▁worked ▁with ▁perfect ▁consist ency . ▁The ▁unit ▁never ▁had ▁over he ating ▁problems , ▁nor ▁were ▁loose ▁w ires ▁or ▁other ▁connections ▁encountered ." ▁However , ▁U ston ▁r ated ▁the ▁controls ▁and ▁control ▁system ▁as ▁" below ▁average " ▁and ▁the ▁worst ▁of ▁the ▁cons oles ▁he ▁tested ▁( including ▁At ari ▁ 2 6 0 0 , ▁Mag nav ox ▁Od ys sey ², ▁Ast ro vision , ▁and ▁Fair child ▁Channel ▁F ). ▁ ▁Jeff ▁R ov in ▁lists ▁Int ell iv ision ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁seven ▁major ▁supp liers ▁of ▁vide og ames ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁and ▁mentions ▁it ▁as ▁" the ▁un ch alleng ed ▁king ▁of ▁graphics ", ▁however ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁controllers ▁can ▁be ▁" diff icult ▁to ▁operate ", ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁if ▁a ▁controller ▁breaks ▁the ▁entire ▁unit ▁must ▁be ▁sh ipped ▁off ▁for ▁rep airs ▁( since ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁det ach ▁at ▁first ), ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁over l ays ▁" are ▁sometimes ▁so ▁stub born ▁as ▁to ▁tempt ▁one ' s ▁p atience " ▁. ▁ ▁A ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁article ▁in ▁Next ▁Generation ▁said ▁the ▁Int ell iv ision ▁" had ▁greater ▁graphics ▁power ▁than ▁the ▁dominant ▁At ari ▁ 2 6 0 0 . ▁It ▁was ▁slower ▁than ▁the ▁ 2 6 0 0 ▁and ▁had ▁less ▁software ▁available , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁superior ▁sports ▁titles ." ▁A ▁year ▁later ▁Electron ic ▁G aming ▁Month ly ▁ass essed