dec 3, 1979 - Intellivision release
Description:
Price: equivalent to $930 in 2019Units sold: over 3,000,000
The Intellivision is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979. The name Intellivision is a portmanteau of "intelligent television". Development of the console began in 1977, the same year as the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. In 1984 Mattel sold their video game assets to a former Mattel Electronics executive and investors that would become INTV Corporation. Games development started in 1978 and continued until 1990 when the Intellivision was discontinued.
In 2009, video game website IGN named the Intellivision the No. 14 greatest video game console of all time.
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Date:
dec 3, 1979
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~ 45 years ago