Comment Re:Intellivision Control (Score 1) 36
The controller was unique to say the least...
As a child (parents still have it packed up somewhere) I had an Intellivision master I , close to 30 games, the Intellivoice, and the entertainment computer system that plugged into the cartridge slot. We even had a cassette tape that plugged into the "computer". Never had a problem with any of that. The controllers on the other hand.
I can't remember how many times the controllers were "fixed" by my dad. Eventually he was able to get Intellivison to send us rebuild kits for the controllers.
It was a neat idea though. With the overlays it allowed games to use 12 buttons in addition to the side buttons. The other consoles of the day only had a couple. Look at controllers now the X-box has 8 buttons/triggers. The designers were pioneers of the time.
As a child (parents still have it packed up somewhere) I had an Intellivision master I , close to 30 games, the Intellivoice, and the entertainment computer system that plugged into the cartridge slot. We even had a cassette tape that plugged into the "computer". Never had a problem with any of that. The controllers on the other hand.
I can't remember how many times the controllers were "fixed" by my dad. Eventually he was able to get Intellivison to send us rebuild kits for the controllers.
It was a neat idea though. With the overlays it allowed games to use 12 buttons in addition to the side buttons. The other consoles of the day only had a couple. Look at controllers now the X-box has 8 buttons/triggers. The designers were pioneers of the time.
