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Crazy Intellivision Pick up! What is it all worth?

Pinball Shenanigans·video·25m 32s·analyzed·Mar 5, 2026
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TL;DR

Intellivision collection haul review and cataloging with resale plans.

Summary

A collector documents their purchase of a large Intellivision lot, cataloging dozens of games, the system itself (with RGB modifications), the Intellivoice module, and numerous manuals. The video focuses on organizing and identifying the collection's contents, with brief assessments of individual game values and rarity. The collector mentions plans to research prices and eventually sell some items, particularly rare games individually.

Key Claims

  • The Intellivision system was released sometime after 1977 (Atari 2600), suggesting an early 1980s launch

    medium confidence · Host speculating on release date based on comparison to Atari 2600

  • One specific game in the collection is believed to be worth north of $100 Canadian

    high confidence · Host explicitly states they researched this and found it valued over 100 Canadian dollars; identified as a valuable game but not explicitly named in the quote

  • The Intellivision system has been modified with RGB/AV outputs for better audio and video

    high confidence · Host directly observes and comments on the RGB AV outputs visible on the back of the unit

  • Intellivision was manufactured in Hawthorne, California

    high confidence · Host reads text on the back of the system unit identifying Intellivision/Mattel as being from Hawthorne, California

  • There are approximately four or possibly five Intellivoice games total

    medium confidence · Host questions whether there are four or five Intellivoice games while cataloging the speech synthesis module games

Notable Quotes

  • “You just don't get all this awesome art and fun with modern day digital games, right? Like this tactile experience that you get, you know, plugging in a cartridge into a system. It's just like no other. The This is the best era of video games.”

    Host @ mid-content — Reflects collector enthusiasm and nostalgia for 8-bit era gaming; commentary on tactile vs. digital gaming experiences

  • “I did research this one and I believe it is probably north of $100 Canadian. 100 loonies that is.”

    Host @ mid-content — Identifies a valuable game in the collection that the collector has researched; uses colloquial currency reference

  • “I've dealed over the years. I've had hundreds of Intelvision games. Not this one, though.”

    Host @ early-content — Establishes host's extensive collecting history and familiarity with Intellivision titles

  • “So, I'm missing one. Or is there five?”

    Host @ late-content — Host uncertainty about the total number of Intellivoice games in the library

Entities

Pinball ShenanigansorganizationIntellivisioncompanyMattelcompanyActivisioncompanyImagiccompanyParker BrotherscompanyKico/ColecoVisioncompanyAtaricompanyLiquidation Worldorganization

Signals

  • ?

    collector_signal: Host documents acquisition of a major Intellivision collection lot containing dozens of games, the system, Intellivoice module, and manuals

    high · Host states 'Me and the seller were negotiating back and forth quite a bit' and catalogs extensive game inventory

  • ?

    collector_signal: Host conducting research on individual game values and rarity to determine which items to sell individually vs. in lots

    high · Host mentions 'I did research this one' regarding a $100+ game and plans to 'pluck out the rare stuff, sell that individually, and then lump the rest together'

  • ?

    restoration_signal: Intellivision system in the lot has been modified with RGB/AV outputs for improved video and audio quality

    high · Host observes: 'This also has um been modified. It's got the uh RGB, is that what that's called? AV uh outputs there, so for better audio and video'

  • $

    market_signal: Host planning to list collection items for sale through email contact (atariactionrogers.com), indicating active secondary market engagement

    high · Host states 'I will be selling this stuff. If you think you have any interest in anything, then shoot me an email at atariactionrogers.com'

  • ?

    content_signal: Video documents detailed inventory and condition assessment of vintage console collection

    high · Host systematically catalogs and organizes games throughout entire video, commenting on condition and rarity

