The Intellivision was a home video game console released nationwide by the toy giant Mattel in 1980. The name was a contraction of “Intelligent Television,” and the system was built specifically to challenge the Atari 2600’s strong grip on the home gaming market. Mattel’s ambition went beyond simply offering a competing game machine. The plan…
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Things I Like: Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Xbox 360)
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 was the long-awaited follow-up to Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, surprisingly dropping “volleyball” from the title entirely. I suspect the developers realized most fans saw volleyball as more of a minor side activity than the actual draw of the game, so renaming the sequel accordingly made sense. I’d been…
Things I Like: Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (GameCube)
I remember being 13 years old when the Nintendo GameCube launched back in 2001. It wasn’t exactly the strongest launch lineup. There was no mainline Mario title, and Super Smash Bros. hadn’t arrived yet either. That left just two real standout options: Luigi’s Mansion and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader. Funny enough, I…
Things I Like: Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (GameCube)
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes was easily one of my favorite games on the Nintendo GameCube. It’s wild how little time actually passed between it and the original Metal Gear Solid on PlayStation. Konami had developed a pretty solid relationship with Nintendo by that point, and in a way, this felt like them correcting…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The Magnavox Odyssey2
The Magnavox Odyssey², stylized as the Magnavox Odyssey2, was a second-generation home video game console released in 1978. It was also marketed as the Philips Odyssey² and sold internationally under a variety of names, including the Philips Videopac G7000 across much of Europe, the Philips Odyssey in Brazil and Peru, and the Odyssey2 in Japan….