Intellivision Lives!

{{Infobox video game

|title = Intellivision Lives!

|image = Intellivision Lives cover art.jpg

|caption = Original cover art for Windows

|developer = Intellivision Productions
Carl Mueller Jr
Quicksilver Software
(Win/Mac)
Realtime Associates
(PS2, Xbox, GCN, Nintendo DS)

|publisher = Intellivision Productions
(Win/Mac)
Crave Entertainment
(PS2, Xbox, GCN)
Virtual Play Games
(Nintendo DS)

|released = Windows/Mac
{{vgrelease|NA|December 18, 1998{{cite web|url=http://intellivisionlives.com/|title=Official Intellivision Classic Videogame Website - Main Page|publisher=Intellivision Productions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990125090304/http://intellivisionlives.com/|archive-date=January 25, 1999|url-status=usurped|access-date=October 16, 2019}}
News 12/18/98: "CD-ROM available now!"{{better source needed|date=October 2019}}}}PlayStation 2
{{vgrelease|NA|November 20, 2003|PAL|September 24, 2004}}Xbox
{{vgrelease|NA|February 2, 2004}}GameCube
{{vgrelease|NA|November 4, 2004}}Nintendo DS
{{vgrelease|NA|October 27, 2010}}

|genre = Various

|modes = Single-player, Multiplayer

|platforms = Windows, Macintosh, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo DS

}}

Intellivision Lives! is a compilation of over 60 Intellivision video games, originally produced by Mattel Electronics and INTV Corporation between 1978 and 1990. Using original game code and software emulation, Intellivision Productions released the compilation on a Windows and Macintosh hybrid CD-ROM in December 1998.{{cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/history.php |title=Official Intellivision Classic Videogame Website |website=www.intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/history.php |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}} Additional versions were then released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube by Crave Entertainment. In 2010, Virtual Play Games released a Nintendo DS version.

Intellivision Productions later published Intellivision Rocks, which includes third-party games originally published by Activision and Imagic, as well as Intellivoice and ECS games.{{cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/rocks.shtml |title=Intellivision Rocks |website=www.intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/rocks.shtml |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}}

Overview

Some games, such as Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain and Treasure of Tarmin use different titles to avoid the trademark. Licenses such as MLB, NFL, NBA, and The Electric Company were simply dropped from the titles. Also included were games never before released, such as King of the Mountain, Brickout, and Takeover.{{cite web | url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/lives.shtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/lives.shtml | url-status=usurped | archive-date=2018-01-16 |title=Intellivision Lives! PC/Mac |publisher=Intellivision Productions}}

In addition to the games, the Crave Entertainment releases have several unlockables, such as classic Intellivision commercials.{{cite news|last1=Curtiss|first1=Aaron|title=Want to Visit--or Revisit--the Early 1980s? You Can|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-03-fi-33540-story.html|access-date=4 November 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=3 May 1999}} The original Windows/Mac version is a resource for development history, unfinished prototypes, box art, overlays, instructions, hidden features, programmer biographies, and video interviews.

