What platforms is Melody Blaster on?

Melody Blaster was released on Intellivision.

When did Melody Blaster release?

Melody Blaster was first released on January 1, 1983.

Melody Blaster

Jan 1, 1983Intellivision

Melody Blaster — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Melody Blaster on?: Melody Blaster was released on Intellivision.
When did Melody Blaster release?: Melody Blaster was first released on January 1, 1983.

About Melody Blaster

The musical version of the popular video game, Astrosmash. And a fun, new way to learn musical notation. As musical notes fall from the sky in the pattern of a popular song, you must play the right keys to shoot them down. The faster you shoot down the notes, the faster you're learning to play your favorite songs! Requires ECS Music Synthesizer

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Intellivision

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Intellivision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-20

Loose

$85

Complete

$228

Sealed

$278

How often it sells

Loose: about 3 times a year
Complete: about 5 times a year
Sealed: about 3 times a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-20.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $75 in Jan 2013, $59 five years ago, and $85 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2013	$75	—
Jan 2014	$76	$145
Jan 2015	$153	$184
Jan 2016	$52	$198
Jan 2017	$150	$230
Jan 2018	$37	$100
Jan 2019	$67	$81
Jan 2020	$77	$81
Jan 2021	$75	$120
Jan 2022	$75	$149
Jan 2023	$64	$200
Jan 2024	$64	$124
Jan 2025	$64	$119
Jan 2026	$60	$198
Oct 2026	$85	$228

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Product #
North America Mattel Electronics	4540

North America: Product number confirmed by Mattel's own catalogue.

Source: Product numbers: each confirmed by the game's own manual, a publisher-prefix UPC that encodes it, a box scan, or INTV Funhouse's collector list where Mattel's own 1979–83 catalogues or manual order forms print the same number; barcodes from PriceCharting, check digits verified

Region: NA
Released: 1983
Controller: ECS Computer Adapter (required)
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases are not tracked for the IntellivisionMedium look-alike risk

Intellivision prices, all games & how to spot a fake

The only program released for Mattel's Music Synthesizer: an expensive, niche cartridge that is useless without both pieces of hardware.

Melody Blaster is Mattel's 1983 music cartridge, designed for the Music Synthesizer, a 49-key piano-style keyboard with six-note polyphony that plugs into the controller ports of the Entertainment Computer System. It was the only program released for the synthesizer.

It is also one of the six cartridges that need the ECS. The synthesizer came in light gray or dark brown plastic, and collectors report the brown version as extremely rare.

Before you buy

This cartridge needs the ECS and the Music Synthesizer, and does nothing useful without them. Mattel's copies came with two overlays, and two versions of the errata slip exist. It is the most expensive cart in this group, with a big premium for a complete box and sealed copies higher still. Test with the full hardware before paying.