There just hasn't been enough nostalgia-based attempts at throwback consoles yet it seems, as not only is Atari throwing their hat back into the ring, but their 80's rival Intellivision is, as well. Tommy Tallarico, a video game music composer, bought the rights to the Intellivision, and is also now the president of Intellivision Entertainment, which will be spearheading a new release of a new system that can play inexpensive new 2D games, and all the old original Intellivision titles. There will be 10 games at launch for the yet unnamed system, which will get more details definitively on October 1st. Long-time industry workers, such as Bill Fisher, Emily Rosenthal, and Steve Roney will be working in the project as well, who were involved with the Intellivision when it originally released in the early 1980's.

Our target is the non-gamer, the family. We want simplicity. There is no system where young and old and non-gamers can play together in the home. People play on mobile, but it is still a very solitary experience.

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[jimmyj]

what is it?

 

[DjoeN]

Nice, still got one somewhere in my atic
with a Donkey Kong cartridge

 

[weatMod]

Nintendo sets the trend yet again
everyone is rushing in to grab those NES classic dollarydoos

 

[DinohScene]

I can't name any worthy intellivision game.
Let alone word any...

 

[weatMod]

I can't name any worthy intellivision game.
Let alone word any...

mousetrap was pretty good for it's day

 

[Old]

Little to no interest in this. Never really cared for INTV back in the day, and this just seems like yet another one of these things....

 

[Mark McDonut]

what is it?

an old retro gaming system released in 1979.

Here's an old boxshot

 

[Old]

Nintendo sets the trend yet again
everyone is rushing in to grab those NES classic dollarydoos

I'd say that Sega, At Games, and a few others "set the trend" with their endless 'Flashbacks', 'Genesis Classics', and similar devices years before the NES/SNES minis.

 

[x65943]

All I've been wondering lately is, what year is it again?

People need to learn about emulation. One raspberry pi outclasses all of these hunks of plastic.

 

[zeveroth]

what is it?

It's a money grab .casing in on the retro fever. Especially since Nintendo did so well on their classic consoles .imo anyway.

 

[x65943]

It's a money grab .casing in on the retro fever. Especially since Nintendo did so well on their classic consoles .imo anyway.

True.

I hope Sony picks up on this and makes a playstation classic.

 

[Old]

All I've been wondering lately is, what year is it again?

People need to learn about emulation. One raspberry pi outclasses all of these hunks of plastic.

Spoiler

 

[spinal_cord]

So another ouya...

 

[Reploid]

hooray, another emulator, with no gaemz this time around.

 

[Old]

Never knew anyone that had an INTV back in the day. Saw (owned/enjoyed) a ton of Atari, Colecovision, Odyssey, Vectrex, etc., however.

I got my first one at a yard sale in the late 80s. It came with a pile of games for ten bucks. I was reasonably excited to get it home and cleaned up, but after a few hours I kinda wanted my ten bucks back.

 

[SirNapkin1334]

There is no system where young and old gamers can play together at home.

????
Did you entirely forget about the Nintendo Wii, the 5th best selling video game console of all time?
Or the Nintendo Switch?

 

[RedoLane]

Ahh yes..the original Plug & Play console

 

[Old]

Ahh yes..the original Plug & Play console

Spoiler

 

[Deleted User]

inb4- "pokemon-mini mini"
so small, you need a microscope to play it
even a baby's finger will press all the buttons at once and cover the screen

and it uses uv instead of ir because it's wavelength is shorter