MauAnouk2012 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 (edited) Hi. I am pleased to share my latest purchase with the forum. Arrived from Egypt in 4 days. Unfortunately there is no box, booklet, oh well !. It had problems with the joypads (the seller correctly reported this). I opened it and inside.... I found about 1 lb of sand and I let out 2 dromedaries ? still alive. ? I think it was used by some Tuareg in the middle of the desert ...? I worked on the electronic board, the problem was related to welding that prevented the joypad from working and starting the games. Nothing particularly difficult to solve. Cleaned up well .... and this is the result: The console is a 220 volt 50 Hz PAL system. If you are interested in photos of the electronic board, please refer to the attackment. Edited January 28, 2021 by MauAnouk2012 13 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Wow, excellent find! Thanks for all the info and pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmadruga Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Wow, I didn't know the Intellivision had been marketed in Egypt. Was it imported and localized by this company called ECICO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauAnouk2012 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, cmadruga said: Was it imported and localized by this company called ECICO? there is very little news on Ecico. But of course this was the distributor for those countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spadafermo51 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Great find ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Awesome! Thanks for the detailed photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanuki Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Very interesting! And great pics, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 That board is old; from 1980 and probably made in usa. Intv didn't start making intellivisions until 1985 and who knows when these localised for the middle east were produced. What's the interface between the pal daughterboard and the main board. With all the glue on the stic chip it looks like an ntsc board converted to pal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Congrats! Awesome pickup. To the best of my knowledge that's the third one that's come to light the last few years. For what it's worth the box looks like this. ? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauAnouk2012 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 8 hours ago, cmart604 said: Congrats! Awesome pickup. To the best of my knowledge that's the third one that's come to light the last few years. For what it's worth the box looks like this. ? thanks for the picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Tallarico Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Very cool! Where did you find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Tallarico Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 23 hours ago, cmart604 said: Congrats! Awesome pickup. To the best of my knowledge that's the third one that's come to light the last few years. For what it's worth the box looks like this. ? Do you have one? I've had our Dubai office scouring the internet and deserts out there for the past year! ?️?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intellivotion Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 amazing find! You should play Tutankham with it 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said: Do you have one? I've had our Dubai office scouring the internet and deserts out there for the past year! ?️?? The box pics are from about 30 feet away from me. ? Might be the most expensive Intellivision ever. Lol. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Tallarico Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 31 minutes ago, cmart604 said: The box pics are from about 30 feet away from me. ? Might be the most expensive Intellivision ever. Lol. NICE!! Curious... where did you find it? Ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said: Do you have one? I've had our Dubai office scouring the internet and deserts out there for the past year! ?️?? Amateurs ? I kid, but I recently found a few items I've been hunting for about a decade and I'm still kinda stoked. Good luck on your quest ? That's a pretty rare item. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said: NICE!! Curious... where did you find it? Ebay? It kinda found me. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cmart604 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 hour ago, JasonlikesINTV said: Amateurs ? I kid, but I recently found a few items I've been hunting for about a decade and I'm still kinda stoked. Good luck on your quest ? That's a pretty rare item. Haha! Yes you did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauAnouk2012 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 15 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said: Very cool! Where did you find it? ..if your question was directed to me, the answer is ....on ebay. ?. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauAnouk2012 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 12 hours ago, intellivotion said: amazing find! Thanks ? 12 hours ago, intellivotion said: You should play Tutankham with it You're absolutely right, ? it has a charm ... playing Tutankham on this console ... ? ? ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 On 1/28/2021 at 7:30 AM, MauAnouk2012 said: On 1/28/2021 at 4:33 PM, cmart604 said: Just out of curiosity, I tried Google Translate's camera feature to auto-translate on the Arabic writing. The tool really struggles with it, especially on sections that uses a very stylized font. The upper right hollow writing on the console itself was the most the most difficult to auto-translate. However, the console's upper right and the box's upper left are almost the same words (the box has 1 extra word in the upper left). In a nutshell, the console says "ECICO Electronics" and the box says "ECICO Electronics Company" The back of the box translates better. I didn't look at it in detail but the text is similar to the US back of the box (except the power voltage and frequency). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I can post the auto-translated images if folks are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauAnouk2012 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, Lathe26 said: I can post the auto-translated images if folks are interested. Ok, that would be interesting.ù I asked my wife to have the larger print on console and on box translated. She works in the commercial office and also follows the Arab market for the company. Beginning next week I believe we can have an exact translation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intymike Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) As I remember someone translated it in the older post about the first Arabic Intellivision that was discovered. ah, there it is: Edited January 30, 2021 by Intymike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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