Intellivision: How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie(r)

by Tom Boellstorff and Braxton Soderman

The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.

Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopia--do these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogame system, sold by Mattel Electronics between 1979 and 1984. This system was Atari's main...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262549506
• ISBN13: 9780262549509
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 416 Pages