Intellivision facts for kids

An Intellivision Master Component with an Astrosmash cartridge inserted into its cartridge slot, and an Astrosmash overlay inserted into the left controller's keypad. The Intellivision Master Component is the console unit itself.

The Intellivision was a special video game console created by the famous toy company Mattel. It was made to compete with another very popular console at the time, the Atari 2600. The Intellivision first launched in 1980 and was sold until 1991.

Today, the Intellivision brand is owned by a company called Intellivision Entertainment. This company is even making a brand-new console that will carry the Intellivision name! It's called the Intellivision Amico, and it's planned to come out in places like North America, the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, and the MENA region.

Images for kids

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  Super Video Arcade

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  The Keyboard Component was code-named the Blue Whale, also known as the Intelliputer

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  The Intellivoice add-on

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  The Intellivision II redesign was much smaller and cheaper to manufacture than the original.

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  INTV Corp produced their own Intellivision, the INTV System III, after buying the rights from Mattel following the market crash.

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  Intellivision Flashback

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  The original Intellivision controller with no overlay inserted.

See also

In Spanish: Intellivision para niños