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Required Intellivoice

Although the game packaging and marketing materials all claimed that this cartridge required the Intellivoice module, I think that the cartridge was functional if you plugged it straight into the Intellivision ... though of course no voice alerts occurred, so enemy fighter attacks would ruin you. Probably worth mentioning in a footnote if my recollection is correct. Comet Tuttle (talk) 22:47, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is correct, and true of all Intellivoice games. The game functions just fine without the module, but the games were designed to give you important information and instructions by voice, making the games mostly unplayable without them. In B-17's case, you would not get any information on where enemy planes were coming from, so unless you just happened to guess correctly, you'd have a hard time shooting them down. Bomb Squad presented parts to you in non-linear order and told you whether to replace them with different parts or to cut them out (replace them with wires). Space Spartans told you which of your ship's systems were damaged, how much energy you had left, and which starbases were under attack, among other things. So you could certainly try to play the game without the module, but to get the proper game experience, you actually needed it. — KieferSkunk (talk) — 20:08, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

AVGN

There has been some edit warring going on about including this piece of text in the Gameplay section:

The game begins with the Startup screen title "MATTEL ELECTRONICS PRESENTS B-17 BOMBER" (in a cheesy hillbilly accent)"

I don't see the importance of mentioning what the title screen shows. The "in a cheesy hillbilly accent" is an obvious nod to AVGN (whom I am a fan of) when he makes fun of the accent of the Intellivoice, but it doesn't really belong in Wikipedia per WP:POV and WP:CRUFT. --Ouzo (talk) 18:01, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise, per consensus of the videp game project, material relating to the AVGN is not allowed in to articles except articles pertaining to the AVGN itself. His reviews are for entertainment purposes only and do not meet reliability qualifications. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 19:57, 22 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]