This is the first that I ran across your channel and I subscribed immediately . It is great to hear retro game reviews from across the pond .

I'm kind of tired hearing youngsters talk about how the controls on the Intellivision were bad... they did require more brain cells to be utilized, granted, but they didn't fail more often than any Atari Joysticks... I used to repair both of them in my teens and actually made good money out of that, and I have to say I made more money out of repairing the Atari's than the intellivision's. Now, regarding the use of the keypad and side buttons during gaming, those gave many of the games (not all of them) the complexity level that Atari games were lacking off... just having a stick and one button is not enough for more complex games... - in Football you could program plays and make your team do whatever you like either during Offense or Defense - in Dungeons and Dragons you could fire your arrow while running off from the dragons in any direction (usually you would change the direction and shoot the arrow on a different one) - in Tron deadly discs, you could take care of many enemies while doing other stuff at the same time and also having the liberty of playin in different directions which would mean a more complex brain processing and it would be endless to explain the benefits while playing Soccer, Baseball, skiing, or many other games being designed... just keep in mind that these days a PS4 or XBOX controller has over 8 buttons and three different direction pads/joysticks, why do you think that is if not to add to the games the complexity they require? But this is something only one who actually lived through it will know and understand, most people who wasn't there playing it in the 80's with three brothers and a ton of friends will never understand.

2:48 :sitting here grooving to the Snafu theme:

Wow, how did I not know about this awesome channel!? Mr top hat, thanks for the retro goodness. I have fond memories of the Intv, a rich kid that lived up the block from me back in 1980 had one & we all went to check it out. We were amazed! It's still a favorite in my collection.

Love your vids. I honestly think you're one of the best retro game reviewer on the internet right now.

Excellent review..The Intellivision was my first console and I still have it in great working condition today. You will find many unique and fun games on this system. Plus, with the fine woodgrain finish, it is right at home in your rich mahogany scented game room. 🎩

The Mattel intelevison came out in 1979 in California as a test market.

I had one with the IntelliVoice module and I still wish I kept it. Great video, Mate.

cool videos man! ive shared your channel to my friends

The Intellivision is the best! The controls are a little finicky if you're not used to them. You should play The Dreadnaught Factor, He-Man, Kool-Aid Man, Dracula, Swords and Serpents, and Thunder Casle. There are so many good games for it.

You make me smile so much. I am falling in love with your videos and you xx

Fascinating! I'd look forward to some gsme reviews.

1) BEST. INTRO. EVER. 2) I also love my Intellivision... it was the first console I ever owned at the age of about 6. I remember seeing it on top of my parents' wardrobe a few weeks before Xmas, asking what it was, and being told it was an 'answering machine'. Fool me once, shame on... um... well... 3) Great video dude. Thanks for cheering me up.

I recently acquired an original 2609 model Intellivision. During the 80s I had the off-white, lower cost Intellivision II. The original with the gold and the dark plastic and the wood veneer actually seems very reminiscent of a form of gentleman's hobby game that would be welcome in a study or gaming den. Propped atop a padded velvet wrapped tray and some scotch in glasses to initiate an evening of gaming. Name your game, gents, and prepare to be trounced.

I've owned one since release and still own one , great video Richard

I absolutely loved the Intellivision. So many good games. So many fun hours spent.

My buddy up the street had this system when I was a kid. We played a lot of games. Then he got a NES. The Intellivision was neat for what it was, but the NES blew it out of the water. Smashing vid chum!

Cool, keep up the great work

great review Rich!

I was able to pick up an intellivision for $30 here in the San Francisco bay area 💞 some great games on this system (frog bog, buzz bombers, qbert , ECT) even has a voice synthesis add-on apparently that works with a few of the games - interesting stuff thanks for the upload!

Still have my original system along with a spare. I Have so many games but favourites are Nova Blast, Beauty and the Beast,Bump N Jump,Dracula,Thunder Castle,Thin Ice,Utopia and Astrosmash. Long live the Intellivision!

Some of my favorite games on the system are Burgertime, Diner, Treasure of Tarmin and Thunder Castle.

A friend shared this over on Atari . io , really enjoyed so now I am subscribed! Such fun!

Great video, you have a new subscriber now

Much prefer this format of video, great stuff 👍

I loved the Intel disc controller. People used it wrong. They used it like it was D-pad, it wasn’t. The best way to use it since it was a 16 directional controller was to rest your thumb on the disc and just side your thumb around on the circular disc pressing gently down in the direction that you wanted to move on the screen.

Nice use of the Snafu music; best game on the console!

