{"id":829,"date":"2011-02-07T13:14:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T13:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=829"},"modified":"2011-08-15T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T12:24:22","slug":"intellivision-video-game-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/intellivision-video-game-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Intellivision Video Game Console"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Intellivison games were a real eighties icon released by Mattel in 1979. The graphics were awful but the game play was smart. So good that you can still purchase a retro gaming version today on Amazon<\/p>\n<p>If you are an avid gaming fan then Intellivision was the console to dream of in the eighties.<br \/>\nFavourites included Super Pro basketball,  Baseball, Space Armada, Space Hawk, Motocross, Space Battle, Shark! Shark!, Frog Bog, Carnival and Astrosmash<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_830\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-830\" class=\"size-full wp-image-830\" title=\"intellivision\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision.jpg\" alt=\"Intellivision \" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Intellivision Video Game Console<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Intellivison was a top competitor to Atari in the early 80s. It was known to have revolutionary graphics for its time, but fewer game selections. It was soon surpassed by Colleco Vision and Atari 2.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Retro Gaming<\/h2>\n<p>Recent releases for the Apple Ipad have increased retro gamers enjoyment on some of the early games.<\/p>\n<p>Development of the console began in 1978, less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. The word intellivision is a portmanteau of &#8220;intelligent television&#8221;. Over 3 million Intellivision units were sold and a total of 125 games were released for the console.<\/p>\n<p>Of course in the early days of Video Game Consoles the television was the only monitor available in the home.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/intellivision-video-game-console\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Intellivision\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/intellivision.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Intellivison games were a real eighties icon released by Mattel in 1979. 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