Intellivision commercial [1983]

[TheXtro101]

People who had intellivison were consider the enemy of people who had atari back in the ol' days(it's like west coast vs east coast).

[ricarleite]

The music from this ad is from the intellivision game SNAFU. It's a slower version of the theme when there's only two snakes left on the board.

[superdonald333]

BEEEEEEEEEEE SSSSSSHHHHHEEVEEENN TEEEEN BBBOWMAH FTW!!!!!

[8BitBastard]

looked like he was gonna pull that kids arm off for beating him... he must be a wookie

[Timocop110]

OMG I MUST BUY THIS!

[aaronfowlowmusic]

Awesome diarrhea music.

[MattTheSaiyan]

Intellivision is awesome! But the controllers are evil.

[DickLodge68]

@MattTheSaiyan Are you kidding? The controllers are what made it great!

[MattTheSaiyan]

@DickLodge68 Well, I will admit that the number-pad was a good idea. Could be worth bringing back today considering how many games have inventory and the need to change item/weapon in real-time. I still feel the Intellivision controllers were uncomfortable for some games and the disc, while ahead of its time, a bit troublesome/unreliable.

[Ziikuje]

B-17 Bowmer!

[UncleFeedle]

Korg MS-20 music!

[fatograph]

The score in that baseball game was 45 - 7. HAHAHAHA~~

[krone900]

Yeah right, as if they'll ever really be able to make video games with graphics that good.

[WebVMan]

I want my IN TELLI VISION!!!

[tiberianfiend]

IT'S SO REALISTIC!

[Tranceplant82]

The first console i've ever played.

Funny ad lol

[Pintassilgo12]

AN- TEH-LAH-VEEH-JUN

[Novacoma]

the brown haired woman playing with her curly haired and glasses wearing husband is hot.

[cageboyes]

Yeah this is the Australian version of the Ad.. I had one of these about this time when they were out. They cost a lot. Around the C64 Era.

[macNcheeseFTW]

I often wonder what the kids in these commercials are doing these days.

[KevinCarey]

I used to like that boxing game

[themaje]

@KevinCarey .....I think the red or blue boxer had a jab he could throw at about, oh......3,000 times a second. We always marveled at how another one--I think the yellow dude--would get the hell beaten out of him for 6 rounds then land a haymaker for a one-punch knockout.

[bogercs]

using controllers with numbers is a bigger problem. Itellevision is for people who are really intelligent of using the controlls.

[Kennyrules101]

in-tel-le-vi-sion! :D

[MrSaturn33]

Wow, it's playing a remix of one of the songs in Snafu...

[ThePookdawg]

i heard these will make ur tv explode

[iohin]

0:17 "see how the players move, listen to the sound effects" lol

[clubpenguin445]

BBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SEVEHTHEEEN BOOOMBEEEER

[Daintytwinkletoes]

gotta love the music

[parasiticproductions]

That music is a repurposed version of the SNAFU theme, a game that had amazing music.

[Loruxz25]

0:12 Uhhhuhuh.. I'm acting.

[GreyGhostly]

Shit I missed out on the Hprse Racing game or dog racing or human sprint...WTF were those things????

[TheDutchGame]

Did that intellevision just came from the microwave?

[ShawnVanAngle]

that fielding in baseball..you had to be quick..the gameplay was excellent.

[hammr25]

Boxing was an awesome game!

[MrJoshuaSalway1990]

Like the music.

[MattTheSaiyan]

How knew there were so many stores to choose from back then? DAMN YOU MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATION!

[ussgrisham]

No game plays the same way twice...LOVE IT  WHAT A CROCK OF BS

[Imgema]

Its funny how these "family" commercials are so similar to Wii commercials....

[GialloHorror]

The music in this commercial reminds me of Kraftwerk. Definitely had to be influenced by that awesome group

[Supersourcrout]

@GialloHorror The song in this commercial is a remake of a song in a intellivision game: Snafu.

[MrSaturn33]

@GialloHorror It actually came from the game Snafu first, but maybe that was influenced by that

[fjhuerta]

@GialloHorror that music was from the SNAFU cartridge for Intellivision. Definitely NOT influenced by them.

[GialloHorror]

@fjhuerta Yeah, Kraftwerk has been around since 1969, long before SNAFU and Intellivision

[chuckchizzle]

I loved Treasure of Tarmin and Utopia.

those stick out when I think of this system.