Transcript

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0:02
Okay, I just purchased a big lot of Intelvision stuff and I had a decent look, a brief look when I was initially investigating everything, but uh now I'm going to take a little more thorough look, see what I've got, and thought I would uh document the occasion for fun. So, you can tell me what you think I paid, what you think it's worth, what's the most valuable game, what is the best game. So, let's start with the blue bin, cuz I think the system itself is in there.
0:43
All right, we got a lot of games in the way, so let's uh start unloading them. All right, burger time. That's a classic. Armor battle snafu.
1:03
Armor battle. Hey, the writing is a little bit different. Oh, this is a Canadian version cuz it's got the English and French on it. Let's try and put similar games together. Utopia. Astro Smash. We can color coordinate these. Maybe I need more space.
1:30
Whoa, check this out. Spacehawk sealed was purchased at Liquidation World.
1:42
Probably not worth too much, but we'll definitely uh research some prices. You got your common skiing. That's light blue. Let's make a light blue section. NASL soccer. Maybe if I take off the flash, that'll be better. Less glary. I don't know. Tennis. Just generic tennis. NHL hockey. Major league baseball. Boxing. These are probably the most common less valued games from Intelvision. Uh, we got Las Vegas Roulette going to the green pile now. Royal Dealer, horse racing. So, this is all like the gambling section. Poker and Blackjack. Oh, okay. This one could be interesting. This might have some value. Buzz Bombers. Let's see what that looks like.
?

restoration_signal: System documented as being in good shape with only cosmetic fading visible on back panel text

high · Host observes: 'So, all in all, it looks to be in good shape' and notes faded text on back panel

