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ATGames had previously worked with Atari to create the Atari Flashback - a small console which featured built in games. This made playing some games a little tricky.įlashback!​In 2014, Intellivision Productions partnered with ATGames to create the Intellivision Flashback. Instead of a traditional joypad, the Intellivision controller consisted of a 16-way directional disc, 10 numbered buttons, and 5 additional buttons. The trouble with emulating the Intellivision though, is that is had a very unique controller. As well as this, they gave licenses to other companies to create similar compilations for Playstation, Nintendo DS and Xbox.

The new company created a series of compilations of emulated Intellivision games for MS-DOS, Windows and Macintosh. Intellivision Lives again!​In 1997, Keith Robinson and Stephen Roney, former coders at Mattel, acquired the rights to the brand and games and formed Intellivision Productions. In 1984 Mattel decided to exit the market, and a sold the assets of Intellivision to executives of Mattel Electronics, who eventually becoming INTV Corporation. The console had a wider launch in 1980 and despite being technically superior to Atari’s VCS, it was no match for the arcade company’s home console. In January 1979, Mattel’s Intellivison ( “Intelligent Television”) was announced at the CES, and was soft launched in Fresno late that year. After dabbling in some hand-held electronic LED games, the company decided the time was right to launch a console. In The late seventies, toy giant Mattel was eyeing up Atari’s VCS and decided they wanted a piece of the video game pie.