The Intellivision FAQ

Frequently Asked  Questions for the classic console , updated for 2024 and beyond!

This Intellivision FAQ contains real questions-and-answer sets, attribution for content creators, and links to media.

Intellivision FAQ

This version is based on the  last edition from Larry Anderson, from whom we obtained permission to carry forward as a service to the Intellivision fan community. Special thanks to Steve Roney for sharing markup comments on Larry’s FAQ from Keith Robinson, which have been incorporated into this document set.  

 

This refreshed FAQ is here to help everyone, whether they just found a console at a flea market and want to use it on a modern TV, or a retrogaming veteran looking for emulation links, or anything in between. The FAQ is here to answer questions about history and give context!

Source links point to original sources, or to archive.org or our “Intellivision Echo” public cloud space to keep references available. We want to keep relevant content alive! Most original FAQ info has been migrated to here. We are working to keep the FAQ current (everything from PAL/NTSC video conversions to game clubs to IntyBASIC development to music to TV POWWW replication to JLP to Tutorvision), everything we can find!

We’re not looking to replace info at any of the primary Intellivision sites, but rather have decent answers to common questions with pointers to those sites (eg BSR history, Intv Funhouse, etc).

Anyone that wants to submit content to make the FAQ better, feel free to contact us. 

 

 


The following contributed, directly or indirectly, to the content of this FAQ. Thank you!
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  • Anders Carlsson (mobile.twitter.com/anderszapac)
  • Anthony ClassicGamer74 (atariage.com)
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  • Dave Warhol
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  • Dennis Clark
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  • John Festinger
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  • Keith Robinson
  • Larry Anderson (www.digitpress.com)
  • Marcus Chiado
  • Mark Kennedy
  • Mark Thompson (markthompson.us/intellivision/)
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  • Mike Minkoff
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  • Oscar Toledo Guiterrez (nanochess.org/author.html)
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  • Patrick Aubry
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  • Steve Craft (forums.atariage.com/profile/31694-first-spear/)
  • Steve Ettinger
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  • Steve Roney (sroney@intellivision.com)
  • Steven A. Orth
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  • Technical Associates
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  • Tim Duarte (timduarte.blogspot.com/)
  • Todd Holcomb
  • Tom Loughry
  • Tommy Tallarico (www.bing.com/search?q=Intellivision+Entertainment)
  • Trevor Lambert (facebook.com)
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  • www.atariage.com
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  • Yannick Erb (easyeda.com)
  • Zendocon (intylab@gmail.com)

 

 

  • Now available: The index of Intellivision Echo , content mirrored from around the world used for media in the FAQ, can be downloaded.
  • Now available: Copies of the PDF documents from Dave Chandler “Papa Intellivision” have been OCR’d and converted to searchable versions. Available at Papa Intellivision Searchable Content