What is a View Master Interactive Vision?

[undead455]

I found this thing at Value village for $7 and all the info I have been able to find is that it is a VHS based console like the Action Max. It is a weird looking thing. Does anyone have any info on it. Thanks in advance.

Keep on gaming

[Dahne]

Sounds like sometrhing that happens when you eat too many funny mushrooms.

[The_EniGma]

nope i don't
type it in google

[undead455]

I did but it brings me to a bunch of links to the same site or a list of consoles.

[den68]

there's a faq for it right here in the DP archives.

http://www.digitpress.com/faq/interact.txt

I've got one. It's an educational system. I believe there are less trhan ten "games" for it and all are either Sesame Street, Disney or the Muppets or Looney Tunes I forget which. It does function a bit like the Action Max in that you are interacting with VHS tapes. It's cool to have as a conversation piece but I doubt you'll really want to play it.

if you go here:

http://www.rfgeneration.com/

and use the image search there are scans of some of the games, mine actually.

[undead455]

Wow thanks. Is this system hard to find or is it common. I have never even heard of it before. Thanks again

Keep on Gaming

[den68]

I'd never heard of it either until I saw one on a website. I'd say it's not very common.

[rolenta]

I found this thing at Value village for $7 and all the info I have been able to find is that it is a VHS based console like the Action Max. It is a weird looking thing. Does anyone have any info on it. Thanks in advance.

The View Master Interactive Vision is mentioned in Phoenix, as is every other system that has been released in the U.S.

[BuddyBoy600alt]

there's a faq for it right here in the DP archives.

http://www.digitpress.com/faq/interact.txt

I've got one. It's an educational system. I believe there are less trhan ten "games" for it and all are either Sesame Street, Disney or the Muppets or Looney Tunes I forget which. It does function a bit like the Action Max in that you are interacting with VHS tapes. It's cool to have as a conversation piece but I doubt you'll really want to play it.

if you go here:

http://www.rfgeneration.com/

and use the image search there are scans of some of the games, mine actually.

I remember that system. It was a blast. BTW, I do not think there was a Looney Tunes game for that system.

[Steve W]

I've got a loose one that I bought at a flea market for $5. I then found a Sesame Street video/game for it a couple months later. And yet I still have never had the desire to hook it up and play it. It's an interesting '80s style design, and the controller's certainly odd but cool. I can't muster up the desire to hook up a VHS deck to one and try out my solitary 'game' for it, even if I could find everything.

I remember commercials airing for the Action Max pretty heavily back in the late '80s, but I never once saw one for the Interactivision. I'd guess it was aimed at small children (or at least their parents), whereas the Action Max was aimed at slightly older kids, but not old enough to understand how lame the console was.

[animesuperj]

I've actually got one of these boxed (it's beat up, but still complete) and almost all of the games. Last count I was missing one or two.

It's actually a pretty fun system for what it was. The Muppet games were the best. The Sesame Street ones were fun as well, but I always enjoy playing the Muppet games growing up. I don't know where my mom got this, so I only remember just having it growing up. My mom always tried to get complete collections of stuff (when we could), so since this only had a couple games; she tried to find them all.

I could provide scans for the rest of the games I have, if anyone is interested. I don't really go on RFG, so I'm not familiar with how to update a listing for a game.

[BuddyBoy600alt]

I've actually got one of these boxed (it's beat up, but still complete) and almost all of the games. Last count I was missing one or two.

It's actually a pretty fun system for what it was. The Muppet games were the best. The Sesame Street ones were fun as well, but I always enjoy playing the Muppet games growing up. I don't know where my mom got this, so I only remember just having it growing up. My mom always tried to get complete collections of stuff (when we could), so since this only had a couple games; she tried to find them all.

I could provide scans for the rest of the games I have, if anyone is interested. I don't really go on RFG, so I'm not familiar with how to update a listing for a game.

I remember it too. I loved Sesame Street, The Muppets, and Disney. I wonder if anyone else had this video game console? I remember loving Magic on Sesame Street with Telly Monster. It also featured Uncle Wally (Bill McCutheon, Bob's Uncle). I know it was a rare video game console from 1988. It used VHS cassette rather than game cartridges or game discs. I also remember The Muppets in "You're the Director." And there was one Disney-based game called Disney's Cartoon Arcade. Sadley, The system did not catch on. I don't know why...