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**Topic:** Review of the Intellivision game console and its games
**Key Points:**
1. **Console Overview**: Intellivision, released in 1980 by Mattel Electronics, was a competitor to Atari with a wooden exterior and a unique controller featuring a numeric keypad and disc.
2. **Controller Criticisms**: The reviewer mocks the controller's design, citing its awkwardness, numerous buttons (17), and the need for overlays to understand button functions.
3. **Game Reviews**: The reviewer briefly critiques various Intellivision games, highlighting issues with:
* Similarity to other games
* Poor instructions
* Awkward controls
* Notable games mentioned include Space Battle, Mission X, Utopia, He-Man, Vectron, Tron: Deadly Discs, and others.
4. **Intellivoice Module**: Introduced as an optional module allowing for voice synthesis in compatible games, such as B17 Bomber.
**Tone and Style:**
The review is written in an informal, humorous, and sarcastic tone, with the reviewer frequently expressing frustration and disappointment with the console's design and the quality of its games.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, excluding opinions and formatted as requested:
1. **Intellivision Release**: The Intellivision was test marketed in 1979 and officially released in 1980.
2. **Manufacturer**: The Intellivision was produced by Mattel Electronics.
3. **Controller Features**: The Intellivision controller included a numeric keypad, two small buttons on each side (often serving as fire buttons), and a directional disc.
4. **Controller Issues**: The controller had 17 buttons, which could be confusing for players, especially since button functions varied by game.
5. **Overlay System**: Many games came with overlays to help players understand the keypad's button mappings for each game.
6. **Cartridge Design**: Game cartridges were designed to fit into a specific slot, but insertion could be challenging.
7. **Intellivoice Module**: Mattel Electronics introduced the Intellivoice, a voice synthesis module that enabled voice in compatible games, such as B-17 Bomber.
**Game-Specific Facts (excluding opinions on gameplay or quality)**
8. **Space Battle**: The game features a battle screen where the player shoots objects.
9. **Mission X**: Mission X is a 2D shooter with specific altitude controls for shooting.
10. **Utopia**: Utopia is a game where the player is a god of an island, building structures and withstanding storms.
11. **He-Man**: The He-Man game involves flying and dropping bombs on Skeletor.
12. **Vectron**: Vectron is a game with a unique object control challenge.
13. **Tron: Deadly Discs**: Players run around throwing discs at others.
14. **Thin Ice**: The game involves a penguin ice-skating, collecting items while avoiding a seal.
15. **Advanced Dungeons and Dragons**: The game features map movement, cave exploration, fighting monsters, and finding items.
16. **Space Spartans**: The game involves shooting at objects on a grid screen.
17. **Micro Surgeon**: Players control a dot moving through the human body, avoiding obstacles.
18. **Frog Bog**: The goal is to eat as many flies as possible as a frog.
19. **Buzz Bombers**: Players kill bees with what appears to be bug spray.
20. **Space Hawk**: Involves a character floating in space, shooting green slime.
21. **Boxing and Snafu**: Mentioned as part of the Intellivision game library, with Snafu requiring players to keep a line going without touching other lines or itself.
22. **Intellivoice Compatible Games**: Includes B-17 Bomber, with the module adding voice to gameplay.