Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

Hi !
I don't remember if it was already asked, but can we expect  games like VENTURE, LADY BUG and/or MOUSE TRAP to drop by on AMICO at launch ? (Or not too far)

Thank you.

Don't think any of those games have been mentioned.  Venture and Mouse Trap were Exidy games and Lady Bug was Universal. The guy that owned the exidy games had passed away a few years ago, not sure if the new owner is interested in licensing.  Trademarks might be up for grabs.  There is still a japanese company called Universal I believe.  Have these arcade games ever shown up in a compilation.  If you are asking about the intellivision version of these games, someone might have to track down the current owner of those coleco properties.

Sorry if this has been mentioned but will the original games be available with the remakes? Be cool to be able to experience both. Pretty sure the Intellivision never made it to NZ. At least, I never saw one. Hell, even the 2600 wasn't super common as most families opted for the cheaper (and crappier) Fountain Force 2.

3 hours ago, mr_me said:

Don't think any of those games have been mentioned.  Venture and Mouse Trap were Exidy games and Lady Bug was Universal. The guy that owned the exidy games had passed away a few years ago, not sure if the new owner is interested in licensing.  Trademarks might be up for grabs.  There is still a japanese company called Universal I believe.  Have these arcade games ever shown up in a compilation.  If you are asking about the intellivision version of these games, someone might have to track down the current owner of those coleco properties.

IIRC, SNK's old parent company owns all the Universal games. SNK was shut down by them, then divested SNK later with the original SNK President buying SNK back (along with Alpha Denshi and Nazca... two of the bigger Neo Geo game design houses from the 90s). Now, SNK is in partnership with a Korean company, who is making their new consumer products.

I remembered this fun game from the C64 days... Would be a great one for the kids and I'd bet with what the Amico can do, fantastic sound and graphics.  Challenging, simple and fun.

Ducks Ahoy!

1 hour ago, MantaNZ said:

Sorry if this has been mentioned but will the original games be available with the remakes? Be cool to be able to experience both. Pretty sure the Intellivision never made it to NZ. At least, I never saw one. Hell, even the 2600 wasn't super common as most families opted for the cheaper (and crappier) Fountain Force 2.

https://www.intellivisionamico.com/faq#about-the-games

8 hours ago, mr_me said:

https://www.intellivisionamico.com/faq#about-the-games

Oh cool, thanks! Got to admit it will be pretty rad to play old school Intellivision games for the first time on a brand new Intellivision console

16 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

 

We are proud to announce that the first interactive Augmented Reality demo launching next week (on Dec. 3rd for our 40th Anniversary) will be MOON PATROL! That's right! You'll be able to play a short demo of our upcoming exclusive Intellivision Moon Patrol game (available at launch on 10/10 2020) entitled: MOON PATROL: The Milky Way Chronicles.

 

You'll be able to download our new Amico AR app, point it at the Intellivision Amico logo and enjoy a short playable three dimensional demo of the game right on the surface of where our logo is! You will also have the ability to play the demo full screen on your device. Make sure to sign up to our Mailing List at IntellivisionAmico.com for instructions and details on where to go and how to play!

 

 

Awesome news can’t wait to check it out 

WoW. And thanks for the picture ! The fun as just begun !

Is there an virtual CIB of this AR demo?  🤓😛

23 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

... upcoming exclusive Intellivision Moon Patrol game (available at launch on 10/10 2020) entitled: MOON PATROL: The Milky Way Chronicles.

The final boss

As part of my job, I have corrected some Spanish subtitles on an awesome couch co-op game I absolutely didn't know anything about: Moving Out.

It's like a family friendly, multi-player, indoor version of Death Stranding! It's actually a furniture move simulator. In the couch-coop mode, each person has to carry one side of an armchair or table! It looks quite fun and it surely is very original.

It will come out in 2020 for every single (big) platform and I hope the Amico gets an exclusive version with added features and a different name... This game would be perfect for the console.

Has anyone mentioned Jeff Minter? We need Llamasoft games!

2 hours ago, MantaNZ said:

Has anyone mentioned Jeff Minter? We need Llamasoft games!

