Intellivision - How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie

The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.

Astrosmash, Snafu, Star Strike, Utopia—do these names sound familiar to you? No? Maybe? They were all videogames created for the Intellivision videogame system, sold by Mattel Electronics between 1979 and 1984. This system was Atari’s main rival during a key period when videogames were moving from the arcades into the home. In
While many remember Atari, Intellivision has largely been forgotten. As such,

About the author

Tom Boellstorff is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of The Gay Archipelago, A Coincidence of Desires, and Coming of Age in Second Life.

Braxton Soderman is Associate Professor in the Department of Film & Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of Against Flow: Video Games and the Flowing Subject (MIT Press).

Product details

• Authors: Tom Boellstorff, Boellstorff Tom, Braxton Soderman
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2024
• EAN: 9780262549509
• ISBN: 978-0-262-54950-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Platform Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Information technology: general issues, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, Computer games / online games: strategy guides