A2600 Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Well last night after reciving my new INTVII I noticed that the controllers fitted on the console and how in the 5200 the same idea was put into play! But the INTVII console says Mattel 1982 and the 5200 is from 1982 who stole whose Idea!! (I own both the 5200 and the INTVII so my opinion is not favoring any sides!) I know Nintendo used the INTVII idea for thier NES and it backfired at them with the front loader problems!! and the INTV II is soo small I feel like im going to break it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 It seems the Colecovision had a similar design. '82, the year of the "embedded" controllers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 The original Intellivision unit also had embedded controllers and was first produced in 1979. Atari and Coleco also incorporated the INTV's keypad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Yes, but the Channel F (a console full of FIRSTS!) also had the controller storage area, and it was under a real cool smoked plastic cover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbid Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 my oddessy 3000 pong clone has embedded controllers, come to think of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted April 12, 2003 Author Share Posted April 12, 2003 ohh thats right!!! I forgot about the INTV I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 ohh thats right!!! I forgot about the INTV I Kind of ironic, since you repeatedly refer to it as the "INTVII" Yeah, this wasn't really a new idea... Pong machines had been doing it for a while (That is, when the paddle wasn't physically mounted on the system). I actually don't mind the idea, except that you always have the problem of stuffing that damn cord inside the cavity... I used to hate doing this with my CV, what with the coiled "phone cord" design... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted April 13, 2003 Author Share Posted April 13, 2003 yeah I was smoking a blunt and was hight when I posted this! totally forgot about the pong systems!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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