At the dawn of the video game age, Atari dominated early on, but a storied toy company almost knocked the 2600 off its perch. The Mattel Intellivision broke new ground on its release in late 1979.

In the mid-’70s, Mattel Electronics started putting together a plan to release a game console that would end up taking on Atari, showing the future of what games could be, and introducing what remains ...

Atari acquires Intellivision, ending a historic rivalry and gaining over 200 classic games. The deal excludes the Intellivision Amico, which will continue development under a rebranded company. Live ...