Atari has acquired the Intellivision brand, ending the first ever console war

Atari has acquired Intellivision. The company announced today that it had acquired its long-time rival, ending one of the original console rivalries, dating back to the 1970s.

[darthv72]

Wow.... two of my earliest gaming platforms. All they need is Coleco to round things out.

This is like Nintendo buying SEGA.

[OtterX]

YES! Colecovision was my start! I came to know Mario there in Donkey Kong before the NES was even a thing. :)

[Golfcoachh]

Yes such fond memories. My first was the odyssey, but I really started gaming on my colecovision. Had atari and intelivision but coleco was by far the best of the bunch to me.

[Kratos_Kart2007]

Yes...a gamer from my era...LMAO

Coleco was good...LOL

[shinoff2183]

Mine was atari. You guys go back further then me even

[Abnor_Mal]

What? No ones going to mention Vectrex?

[anast]

Good piece of history here.

edit: I wanted to read it but the cookies pop up is stopping me.

[badboyz09]

This was just before my time. I do remember my mom's friend having one all dusty in her apartment back in the day.

[R.I.P.} Ms. Irene

[Abear21]

People forget that console wars are part of the history of this industry. The console wars were started by competitive companies all the way back then and continued through Sega vs Nintendo, Jaguar/3DO/NeonGeo, and PlayStation vs Nintendo and Xbox.

These companies are across oceans and competing for the same business. These companies created the console wars, not crazy fanboys.

[anast]

Console wars are fun. It's fun to be a fanboy too. I don't get what's wrong with any of this as entertainment.

[darthv72]

Young kid school yard banter was fun. 30-40+ year olds still doing it is just disturbing. Many my age (50+) grew out of that a long time ago. We may still have our preferences, but we also embrace a more central position because there is a lot to enjoy on a wide range of genres and systems.

You'll understand one day and then things will forever change.

[shinoff2183]

Atari to nes. Mario bros hooked me

[anast]

@Darth

Yes, I'd like to think 'we' take a central position most of the time, at work, at the grocery, mundane interactions in the world, with our health habits, and so on. Sure, reaching the Aristotelian middle is a great thing, but so is having a few hobbies in which we don't have to be this way, and as long as there's transparency, which is key, they can be considered a category of 'socially acceptable' fun not completely limited to age. Of course, there are extreme circumstances, but to blanket the whole idea of fun with only extreme cases and age is a bit juvenile.

Also, as I've been doing this living thing, I've found that age isn't a necessary perquisite for wisdom, though, it does affect taste.

[anast]

@Shin
Mario pulled me in, but Mega Man hooked me. We even used to LARP it. Good 'ol days.

[Petebloodyonion]

The only thing back then was that the game would still appear on competing platforms.
Remember the Coleco Vision could play Atari2600 games via an Expansion modude.

[anast]

good point

[jznrpg]

I had both. Snafu on Intellivision was addicting as hell. Also had Colecovision which had Time Pilot. Combat was probably my favorite Atari game and both Atari and Intellivision had similar games like Pitfall and Jungle Hunt. It’s been so long I don’t really remember which game I liked bettter out of those but I did play my Intellivision a bit more than Atari though I’m not sure why besides Snafu. That was 40+ years ago damn I’m old lol

[Dagexon]

Ahh you're making me all nostalgic! Not old enough to have played these on original hardware but my first console was a bootleg console from Costco that had a bunch of intellivision and atari games. Then had a lot of fun with intellivision and atari collections on ps1 and 2.
Snafu was one of my favourite games and me and my partner still occasionally play it to this day

[anast]

Zaxxon is a good one.

[Kratos_Kart2007]

River Raid was the game!!

[Abnor_Mal]

Yes, River Raid was my sh*t.

[Vits]

It's super weird that it doesn't include the Amico and that it didn't kill it either. Still, Atari has been doing a great job with their own franchises, so it's probably a good thing for Intellivision fans.

[Barlos]

Ah, so will Atari get the Amico out then?

[darthv72]

I doubt it. They will take the games though and make them for the VCS as well as release them on other platforms like they have been doing with new renditions of old favorites.

[Barlos]

Think you're right. I watched a video recently and it was mentioned that the Amico games may see the light of day on the VCS. Couldn't cause any harm since Amico Home has been such a flop.

[Huey_My_D_Long]

Pretty funny seeing these companies still existing to this day. Nice lil piece of history, probably the one consolidation no one is upset about.

[ROCKY28]

SUPER ACTION FOOTBALL - SPINNING THAT SPINNER ON THE S.A.C. FOR THE (BOMB) TD !!!

[Hereandthere]

The 1st ever console war.

[Knightofelemia]

I wonder how much Atari paid Mattel for the purchase of Intellivision? Both machines are before my time but I did wrangle a Sears version of a 2600. I wrangled an Intellivision off a guy who used it maybe 5 times. I should have kept it but I turned around and sold it on Ebay. If I find another Intellivision I intend to keep it this time. Only other curious machine I want to get my hands on is a Colecovision and I think it had a talking add on for it.

[Petebloodyonion]

Never had an Intellivision but wanted an Atari 2600 and got a Coleco Vision with Donkey Long!
Can still pull that level ladder jump trick.

But back on topic, I wonder what can Atari do now with owning Intellivision
Let's hope it's good :)

[rlow1]

lol, console wars wasn’t even a thing back then.

[darthv72]

As someone who has lived through that time... yes, it was a thing. Nowhere near as bad as today, but it was a thing.

[rlow1]

Well that make two of us. I had both systems as a kid when they had launched. There was competition, but not anything I would call a console war. Majority of the people back in the day looked at them as a novelty. Back then most of the kids I went to school with didn’t even own one and could care less. At least in my neck of the woods. Arcades were all the rage. But possibly different in your neck of the woods.

[Profchaos]

So does that mean Tommy tallarico is going to stop his scam