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» Intellivision
games/systems for sale
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Mattel Intellivision
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1980 |
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The Intellivision - meaning
'intelligent television', was Matel's answer to the Atari 2600. Originally
retailing at $299, approximatly 3 million Intellivisions were eventually
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Telegames Super Video Arcade
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198? |
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sold by Sears. featured
detachable hand controllers |
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Tandyvision One
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198? |
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sold by Radio Shack |
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GTE SylvaniaVision,
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198? |
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GTE stores modified the
labeling of the power and reset switches.
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Intellivision 2
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1982 |
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Mattel phased out the
original master component. Intellivision II was restyled in light
grey. It featured detachable hand controllers and an on/off light. |
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INTV System III
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1984 |
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a.k.a. INTV Super Pro
System or INTV Master System. The INTV Corporation sold these after
liquidating. Like the original Intellivision but with an on off light. |
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Intellivision Specs
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Processor
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General Instruments CP1610:-
16bit processor @ 894 KHz |
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Memory
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256-by-8-bit static RAM
chip, used by the system so 147 bytes are left over for use by the
game program. |
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Display
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GRAM has space for 64
program-defined 8 by 8 bit images |
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Sound
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3 channel sound chip +
noise generator chip |
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Ports
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2 controller ports (some
versions - undetachable) |
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Intellivision Peripherals and Accessories
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System Changer module
that enables Atari 2600 cart to be played on Intellivision 2. (No
lawsuit appeared) |
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The infamous Keyboard.
A trickle of Keyboard Components was made available to selected stores
and offered by mail to consumers who complained. |
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Intellivision Games
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The first Intellivision
game programmed was Major League Baseball by David Rolfe in 1978.
There are 115 games in total. They were released by:
Mattel (51) ,INTV Corp. (21), Activision (7), Atari (3), Coleco (8),
Dextell (2), Imagic (14), Interphase (2), Parker Brothers (6) Sega
(1).
Chess, which included RAM in the cartridge, was the most expensive
Intellivision cartridge. |
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of their respective owners.
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1977
Richard Chang begins investigating the idea of producing a videogame system.
1979
Intellivision test marketed in California, along with Poker & Blackjack,
Math Fun, Armor Battle, and Backgammon.
1980
Intellivision released. Magnavox sued for patent and Mattel coughed up
a few million dollars.
1981
Price drops by $50
1984
Mattel Electronics closed.
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