Cebus Capucinis

LAZY SUSAN! or.... BUSY BARBARA?

Video Jogger!

I hope Shawn Sr. sees this, especially since he does kickboxing in circuits in Canada......

the Vagina Monologues?

NEGATIVE NANCY!

PacFan?

You tagged this as "I'll buy that for a dollar", does this mean the game will be on sale for $1?

LOL....."The lot has been sold!"

Can you hold the consoles until Friday? I will buy the entire lot of 14 consoles, but can't afford it until payday on Friday. If you can't hold 'em, I can weasel the cash out of the wife temporarily, but that won't be until tonight. PM sent!

That's what my money would be on. Perhaps some sort of letter or something talking about the game!

Thanks for the update, I can't wait to see what your artist has come up with for the box!

My Battlestation II arrived today and when they say it's "new in box", they mean it. The box was still glued shut, and opening it up it had that wonderful 80s electronics plastic smell. $100 is a bit steep for sure, but if you've been waiting as long as I have, this controller is TOTALLY worth it. I played a round of Pac-Man 4K with it and it feels as close to an 'Arcade' experience as I think one could ever get on a 2600! AMAZING!

Yeah, I agree! The task may not be the easiest, which I thank ax for undertaking, but I'm sure someone has the guts!

Already some great contenders! All of them are awesome so far!

LOL! Yeah, both INTV and ColecoVision were notorious for that!

Yeah, I was going to go with ColecoVision controllers actually, those things cramp hands like crazy. So aside from the "unnamed E.T. actor" ads and the Intelligent Television catchphrase, there really wasn't anything consistent in Mattel's advertising. I find that really interesting -- I'm taking a case studies in marketing course, and one of the things I was writing a paper about was catchphrases in the video game industry and how most video game marketers instantly look for the quick catch in advertising. Mattel didn't really seem to have that concept, and they sold 3 million consoles. It makes it a bit interesting to think about whether the catchphrase really does make the difference!

LOL! For me that would be "Intellivision, at least the controller isn't a 5200 joystick!"

I hope you do finish it, that looks like it will turn out VERY nicely!

Yeah, that's another catchphrase they used really regularly. It seems they used my first one, the Intelligent Television, and "I didn't know!" as one of the big ones in print ads and TV marketing. It seems like Mattel was really the only company out there to not use a "slogan" directly. For Atari, there's "Have you played Atari today?", and the ColecoVision had "Your vision is our vision", even the Odyssey 2 had the slogan of "The keyboard is the key"....but Intellivision didn't seem to have a consistent slogan, which is a little odd given advertising techniques of the time.

Koffi Yellow Copter!

Really? I stand corrected then, there were two! I didn't realize that. Thanks for the heads-up!

Just as the title states, did Intellivision use a consistent slogan in their marketing? I've done some searches and it looks like the most consistent one I can find is "The closest thing to the real thing", but most of the marketing seems to be specifically aimed at the comparisons between the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision. I never saw INTV ads or anything growing up (only Atari commercials ever), so I'm not familiar with their marketing. I'm mostly just curious, but I may be cookin' something up.

Very cool! Thanks for making that, I think that showcases a lot of the great games coming out and definitely makes me SUPER glad I bought an SGM!

Any updates?