I'm pretty young right now but when my atari 2600 stopped working, my dad went and got me an intellivision and I played the hell out of it. Now the atari works again and I have two classic systems to play

amazing video bud

Nice video. The Intellivision the console I collect for since I grew up playing it at my grandfather's house. Just a few other games I recommend: Frog Bog - Be a frog that leaps for bugs to eat, fun, silly, easy to pick up, a great party game or game to introduce non-gamers to the Intellivision. MLB Baseball - a modestly easy game to play that uses the numeric keypad well. It requires 2 players. World Championship Baseball is a later version that added a 1-player mode. NFL Football - a more complex game that takes advantage of the numeric, keypad, a 2 player game, be sure to have the manual and playbook. Super Pro Football is a later version that added a 1-player mode. Mission X - A top-down view airplane game where you shoot and bomb targets, easy to play. Microsurgeon - Go inside the human body and fight diseases, quirky fun, 1 player, easy to play after a quick gloss-over of the manual. Hover Force - Fight enemy helicopters and put out fires, top-down view, gloss over the manual and then easy to play, great cut-scenes for an early 1980s game.

Way back when, joystick replacements were available for the discs on the controllers (not from Mattel of course). While theoretically preferable to the discs, the lack of spring resistance underneath them made 'em worse than the discs, so I went back to sore thumbs.

Great vid as always top hat man, called it 16 bit is probably a little misleading, yes it had a 16 bit processor however not as we would come to know them with using the Motorola 68000 in later years. Prob best referring it to a 2nd generation console and leaving it at that. Great song at the end 🐤🐤🐤🐤

Nice vid Now I want a intelevision

i like your sense of humor i like your videos.

Oh my gosh I can't believe they made a song of the Intellivision. It's so cheesy but so good.

Hearing someone describe the Intellivision controller as "too complex" or "convoluted is hilarious after having to figure out the Xbox controller, with its 703 buttons, twelve different directional controls, and the need to feed it rare meat every day to keep it happy.

i have had intellivision since 1980 and have over 100 games and absolutely love this system

Yes! by all means YES! even in 2017 and beyond :)

Proud veteran of the Bit Wars

I have the Intellivision I like it very fun to play thanks for the awesome video

Interesting that you covered Donkey Kong on the Intellivision; it's one of the most maligned games in the library. If you get a chance, check out "D2K" it's a homebrew remake that surpasses it in every way, and then some!

Yes, the Intellivision Console was a revolutionary machine of its day, from the sleek console to the revolutionary design keyboard controller. I still play it today, but now I play it on my PC, and I have all the games with the acceptation of Tron Deadly Disc. I play it through my Hyperspin setup with plenty more consoles from the day.

The Intellivision was relatively obscure everywhere the Atari 2600 was and still is popular

Episode 4 of the Netflix series "high score" deals with the war between Sega and Nintendo

Didn't Mattel manufacture an add on that let you play 2600 games on the intelevision?? You'll need the voice module too mate....B17 boommmber xD Awesome review as always :)

Blackjack was a blast.

2 player Sea Battle was the only game on Intellivision that I liked. I think Sea Battle was really the first RTS game made.

Top class!

The controllers is what made the intellivision unique, games like dungeons and dragons, utopia, tron deadly discs, nfl football, space battle etc... wouldnt exist without it

I inherited my Intellivision with a load of games and its a great retro console and I prefer it over the 8-bit systems. My favourite games for the system would be B-17 Bomber, Astrosmash, Armour Battle, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and the best title on the system Night Stalker.

Snafu was my joint!

Cheers for the vid you Mad-Hatter! I find myself agreeing with every word. I think that much like the Atari VCS, the intellivision's probably too simple to appeal to modern gamers. Personally I have fond memories of both systems, they were my childhood and the box-art on the early 70's and 80's games was amazing! But the bottom line is this stuff appeals mostly to the nostalgic gamer like me, or to the curious gamer and collector. It's a shame I know, but it's true. Only rabbid collectors and completionists really bother with this stuff these days. Anyway, I'm slowly but surely building up a solid collection of games for my beloved intellivision. Myself, I only really collect stuff I missed out on or couldn't afford back in the day (Ahem Neo Geo). Most of the sports games are good fun too - but you WILL need 2 players as most don't have 1 player game options (sad but true). Also, there are some really solid gems on the system. I recommend these: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons : Cloudy Mountain (Treasure of Tarmin is really good too, if a little plodding), Demon Attack Night Stalker Space Hawk Lock 'N Chase Tron Deadly Discs Venture (possibly superior to the Colecovision version, as the controls aren't broken) Space Battle (or the superior Space Spartans - both Star Raiders rip-offs!) And... If you have money to burn... Pac Man Dig Dug (These are both amazing versions courtesy of Atari-soft!) Tower of Doom (unnoficial 3rd AD&D Game which defies belief on the system) Apparently Burger Time and Bump & Jump are must haves too, but I don't have either, so I can't personally recommend them. Bottom line is, if you ARE interested in the system, then try one of the emulators available (Intellivision Lives! was released for several systems, including Playstation 2 AND IT'S DIRT CHEAP!). Although do bear in mind that you'll be missing out on a 'proper' intellivision experience without these unique control pads. DO AVOID the shoddy flashback console! You're far better off picking up an original system and job lot off of Ebay (or elsewhere) these days. Just make 100% sure that the master component is working, as they're a little flakey tbh and there's a lot of people who'll claim they don't have a powerlead to test the system, in the hope of fobbing these off. So be warned. @Fur Q - You are hilarious! That comment had me in stitches!!