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ List of Available Games
scope="col" \| Game Title ! scope="col" \| Genre ! scope="col" \| Win/Mac ! scope="col" \| PS2, Xbox, GCN ! scope="col" \| NDS ! scope="col" \| Notes
Bomb Squad \| Arcade \| {{No}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Buzz Bombers \| Arcade \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Racing Cars \| Arcade \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Part of Triple Action on Win/Mac.
Night Stalker \| Arcade \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Pinball \| Arcade \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Shark! Shark! \| Arcade \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
SNAFU \| Arcade \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Thin Ice \| Arcade \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Win/Mac version includes prototype Duncan's Thin Ice.
Vectron \| Arcade \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Armor Battle \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Adventure / Crown of Kings (Nintendo DS) \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{Yes}} \| Prototype of originally released Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain.
Minotaur \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{Yes}} \| Prototype of originally released Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin.
Battle Tanks \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Part of Triple Action on Win/Mac. Two-player only.
Biplanes \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Part of Triple Action on Win/Mac. Two-player only.
B-17 Bomber \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{No}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Hover Force \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Sea Battle \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Sub Hunt \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Thunder Castle \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Tower of Doom \| Combat & Sorcery \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Utopia \| Gaming & Strategy \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Astrosmash \| Space \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Space Armada \| Space \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Space Battle \| Space \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Space Hawk \| Space \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Space Spartans \| Space \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Star Strike \| Space \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Auto Racing \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Baseball \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Basketball \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Body Slam: Super Pro Wrestling \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Bowling \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Boxing \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Chip Shot: Super Pro Golf \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Football \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Golf \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Hockey \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Motocross \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Mountain Madness: Super Pro Skiing \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Skiing \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| US Ski Team Skiing
Slam Dunk: Super Pro Basketball \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Requires two controllers.
Slap Shot: Super Pro Hockey \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Soccer \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player only.
Spiker: Super Pro Volleyball \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Stadium Mud Buggies \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Super Pro Decathlon \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Super Pro Football \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Requires two controllers.
Tennis \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Two-player only.
World Championship Baseball \| Sports \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Requires two controllers.
ABPA Backgammon \| Gaming & Strategy \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \|
Checkers \| Gaming & Strategy \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Horse Racing \| Gaming & Strategy \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \|
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack \| Gaming & Strategy \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Requires two controllers.
Las Vegas Roulette \| Gaming & Strategy \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Requires two controllers.
Reversi \| Gaming & Strategy \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Royal Dealer \| Gaming & Strategy \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
USCF Chess \| Strategy Network \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Crosswords \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Part of Word Fun on Win/Mac. Requires two controllers.
Factor Fun \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Part of Learning Fun I on Win/Mac. Requires two controllers.
Frog Bog \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Math Fun \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Math Master \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| Part of Learning Fun I on Win/Mac. Requires two controllers.
Memory Fun \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Part of Learning Fun II on Win/Mac. Requires two controllers.
Sharp Shot \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \|
Word Fun \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Word Hunt \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Part of Learning Fun II on Win/Mac. Requires two controllers.
Word Rockets \| Kids \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Part of Learning Fun II on Win/Mac.
Air Strike \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Brickout \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Crazy Clones \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Deep Pockets: Pool & Billiards \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \|
Demo Cartridge \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \|
Go for the Gold \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Grid Shock \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Happy Holidays \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \| Includes Santa's Helper, Easter Eggcitement and Trick or Treat.
Hard Hat \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \|Two-player available with DS connect.
Hypnotic Lights \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \|
King of the Mountain \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Land Battle \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Magic Carousel \| Unreleased \| {{No}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \|
Meteor! \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Number Jumble \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \|
Space Cadet \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.
Super Soccer \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| {{No}} \|
Takeover \| Unreleased \| {{Yes}} \| {{Yes}} \| {{No}} \| Two-player available with DS connect.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of Available Games

scope="col" | Game Title

! scope="col" | Genre

! scope="col" | Win/Mac

! scope="col" | PS2, Xbox, GCN

! scope="col" | NDS

! scope="col" | Notes

Bomb Squad

| Arcade

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

Buzz Bombers

| Arcade

| {{Yes}}

Racing Cars

| Arcade

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Part of Triple Action on Win/Mac.

Night Stalker

| Arcade

| {{Yes}}

Pinball

| Arcade

| {{Yes}}

Shark! Shark!

| Arcade

| {{Yes}}

SNAFU

| Arcade

| {{Yes}}

Thin Ice

| Arcade

| {{Yes}}

| Win/Mac version includes prototype Duncan's Thin Ice.

Vectron

| Arcade

| {{Yes}}

Armor Battle

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Adventure /
Crown of Kings (Nintendo DS)

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| Prototype of originally released Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain.

Minotaur

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| Prototype of originally released Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin.

Battle Tanks

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Part of Triple Action on Win/Mac.
Two-player only.

Biplanes

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Part of Triple Action on Win/Mac.
Two-player only.

