Intellivision Classic Games

by 1999 Activision

Product Features

• A collection of classic games from intellivision,
• 30 video games from the 80s.
• perfectly converted for the Playstation game console.
• From space battles to sports.

Product Details

• ASIN: B00001QECQ
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,374 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

GameSpot Review

As companies dig deeper and deeper into the past in search of old games they can package and rerelease as a part of the increasingly popular retrogaming movement, there's going to be some misses. Not every package can contain 30 perfect classics. That's where this collection of Intellivision games comes in, bringing with it a swift reminder that even in the good old days, some games were just plain terrible.

The Intellivision is one of those console systems that most people have forgotten by now. Sure, there are people that are downright fanatical about the system and its games, but by and large its place in history is as "The system that kids that weren't cool enough to have an Atari 2600 had."

Contained in the package are Armor Battle, Astrosmash, Auto Racing, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Checkers, Chess, Football, Frog Bog, Golf, Hockey, Hover Force, Las Vegas Poker N Blackjack, Night Stalker, Pinball, Sea Battle, Shark! Shark!, Sharp Shot, Skiing, Snafu, Soccer, Space Armada, Space Battle, Space Hawk, Spiker! Super Pro Volleyball, Stadium Mud Buggies, Star Strike, Sub Hunt, and Tennis. It would have been nice to see the Dungeons & Dragons games, as well as the Tron games, but licensing issues probably put the kibosh on their inclusion.

Aside from the games, there's also a collection of short video clips that feature interviews with some of the original programmers. The only other option is the ability to save your game at any time. The Intellivision controller featured a keypad. So, to play this collection on the PlayStation, you must bring the keypad up on your screen, push whatever buttons you need to push, then close the keypad window. The keypad blocks a small portion of the screen, and it's generally a big hassle to use, especially in games like Las Vegas Poker N Blackjack, where most of the action takes place on the keypad.

A small screen that appears before each game starts quickly informs you of the controls, but it would have been nice also to see some onscreen directions or even scans of the original game manuals. Instead, you're forced to flip through the manual and read the usually terrible directions. While the poker and blackjack game has about five pages of directions, Hockey is limited to "Objective: Score the most points as possible." Granted, there's not a whole lot more you need to know about Hockey other than that objective and the controls, but even to put that in the manual seems totally silly. Also, given the simple nature of these games, there sure is quite a lot of loading involved in getting the games going.

If you were an Intellivision owner, and you believe that playing these games on a grossly inadequate controller will bring about pleasant feelings of nostalgia, then this is the package for you. But you must really have an attachment to these games - anyone else just won't get why you just spent the last four hours playing Astrosmash. --Jeff Gerstmann
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Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly...Intellivision Comes Home!, February 13, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Intellivision Classic Games (Video Game)

When I saw this game for the first time in the store I declared, "I must have it!", remembering when I played these games for the first time in the early eighties. Well, I did get it, and though I'm glad I have it, I must admit the people at Activision did a pretty poor job in picking the best games. There were some good choices, such as "Astrosmash", "Shark Shark" (one of my favorites), and "Snafu", there are some disasters, like "Star Strike", and "Space Hawk". There were some really tremendous games for the Intellivision, like "Utopia" (a precursor to Sim City type games), a little known game called "Vectron", any of the voice games. Also absent were "Horseracing" and one of the best games "Lock and Chase". Where are the one or two player versions of the sports games which were released toward the end of the systems days, and why did "Bowling" not make it? That was one of the best of the sports games! I hope that the idea to bring back some of the other Intellivision games doesn't die out because of this release. Activision, producers of this game created some of the best of the system's offerings, such as "Dreadnaught Factor" and "Beam Rider". Also there were some fantastic games by Imagic, such as "Demon Attack", "Safecrackers", "Dracula", and "Swords and Serpents". These are games I feel would translate well. It's unfortunate that who designed this game went with so many below average games!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars would be a 5 star game but....., December 18, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Intellivision Classic Games (Video Game)

you can't play the two players games solo. Remember how annoying it was to have to manipulate both controllers to play a football game yourself? The frustration is back. So, you can't play a lot of these games unless your childhood buddy still lives near you.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's back and better than ever!, December 6, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Intellivision Classic Games (Video Game)

Intellivision Classics presses the rewind button of the mind, bringing you back to the early eighties when games relied on fun instead of high tech 256-bit holographics to hook a player. The 30 games that were selected are mostly mainstream like Baseball and Snafu, but a few are unbelievably rare, such as Stadium Mud Buggies. Me and my brother played these games so much, my parents called us Player 1 and Player 2! Buy this game! You will not be let down!