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}}The '''[[gametech:Intellivision|Intellivision]]''' was a games console produced by [[wikipedia:Mattel|Mattel]] in 1979 and was retailed for <abbr title="$1,103{{Inflation|USD|299.36 in 2018 money">$299</abbr>99|1979}}. It had a GI CP1610 CPU at 1 MHz. It had 524B of RAM and 932B of graphics RAM. It was notably more powerful than the [[Atari 2600 emulators|Atari 2600]], which was released at a similar time, and could be used with a voice synthesizer unit known as the [[wikipedia:Intellivoice|Intellivoice]], which allowed speech in its games.
==Emulators==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating SystemPlatform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|Intellivoice
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! colspan="9"|PC / x86
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|jzIntv
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows, |Linux, |macOS}}|[http://www.spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/ 2018122520200712]
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|Nostalgia
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://www.intellivision.us/intvgames/nostalgia/nostalgia.php 5.0]
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|-
|[[FreeIntv]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeintv/ Libretro (2018-11-11)]<br />[https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15665/libretro-intellivision-emulator Binary]</small>
|{{✗}}
|-
|[[Pantheon]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://bostjan-grandovec.si/Content/News.htm {{PantheonVer}}]
|{{✓}}
|-
|[http://web.archive.org/web/20101123010108/http://bliss.kylesblog.com/? Bliss]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/images/4/4d/Bliss2.0.5-beta.zip 2.0.5]
|{{✓}}
* '''Nostalgia:''' Pretty much the very best Intellivision emulator currently available (At the time by 2009). Made by Joe Fisher.
* '''[[Pantheon]]:''' Popular multi-system emulator for Windows OS covering many old computers and 1970's-1980's consoles. Shown to support Intellivoice games but no ECS games work in this software yet. Made by Boštjan Grandovec.
* '''[[MAME]]''' (Formerly part of [[MESS]]): This multi-system emulator is presumed to have good support for the all released Intellivision models and add-ons - ECS and Intellivoice (eg. Keyboard Component); [https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/intv.cpp some mechanical things still not implemented].
'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20090421174628/http://intelliwiki.kylesblog.com:80/index.php/Emulators List of old known Intellivision emulators]'''. [https://www.arcadeathome.com/ivision.phtml?H Downloads of old emulators]. Emulators not included above:
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk-jzintv/ gtk-jzintv] (Linux)
* [http://www.intellivision.us/intvgames/jzintv/jzintv.php jzIntvGUI]
==Overview==
At the end of 1979, Mattel Electronics' [[wikipedia:Intellivision|Intellivision]] console was poised as a competitor to the number one selling console in the market, the [[Atari 2600 emulators|Atari 2600]].
After Mattel sold the rights to the system soon afterwards, the Intellivision was kept alive through their new owners, [https://www.mobygames.com/company/intv-corp INTV Corp]. Another 35 games were released from 1985 to 1990, mostly through mail order service. The system was generally very successful in the end, with over 3 million units sold and 125 games released before the system was finally discontinued in 1990.
During its lifetime, several models of the base system were released, as well as some interesting peripherals including a full computer adaptor, music keyboard, Intellivoice speech synthesis module, system changer to play Atari VCS games and PlayCable (an accessory to download games from your cable provider).
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