Intellivision Productions

In 1995, Keith Robinson created a web site on the history of the Intellivision system as Blue Sky Rangers. Traffic to the web site proved there was continuing interest in Intellivision.


In 1997, Keith located Terry Valeski, and with the help of Ultimatte Corp, acquired the full rights to the Intellivision system and games. Keith and Stephen Roney, along with Ultimatte, formed Intellivision Productions, Inc. Steve started working on an emulator and Keith developed a multi-media presentation of the history of the individual games to be released.


1997 Intellivision Productions, Inc., formed by ex-Mattel Electronics programmers, obtains exclusive rights to the Intellivision system and games, posts free PC- and Mac-emulated versions of several games on the web.


1998 Intellivision Lives! collection for PC and Mac published by Intellivision Productions.


1999 Intellivision Classics collection for PlayStation published by Activision Inc.


2001 Intellivision Rocks collection for PC and Mac published by Intellivision Productions. Intellivision games for cell phones are published by THQ Wireless. First independently published Intellivision game is released at Claassic Game Expo in Las Vegas, starting the flood of "homebrew" games that continues to this day.


2002 Intellivision Productions releases Intellivision in Hi-Fi, a CD of music played on or inspired by the Intellivision console.


2003 Intellivision Greatest Hits collections (10 and 25 game versions) for PC and Mac hit store shelves early in year, followed by Intellivision 25 and Intellivision 10 direct-to-TV units in August and the PS2 and Xbox versions of Intellivision Lives! at year's end. A line of handheld games is marketed under the Intellivision brand name.


2004 Due to success of Intellivision Lives! for PS2 and Xbox, publisher Crave Entertainment adds a GameCube version.2004 Intellivision 15, a two-player collection of 15 games in a direct-to-TV unit with two hand controllers, is released exclusively through Bed, Bath & Beyond stores for Christmas.


2005 Intellivision 2nd Edition direct-to-TV unit hits store shelves with improved versions of Astrosmash and Space Armada plus versions of the original Intellivision hits Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, renamed Crown of Kings for legal reasons, and Deadly Discs. By Christmas, the combined sales of the four Intellivision-branded direct-to-TV units approach 4 million, more than the total sales of the original Intellivision consoles.


2008 Microsoft chooses Intellivision Lives! for Xbox to be one of the first releases for the Xbox Originals service for Xbox 360, allowing players to buy and download the game online.


2010 Intellivision for iPhone and iPad are released in app store by VH1 Classic. Microsoft includes a dozen Intellivision titles in their launch of GameRoom for Xbox Online. Intellivision Lives! for Nintendo DS hits stores for Christmas to rave reviews!


2012 Intellivision featured in "Art of Video Games" exhibit at Smithsonian. Updated versions of Astrosmash, Shark! Shark! and Night Stalker come to Playstation Home.


2014 Retail release of Intellivision Flashback console, by AtGames. Intellivision Productions releases the Flashback Supplemental Overlays to supply the missing overlays for Flashback customers.


2016 Blue Sky Rangers and Intellivision participate in SxSW in Austin, Texas. "Videogame Pioneers: Intellivision Panel + Meet & Greet"


On June 13, 2017, founder Keith Robinson passed away.

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