Atari Unveils Intellivision Sprint Retro Console, Ships December

Atari has unveiled the Intellivision Sprint, a modern reimagining of the late 1970s Intellivision console, with preorders open now and units scheduled to ship in early December in the United States and Australia and later in December in Europe. The plug-and-play system includes 45 built-in games, two wireless controllers with swappable keypad overlays, HDMI output for contemporary televisions and a retro-styled chassis that echoes the original unit's gold-and-black finish and wood-effect front.

Atari said the Sprint is being released in collaboration with game company Plaion REPLAI and that the company is positioning the product as a way to bring Intellivision’s library to modern living rooms without the need for vintage hardware. Matt Burnett, Atari’s vice president of strategic operations, said the company was "thrilled to celebrate Intellivision's 45th anniversary" and described bringing the console back as both a responsibility and an expansion of Atari’s work. Ben Jones, commercial director at Plaion REPLAI, said the partners applied lessons from prior retro-console projects to the Sprint.

The system reproduces signature Intellivision features while updating them for...