[TNkenny]

@chuckchizzle Utopia was a badass game. It'd be awesome to play it again

[ligeynuts]

Man my uncle had almost every game on that system. This bring back so many memories from over 20 years ago when I was a kid. The red boxer always won I found, the other colours weren't up to snuff.

This is an Australian add by the way

[420THECRYPTKEEPER]

hey that was my first game system

and I loved it

my first game was donkey kong

[carlovegas]

Its am Australian ad, Rose bay and Parramatta

[EarthboundMike27]

yeah games have evolved a bit since then

[CO9207]

LOL, the SNAFU theme!

[FireTacoProductions]

i would buy one so i could play 'BEEEE SHEVENTEEN BAAALLLMER"

[tooneeii]

wouldnt do that, this game sucks ass!!

[WeThePeopleOnline]

At the end of the commercial it says Grace Bros like the tv show on BBC? That's awesome!

[bukster1]

Clearly a New Zealand ad to judging by the accents and store locations. It's scary to think that when I was a teenager, this was the best available.

[viking977]

listen to the sound effects!

*WHOOOOOOOOO* so realistic!

0:18

[jhb3112298]

now the best video game system is Wii

[Shaznat]

haha.. the background music to this commercial is from the ending of Snafu..

[400SA]

Wow, dig that music, eh? I couldn't make up something that cheesey even if paid very well, that's quite an accomplishement!

[NukeOTron]

"A lot more fun and a bigger challenge" compared to every game system that doesn't use a telephone for a controller.

"Before you buy any other video game system, be sure. Play Intellivision first." Too late. The other system with a telephone for a controller looks WAY better... along with the NES.

"So intelligent, no game plays the same way twice." Unless all Intellivision games use highly sophisticated randomizers... LIES!!!

[fawdown]

You are comparing a system way ahead of its time that came out in the late 70s with the NES, which came out 7 years after, toward the end of INTV's run. They are in 2 different generations. NES has better graphics, but it was a while before they had any games as complex as some of the INTV lineup. There were a lot of INTV games that did play differently each time. Sims like Utopia was different every time. Treasure of Tarmin was very different each time played.

[ratesforless]

I know Nuke isn't comparing the Intellivision console which was created in the late '70s to the NES which came out a decade later. That's like comparing the Commodore Vic-20 to a newly built laptop.

[whattheheck1000]

@fawdown it came out in October 1979, so it was about as late in the '70s as you could get.

[TNkenny]

@fawdown thats neat that you mentioned Utopia! I loved that game!!!

[TheTurnipKing]

@fawdown Actually, early NES games WEREN'T all that much more complex than Intellivisions. It wasn't until later with the development of more sophisticated mappers and more memory for the NES that it really started to look like the next-gen system it was.

Compare Kung Fu on the Atari to Kung Fu on the NES. The NES is obviously better, but the gap isn't quite as pronounced as with later NES titles like Super Mario Bros 3 or Shatterhand.

[fawdown]

@TheTurnipKing I didn't really get into NES right away. It was my brother that had it. I didn't play it at all until Zelda. I was still on my INTV as primary until almost 1990 (I still have it, and have repaired it a number of times). I know they enhance abilities when they get a better understanding of the machine. Things evolve when they learn to tap into it more. It may or may not be intentional. It could be a way to ensure more life out of it when it starts to flatten out.

[rodrizarate]

Aun tengo mi intellevision. que me compraron en 1980 y aunque no lo crean aun funciona fue una niñez increible la que tuve... mil veces mejor que el atari 2600 yeaaaaaaaa

[blackandblue10]

lol .I love how the guy talking talks aout how realistic the intellivision is while at the same, there is a baseball game on the screen with a score of 44-7.

[GialloHorror]

@blackandblue10 LMAO!

[Busterrriffic]

@blackandblue10

Brilliant!

[RustDemon79]

@blackandblue10 absolutely

[WebVMan]

Must be Yankees Vs Reds.

[guyinfl99]

@blackandblue10 They actually got a hit to score that 45th insurance run.

[themaje]

@guyinfl99 .....just as funny!! OMG.

[themaje]

@blackandblue10 ....When I read this, I had the misfortune of having food in my mouth. I laughed so hard I started crying!

[sunnyfuneral55]

jaja el vatho le levanta el brazo a su hijo xD

DAAA qe pedo D: