Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

Just now, GrudgeQ said:

You have the name already so a natural fit. However you might have to fight John Alvarado's mustache for the job and I am not sure who would win

He would win.  I don't have a mustache.  But I could wear a fake one.  Lol. 

49 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

He would win.  I don't have a mustache.  But I could wear a fake one.  Lol. 

I’m curious if IE is going to update the shifty eyed dealer and give him a handlebar mustache 

26 minutes ago, Starpaddler said:

I’m curious if IE is going to update the shifty eyed dealer and give him a handlebar mustache 

Wouldn't that be something?  Also, he could have a monocle like the Peanut Guy. 

28 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

Wouldn't that be something?  Also, he could have a monocle like the Peanut Guy. 

Shifty Eyed Dealer + mustache + monocle = Colonel Mustard - Clue game for the Amico confirmed!

2 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

Shifty Eyed Dealer + mustache + monocle = Colonel Mustard - Clue game for the Amico confirmed!

 

Darn it.  You caught onto my plan.  Lol.

I'd like to see a video update for Snafoo.  Also, not sure if we will get an FPS on Amico.  It would be neat to have one but make it family friendly.  It would be cartoonish and the enemies would look goofy.  I thought about something where you get abducted by aliens and taken to their secret base on another world.  Your mission is to escape the base and return to earth via a stolen ship.  While in the base you shoot aliens and robots with lasers and other cool weapons.  By the way, don't tell Rainbow.  Lol.

Tommy, what are the exclusive features in the Evil Knievel game that aren't in the mobile version?

5 hours ago, Intellivision Master said:

He would win.  I don't have a mustache.  But I could wear a fake one.  Lol. 

Wear a t-shirt instead.

Still behind on catching up to questions.  Spent all weekend working on final stuff for Moon Patrol & Skiing.
 
Just saw this and noticed it hadn't been posted yet.
 
Very cool video from Smash JT.
 
I really like how much he enjoyed his time at Intellivision and how much fun he had with our games!

 
 

We need a Moon Patrol T-shirt.

4 hours ago, Intellivision Master said:

I'd like to see a video update for Snafoo.  Also, not sure if we will get an FPS on Amico.  It would be neat to have one but make it family friendly.  It would be cartoonish and the enemies would look goofy.  I thought about something where you get abducted by aliens and taken to their secret base on another world.  Your mission is to escape the base and return to earth via a stolen ship.  While in the base you shoot aliens and robots with lasers and other cool weapons.  By the way, don't tell Rainbow.  Lol.

Convoluted chain of thought incoming.

You had mentioned FPS shooters which made me think Wolfenstein and Doom, and cartoonish and goofy enemies, which had me remembering the Commander Keen games.

Which then in turn reminded me of Tom Hall, and that he had a few years back tried to crowdfund 'Worlds of Wander', which was advertised as a spiritual successor to Commander Keen.

That was unfortunately not successfully funded (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/368238381/worlds-of-wander-plus-secret-spaceship-club-game/description), but now has me thinking that he might have interest in dusting off and revamping his project as an Amico exclusive?

He certainly has an impressive resume, and a Commander Keen type game would easily fit in the E10 requirement. The Commander Keen games were a blast to play back in the day, but was always single player. A re-imagined multiplayer version might be quite a lot of fun?

41 minutes ago, Tavi said:

He certainly has an impressive resume, and a Commander Keen type game would easily fit in the E10 requirement. The Commander Keen games were a blast to play back in the day, but was always single player.

This game would be perfect for Amico.  I played Commander Keen on the GBC.  

6 hours ago, CurlyQ said:

Beautiful!!

16 hours ago, MASTER260 said:

Tommy, what are the exclusive features in the Evil Knievel game that aren't in the mobile version?

More levels, updated graphics, updated animations, way better ragdoll physics, more vehicles (including the SkyCycle!), better & more audio, added different and better overall controls and the best part...
added 4 player multi-player (which incorporates motion controls).

