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The [[Atari 2600]] inspired other companies to enter the market for video games. One of these companies was Mattel Toys, which established the Mattel Electronics division to develop a video game console. The '''Intellivision''' was released to the public in late 1980; while it never defeated Atari for the hearts and minds of the public, it was the 2600's strongest initial rival, and hung around for some time.
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The Intellivision II, released in 1983, was not a new system, but a minor technical upgrade whose most remarkable "feature" was incompatibility with Coleco's previously released cartridges. Mattel Electronics also released the Aquarius home computer that year, promoting it with video games and other software; the Aquarius, being based on a technologically primitive design, handled both poorly and was quickly discontinued.
Mattel Electronics was one of the first casualties of [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]], shutting down operations in early 1984. Interestingly, a former Mattel exec ended up buying the rights to it, and the new company (INTV Corp.) was able to sell the console and a few new games via mail order, until it too succumbed and went out of business entirely in 1991. Ultimately, the rights were sold to a former game developer who formed [https://web.archive.org/web/20180517085312/http://www.intellivisionlives.com/ Intellivision Productions], which continues to license Intellivision properties to this day.
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