Mattel · Game Console · 1980
Mattel Intellivision
Mattel intellivision: General Instrument CP1610, 16-bit microprocessor, 7168 bytes ROM (4096 x 10-bit executive ROM + 2048 x 8-bit graphics ROM) storage. Released in 1979.
- Chipset
- General Instrument CP1610, 16-b…
- Storage
- 7168 bytes ROM (4096 x 10-bit e…
- Resolution
- 159 x 96 pixels
Mattel 2609 (1979)
Audio
- chip
- General Instrument AY-3-8914
- channels
- Three-channel sound with one noise generator
Media
- format
- ROM cartridges (10-bit ROM cartridges)
Memory
- ram
- 1456 bytes SRAM (240 x 8-bit scratchpad + 352 x 16-bit / 704-byte system memory + 512 x 8-bit graphics RAM)
- rom
- 7168 bytes ROM (4096 x 10-bit executive ROM + 2048 x 8-bit graphics ROM)
Graphics
- chip
- STIC (Standard Television Interface Chip), General Instrument AY-3-8900/AY-3-8900-1
- clock
- 4 MHz (3.579545 MHz NTSC)
- sprites
- 8 hardware sprites (MOBs)
- playfield
- 20 x 12 tiled playfield, 8 x 8 pixel tiles
- scrolling
- fine horizontal and vertical pixel scrolling
- resolution
- 159 x 96 pixels
Physical
- unit
- Master Component console
- release
- Test-marketed Fresno, CA 1979; national rollout 1980
- manufacturer
- Mattel Electronics
Processor
- bus
- 16-bit multiplexed data/address bus
- cpu
- General Instrument CP1610, 16-bit microprocessor
- clock
- ~2 MHz 2-phase clock (895 kHz effective; 1.7897725 MHz NTSC), 1 microsecond cycle time
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