What is intelligence?
Intelligence was a computer game console built to compete with the popular Atari 2600.
Less than a year after the release of the Atari 2600 pioneering 2600, Mattel has prepared for the development of a more advanced gaming machine of the console. Although the intelligence was originally planned to have an additional keyboard to make the opponent a personal computer, technology was never improved and eventually discarded. The system was aggressively launched as better and more realistic than Atari and accepted the advertising slogan "The closest thing of the real thing". In the first year, the system sold over 100,000 units with 19 available games. The company produced popular games that would become a classic, including Sub Hunt and Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Cloudy Mountain . Eventually Mattel is aware ofOmil that they could earn more profit by making games in the house, and hiring handkerchiefs of pocket games to take the job.
It is my fairy tale stolen their development team, Mattel maintained the identity of the developers and referred to them only as "Blue Sky Rangers". The Rangers produced dozens of games for the system and many original members continued to develop their careers after the fall of intelligence. Their most famous titles include River raid , Shark! Shark! and Utopia , considered the first SIM game.
The original intelligence was a flat rectangular box, with two drivers and the port of the cassette on one side. The drivers contained a numeric pad similar to the phone, a circular directional pad and four side buttons that could be used for different game functions. A smaller, more elegant version called Intelivision II has been released, designed to produce cheaper.
One of the main innovations was the release of intelligence, a revolutionary peripheral device that created a synthesized speech for certain games. Given the limited amount of available space for the tape memory, games were intelligence. With this ability Spartans Spartans , Bomb Squad , B-17 Bomber and Tron: Solar Sailor . This technology was a few years ago, but is recognized as a revolutionary invention.
In 1983, the Video game market recorded a crash when new companies hurried to the manufacture of consoles and personal computers gained popularity. The intelligence, unable to release the technologically advanced system that maintained the pace with the TNA market, eventually suffered the effects of the accident. The company closed in 1991.
In the 21st century, the vintage game has become a considerable fad and intelligence is often found in the center of bid wars at auction sites such as eBay. At the end of the 90s.The games and created compilations for Sony PlayStation, Nintendo DS and for use on personal computers. Despite the limited availability of the original system, the world of intelligence is alive and well again.