INTV Corporation

INTV Corporation at a Glance

INTV Corporation operated as a United States publisher from 1984 until it ceased operations in 1991. This company emerged after a former Mattel marketing executive bought the rights to the Intellivision brand. INTV did not develop any games itself but published ten titles listed on PlayPile, with nine of these released for the Intellivison console. The company also had releases for the Wii, Arcade, DOS, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC, though these later entries represent only one title each in their catalog. The majority of INTV's output appeared during the 1980s, where they released nine games. Their final entry came in 1991 with Monster Truck Rally. Before this end, the company launched the upgraded INTV System III, also called the Intellivision Super Pro System. They continued producing games for that hardware until 1990 when they stopped making the console to focus on contracts for Nintendo and Sega. During this later period, they also worked with World Book on an educational system named Tutorvision, which never saw a release date before the company dissolved due to legal disputes. Their game library leans heavily toward sports and arcade action. Three titles fall into the sport genre and three are classified as arcade games. The catalog also includes two shooters, one racing game, and one role-playing game. Notable releases include Slap Shot: Super Pro Hockey from 1987, Tower of Doom in early 1987, Body Slam! Super Pro Wrestling in February 1988, and Mountain Madness: Super Pro Skiing in December 1988. Quality data for INTV is limited because only one title has a rating on PlayPile. That single entry, Commando from 1985, holds an IGDB score of 75.6 out of 100. This places the game in the good category, but there are no titles rated as great or poor in the available data. The overall average rating sits at 75.6 based on this single record. While the company produced a decent number of games for its era, their presence on modern platforms is minimal, and their final years were marked by unfinished projects and legal issues that ended their run abruptly.

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