B-17 Bomber

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

Hover Force

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

Sea Battle

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Sub Hunt

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

Thunder Castle

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

Tower of Doom

| Combat & Sorcery

| {{Yes}}

Utopia

| Gaming & Strategy

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Astrosmash

| Space

| {{Yes}}

Space Armada

| Space

| {{Yes}}

Space Battle

| Space

| {{Yes}}

Space Hawk

| Space

| {{Yes}}

Space Spartans

| Space

| {{Yes}}

Star Strike

| Space

| {{Yes}}

Auto Racing

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Baseball

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Basketball

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Body Slam: Super Pro Wrestling

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

Bowling

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

Boxing

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Chip Shot: Super Pro Golf

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

Football

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Golf

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Hockey

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Motocross

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

Mountain Madness: Super Pro Skiing

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

Skiing

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| US Ski Team Skiing

Slam Dunk: Super Pro Basketball

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| Requires two controllers.

Slap Shot: Super Pro Hockey

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

Soccer

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player only.

Spiker: Super Pro Volleyball

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

Stadium Mud Buggies

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

Super Pro Decathlon

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

Super Pro Football

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| Requires two controllers.

Tennis

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| Two-player only.

World Championship Baseball

| Sports

| {{Yes}}

| Requires two controllers.

ABPA Backgammon

| Gaming & Strategy

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Checkers

| Gaming & Strategy

| {{Yes}}

Horse Racing

| Gaming & Strategy

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack

| Gaming & Strategy

| {{Yes}}

| Requires two controllers.

Las Vegas Roulette

| Gaming & Strategy

| {{Yes}}

| Requires two controllers.

Reversi

| Gaming & Strategy

| {{Yes}}

Royal Dealer

| Gaming & Strategy

| {{Yes}}

USCF Chess

| Strategy Network

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Crosswords

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Part of Word Fun on Win/Mac.
Requires two controllers.

Factor Fun

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Part of Learning Fun I on Win/Mac.
Requires two controllers.

Frog Bog

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

Math Fun

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Math Master

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

| Part of Learning Fun I on Win/Mac.
Requires two controllers.

Memory Fun

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Part of Learning Fun II on Win/Mac.
Requires two controllers.

Sharp Shot

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Word Fun

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Word Hunt

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Part of Learning Fun II on Win/Mac.
Requires two controllers.

Word Rockets

| Kids

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Part of Learning Fun II on Win/Mac.

Air Strike

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Brickout

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

Crazy Clones

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Deep Pockets: Pool & Billiards

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

Demo Cartridge

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Go for the Gold

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Grid Shock

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Happy Holidays

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Includes Santa's Helper, Easter Eggcitement and Trick or Treat.

Hard Hat

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

|Two-player available with DS connect.

Hypnotic Lights

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

King of the Mountain

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Land Battle

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Magic Carousel

| Unreleased

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Meteor!

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Number Jumble

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Space Cadet

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

Super Soccer

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

Takeover

| Unreleased

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| Two-player available with DS connect.

History and development

In June 1995, former Mattel Electronics programmers led by Keith Robinson started the Blue Sky Rangers Intellivision website.{{Cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/ |title=Official Intellivision Classic Videogame Website |access-date=2010-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990125090304/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/ |archive-date=1999-01-25 |url-status=usurped }} Blue Sky Rangers being a nickname given to the Mattel Electronics programmers in a TV Guide magazine article from the 1982 June 19 issue.{{cite web |url=http://intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/tvguide.html |title=Intellivision Classic Video Game System / TV Guide Profile |website=intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/tvguide.html |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}} The website provides the history of the Intellivsion games and credits the programmers and artists. It was well received with fans asking how the games can be played on their computers. In 1997, Intellivision Productions, Inc. was formed by former Mattel Electronics programmers Keith Robinson and Stephen Roney with the purchase of the rights to the Intellivision and its games.{{cite web |url=http://intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/history.shtml |title=Intellivision Classic Video Game System / History |website=intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/history.shtml |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}}{{cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/askhal/askhal.html#A5 |title=Intellivision Classic Video Game System / Frequently Asked Questions |website=www.intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/askhal/askhal.html#A5 |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}}

