Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

3 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

Right.  That makes sense.  Still, it would have been a nice little feature for long play sessions.  But most won't play for hours.  I know I won't.

If I am playing for a really long time I am probably playing alone, so I will probably just swap the controllers onto/off of the dock or plug it into USB C (if not a motion control game) while I play. Will have to see but I don't think it will be a problem.

Just now, GrudgeQ said:

If I am playing for a really long time I am probably playing alone, so I will probably just swap the controllers onto/off of the dock or plug it into USB C (if not a motion control game) while I play. Will have to see but I don't think it will be a problem.

Right, there is the second controller to use if the first one dies and you're doing single player.  

12 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

 

Hi Tommy, I was wondering if you could make an Amico poster, like this Zelda one, that can hang on a door, available to buy in the Intellivision store. 😀👍

9 minutes ago, Silverbot said:

Hi Tommy, I was wondering if you could make an Amico poster, like this Zelda one, that can hang on a door, available to buy in the Intellivision store. 😀👍

How long before Curly posts again?

1 hour ago, GrudgeQ said:

If I am playing for a really long time I am probably playing alone, so I will probably just swap the controllers onto/off of the dock or plug it into USB C (if not a motion control game) while I play. Will have to see but I don't think it will be a problem.

I will have 8 controllers so all good 😜

9 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I appreciate your thoughts.

It's not really a matter of difficulty from a technical standpoint... it's more about the overall message and complexity of interacting with menus, etc. 

The "less" options  people have to change or adjust things, the less daunting the overall experience becomes. 

We don't want to have menu screens looking like this eventually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

But seriously... there are so many different ways to hold and use the controller that just by turning the controller a certain way... it would automatically change which sides the buttons were on.

 

Also, each game is extremely different and unique in the way they are interacted with and played with the controller.  So having a global system mapping as you suggested wouldn't work or be possible.

 

One last super important thing...

 

We typically never have just one button for one action.  For example... if there is only one button press needed... we actually already open EVERY button on the controller to represent that button.  So ANY of them will work.  In some instances... even the touch screen.  Meaning... no matter where you push or touch... it will act as the input so that folks are scrambling around and trying to remember if they should push the top left shoulder button or the top right one.  If there is only one button... open them ALL up for that particular game so there is less confusion or button memory needed.

 

Even our entire UI is like this.  Hit ANYTHING (after selecting it with the disc) and it will move you forward, etc.

I hope that explanation helps to understand our thought process.

Thank you for your feedback and so sorry to hear about your stroke. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for addressing this question. To be honest, I'm a little embarrassed by my condition, but it is what it is and I really had some concerns. I see your point about possible confusion in the menus, and I like how you said if it's just one button that is used, then that one button is all of the buttons. That will seriously help. I'm still going to give the Amico a shot and I hope that it works for me, but at the end of the day, once again it is what it is. Thanks 👍

Hehehe. I think I have just the poster you are thinking of. Unfortunately, my dog photo-bombed it.

7 hours ago, CurlyQ said:

Posted by The Retro Bro on Facebook.

 

"Just stopped into my local Gamestop. Manager said he will give me the poster when he switches over his marketing in 2 weeks."

 

 

 

Oof, seems like this poster aged a bit poorly. Still gonna have to see if I can get one, though!

5 hours ago, JasperAK said:

How long before Curly posts again?

1 hour ago, CurlyQ said:

 

Zu vant to play some Ahmico vis me?

6 hours ago, JasperAK said:

Hehehe. I think I have just the poster you are thinking of. Unfortunately, my dog photo-bombed it.

Haha, Cool 😀👍

3 hours ago, CurlyQ said:

 

Very nice😉 but I don’t think my wife would appreciate this one 😂

On 2/22/2021 at 3:04 PM, Tavi said:

That is going to get some howls from the PS5 FPS Battlefield/COD players. Burning though a 70$ controller every 2-3 months is not going to be a very welcome additional expense I expect.

I am pretty sure at some point Tommy had made a post here about designing the Amico for durability and is intended to last for years of play. I would expect that would cover the controllers as well?

At 400+ hours, the PS5 seems to be setting the bar pretty low for the Amico to surpass them.

On 2/22/2021 at 4:19 PM, GrudgeQ said:

Oops sorry, bad export settings - this should be closer to real time (and replacing the one above)

You can watch the actual glitch in the matrix here: https://youtu.be/LRMeJYH2RUA?t=3758

 

This reminds me of that scene in Total Recall when that robot kept repeating "2 weeks!"

Hey Tommy, when is the Amico coming out?  "Two weeks!" 🤣

3 minutes ago, atarifan88 said:

Hey Tommy, when is the Amico coming out?  "Two weeks!" 🤣

Haha.  I wish that were true.  Wouldn't that be something?

https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/23/22297837/illinois-house-rep-evans-ban-violent-video-games

Tommy sometimes mentions about violence in video games.  And that Amico won't have any violence in it's games.  So, I wanted to post this link to an article talking about the issue.

I wasn't going to post this but I thought what the heck.  It's funny.  Watch to the end.  

https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/2/23/22297151/snes-hack-race-drivin-atari-nintendo-vitor-vilela

Tommy,

You need to hire this guy to fix your lag problem with Amico games like Finnigan Fox.  Lol.  

11 hours ago, Intellivision Master said:

 

I agree 100% ! People just like to complain and most of those whiners are not even interested in the system I suspect. 

I came across this article and had to share.  It mentions the Amico.

https://tvweb.com/frogger-tv-game-show-peacock-streaming-video-games/

Tommy,

Is there any update on Bad Dudes for the Amico?