Intellivision Horse Racing sold more systems than you think

[Mazerati]

yup believe it or not back in the day my family was in the horse racing industry and Intellivision horse racing was very popular amongst the people in the industry and the gamblers...at the time this was the only horse racing game out and the fact that it looked and played great helped...i know many people that bought the system just to play Horse Racing in fact the horse racing game is the main reason my dad bought me the Intellivision for Chriatmas and it was my 1st cart

[JasonlikesINTV]

I liked it as a kid. Didn't really get the betting, though. I'd just whip it to death and cry when I came in last :-)

[Intellfan]

I like horse racing as a family game . We still play it from time to time I take all the bets and we just let the horses run with no one controlling them . Still love hitting a Exacta

[DZ-Jay]

That is very interesting, Mazerati. I never cared for it as a kid, but it is rather curious that Mattel ventured so much into the "games for adults" direction.

[slab0meat]

I always liked this game a lot. Any time I went to my friend's house (he was the only one with an Intellivision close by), I'd make sure we got a little Horse Racing in. Still like it. I even bought a few random ones over the years, but none since I had my Saturn.. and that game turned out to be a simulation, not a true horse racing game.

 

 

edit: me can't spell horse wright

 

Edited October 14, 2014 by slab0meat

[krslam]

Mattel seems to have had a thing for horse racing. Maybe one of the execs owned a stable?

 

They also made this for the professional gambler:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/251669532883?lpid=82

[pimpmaul69]

The game the intellivision is missing is "Las Vegas Slots"

[First Spear]

Horse Racing was another leap ahead of everything else at the time. The people that figured out how to do betting and also action at the same time were geniuses. I hadn't seen anything comparable until I found Stakes Winner on the Neo Geo (played on my Dreamcast of course).

[wolfy62]

I loved this game!

 

Although it felt like animal abuse, even back then if you whipped the Horse right near the end....victory!

[pimpmaul69]

Horse Racing was another leap ahead of everything else at the time. The people that figured out how to do betting and also action at the same time were geniuses. I hadn't seen anything comparable until I found Stakes Winner on the Neo Geo (played on my Dreamcast of course).

the best horse racing games are on the neo geo. The neo geo and the intellivision are both the far superior underdogs of their time.