@@JohnDoe-dh6zy oh its really cool, can't play it much and the games are cool but I don't really play them just because newer consoles are out but I really like the history. and I'm 15 now time flies
Your video is like a time machine!! I used to love frog bog, fathom (even though I sucked at it) and that chip golf game! So crazy that these short clips trigger such a strong memory.
The memories that this system brings back to me are wonderful. Most of the games on this system, were two player. However, I was always by myself when playing this. One of my favourites on this system was 'Discs of Tron'. I would play that for literally hours. There was another one in which you were a little character in a maze being chased by robots. It was slow, but still kept me captivated. There was also a poker game that I was addictted to as well, on this system. I loved the way the dealer would shuffle and deal the cards, and then deal them on the velvet table, lolol.
Wow, great video, thanks! My grandparents bought one but we were Atari kids and were like "whaaat?" Today I am writing a tutorial on coding tiled game engines for a free MIT app called Scratch that teaches programming to kids. I'm linking your video in my section on the history of tiled game systems as the Intellivision was designed just for such game engines.
I had Pitfall on Intellivision and loved it.Bevore i had a Atari 2600 and Pitfall was not that good-Graphics big - but the Controllers from the Atari where better.Great Childhood Memories
Had this unit and all the sports games, used to keep stats and play full season's of baseball with "fantasy" line ups. Wish I was smart enough back then to think I was onto something🤔
Same with my Intellevision and ca.25 of the best Games&my Atari 2600( baby) and ca.40 Games and my Philips + G 7400 with over 50 Games ,and i must say the Intellevision had the best Graphics
Back when I was a kid my next door neighbor, and best friend at the time, had Intellivision and I had Atari 2600. I seem to remember playing Intellivision more often. I remembered that he had Major League Baseball, NFL Football ( I can remember 7 was a run play and 9 was a pass play and seems like 9752 was an indefensible pass play ) and PGA Golf. There was another that I couldn't remember the name until I saw this, Sea Battle, that was my favorite. I didn't remember until I saw this that he also had Advanced D&D, ABPA Backgammon and LV Poker & Blackjack.
I for one am glad we have the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X these days. Back in 1979 the Intellivision cost $165, which is $620 today adjusted for inflation. Suddenly, $500 for an Xbox seems cheap.
The world series major league baseball was the wrong cartridge for the box and name shown. You showed the improved original MLB baseball. The world series baseball, you had to have the intellivoice, with the computer component and the keyboard to play. It would not play without the computer add on component. But, it was a great baseball game, even better than Nintendo baseball. You could slide, slow motion, replay, pitchers wore down and you had to go to the bullpen, some players were faster, others could hit homeruns and there was pop flies.
Remember how people would mock the controls? (Those of us who had Intellivision would defensively say, "Yeah, well, its sports games are way better than the ones on the 2600.")
I should help to record some replacement videos. Whoever recorded these videos obviously didn't know how to play some of the games. Dragonfire and Dreadnought Factor come to mind.
Great video seeing all the games. But it would have been better to watch someone who knows how to play the games demonstrate them. Utopia is arguably one of the best games on the system. While I get that a 10 second preview won't do it justice, whoever is "playing" it is clicking on storm clouds and pirate ships.
It's the first 16-bit video game console yet the graphics is not as good as the NES, nor the SNES? It's cool vs. Atari 2600, of course. God bless, Proverbs 31
