Atari just resurrected its most potent foe in the console wars from 45 years ago, the Intellivision Spirit — $149 console comes with 45 games, was brought into the Atari fold through IP acquisition last year

Atari's Intellivision Sprint.

Atari has taken retro gamers by surprise with its announcement of the Intellivision Sprint. The Mattel Intellivision, upon which this modernized console is based, was the strongest competitor for the established Atari 2600 (launched 1977) when it hit the market at the beginning of the 1980s. However, Atari bought the Intellivision brand name, trademarks, IP, rights to over 200 classic games, and more, in May last year – precipitating development of this previously unimaginable console collab.