Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

Keep it going..

 

Sears Wish Book ... 1981

 

and with finding this,  I finally know when I got my SSVA... 1981. 

 

Edited April 2 by IMBerzerk

34 minutes ago, IMBerzerk said:

Sears Wish Book ... 1981

I have a retro game room filled with 1970s early 80s stuff.  I got a few Sears and JCPenney christmas Catalogues from the mid early 70s since they really bring back the memories since that is how every kid put together their christmas list back in the day.  Whats crazy is that these catalogues go for 50 bucks or more now..  who knew..

Had a weird dream. I was having breakfast with my wife but I was also at some video game convention (this is in Toronto). I then see a silhouette of a guy with a guitar and I say to my wife "hey that's Tommy Tallarico Intellivision president! The Amico must be here to try". I walk up to Tommy and he somehow knows me immediately "hey Michael!" He then shows me the Amico and some game I'd never seen before and I end up playing it for a bit. Dream over.

1 hour ago, Zee said:

Had a weird dream. I was having breakfast with my wife but I was also at some video game convention (this is in Toronto). I then see a silhouette of a guy with a guitar and I say to my wife "hey that's Tommy Tallarico Intellivision president! The Amico must be here to try". I walk up to Tommy and he somehow knows me immediately "hey Michael!" He then shows me the Amico and some game I'd never seen before and I end up playing it for a bit. Dream over.

Cool! Well at least it didn’t get any weirder!!! 😂👍

15 hours ago, woobman said:

@Tommy TallaricoDid you just drop some news on us?!?!?!   We may be able to choose another color prior to shipping? We are not locked in to the color we chose? Not that I want to change my choice.  But it would be amazing to actually have that choice!!!  

You can cancel your order and buy a different colour.

1 hour ago, Zee said:

Had a weird dream. I was having breakfast with my wife but I was also at some video game convention (this is in Toronto). I then see a silhouette of a guy with a guitar and I say to my wife "hey that's Tommy Tallarico Intellivision president! The Amico must be here to try". I walk up to Tommy and he somehow knows me immediately "hey Michael!" He then shows me the Amico and some game I'd never seen before and I end up playing it for a bit. Dream over.

That sounds interesting.  But like Aerosmith said, "Dream On".  

That sounds interesting.  But like Aerosmith said, "Dream On".  

Tommy is cousins with Steven Tyler isn't he? I see what you did here.

1 minute ago, Zee said:

Tommy is cousins with Steven Tyler isn't he? I see what you did here.

Yes he is.  I'm glad you noticed.  

The FE would've released today.  With the new date, there's 6 months to go.  Quick, someone build a time machine so we can all teleport to October 2021.  Lol.

I know it's not Amico related but had to share.  This is really neat.  I didn't know Pizza Hut did this.

 

19 hours ago, LePionnier said:

In Astrosmash, is there a way to know when your shield will end ?

Thanks.

 

Yep!  On the main screen it visually starts to dissipate.

 

 

18 hours ago, woobman said:

@Tommy TallaricoDid you just drop some news on us?!?!?!   We may be able to choose another color prior to shipping? We are not locked in to the color we chose? Not that I want to change my choice.  But it would be amazing to actually have that choice!!!  

Sorry... let me clarify a bit.  I was meaning that if you didn't want to go through with the Galaxy Purple (via GameStop) then you could simply cancel that order and then get another Special Edition (from somewhere else) instead.  Gamestop will carry Galaxy Purple, Graphite Black and Glacier White.  Vintage Woodgrain Special Editions will only be sold direct through our website.  We have not announced who gets the GTO Red exclusive at this point.  Info coming during summer I would imagine.

 

 

 

 

Tommy,

 

You showed this Easter game to us last year. Maybe there can be an Easter game on Amico.  Also, I'm hoping to see the discount go back to 20% off.  One time it was even 25% off.  I know you can't give too much of a discount.  But 15% is still good.

17 hours ago, Stoke said:

I have an idea, what if the LED on the controller turned Green when you got the shield, then faded to yellow, then red as the time for the shield expired. Maybe flash red as the shield is about to end.

 

Edit. You could use the vibration function for this too.

One step ahead of you.

 

 

You'll also get an audio warning through your controller as well.  We're also messing with the haptic feedback going off throughout the entirety of the shield.  Not confirmed yet.  Lots of rumble opportunities in a game like Astrosmash! 

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

We have not announced who gets the GTO Red exclusive at this point.  Info coming during summer I would imagine.

Maybe Target since they have the red bullseye.  

16 hours ago, nightmonkeyii said:

I remember you saying that the consoles and controllers will not be painted, as i had this concern earlier. Has that changed?

No.  That has not changed.  Consoles are not painted.  A really awesome technique is being used for the Special Editions.  In fact Smash JT did a video yesterday at our offices where we go into detail about the process.  I'm sure he'll be dropping that video over the next few weeks... and rest assured that @Intellivision Master will be posting it here within minutes of it's release!  

 

 

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I'm sure he'll be dropping that video over the next few weeks... and rest assured that @Intellivision Master will be posting it here within minutes of it's release!

You know it.  Lol.

Here is the picture that I posted yesterday.  For some reason it disappeared.  But the other one didn't.  So, I'm posting it again.  Hopefully it stays this time.

Edited April 3 by Intellivision Master

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yo Peeps! Did you know? 40 years ago in 1981 Intellivision had an Easter game that was part of a Happy Holidays prototype that was never released! It was called Easter Eggcitement. As you can see from this footage, it was a VERY early prototype.

 

 

In celebration of Easter this weekend, we created a 15% off discount code for our online merchandise store. Enter: EASTER15 on check out! Lots of new designs being added weekly. Please let me & @CurlyQ know what games or designs you'd like to see next.

 

Link to the store: https://intellivision.com/shop

I have become a big CurlyQ art fan over the last two years,and he has posted MANY Amico related designs that are shirt worthy.

I am pretty sure whichever ones you guys choose will be something I will be happy to purchase and wear....proudly!😊

I think some of you may enjoy this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

 

Looks very fun ! I would like to see the leaderboards on this and other games. They are very important to me. 

6 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I think some of you may enjoy this...

 

 

 

1st screen shot from the game Darts ? ☺️