Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

---

On AWS REWIND, Friday, March 1st, at 3:00pm EDT, AWS’s Principal Evangelist for Video Games, Chris Melissinos, is digging into the MIGHTY Mattel Electronics Intellivision game console! The first real competitor to the Atari 2600 juggernaut, the Intellivision promised to be “the closest to the real thing” and the system for the “discerning video game player.”
We’ll spend some time discussing the hardware, their effective marketing campaign (which ushered in the notion of the console wars), why the heck were the Blue Sky Rangers, and fantastic game library!
So, let’s ease into the weekend by experiencing some intelligent television through the Mattel Electronics Intellivision!

Visit our website to learn more: aws.amazon.com/gametech

Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/AWSGameTech
Follow us on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/amazon-gametech
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/awsgametech

Subscribe here: youtube.com/AmazonGameTech?sub_confirmation=1


#gametech #gamedev #awsforgames #poweredbyaws