EternallDarkness Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Intellivision released 40 years ago! This little upstart said move over Atari! It was my first console and I still have it (well I still have my intellivision II) and a boatload of games. Can't for next fall when the new one launches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfJoey Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I’ve never played anything before NES, which was my first console. I’ve seen the Intellivision at a museum though. Did you have fun with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 12 minutes ago, HalfJoey said: Did you have fun with it? Had a blast with it. The crazy thing is that I think my mom played the thing more than anyone it was the last time she enjoyed console gaming, after that the games/controllers just got 'too complicated' for her. as if I didn't already feel old, you have to say you've seen one in a museum thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfJoey Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 What’s games did your mom play? Did you have a favorite? Do you emulate any of then now for old times sake? haha I didnt want to come off as that. I’ve seen the NES in museums too. Plus I was born in ‘84 so we’re not too far off in age I suspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 off the top of my head I would say my mom's favorites were Astrosmash, Lock N Chase, Burgertime. She was actually damn good at all those as well as a few others. I liked all those as well not to mention dozens more. Never rom'd them ,but I think I may have had one of those Intellivision lives titles that came out for the ps2, but they didn't play the same without the intellivision controller....which thankfully the new intellivision will have. As for age...we're still a ways off. I was born in 72. The new system. Coming out 10-10-20 The system is definitely geared toward the casual gamer, easy to play stuff. But it will be the home of Earthworm Jim 3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HalfJoey Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 I've never heard of the Intellivision Amico, but I'll look out for it. I do like me some Earthworm Jim. Maybe your mom will enjoy the Amico now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 The first Console War followed by the video game market crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 1 minute ago, Rodimus said: The first Console War followed by the video game market crash. Technically Intellivision didn't start the first console war, nor was it responsible for the crash in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 13 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Technically Intellivision didn't start the first console war, nor was it responsible for the crash in the US. Coleco? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Just now, Rodimus said: Coleco? If you ignore the first gen of consoles (Pong, Odyssey 100/200, Telstar, etc.)... In the second gen, the Fairchild Channel F launched at about the same time as the Atari (but, was a dismal failure). The Maganavox Odyssey2 launched about a year before Intellivision and sold in comparable amounts. Coleco was very late to the party. However, the original Atari was the only one that really sold in any volume. Atari was solely responsible for the crash though. (TBH, there was a robust "video" game market on computers (on the C64, Apple IIc, etc.) during the crash. At the time, most people referred to "video games" as being on consoles, while "computer games" were on computers, and "arcade games" were in the arcades. Even if they were the same game.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 10 hours ago, HalfJoey said: Maybe your mom will enjoy the Amico now. she already said she was interested, which makes me laugh since she's in her 70s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 The Colecovision was the first console I myself owned and I also had the adapter that allowed you to play Atari 2600 and Intellivision games. My aunts and uncles at my grandparents had an Odyssey, a 2600 and then later a 5200. I later got an NES with R.O.B. when that came out and then proceeded to get almost every home console that released with a couple of exceptions (3DO, Neo Geo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameDadGrant Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Haha, wow Intellivision! Never played the actual hardware myself, but I did get to play a handful of their games on the DS several years ago. Pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 The Amico is going to be a huge failure. I don't recommend pre-ordering it at all. I'm sorry but that IP is so old people in their mid 40s and 50s would have any nostalgia. Also they are selling this as a family gaming but those parents will have older kids in their 20s and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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