Intellivision Restoration - Restoring Retro MATTEL Console
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- restoration of the old mattel console, the intellivision! This retro console was launched in 1979 as an attempt to compete for the world famous atari 2600. As we all know, in the end it was not very successful and very few were sold, so today it is somewhat difficult to get this console. Personally, it is not one of my favorite video game consoles but without a doubt I really wanted to do this restoration since it is an excellent collector's item.
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Where do you find these nasty consoles?
Perhaps you must do an Audio Video output jack mod for 90s and 2000s TVs.
Inspiring, thx for sharing! The console I used as a kid 40+ years ago is sadly gone but I bought one last week and it need some cleaning.
Intellivision is a pretty awesome console; it's basically the middle step between Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System.
It is true but that was what caused its commercial failure as we remember that it was much more expensive than the Atari and, sadly, people almost always pay more attention to prices than to quality.
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That's definitely true, better but expensive can be a failure. A perfect example is the original Gameboy vs Atari Lynx, and Sega Game Gear; the latter 2 were superior in every single way but they were substantially more expensive.
@@VRestoration Back in the day, selling 3 million units wasn't considered a commercial failure. They made a ton of money on it in 1981 and 1982 and only when the big crash happened in 1983 that they lost money.
@@CarbonatedLithium How could something that made them lose 200 million dollars not mean a commercial failure? The 2 million units sold at the beginning were something that occurred only because of the sales and distribution capacity that mattel had, not because it was a more attractive product for the public and this was seen when they launched the second model, which is where they lost a lot of money. Obviously the crisis in the video game market contributed a lot but seeing it in perspective, Mattel being a gigantic company and with a brand already very well built should not have lost so much.
@@VRestoration I lived it back in the day. The Mattel Intellivision was HUGE, and it was the 'Pepsi' to Atari's 'Coke'. The commercials were on regularly and often. That's not a failed product. Atari took a massive hit at the same time (1983), and only the fact that it was in the computer business saved the company. Colecovision was knocked out as well, but struggled on a couple of years longer due to the Cabbage Patch Kids. Everyone thought the video game market was dead as a doornail, and everyone had moved on to 'Home Computers'. It sure looked that way at the time. The 'second model' of the Intellivision was a cost reduced version of the system. Launching the re-design kept sales going when prices of consoles were being slashed across the industry. It's not a rare unit. You cannot judge the Intellivision to be a 'failed product', unless you say the same of the Colecovision. It has similar numbers sold, if not fewer. I would not call the Colecovision a 'commercial failure'. The Adam, yes, but not the video game.
Nice job saving that mattel intellevision system
Amazing job. You definitely brought it back from the dead.
I see videos like this and it makes me wish I knew what I was doing so I could get my old intellivision working again.
Nice work! The only thing missing was to replace the capacitors.
I should watch this video very carefully, because one day I will try to restore my old Intellivision console especially the hand controllers.
My first gaming system when I was seven years old,handed down to me by my older cousin
Great job! Now that's what I call a deep clean! 😁
You're lucky it worked. Generally, they're pretty robust and hold up fairly well over time, but I've had IC's fail on me before too (bad RAM in my case, which isn't easy to find.. It usually involves resorting to robbing one from another parts console, or if you're ever lucky enough to find someone selling NOS parts, going that route). Anyways, congrats on restoring that beautiful Intellivision and if you ever really want to see it in all its glory, jump on eBay and buy a RGB mod for it.. the Crayola v5 RGB PCB/kit is HIGHLY recommended! ✌️
If I have heard of that mod and if I have been thinking about buying it, a friend installed it on his console and told me that he sees quite a difference in the image. nothing more than I have never modified a console everything I have is totally original and I am still a bit hesitant to do so.
If you can solder, you should be ok.. It's not too hard to install. There's install pics and other details on AtariAge. Then you'd need an upscaler of some sort - Retrotink 2x-Scart works great. Anyways, good luck, whatever you decide to do!
@@R3TR0R4V3 Yes, of course! the technical aspect of welding and others is not the problem, it is more like keeping the collection intact, without modifications. but the truth is that if I want to make several mods that I have seen on the internet. how to put a sd reader in the gamecube. I think I'll try to get additional consoles to do that kind of thing so I don't play the ones I already have.
Cool
Nice job. However - At 2:53 an explanation is missing. Also, rusty screws were reinstalled w/o restoration. Full screen game play demo is missing.
Ya casi llegas a los 500 😄😄😀😁😆
Hola como estas 🤩🤩espero que ganes mas subs
Buen vide
You got it good and clean! However, you didn't replace the power switch cover and you were holding the controller the wrong way at the end. Still a great video though!
Was that large opening in the back designed to tuck away the power cord for storage? If it isn’t; it is a weird design choice.
Great restoration but i wish you moddified those controllers to make them detachable.
How did you connect the video output to the newer tv like that?
Young people hold the gamepad the wrong way..LOL
Poor thing looks like it came out of a hoarder house next to a cat litter box.
I do hope that was trolling at the end
you mean the way to take controller?
@@VRestoration yes...does not hold sideways
@@jusb1066 haha I would like to say that it was an intentional trolling but the truth is that it is my first intellivision and I did not know how to take the controller 😂, after a while of using it I realized it but it seemed a bit silly to re-record that part for a silly thing like that.
Me aventare la limpieza de mi intellivision, solo que cuando me lo vendieron me dijeron que daba pantalla verde? Que sera?
Hola, tengo una igual, quiero venderla, cuál sería el valor. Gracias
So many wrong things were made here 🫣💀