At the same time, a student in Michigan named Carl Mueller Jr. was independently working on reverse engineering the Intellivision. With the help of Intellivision ROM dumps from Sean Kelly and then William Moeller and Scott Nudds, Mueller Jr. was able to create the first Intellivision emulator that plays the games on a modern computer.{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=Sean|title=Intellivision|url=http://www.digitpress.com/archives/emu/intv_top.htm|website=Digital Press}} Kelly was fortunate to have two Intellivision prototype cartridges with standard 8-bit EPROMs as opposed to the more complex memory mapped ROMs used by ordinary cartridges.{{Cite web | url=http://atariage.com/forums/topic/199436-prototype-stuff/ |title = Prototype Stuff| date=21 June 2012 }} Moeller and Nudds were able to dump the Intellivision embedded executive control software and graphic ROMs, as well as build a cartridge reader to dump any Intellivision cartridge.{{cite web|title=many many thanks|url=http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/index-orig.html|website=jzIntv}}

Mueller Jr.'s MS-DOS emulator and a Macintosh emulator created by Intellivision Productions' Steve Roney would be used in the free Intellipack downloads{{cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/download.shtml |title=Intellivision Downloads |website=www.intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/download.shtml |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}} so anyone could play select Intellivision games on their computers for the first time in 1997. The Intellivision for PC/Mac Volume 2 download, also of 1997, was the first release of Deep Pockets Super Pro Billiards, the last game programmed for the Intellivision in 1990, but unreleased by INTV Corporation. They would also be used to play the original Intellivision games in the Intellivision Lives! PC/Mac CD-ROM edition released in 1998 by Intellivision Productions.

PC and Macintosh system requirements

The PC/Mac edition was produced with Macromedia Director and may not be compatible with modern operating systems. The QuickTime videos, emulators, and Intellivision ROM image files are directly accessible on the CD-ROM.

The Intellivision Lives! PC/Mac v1.0 system requirements:{{Cite web | url=http://www.intellivisionbrasil.com/Jogos_IntellivisionLives.htm | title=Intellivision Brasil | access-date=2017-03-17 | archive-date=2017-03-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317233530/http://www.intellivisionbrasil.com/Jogos_IntellivisionLives.htm | url-status=dead }}

PC: Pentium 90 MHz, Windows 95, 8MB RAM, 8x CD-ROM, QuickTime v3.0 or better
Mac: Power Macintosh, OS7.5, 100 MHz, 16MB RAM, 8x CD-ROM, QuickTime

The Intellivision Lives! PC/Mac v1.1 system requirements:

PC: Pentium 266 MHz, Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP, 32M RAM, 8X CD-ROM, 16-bit DirectX compatible sound & video cards, DirectX 7 or better, QuickTime v3.0 or better
Mac: Power Macintosh, OS 8/9/X, 120 MHz, 32M RAM, 8X CD-ROM, QuickTime

Controller functions are mapped to the computer keyboard; an extended keyboard is required to access both left and right Intellivision controllers. With Macintosh, USB game controllers could be used indirectly with a joystick to keyboard mapper utility. For PC, Intellivision Productions promoted the Gravis GamePad Pro game controller (game port version).{{cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/faq/support.shtml#15 |title=Intellivision Lives! Common Problems and Questions |website=www.intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/faq/support.shtml#15 |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}} The MS-DOS emulator, directly accessible on the CD-ROM, also supported original Intellivision controllers through the INTV2PC Hand Controller Interface. INTV2PC is a parallel port adapter that accepts original Intellivision hand controllers. Although this feature is not promoted, it is documented in the INTVPC files on the CD-ROM. Modern intellivision emulators and USB controller adapters have since become available, compatible with the Intellivision Lives rom image files.

To play the games using real Intellivision controllers, Intellivision Productions supported the use of a device called the Intellicart.{{cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/askhal/askhal.html#1 |title=Intellivision Classic Video Game System / Frequently Asked Questions |website=www.intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/people/askhal/askhal.html#1 |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}} The Intellicart is a RAM cartridge with an RS-232 interface that can accept a copy of an Intellivision ROM image file from a computer. Rather than play the Intellivision Lives! games via an emulator, they can be played on a real Intellivision through an Intellicart. Since that time, modern Intellivision flash memory cartridges have been made which achieves the same result.