The guy who only makes Tempest or tempest clones once a decade?

On 11/27/2019 at 7:21 PM, IMBerzerk said:

I remembered this fun game from the C64 days... Would be a great one for the kids and I'd bet with what the Amico can do, fantastic sound and graphics.  Challenging, simple and fun.

 

Ducks Ahoy!

 

 

Not familiar with this game.  Will check it out.

On 11/29/2019 at 11:46 AM, IntelliMission said:

As part of my job, I have corrected some Spanish subtitles on an awesome couch co-op game I absolutely didn't know anything about: Moving Out.

 

It's like a family friendly, multi-player, indoor version of Death Stranding! It's actually a furniture move simulator. In the couch-coop mode, each person has to carry one side of an armchair or table! It looks quite fun and it surely is very original.

 

It will come out in 2020 for every single (big) platform and I hope the Amico gets an exclusive version with added features and a different name... This game would be perfect for the console.

Gives a whole new meaning to "COUCH" co-op!  

3 hours ago, Blarneo said:

The guy who only makes Tempest or tempest clones once a decade?

We do have the Tempest license.

3 hours ago, Blarneo said:

The guy who only makes Tempest or tempest clones once a decade?

But by god does he do ‘em well. Tempest 2000 and Tempest 4000 are incredible. Can’t say I’ve ever played 3000 as I’ve never even seen a Nuon... but no, he makes other games too, haha. 

5 hours ago, Blarneo said:

The guy who only makes Tempest or tempest clones once a decade?

Some of his early work:. "Gridrunner, Abductor, Matrix: Gridrunner 2, Hellgate, Hover Bovver, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Revenge of the Mutant Camels, Return of the Mutant Camels, Laser Zone, Mama Llama, Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time, Sheep in Space, Voidrunner, and Iridis Alpha"

The only one I remember playing was Hover Bovver on the c64.

4 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

Yo Everyone... just a heads up... 

We have a big press release coming out on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd. on our 40th Anniversary (the first Intellivision hit store shelves on Dec. 3, 1979).

In it we list a ton of developers, have a short interactive Augmented Reality demo of one of our launch games (Moon Patrol) that you'll be able to play on your mobile devices, show never before seen screenshots of one of the pack-in games, showing pics of the final controller and console design and doing a short video about the controller.  (Not bad considering we will still be over 10 months from our 10/10 2020 launch date... right?  )
 

If you want more info please feel free to sign up to our mailing list at IntellivisionAmico.com.

I think some folks in here will appreciate one of the opening lines from our press release on Tuesday.  I had to take a little dig at our friends over at Atari (they make it easy). 

 

It's been said that "no news is good news".  Intellivision has a different perspective and believes that "more news is great news!". 

 

If you're not familiar with what I'm referring to... check out the latest Atari VCS "Q&A" they released on Friday.

Just thought I'd have a little fun with the folks who are paying attention.

 

Super excited for the Anniversary going to be so much fun getting all this new information it’s going to be a wonderful day 

Glad I got my IntelliShirt to check out the AR and demo! Moon Patrol was one of my favorite arcade games...will be neat to see how it’s reimagined.

Nice surprise to be able to see the final controller and console design. Tommy and team take transparency to a new level.
 

To the beleaguered folks who backed the VCS/Ataribox I feel bad because it’s clearly the people in charge who are hiding things and release statements where “no news is good news concerning the Atari VCS” 🤨

4 hours ago, mr_me said:

 

Some of his early work:. "Gridrunner, Abductor, Matrix: Gridrunner 2, Hellgate, Hover Bovver, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Revenge of the Mutant Camels, Return of the Mutant Camels, Laser Zone, Mama Llama, Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time, Sheep in Space, Voidrunner, and Iridis Alpha"

The only one I remember playing was Hover Bovver on the c64.

Meh. Computer gaming master race. 

Hippie needs a haircut. 😈

Can't wait for this release. I LOVE Moon Patrol. I still remember being in an arcade when I was a kid and seeing it and my mum wouldn't give me 20c to play it. A passerby even said "give the boy 20c", lol. I was so gutted I never got to play it... maybe why I love playing it to this day.