30 Years Of Trend-Setting Gadgets

Intellivoice, 1982
Intellivoice, 1982

Intellivision was a game console system designed by Mattel Electronics in 1979 to compete against Atari, Colecovision and Magnavox's Odyssey2. Three years later, the company unveiled Intellivoice, a module that attached to the cartridge port of the Intellivision. When using special voice-enhanced games, the Intellivision could talk. Five games were developed to take advantage of the unit's capabilities: Space Spartans, B-17 Bomber, Tron Solar Sailor, Bomb Squad and World Series Major League Baseball.

The games did not sell as well as hoped, and Intellivoice was phased out a year later.

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