This is a list of cartridges and cassettes for the
Intellivision game system. Some cartridges were published by both
Mattel Electronics
The Intellivision is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979. The name is a portmanteau of "intelligent television". Development began in 1977, the same year as the launch of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. In 1984, ...
and
Sears Tele-Games, and later
Intellivision Inc. Between 1979 and 1989, a total of 132 titles were released:
* 118
cartridges plus one compilation cartridge for the Master Component
* 6 cartridges for the
ECS Computer Adapter
* 7
cassettes and 1 cartridge for the
Keyboard Component
The main reference for this is the Game Catalog of IntellivisionLives.com.
Some games were also published under different names when they were re-released as ''
Intellivision Lives!
''Intellivision Lives!'' is a compilation of over 60 Intellivision video games, originally produced by Mattel Electronics and INTV Corporation between 1978 and 1990. Using original game code and software emulation, ''Intellivision Productions' ...
''.
Table Key
All early games published by
Mattel Electronics
The Intellivision is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979. The name is a portmanteau of "intelligent television". Development began in 1977, the same year as the launch of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. In 1984, ...
were categorized by "Network". Each network had its own color that was used for the game box. The network concept was abandoned in late 1982.
Master Component Releases
Cartridges released during the production life of the
Intellivision from 1979 to 1990. Intellivoice cartridges are included here. Although designed to be played with speech, the Intellivoice cartridges do run without the Intellivoice peripheral.
Entertainment Computer System Releases
With one exception the following cartridges require the
ECS Computer Adapter and either the Computer Keyboard or Music Synthesizer peripherals.
Keyboard Component Releases
Keyboard Component cassettes had limited availability through direct mail or select markets. Only 4000 Keyboard Components were manufactured.
Unreleased
A list of
Intellivision games that are playable but not released.
Keyboard Component software on cassette tape are also included. Technical demos, store demos, and test cartridges are not included. ''Air Strike'' is one example that can be considered unfinished and is included in this list because the found prototype is playable. ''Hypnotic Lights'' is excluded because it is mostly a technical demo. ''Grid Shock'' is excluded due to lack of game play. Some were not released due to marketing decisions, others were due to
Mattel Electronics
The Intellivision is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979. The name is a portmanteau of "intelligent television". Development began in 1977, the same year as the launch of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. In 1984, ...
shutting down in January 1984. Unless otherwise noted the reference source is the list of ''Unreleased Intellivision Games'' at IntellivisionLives.com.
In a 2014 interview,
APh programmer Tom Loughry explains that in 1982 he and another APh programmer started a third Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game which was abandoned when he left the company. He also worked on a
Keyboard Component cassette game ''Super Football'' whose completion status is unknown.
In a 2015 interview with Russ Haft, manager of the Intellivision programming group at
Atari, it is explained that in addition to the four games released versions of ''Joust, Jungle Hunt, Pole Position, and Missile Command'' were completed or close to completion. Missile Command would have been dropped because of poor playability.
A June 1983 press release from
CBS Electronics
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainmen ...
announces ''Wizard of War'' and ''Gorf'' to be released in July and ''Blueprint, Solar Fox'', and ''Omega Race'' cartridges for August. This suggests ''Wizard of War'' and ''Gorf'' were completed and programming on the others were at least started.
Other announced games such as
Imagic
Imagic ( ) was an American video game developer and publisher that created games initially for the Atari 2600. Founded in 1981 by corporate alumni of Atari, Inc. and Mattel, its best-selling titles were ''Atlantis'', ''Cosmic Ark'', and ''Demo ...
''Wing War'' and ''Moonsweeper'' have little information about their status.
Tutorvision
Homebrew
Games created by
Intellivision fans and hobbyists.
Related
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Lists of video games
This is a list of all video game lists on Wikipedia, sorted by varying classifications.
By platform
Acorn
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Apple
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References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Intellivision Games
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Intellivision