2:51
Is that just like the white label? Yes, it is. Buzz Bombers. Okay, that one I'll have to look up. I don't think I've ever owned that one before. I've dealed over the years. I've had hundreds of Intelvision games. Not this one, though. And so that is that company is that's just Intelvision company. Okay, here's another one. I don't know. Motocross. White label again, probably. The art's a little better than some of the other guys, but I'll have to look that one up. It's the dark green section. Man, there's too many colors. Not going to have space. Stampede by Activision. Oh, yeah. I like how these Activision boxes slide out like that. And oh I don't like how the games fall out because I didn't put my thumb on it like a big dum dum. But we got the uh overlays and manual as well. Let me put that back in the box. Come on now. Don't fight me. Try not to get any dog ears. There we go. I don't think color coordination is going to work. There's just too many colors. We've got Nightstalker. That sounds interesting. Lock and chase, a classic. Bullfrog, also a classic. Wait, Frog Bog. Don't know if it's actually a classic or not. Sea Battle. All right. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. I popped this in. I had this recently into the system I was testing and I don't know. It's probably okay game, but it seemed kind of horrible at first, but you know, might grow on one. Tron deadly discs. That's I love the Tron series. Okay, this is another one that could have some decent value. Worm Wamper. Another Activision game. I don't think I've ever had this one. Label's coming up a little bit. Got the overlays though. Very cute. And I don't feel the manual on that one. Got to fight with the packaging here. There we go. So, I'll put that with Stampede cuz that can be a Activision pile. All right. What else do we got? Submarine hunt.
5:37
Sharpshot. Uh, got football guys, spaceships, weird jelly gumby sort of pink looking dude kicking a robot satellite dish, and a battleship. Interesting. Specifically designed game for children over four. Weird. Don't know if I've ever had that. If you're sick of your sea battles, you can go to a space battle. Where did space or sea battle? Is there even a sea battle or did I just make that up? Armor battle. Uh oh yeah, there. Sea battle. Space battle. Armor battle. The battle series. Okay. Triple action. We got all kinds of vehicles. trucks, tanks, and biplanes. And we've got skiing. Hold on. Hold on. Oh, I got a whole handful of manuals. That's where all the manuals went. Auto racing. Bowling. Look the sort of rainbow streak the bowling ball is uh has left behind. There's very 70s PGA golf and NBA basketball.
7:09
You just don't get all this awesome art and fun with modern day digital games, right? Like this tactile experience that you get, you know, plugging in a cartridge into a system. It's just like no other. The This is the best era of video games. We got a Parker Frogger. I've had this before. It's nice looking cartridge. I like the the style of this uh Parker Brothers cartridge. And got to make a new pile. All right. Oh man, we're going orange. Word fun. Got some monkeys. Looks complete. Uh, I think I looked that up. Math fun. Oh, it's like a blue Donkey Kong. I don't think these are too crazy valuable. But maybe if we lump them all together into a single lot. All right, we're going purple. Back to purple. Got back gamon. really should like study the art on all these games because they all have their own awesomeness to them. Reversy,
8:37
USCF chess. Got a actual knight. Pretty cool. Oh, here's one that could be interesting. Mission X. Never had this before. Made by Intellivision. And it's got a red cartridge. Have to research this one and see what that's all about. I don't know what pile to put this in. It's not quite that pile. It's not quite that pile. All right. It's getting its own pile. And then here is a whole slew of manuals. So, I'm going to set that aside for now because if we go through them, we're going to give away what is in the other box. So, let's get rid of the bin and check it out. Here's a hint of some more games to follow. the Intella voice synthesizing module which would allow your games certain games to talk for example B17 Bomber something like that. So we got the Intel voice. Here is the system itself. This is a classic. What year did this come out? I mean, Atari 2600 was 1977, and I feel like this was maybe a little bit later 8bit, I'm sure. Let's see uh if it says on the back here. Oh, yeah. This also has um been modified. It's got the uh RGB, is that what that's called? AV uh outputs there, so for better audio and video. So, that's pretty sweet. And then without my glasses, it's hard to see, but this is also California. Atari was Sunnyvale, California, California. And in television or motel is Hawthorne, California. What do you know? There's some more details there, but it's pretty faded and can't really see what that is. So, all in all, it looks to be in good shape. I'll set that here and let's go into the other box now. Oops.
11:08
Okay. Oh, my favorite game. As you can see in the background, Pinball. I don't think I've ever had this one. I think it has got a white label on it. Don't imagine it's worth much, but uh need a new pile. Let's do this. Slide blue back there. Put that there and that there. Okay. Uh didn't we already have an advanced Dungeons and Dragons? Yes, we did. So, we got a couple of those. Oh, and Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. But this is different. This is Treasure of Tarman. That's a cool looking dude. Big scorpion. See, like if I was a kid, I'd be looking at that thinking I want to play that game badly. This, not so much. Although the the night is cool. Okay, here. This one I know is going to be the most valuable game in this lot. I did research this one and I believe it is probably north of $100 Canadian. 