Intellivision
Sign in to saveThe Intellivision (a portmanteau of "intelligent television") is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979. It distinguished itself from competitors with more realistic sports and strategic games. By 1981, Mattel Electronics had close to 20% of the domestic video game market, selling more than 3.75 million consoles and 20 million cartridges through 1983. At its peak, Mattel Electronics had about 1,800 employees in several countries, including 110 videogame developers. In 1984, Mattel sold its video game assets to a former Mattel Electronics executive and investors, event
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- Intellivision
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- First model Intellivision (1979)
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- Home video game console
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- Second
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- —
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- > 3.75 million (1980–83)
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- GI CP1610
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- 1K RAM, 6K ROM
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- ROM cartridge
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- Standard TV, 159×96 resolution, 16 color palette
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- Standard Television Interface Chip (STIC)
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- GI AY-3-8914 (three-channels, one noise generator)
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- PlayCable
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- History
- Early design concepts
- Choosing a platform
- Master Component
- Software
- Keyboard Component
- Entertainment Computer System (ECS)
- Intellivoice
- Intellivision II
- Decade
- Intellivision III
- Competition and market crash
- {{anchor|INTV Corporation (1984-1990)|INTV}}INTV Corporation (1984–1990)
- Tutorvision
- Hardware specifications
- Master Component
- Game controller
- Peripherals
- Games
- Reception
- Legacy
- Intellivision Lives!
- Licensing Intellivision Games
- Intellivision Flashback
- Intellivision Entertainment
- Intellivision Sprint
- Innovations
- See also
- References
- External links
The Intellivision (a portmanteau of "intelligent television") is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979. It distinguished itself from competitors with more realistic sports and strategic games. By 1981, Mattel Electronics had close to 20% of the domestic video game market, selling more than 3.75 million consoles and 20 million cartridges through 1983. At its peak, Mattel Electronics had about 1,800 employees in several countries, including 110 videogame developers. In 1984, Mattel sold its video game assets to a former Mattel Electronics executive and investors, eventually becoming INTV Corporation. Game development ran from 1978 to 1990, when the Intellivision was discontinued.
In 2009, IGN ranked the Intellivision No. 14 on their list of the greatest video game consoles of all time.