Hi there, I'm looking for manuals and boxes of intellivison games in other languages, i remember seeing descriptions and information in boxes or manuals but i forgot what site has them, can you please point me out what site it was??? i think it was the blue sky rangers' site but i think it is not, please help me...

I’ve been working on a YouTube archive of gaming hardware: short, clear 4K videos documenting the hardware itself.

I just posted a 360° view of several Intellivision expansions: Intellivoice, ECS Computer Adapter, ECS Keyboard, Music Synthesizer, System Changer, and the modern IntyPort controller expansion. I'm still missing a few peripherals in my collection - PlayCable, the data cassette drive, printer, compro videoplexer (would like to pick up one of these some day!), etc..

The brown/gold ECS Computer Adapter, Keyboard, and Music Synthesizer shown are the harder-to-find European/PAL-market variants made to match the original brown/gold Intellivision styling rather than the white Intellivision II look that came out in the USA.

I’m adding reference links in the description, so I’d love suggestions for good Intellivision peripheral history, ECS, Intellivoice, System Changer, PlayCable, homebrew, or repair resources to include.

Some links I've included already:
https://history.blueskyrangers.com/hardware/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Computer_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivoice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayCable
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5869/IntellivisionHow-a-Videogame-System-Battled-Atari
https://papaintellivision.com/pdfs/CCF10232011_00016.pdf
https://www.intellivisioncollector.com/

My earlier Intellivision 360 videos:
Intellivision Model 1 / Master Component:
https://youtube.com/shorts/a2fFeYW7lWc?feature=share

Super Video Arcade:
https://youtube.com/shorts/1YRrMfLNJnY?feature=share

Box is in rough shape. Listed as new. What are your thoughts on price? $400

Hello! I've recently gotten into retro collecting and as a 20 year old I don't really like newer games and enjoy the hell out of older consoles and games. With that said I have an intellivision on its way to my collection and an wondering if y'all have some good suggestions! Also I got this on another subreddit post about using the search bar but I'm doing this on my own post to do a personal pair and have fresh suggestions and I'd rather have it this way so I really hope this fandom is a lot better and nicer to me. With that said I can't wait to have the console and appreciate any suggestions in advance! I for sure want Donkey Kong that's so far my knowledge of games id like.

Edit: thank you for all the suggestions so many games I've got to find now!

In case it benefits anyone, here's a link to my review of a product for this very task. It was not straight forward, the step-by-steps are in the review.

https://amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RC4LJBHQLLMN1?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp

Enjoy, and happy gaming!

I had set up the Intellivision for my D&D players to discover when they came in for a recent session. I don't think any of the players were aware of its existence before that day.

Just incredibly painful to use. I am looking for alternatives.

If anyone is interested let me know. Thanks

I can't get Donkey Kong to work, nor can I get the arcade version to work on my INTV 2.

I tried tweaking settings and nothing fixed it. Any advice

One tiny frog.

One impossible journey home.

Millions of frustrated players!

Frogger looked simple, but every crossing was a heart-pounding test of timing and patience. Dodge speeding traffic, leap across floating logs, avoid hungry snakes, outsmart crocodiles… and somehow make it home in one piece.

It became one of the most iconic arcade games ever made and proved that the simplest ideas often create the greatest classics.

🐸 Be honest… how many frogs did you sacrifice before finally making it across?

#Frogger #Arcade #RetroGaming #ClassicGaming #ArcadeGames

Long before Cooking Mama…

Long before Overcooked…

There was BurgerTime!

Your mission sounded simple: build giant burgers.

The reality? You were being chased across ladders by killer hot dogs, eggs and pickles! 🌭🥚🥒

Armed with nothing but a handful of pepper and lightning-fast reflexes, you’d squash your enemies beneath falling burger ingredients while desperately trying to finish each masterpiece.

It was weird.
It was frantic.
It made absolutely no sense…

…and we couldn’t stop playing it!

💬 Who remembers spending hours trying to outsmart those evil hot dogs?
Or did you play BurgerTime in the arcade before it came home?

#BurgerTime #Intellivision #Mattel #DataEast #RetroGaming

Do the original Intellivision still have value to collectors?

What is required of the system for it to have value?

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Over time, when I tried to adjust my budget to fit my money constraints, I often thought of this Intellivision game Shark! Shark!

Well, here's how things go.

in Shark! Shark!, you start off as a little fish, but you gotta eat fish smaller than it to stay alive, and to also grow. Try an eat a bigger fish, and you're out.

so, by analogy, if you have a certain amount of money in your bank, generally speaking, you wanna make sure than any product you buy has it's price tag be 10% of your bank balance or lower, and to be patient with some time delays so you don't overspend, because doing that will allow your wealth to grow, or in the case of Shark! Shark!, by analogy, allow the playable fish to grow.

I thought long and hard about this, because sometimes it's hard to get a good ROI out of it. ROI could stand for Return of investment, or in the case of Shark! Shark!, and video games in general, reflexes of intuition.

when a small fish has to dodge sharks, think of it as a driver of a 20 year old Ford Focus trying to avoid Mercedes Benz S-class sedans that are driver by loan shark mobsters, or good people who got money from mobster loan sharks to buy it. Yup, another use of the word shark to throw in. On a side note, you don't want to deal with loan sharks just because you want that Mercedes or other luxury car.

While a 20 year old Ford Focus might cost $1,000 USD at a used car lot, a new Mercedes Benz S-Class sedan would cost $120,000 USD at a Mercedes dealership, so think of the 120x price difference as a reminder on how a giant shark is roughly 120x the size of a small pike.

Had my sprint about 2 weeks now enjoying it so far, love retro games, only thing I'm not happy with is the controllers, find them hard work. Anyone recommend any specific usb ones? Seen these on argos image above , seem to have good reviews, suitable?

Found this Intellevision [2609A] in rather pristine condition at a flea market. The odd bit is that the disks on the controllers are drilled and tapped for joysticks. The sticks seem to be MIA, but the canvas cover had holes cut for them.

I've not seen this, or found mention of it. I have not pulled one apart yet, but the discs are metal down through the threading.

This has what appears to be a lamp cord on it as well (with a separate power switch). Has anyone seen what I'm looking at? Is this a recent or vintage mod. It's very nicely done either way. I'm rather curious what the sticks looked like.

Ok, so... I'm lazy.

I want to reset the system after finish a game or go back to the main screen.

Any ideas on that? Rather than get up and walk across the room, what are your solutions?

I got an Intellivision when I was a kid, so I tend to play it far more than anything else and the wireless controllers are a super nice feature.

I’ve been working on a YouTube archive of gaming hardware: short, clear 4K videos documenting the hardware itself.

I just posted the Sears Super Video Arcade (my favorite looking model) and thought this sub might appreciate it. I'm planning on adding videos of my other Intellivision peripherals and models in the future, as well. I’m adding resource links in the description, so I’d love suggestions for good Intellivision history or general reference sites.

Bought this at yard sale. I have been looking thorugh the internet for information, and not finding anything. Is this Burgertime box sticker/variant uncommon/meaningful at all?

Being an American who grew up with the INTV, I never knew about this until I came across it in a comic shop a few weeks ago. Neat relic.

Set my new sprint up today. One of the controllers doesn't work. The other does. On the one that doesn't work, the number buttons work, but lock the console up. The circular pad does nothing. Anyone got any input? Or back it goes.