In the late ‘70s, Mattel Electronics’ Intellivision machine was carving out a respectable space among the dense pack of lesser-powered gaming consoles and the deluge of Pong clones that were rapidly flooding the marketplace. Distinguishing itself from the horde, the Intellivision represented a multitude of “firsts” for the industry: It was the first console to feature a 16-bit processor. It was the first console to feature digitized voice audio. It was the first video game console to introduce an online service. Its controllers were the first to incorporate a multi-directional thumb pad interface. It was also the first gaming console to have a game pausing option. The list goes on! The Intellivision is also credited for having two games in its library that represented the originators of their respective genres. Read the rest of this article on page 28 by clicking here!       Be sure to sign up to get Old School Gamer Magazine for free by clicking here! The post Putting the “You” in Utopia – by By Brian Lesyk appeared first on Old School Gamer Magazine.