History Platform / Intellivision

** ''[[VideoGame/TreasureOfTarminAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin''

** ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin''

* ''Beauty and the Beast''

* ''Lock 'N Chase''

* ''Carnival''

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http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/intellivision_8934.jpg ''Intellivision. Intelligent Television.''

* ''[[VideoGame/FrogsAndFlies Frog Bog]]''

* ''Demon Attack''

The Intellivision II, released in 1983, was not a new system, but a minor technical upgrade whose most remarkable "feature" was [[{{DRM}} incompatibility with Coleco's previously released cartridges]]. Mattel Electronics also released the Aquarius home computer that year, promoting it with video games and other software; the Aquarius, being based on a technologically primitive design, handled both poorly and was quickly discontinued.

* ''Atlantis''

* ''Star Strike''

* ''Star Wars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''

* ''TRON Maze-a-Tron''

* ''Astrosmash''

* ''Space Battle''

* [[GraphicsProcessingUnit GPU]] General Instrument AY-3-8900

* ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''

* ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''

* ''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''

* ''Checkers''

* ''Draughts''

* ''Space Spartans''

* ''TRON: Solar Sailor''

* ''B-17 Bomber''' (used the Voice Synthesis Module)

The Intellivoice add-on is of historical note in that it made the Intellivision the first console capable of voice synthesis, though only five Intellivision games supported it. Other proposed add-ons for the console entered DevelopmentHell; Jay Leno drew laughs at a Mattel function making fun of how long the keyboard add-on project was taking. The Keyboard Component, as it was formally named, was heavily marketed at the system's launch, as it was intended to turn the Intellivision into a full-fledged home computer, as a low-cost alternative to the fledgling [[Atari8BitComputers Atari 400/800]] and [[UsefulNotes/VIC20 Commodore VIC-20]]. Unfortunately, the development team could not find a cost-effective means to create a mass-production model, and after the Federal Trade Commission came down on Mattel for failing to live up to their advertised promise, a scaled-down Entertainment Computer System module (developed by a separate in-house team) was released.

The {{Atari 2600}} inspired other companies to enter the market for video games. One of these companies was Creator/{{Mattel}} Toys, which established the Mattel Electronics division to develop a video game console. The Intellivision was released to the public in late 1980 (although some sources, including a vintage informational video on YouTube say 1979); while it never defeated Atari for the hearts and minds of the public, it was the 2600's strongest initial rival, and hung around for some time.

The Intellivoice add-on is of historical note in that it made the Intellivision the first console capable of voice synthesis, though only five Intellivision games supported it. Other proposed add-ons for the console entered DevelopmentHell; Jay Leno drew laughs at a Mattel function making fun of how long the keyboard add-on project was taking. The Keyboard Component, as it was formally named, was heavily marketed at the system's launch, as it was intended to turn the Intellivision into a full-fledged home computer, as a low-cost alternative to the fledgling [[Atari8BitComputers Atari 400/800]] and [[VIC20 Commodore VIC-20]]. Unfortunately, the development team could not find a cost-effective means to create a mass-production model, and after the Federal Trade Commission came down on Mattel for failing to live up to their advertised promise, a scaled-down Entertainment Computer System module (developed by a separate in-house team) was released.

In a famous advertising campaign of the time, actor George Plimpton proclaimed (and showed) that the Intellivision's graphics were superior to those of the Atari 2600. While the Intellivision could produce superior graphics to the 2600 (though the {{Colecovision}}'s graphics were still better), sports games were the only genre where Mattel really challenged Atari (who produced the ''Realsports'' series in response), though many of the earlier "Sports Network" titles had the defect of being multiplayer-only.