rietveld Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Hi. Was there ever a brown version of the system changer? I know that the ecs came in both white and brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I doubt there ever was a brown system changer. The reason for the brown versions was that the white Intellivision II was available in the US but due to technical issues with the PAL video circuitry, the Intellivision II was delayed internationally. Thus the rest of the world still had the original brown Intellivisions. Making brown ECS and accessories was a simple color change. However, the video input pin on the cartridge port was moved from Intellivision I to II. This means that the System Changer isn't compatible with the original Intellivision... unless you or Mattel modified the original console's internals (Mattel offered a mail-in service for the mod). Because of this incompatibility, its doubtful that there ever was a brown System Changer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 No PAL Intellivision II, no PAL System Changer. Easy as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 That's too bad. I was excited when I found a brown PAL ECS to use with my Original intellivision. I was hoping to get a matching brown system changer also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) The question was asked here a number of years ago:http://atariage.com/forums/topic/225896-brown-system-changer/ Like Lathe and Intymike have mentioned, the System Changer was made for the Intv II console. The Intv 2 consoles weren't made for the PAL market, so no brown Intv II consoles and no brown System Changers (not a PAL version of Intv 2 and System Changer needed to be brown). If they made a PAL Intv 2 console, do we know if they would have been brown? The ECS and accessories were made brown since they are compatible with the original consoles and that is the color of the only consoles available in the PAL market. At some point they released a modification to the original Intellivision consoles to support the System Changer shown here:http://wiki.intellivision.us/index.php?title=Intellivision_System_Changer_Support_Modification So you can modify an original Intellivision console to support the System Changer, I don't think this will work in the PAL environment since the System Changer is simply passing its video signal through the Inty console. There were no PAL compatible System Changers made. Now this brings up two questions I am too lazy to research: If someone modified an original Intellivision PAL console for System Changer support, and connected the System Changer, what will happen? Since the System Changer is simply an Atari clone, then what would it take to modify the System Changer to be PAL compliant? Could one remove the needed chip(s) from a PAL 2600 console and put them in the System Changer? Or would a completely new System Changer board need to be developed/made? If you are able to make a PAL System Changer, and modify your original PAL console to work with your newly modified PAL System Changer, then you can re-color your new PAL System Changer like this: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/181949-custom-color-intellivision-system/?p=2339106 Edited November 30, 2018 by fdr4prez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 I was going to re-colour the system changer to brown to match my TandyVision 1. Right now I have a TandyVision 1 with the brown PAL ECS plugged into it with the brown voice synthesizer plugged into the ECS. I want to add the system changer to the synthesizer to create a ridiculous daisy chain. Btw I have the 6 slot atari game brain plugged into the system so the end result would be a video game system that is 5 components wide. I love how it looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 It's time for Intymike's crazy photo album. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) Fun Fact: The Intellivision II was never released in Europe but it's shown in the German handbook of the ECS. Edited November 30, 2018 by Intymike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Those dang slow delevopers!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I stand a bit corrected. I thought there was a PAL version _eventually_ released. Come to think of it, I've never seen one for sale on eBay and I most likely forgot the "... and finally killed..." part of Keith's site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I stand a bit corrected. I thought there was a PAL version _eventually_ released. Come to think of it, I've never seen one for sale on eBay and I most likely forgot the "... and finally killed..." part of Keith's site. The Digiplay Intellivision II is a kind of PAL machine. But the Brazilian PAL is closer to NTSC than to PAL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) Space Invaders on System Changer. Edited November 30, 2018 by Intymike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Intymike. I am jealous of your videoplexer. That piece of hardware has been eluding both myself and my wallet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rietveld Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Atari 2600 space invaders via the system changer is why I bought one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonPDX Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 The big thing about a brown/PAL System Changer is that it would presumably output a PAL signal. While NTSC regions can use the brown Europe ECS, since it doesn't output a video signal, it just takes the signal from the master Intellivision, the PAL System Changer would only work when paired with a PAL Intellivision.(Or, I suppose, if you had a dual NTSC/PAL television, you could switch video standards when using System Changer....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Atari 2600 space invaders via the system changer is why I bought one I got my System Changer just so that I could play Stay Frosty 2. That game is awesome -- my second favorite Christmas game! -dZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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