In 2002, an updated Intellivision Lives! PC/Mac v1.1 was made available by Intellivision Productions. Those that bought the original could upgrade for a nominal fee.{{cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/faq/support.shtml#Anchor-WILL-17521 |title=Intellivision Lives! Common Problems and Questions |website=www.intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/faq/support.shtml#Anchor-WILL-17521 |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}} It added Windows 98/ME/2000/XP support with a native Windows emulator supporting DirectX sound, video, and game controllers.

Modern video game consoles

Realtime Associates developed the video game console editions published by Crave Entertainment for PlayStation 2 (2003), Xbox (2004), and GameCube (2004).{{Cite web | url=http://www.giantbomb.com/intellivision-lives/3030-6359/ |title = Intellivision Lives! (Game)}} In these versions, the games are accessed from a 3D "overworld" set in a circa 1980s pizza parlor; an inaccurate representation as the Intellivision games were originally designed for a home console. Games were also re-organised by genres rather than the original Mattel Electronics Networks used in the PC/Mac edition. Some games require two controllers, even to play single player.{{cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/ps2xbox.shtml |title=Intellivision PS2 & Xbox |website=www.intellivisionlives.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116045349/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/retrotopia/ps2xbox.shtml |archive-date=16 January 2018 |url-status=usurped}}

In 2010, Virtual Play Games published Intellivision Lives! for the Nintendo DS handheld system, also developed by Realtime Associates. It features wireless, multiplayer support using a single game card.{{Cite web | url=http://www.nintendolife.com/games/ds/intellivision_lives |title = Intellivision Lives!|date = 19 December 2011}} The Nintendo DS's touch screen emulates the Intellivision's 12-button keypad including an overlay image for each game. The Nintendo DS lacks a 16 direction pad used by some Intellivision games. This limitation was overcome, in Vectron for example, by mapping directional inputs to the touch screen. Only 10,000 copies of the Nintendo DS edition were ever released.{{cite web |url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/107/1075018p1.html |title=Intellivision Really Lives|date=5 March 2010}}

The Xbox version of Intellivision Lives! is fully forward compatible with the Xbox 360 console, and in 2008, Intellivision Lives! became available for purchase as a download through Xbox Live Game Marketplace's Xbox Originals.{{Cite web | url=http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Intellivision-Lives/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802435607d6# | title=Intellivision Lives!}}

Intellivision Rocks

Intellivision Rocks is the PC-only sequel to the original PC version of Intellivision Lives!. As with Intellivision Lives!, Intellivision Rocks is a collection of games which were originally found on the Intellivision, presented in emulated form. It mainly features 3rd-party games from Activision and Imagic. In addition, several unreleased games are included.{{Cite web |url=http://www.intellivisionlives.com/ |title=intellivisionlives.com |access-date=2010-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101155140/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/ |archive-date=2017-01-01 |url-status=usurped }}

Reception

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| GSpot = 6.8/10{{cite web | url = http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/intellivisionlives/index.html | title = Intellivision Lives! Review | publisher = GameSpot | first = Tim | last = Tracy | date = 2004-02-09 | access-date = 2010-03-20}}

| IGN = 6.0/10{{cite web | url = http://ps2.ign.com/articles/445/445554p2.html | title = Intellivision Lives! Review | publisher = IGN | access-date = 2003-11-18 | date = 2003-11-18 | first = Craig | last = Harris }}

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IGN said that Intellivision Lives! is "still blocky after all these years, sure...but these games really need the controller."{{cite web |author =IGNPS2| title=Intellivision Lives! Review| publisher=IGN | date=2003-11-18 | url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/445/445554p1.html | access-date=2010-03-19}} GameSpot editors said that although the controller emulation is a little hard to handle, the collection does a fine job in delivering classic Intellivision games.