Atari simply unveiled its newest gaming console, the Intellivision Dash. Atari is launching the console to rejoice the forty fifth anniversary of Intellivision, calling the Intellivision Dash a “fashionable revival” of the unique console.
The Intellivision Dash options 45 built-in video games, together with common titles like Astrosmash, Shark! Shark!, Star Strike, Skinny Ice, and Boulder Sprint, together with quite a lot of sports activities video games (Baseball, Chip Shot Tremendous Professional Golf, Soccer, Tremendous Professional Snowboarding, Tennis, Tremendous Professional Soccer) and technique video games (B-17 Bomber, Sea Battle, Area Battle, Utopia).
The Intellivision Dash retails for $149.99, and shall be obtainable for pre-order through Atari.com beginning Oct. 17. Orders shall be shipped out on Dec. 5, making the Intellivision Dash a wise vacation present for retro avid gamers (or avid gamers who do not need to spend a whole month’s lease on a PlayStation 5 or Xbox Collection X). The Intellivision Dash shares the unique Intellivision’s visible design, however options some fashionable upgrades like wi-fi controllers, HDMI output, and a USB-A port.
Initially designed by Mattel Electronics and launched broadly in 1980, the Intellivision was initially meant to compete with the Atari 2600, which launched in 1977. This successfully kicked off the primary console conflict — the Intellivision was superior from a technical perspective and boasted higher graphics, however the 2600 was cheaper and had a bigger library of video games.
Actually, Atari and Mattel as soon as ran a collection of combative advertisements, with the latter tapping author George Plimpton for TV commercials that took goal on the inferiority of the older Atari 2600.
In Might 2024, Atari introduced that it had bought the Intellivision model from Mattel, and even hinted that some new Intellivision video games could also be within the works. The announcement of the Intellivision Dash solely mentions basic video games, nonetheless, so if Atari has one thing new up its sleeve, we have but to listen to about it.