Keep collecting, you'll find plenty of games take advantage of the number pad!

the intellivison came out in 1979 in. California in a test market

Top hat Did you vote to stay or leave?

Name of the song played at the end?

I had a motel In television B17 bomber and space Spartans Was a brilliant but No ending to them And I have to keyboard and musical keyboard for it

I still think there is an Intellivision somewhere at my parent's house, I need to dig through some closets and try to find it!

Both are good consoles in their own right. Most (not all) of ataris games where fairly straight forward and simple to play. Where as alot of intellivisions games where more complex. For example a number of atari space games like xevious for example where "fly and shoot everything" games where as on the intellivision take space battle for example you had to send out squadrons and strategically take out the enemy. Im not saying one is better than the other here, im saying some times you want simple and and some times you want complex. I had both as a kid, and still do, in fact i just got my kids hooked on them last weekend lol. Its actually amazing to me that my 12 year old daughter who loves pokemon and minecraft spent most of the weekend switching between the atari, intellivision, and nes. And my 4 year old is enjoying some of the games like strawberry shortcake and sesame street games. Ahh good times

I've always wanted an Intellivison. How does the price range differ for its games versus the 2600's?

Right, I am now going to find and purchase my very own Intellivision console. Hahahahahhhhhh!!!!!

Is it just me or does he look emo in the thumb nail. But still great video

I know it is old but even in 2016 it was possible to play all the dam Intellevision games on PC. Also Probably all the games you own in all these differents consoles. All you need is a PC and you can download the emulator of each of these consoles. You have access to image disk of each game cadridge on different web sites. Nice collection but that doesn't make sens to own all this just for playing old games.

This was my first console. I agree about the controls they are shit. We had three consoles in total. The remotes broke on two (one from use and the other was juice) we bought two new and one from a guy in the paper. It was a very popular console in my area. Before the Nintendo I knew about 15 people with one. I only knew one person with an Atari and one person with a coleco. Tron, D&D and Utopia are a few of my favourites on the Intellivision.

You're kind of cool Sir.

What I find interesting is the most of the time, the superior system often sells worse than its inferior counter part. Atari over Intellivision, NES over SMS, PS1 over Saturn, PS2 over Xbox, Gameboy over GG......Some of these systems where closer than others, nobody an say the Atari or NES had superior graphics over their counterparts (may have had more quality games)

Actually. The first console war was in 1978. Atari VCS vs Philips VideoPac.

You should do a coleovision review

Dude you are magnificent

You can tell it's Mattel It's swell

Donkey kong looks really noobie on Atari and Intellivision, Colecovision is where it's at guys!

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Star Strke isn't a bad game- if you know how to play it...

The only difference in the PS4 and the XB1 is the PS4 has more Japanese games since Xbox doesn't sell in Japan. But that doesn't really matter because we know that the majority of the dudebro console gamers won't touch those games anyhow. Never had one of these or an Atari. I got stuck with the Odyssey 2 and it's Atari knock off games.

As someone who owned an Intellivision back in the day (it's actually in my basement in working condition), I would say "no". Maybe the only exception being the biplane game in Triple Action, possibly 2 player Sea Battle. One thing that doesn't get mentioned enough in Intellivision videos: how the side buttons (most often used to fire) were MURDER on your fingers/thumbs. Literal blisters if you played for more than an hour.

You copied anchorman in the beginning

Dude is kind of a big deal... to himself.

Nice teeth.

intellivision 16 bit yeah right the Genesis was the true first 16-bit console not that thing it's not even any much better than the Atari when you go by graphics and sound versus something like the Genesis or Mega Drive as you called it in your region that is what a lot of my generation would say is true 16 bit not in television or the ColecoVision though they were decent competitors to Atari 2600

fuck these games look like my dogs shit

these consoles suck

Still have my original system along with a spare. I Have so many games but favourites are Nova Blast, Beauty and the Beast,Bump N Jump,Dracula,Thunder Castle,Thin Ice,Utopia and Astrosmash. Long live the Intellivision!