Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand and Over 200 Games - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 June 2024 / 2,148 Views
Atari announced it has acquired the Intellivision brand and over 200 video games.
Intellivision Entertainment will be rebranded and continue its business of developing and distributing the Amico brand game console. It will have a license from Atari to continue to distribute new versions of the Intellivision games on the Amico console.
Atari has a goal to expand digital and physical distribution of legacy Intellivision games, possibly create new games, and explore brand licensing opportunities to create value from the Intellivision properties over a long-term plan.
"Uniting Atari and Intellivision after 45 years ends the longest-running console war in history," said the head of Digital Eclipse, an Atari-owned game studio, Mike Mika.
Atari CEO Wade Rosen added, "This was a very rare opportunity to unite former competitors and bring together fans of Atari, Intellivision and the golden age of gaming."
Intellivision Entertainment CEO Phil Adam stated, "Atari has been a valuable partner and we have every confidence they will be a responsible steward of the storied Intellivision brand. We look forward to our expanded collaboration and bringing a broad array of new Atari and Intellivision titles to the Amico and Amico Home family gaming platforms."
The first Intellivision video game console was released in 1979 by Mattel Electronics and sold an estimated five million units through 1990.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I guess Tommy couldn't keep the BS up any longer.
Now his failure is complete.
I mean good because the last regime were fuckwads. At the same time this is so strange to read in 2024.
This may have changed the industry...if it happened 40 years ago.
Man, if I fell into a coma in the early 80s and woke up to this news, I would freak the eff out.
I'd always thought that Atari had fallen pretty hard from their peak, but apparently Intellivision fell even harder. Congrats to Atari for finally beating their rival. This would be like if Nintendo bought Sega, except nobody cares about Atari or Intellivision anymore.
Atari? I didn't think they were still around.
Kind of. This company can trace its DNA back to the original Atari Inc, but they went through a lot of mergers and buyouts after Warner Communications sold them off to the guys who founded Commodore. The present-day Atari SA used to be Infogrames/Ocean, who bought Atari from Hasbro in 2001.
I had an intellivision as a kid. Fun times. Took it out of storage in college to set it up next to all my other systems. It was good for a few minutes of nostalgia at a time.
