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I have no idea where the old RAM values came from, changed it to reflect the separate chips used
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{{Infobox console
|title = Mattel Intellivision
|logo = Intellivision-Console-Set.png
|developer = [[Mattel Electronics]]
|type = [[:Category:Home consoles|Home video game console]]
|generation = [[:Category:Second-generation consoles|Second generation]]
|release = 1979
|discontinued = 1990
|predecessor introductory price = {{Inflation|USD|299.99|1979}}|successor=[[Intellivision Amico|Amico]] (Intellivision) [[HyperScan]] (Mattel)
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}The '''[[gametech:Intellivision|Intellivision]]''' was a games game console produced by [[wikipedia:Mattel|Mattel]] in 1979 and was retailed for {{Inflation|USD|299.99|1979}}. It had a GI CP1610 CPU at 1 MHz. It had 524B 1472 bytes of RAM, made up of 704 bytes of system RAM (stores the background table, system stack, EXEC variables), 256 bytes of "scratchpad RAM " (of which 16 bytes were unaddressable due to overlap with the sound chip) and 932B 512 bytes of graphics RAM(stores tiles used by background and sprites). 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==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|Intellivoice
! scope="col"|<span title="Entertainment Computer System">ECS*</sup></span>! scope="col"|<span title="Keyboard Component">KBC*</sup></span>
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
! scope="col"|[[libretro]]
! scope="col"|<small>[https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=45 Retro<br/>Achievements]</small>
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
! colspan="1011"|PC / x86
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| jzIntv<br/><small><abbr title="A cross-platform GUI for jzIntv ">[https://github.com/jenergy/jzIntvImGui#jzintvimgui jzIntvImGui]</abbr></small>
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
| [https://github.com/jenergy/jzIntvImGui/releases 2.3.7](jzIntvImGui)<br/>[http://www.spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/ 20200712](jzIntv)
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| [[FreeIntv|FreeIntv_libretro]]
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| [https://githubbuildbot.libretro.com/nightly/libretro/core]| {{✗}}[[FreeIntv git#Issues|*]]| {{✗}}[[FreeIntv#Issues|*]]| {{✗~}}
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! colspan="1011"|Mobile / ARM|-|jzIntvImGui|align=left|{{Icon|Android}}|[https://github.com/jenergy/jzIntvImGui 2.3.7]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}| High| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| [[FreeIntv|FreeIntv_libretro]]| align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}| [https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}| ?| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}
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| Jzintv4droid2
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! colspan="1011"|Console|-|jzIntvImGui|align=left|{{Icon|Switch}}|[https://github.com/jenergy/jzIntvImGui 2.3.4]| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{~}}| High| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}|-| [[FreeIntv|FreeIntv_libretro]]| align=left|{{Icon|XB1|SXS}}| [https://www.retroarch.com/index.php?page=platforms libretro core]| {{✗}}| {{✗}}| {{~}}| ?| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}| {{✓}}
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| NINTV-DS
| align=left|{{Icon|NDS}}
| [https://github.com/wavemotion-dave/NINTV-DS/releases git{{NINTV-DSVer}}]
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</div>
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===Comparisons===
* '''jzIntv:''' Portable, no-frills Intellivision emulator. Probably the most complete and accurate Intellivision emulation available. Made by Joseph Zbiciak.
* '''[[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/driversmattel/intv.cpp some mechanical things still not implemented].
* '''Nostalgia:''' Pretty much the very best Intellivision emulator 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.
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk-jzintv/ gtk-jzintv] (Linux)
* [http://www.intellivision.us/intvgames/jzintv/jzintv.php jzIntvGUI]
==Keyboard Component & The ECS==
The Keyboard Component was an addon meant to convert the Intellivision into a full fledged computer. The keyboard component had 16kb RAM shared with the master component, its own 6502 CPU and a built in tape player. It also had its character generator, able to overlay high resolution text on top of the master component's video. While promised since the system's launch, it never got beyond test marketing, selling only 4000 units which Mattel would eventually buy back.
The ECS (Entertainment Computer System) came about due to a FTC lawsuit for Mattel failing to produce the promised computer addon. The ECS was a lot less ambitious, adding a second sound chip which provides IO ports for either an alphanumerical keyboard, a musical keyboard or two additional controllers, an interface for either an external tape player or printer, 2 kilobytes of RAM and a built in BASIC.
* Entries for "ECS*" and "KBC*" in the table above should be explained here.
==Overview==
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).
==See also==
*[[First and second generations of video game consoles]]
==Resources==
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Home consoles]]
[[Category:Mattel consoles]]
[[Category:Second-generation consoles]]
[[Category:Intellivision emulators|*]]
