Comment on Atari purchases 1970s/80s arch rival Intellivision to end the longest console war in history

Atari purchases 1970s/80s arch rival Intellivision to end the longest console war in history

Back in the late 1970s Atari and Intellivision were head to head, tooth and nail for the home console market. Space Invaders and Pac-Man were doing the business in the arcades and anybody who could replicate those experiences in the living room was set for the big bucks. These two gaming behemoths from an era gone by were set to fight it out to the death. For background, the Intellivision was our first gaming machine when I was a small kid.

 

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