100 loonies that is. So that's a good one. Where do you go? Throw you up there for now. Okay. Oh, we're going back to dark blue. But oh, my clothes are ready. Uh, Astro Smash. Got two of those. Spacehawk. We got a sealed one of those and an open one. Star Strike. Oh, total Star Wars ripoff. Look at the Death Star blowing up the fighter jet guys. Yeah, Star Wars. Space Armada. Pretty Star Warsy as well. That's cool. Like if I was shopping around at the old Zealers back in the day, I'd probably uh be buying those games. Okay, we are moving on to Ko games. We've got Donkey Kong Jr. Epic Classic. I don't have spot for it, so we're going to just piggyback over there. Zach's on. That doesn't look all that exciting. You know, I'm shooting at some bricks. Not for use with Intellivision, too. What? Kico, get your crap together. We got the OG Donkey Kong for use with Intellivision Master Component. Oh, so it sounds better to say that than don't use it on your Intelvision 2 cuz it won't work. We've got Carnival. Uh, let's see. Had this game before. box is pretty beat up, but I like the Cleico Vision cartridges. The shape, they're fun as well. Okay, I think we're getting close to the end of the pile here. Actually, there's still a fair amount. Man, I forgot how many games there were. Shark. Shark. That's cool. Where'd you go? Right here. Utopia. Uh, did we already say Utopia? Thought so. We got two of those. Oh, here's one I don't think I've ever heard of. Veretron H. Doesn't mean it's valuable, but I don't I've never seen this one before. Pretty cool. Dark red like int television. How many colors are you going to use? I can't color coordinate anymore. Oh, check this out. What was that Tron game? Tron deadly discs. Ah, Tron Deadly Discs again. But Tron Maatron. That's pretty cool. Pretty generic basic label on that guy. The red pile is winning. It might get out of the frame if it uh keeps up. Okay, I think we're getting into some potential good stuff here cuz these boxes are getting a little different. We've got Activision, the Dreadnot Factor. I don't think I've ever owned that. This one could be a good one. Oh, yes, it's the slider, of course. Kind of want to see this cartridge.
15:56
Ooh, that's cool. It's a nice looking cartridge. and a very cool art. I'll have to uh research that. Yeah, screw color coordination. It's just not happening now. This is awesome. Masters of the universe. That just takes you right back. So cool. All right, I'm just making a pile right here. Okay, we've got Atarioft Defender.
16:29
Let's check out this cartridge, too. Pretty basic but fun graphics. Come on there. Oh yeah, this really cool. That reminds me of like the Atari 400 800 style cartridges. Very cool. Defender. And I don't see any more pink boxes. Okay, more Parker Brothers. Check this out.
17:07
I like these boxes as well. I like this style box. And the color, too. It's like gold. Put that in the Parker Brothers pile. Another classic Frogger.
17:20
Let's check this out. It's got I like this the little inserts, too. Nice one. They're still in there. And uh did I miss this one? Stampede. I think I did. Another um Activision game. Good looking label. Put you over here. Okay. This one could be something. Blockade Runner by Interphase Video. No, Uninphase Video Adventure. So, is that the company Interphase? I'm guessing so. Is this the cartridge that is like sort of red with a little tea bar handle on it? Or not tea bar, but little spot. It is. Look at that. See, I remember. It's been a while. That's a cool cartridge. Blockade runner and a cool spaceship on the front and some fun art as well. This could have some value. Oh, I got to stop doing that. Okay. Interphase. Hey, you know what? These greens are going to go with that green. Interphase. You can go there. Ah, I love this company. Imagic. Just love the chrome packaging that they used. The art is awesome. And chrome on the uh cartridge as well. I believe they did that with their Atari 2600 games as well. It's going to be this side. Oh, yeah. A little bit chrome. A little bit of chrome there. Oh, nice looking uh overlay, too. All right, let me put this back one moment here.
19:19
This looks like the mother ship had to destroy at the end. Okay, one moment. One moment here. Okay, go there. We've got some more Magagic. I think I looked this one up. I don't think it was anything too special. Oh, but it is actually sealed. Beauty and the Beast. So, that could make this worth something. You know, people always wonder if it's resealed or factory sealed. And there's ways to tell, but I mean, that seal doesn't look very professional, but doesn't mean it is not factory sealed. So, I don't know. You intellig pro guys out there, let me know what you think about that. And that can go right there. Another Magic Atlantis.
20:14
Another classic. Oh, wait. We already did Demon Attack. I remember playing that on the Atari 2600 quite a bit. I love this art. Look at this. Micro Surgeon. You got this guy here on the front. And then this is what the graphics look like in the game. That guy there. I don't think it's worth too much. Uh maybe 40 bucks actually. It's not too bad. We got another KCO game, Mouse Trap. That is a classic. Don't fall down on me pile, please. Starting to lean. Oh, this feels empty. I'm missing my ladybug.
21:00
Cool art. Put that there. Maybe it's in the bottom of the box. Oh, this one I don't know that I've ever seen before. Another intelligion game. Locomotion. H.
21:22
Oh, it's red. I'll have to look that one up. Add that to the red pile. And ah, there's some loose cartridges. The Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. That's Parker Brothers. We've got Swords and Serpents by a Magic.
21:49
Oh, Bump and Jump. I think I remember loving this game. Couple more loose. What do we got? Venture. That is Kico. You can go there. And this is an epic game right here. Pitfall. Pitfall 2 is even better. And that is uh this who makes this one again? Uh Activision. Yes, you go there. Parker Brothers, you go here. There you go. That's better. And oh, look at this. One last loose cartridge. Found my ladybug. So, we can stick that in here. And there's nothing else in that box. So, going to see if the manual is in the pile there and put Venture back over there. And then last three games. It is the Intellivoice games. There's your B17 Bomber. See what these look like again. It's been a while. Yeah, that's right. They look at like gold labels. Very cool. Oh, and there's like a little sleeve for the manual. I like that way better. Okay, B17. We'll put you here. Then we've got Space Spartans. It talks.
23:19
Looks to be complete. Yep. Both overlays are in there. What is there like four games that talk?
23:30
So, I'm missing one. Or is there five? Bomb Squad. I might just sell all the Intellivo stuff together. Possibly pluck out the rare stuff, sell that individually, and then lump the rest together. But that is it. Other than
23:55
the manuals, we can go through these pretty quickly. Venture, Mazatron, Cubert. Oh, there's He-Man. Burger Time. Oops. Astro Smash. Let's do this. Auto Racing. Baseball. Basketball. Boxing. Donkey Kong. PGA. Horse racing. Blackjack and Poker. Oh, I'm making a mess. Lock and chase. Hockey. Nightstalker. Reversy. Snafu, Space Armada, Space Battle, Space Battle, Star Strike, Tennis, Triple Action, uh, Ladybug Manual, Thunder Castle Manual, Sweet, Advanced DN D, Star Wars, Star Wars, Pitfall, Mouse Trap, Dragonfire, Swords, and Serpents. Okay, that is what I got. So, pretty exciting lot. Me and the seller were negotiating back and forth quite a bit and uh took us like a week to come to a conclusion or me to just decide to pay the price that he was asking. But there it is. That's a pretty amazing lot of intellig stuff. So like I said, I will be selling this stuff. If you think you have any interest in anything, then shoot me an email at atariactionrogers.com.