Even the fact that you can play it on a big screen while others can watch the hilarity unfold is a huge difference.  It's one of the more popular games in the office for people to just watch and have a fun time.

We basically added a year of improvements with the original developers. 

EXCLUSIVELY on Intellivision Amico.

20 hours ago, Starpaddler said:

I’m curious if IE is going to update the shifty eyed dealer and give him a handlebar mustache 

COUNT ON IT!!!

On 4/20/2021 at 5:53 AM, Intellivision Master said:

So, we got a Shark! Shark! T-shirt on the IE shop.  Now all we need is a shirt with Puffy on it.  Also, it would be neat to have a "Where is Puffy" mini game in the new Shark! Shark!.  It could be like finding Waldo but instead it's Puffy.

@CurlyQ:  We need to make a Puffy shirt!!

On 4/19/2021 at 5:50 AM, CurlyQ said:

Disturbing.... yet epic.

On 4/17/2021 at 10:52 AM, Silverbot said:

Tommy, do you think the Amico controller would be able to play a game like Forgotten World. Using one side like a D pad and the other for rotating? 😀👍

 

 

Yeah.  For sure.  It would work well.

On 4/18/2021 at 5:43 AM, Talerian said:

Hi Tommy,

 

do do you already know when the complete lineup of launch titles will be officially announced? Will you announce them more likely step by step or all at once?

We will announce them closer to launch and all at once.

On 4/18/2021 at 5:43 AM, Talerian said:

 

About how many additional games will you release after launch until the end of 2021?

We'll have about 15 - 20 games ready to go after launch and the current plan is to release a new game about every 10 - 14 days to start.  So we have about 6 months of other games ready to go.  By the time those are out, our next batch of 50 will be ready to go (some of which we've already started).

On 4/18/2021 at 5:43 AM, Talerian said:

 

BTW: Great licensing news, a fun basketball game would be very enjoyable for me (with baseball being not my cup of tea). Hopefully soccer will also see a release soon after launch...

Yeah!  Harlem Globetrotters is the PERFECT license for us!  Not only super fun, lots of humor and family friendly, but a really great partnership because they have such a huge family and diverse community reach.

Did you know they've been around 95 years!!  I never realized the team was that old until they told me.  Really amazing!

And the best part is that the top players are helping me design parts of the game... which is super cool!
 

We're talking about doing a live stream with them on our YouTube channel and doing a Q&A with the players!  Hopefully over the next few months.

We're super excited about the partnership and it was something we've been working on for over 6 months.

On 4/18/2021 at 6:06 AM, justclaws said:

It was, and the guy who uploaded that upload many other old Intellivision videos.
Search here - https://www.youtube.com/user/ScottithGames/videos

I think this is the complete video, rather than parts 1 and 2.
"Imagic documentary - The Making of Atlantis"
 

 

That was GREAT!  I never saw that before.  Thank you for sharing!

On 4/18/2021 at 6:55 AM, IntelliMission said:

FUN FACT: Almost 6 months after their release date, the PS5 only has 2 exclusive games (Astro's Playroom and Demon's Souls) and the Xbox Series X has a total of 0 (I made a thread about this in the Modern Consoles section to discuss this topic).

 

In contrast, 15 exclusive games were released for the original Playstation in the same period and the Amico will enjoy 15 pure exclusives at launch (without even counting games available for other platforms ported to the system with added modes or games released in the 6 months following the release date).

 

I'm pretty sure certain podcasts, forum users and Youtube star commentators will start stalking Sony and Microsoft CEOs online about this, right? Right?

 

Wrong.

Isn't That Something?™

On 4/18/2021 at 8:04 AM, youxia said:

Right, because making games like Gran Turismo or Gears Of War is totally comparable to ACL Cornhole and Astrosmash remake. Smh.

It is when you don't have billions of dollars in the bank.

It's all relative.

On 4/18/2021 at 2:05 PM, Intellivision Master said:

The Amico is being shown in this week's ad.

https://www.gamestop.com/weekly-ad

Pretty amazing!