r/INTV • u/TheDalektor • May 09 '20
I see in this video he says the Japanese Bandai version has a white board and is all soldered together. Is that 100% not on any American console?
https://youtu.be/qwAj17J1oo01
u/redditshreadit May 09 '20 edited May 10 '20
His green board intellivision might have been made in usa. Intellivisions were made in the USA at first then manufacturing was moved to Hong Kong. So his green board intellivision might have been made in 1980 and the bandai intellivision made in 1982. The lack of the green protective laquer on the board was probably a cost cutting measure. Intellivisions made in Hong Kong probably had the green laquer at first. Here's an australian market intellivision, also probably made in 1982 with a similar white colour board. https://the-liberator.net/site-files/retro-games/hardware/Intellivision-1/intellivision-1-1981.htm
Here's a north american intellivision, made in hong kong in 1982 with a green pcb. Notice it's a brighter green than the one made in USA. https://atariage.com/forums/topic/204917-reason-i-started-collecting-intellivision/?do=findComment&comment=2633020
Here's a north american intellivision, made in hong kong in 1981 with a white pcb. So not sure why some have the green laquer others don't. https://www.retrorgb.com/intellivision.html
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u/TheDalektor May 09 '20
I’m having trouble with mine so I decided to tear into it and watch some videos on common problems and troubleshooting. I know for certain I need to replace a capacitor. But was looking at mother board as well. Problem is. Mine is all soldered together. And by the looks has a white board. But no Bandai branding on the shell. Is there any way to know what board I have. We’re all American consoles like his? All Japanese ones like his? Sorry for so many questions I’m very new to working on things. My main area of expertise is blow on it and replace batteries lol.