Intellivision

Type: Console
Publisher: Mattel
Firstly released in: United States
First release: 1980
Release and compatibility details: Also released by GTE/Sylvania; released also Intellivision II (1982) and Intellivision III (1985) by INTV

Success and unsuccess:

Most popular years: 1981-1982
Most popular countries: USA
Amount of games in database: 296 (list)
Amount of music records in database: 1 (list)
Amount of downloadable MIDI tunes: 1 (list)
Importance on the market in the most popular years: Medium

Characteristics:

Intellivision Hardware Specifics:

CPU: GI 1600, 16-bit
ROM: 7k
Colors: 16
Resolution: 192 x 160

More info: http://www.gamerland.com/systems/cgi-bin/showsystem.cgi?id=52

Intellivision II could be compatible with INTV I, but there have been some compatibility issues. INTV II hardware:

CPU: General Instruments CP1610 (16-bit)
Video Chip: General Instruments AY-3-8900-1
Resolution: 160 x 96
Colors: 16
Sound Chip: Genral Instruments AY-3-8914
Channels: 3

More info: http://www.gamerland.com/systems/cgi-bin/showsystem.cgi?id=104

INTV III is compatible with I and II, but came really too late. :( More info about INTV III: http://www.gamerland.com/systems/cgi-bin/showsystem.cgi?id=105

Games and music info:

Most common media for storing games: Cartridge
Average packed game size: 9 kB

Emulation info:

Intellivision for PC - this emulator comes directly from the Intellivision authors, and which is very surprising, it's absolutely free! Therefore it runs great on almost any PC and emulates all including sound. Also some games are included in the package.

This emulation info was written on 15.December 2002. (This time is very important, because emulation info very depends on the time it was written - emulators can improve a lot after this time..).