get fierce headaches & my eyes stop focusing.

DREAM JOB: Game Art Design/Visual Development. Tbh anything supportive to creative process.

WEARING: Pajamas as always. "allergic to morning" t-shirt & trousers with pockets.

FAVOURITE SONGS: "Kaisarion" by Ghost, "13 little dolls" by Sophis Ellis-Baxtor, "Solitaire" by Marina & the Diamonds, "Red side of the Moon" by Trixis Mattel, "It will come back" by Hozier, "Knights of Shame" by AWOLNATION.

FAVOURITE INSTRUMENT: Drums

AESTHETIC: Hobbitcore/Grumpy groundskeeper. But also Solarpunk like a ghibli movie.

FAVOURITE AUTHOR: I'm not a good reader. But Terry Pratchett.

FAVOURITE COLOUR: "woodbrine", greens, warm yellows/mustard orange, browns.

FAVOURITE ANIMAL SOUNDS: the sound of a rabbit turning too fast on smooth flooring.

LAST SONG: Soldier by Trixie Mattel

LAST SERIES: Critial Role C3? Or Bluey.

RANDOM: I've got a bag of Rhubarb & custard 'squashies' from Swizzels for first time. They're really good.

Tagging: @juniper-sunny @undead-potatoes @silcoitus & anyone who hasn't drunk water in the last 2 hours! 🫵

[wisconsincomputerclub]

The Wisconsin Computer Club table at Midwest Gaming Classic 2024 in Milwaukee this last weekend.

[billloguidice]

I finally got around to setting up the Aquarius+. I'm using an inexpensive USB-powered VGA to HDMI adapter with audio injection. No issues. I did have to try many keyboards to get one that didn't drain too much power and cause the system to not start. A cheap HP USB keyboard worked versus my various light-up mechanical keyboards. It all works well and makes a nice companion to my Mattel Aquarius collection.

[maklarr7000]

I present to you, the Mattel Aquarius, one of the strangest and shortest-lived 8-Bit Microcomputers of the 1980′s. To make a long, odd story relatively short, Mattel saw the success of the Commodore VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Atari home computers, and wanted a piece of that pie. They reached out to Radofin, the company contracted to make their Intellivision home video game consoles, and asked them to throw something together- which they did. Underpowered, overpriced, and woefully late to the home computer party, the Aquarius was a disaster for Mattel. Entering the market in the summer of 1983, and pulled before November, the Aquarius was sold back to Radofin, who marketed it themselves for a short time before they too gave up. It has about 20 pieces of software for it on cartridges, most of them “passable” ports of previous Intellivision games.

All that said, the Aquarius does have a small but dedicated fan base that continues to develop new programs and peripherals for the computer, exploring it’s true capabilities in ways Mattel and Radofin couldn’t in 1983. Despite it’s shortcomings, it’s still a very attractive computer with a distinctive visual appearance that draws attention.

The Wisconsin Computer Club and I routinely take this one to our public Open House shows (usually at the downtown library in Stevens Point, Wisconsin) and people seem to like it- though almost none know what it is before we tell them.

[retrocgads]

UK 1983

[legacydevice]

Mattel Electronics Aquarius