Keyboard Component
code name 'Blue Whale' / Intelliputer · Mattel · 1981
Why
sold 4,000 - EpicThe Intellivision (a portmanteau of "intelligent television") is a home video game console released by Mattel Electronics in 1979. It distinguished itself from competitors with more realistic sports and strategic games. By 1981, Mattel Electronics had close to 20% of the domestic video game market, selling more than 3.75 million consoles and 20 million cartridges through 1983. At its peak, Mattel Electronics had about 1,800 employees in several countries, including 110 videogame developers. In 1984, Mattel sold its video game assets to a former Mattel Electronics executive and investors, eventually becoming INTV Corporation.
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6502 CPU, 16K RAM, 40x24 text display, tape drive, microphone; repeatedly delayed, investigated by the FTC for false advertising, and cancelled; buyback offered USD 550 for the Component, USD 60 for the BASIC cartridge and USD 30 per cassette.
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