Tommy Tallarico - Fun Amico Conversations

2 minutes ago, 1980gamer said:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/466358-it-is-the-brain-the-little-gray-cells-on-which

 

Ahhh, i wish i was as smart as you think i am 🙂

Sadly, when i referenced Grey Matter....it harkens back to being a young boy playing Intellivision while listening to Oingo Boingo at max volume!

22 minutes ago, Starpaddler said:

From my perspective - Direct 1:1 transfer of a game from another system, bringing nothing new to the gameplay, story, graphics, audio, etc.  Same game on a different system. 

I realize that the Amico has been a lighting rod for criticism and some of it has been vindictive and unfair.  

I still think that it is a stretch to say that the Amico doesn't have ported games.  It has ports from Mobile, Web and PC games and that's fine.  A "port" just means moving a game from one platform to another (arcade to console, PC to console, etc.).  Ports might make some changes or have exclusive features but they are substantially the same game in terms of mechanics, characters, etc.  

I understand that if you make enough changes, you can argue that a game becomes a "new version" but I'd still call it a port, if: the core of the game originated elsewhere.  I know that people don't want to open the door to attacks: since Intellivision initially claimed that the Amico would have "no ports" but I think that most neutral observers can understand that maybe that was "reaching for the stars". 

There are always gray areas: Is Doom 64, on N64, a port of PC Doom or is it a unique game? Finnegan Fox does seem different enough to perhaps be a "reimagining" but I also wouldn't call someone wrong for saying it's a port, with new features. 

I think that it's great that Intellivision is making sure that all games have exclusive content and their current messaging that: "All games will have exclusive content" is honest.     

2 hours ago, Denicio said:

 

Knowing NOTHING about these guys, i just googled them and found a video about them ragging on the Amico and the Limited Edition sets.

 

A couple of minutes in and those two hosts were acting like bitter teen ex-girlfriends after their first breakup. CLEARLY there is an agenda there. These guys LOVE to HATE the Amico (a system that has YET to hit the shelves). That is abundantly clear. 

 

They also took the Jenovi bait who misrepresented 'whats in the box'.

 

FFS, does ANYONE know how to read anymore? Not once did the Amico email promise a game in the box. They are literally comparing the Evercade cartridge to a the Limited Edition boxes that NEVER once promised a real cartridge.  WHY would you compare Evercade's cartridge to a Game system that has NO game cartridge slot? They may as well mocked Amico because it wont play 8 track tapes too! "Uhh uhhh, yeah bevis...uhh....Amico cant play no 8 Tracks...what a joke...uhhhh...uhhh"

The email was super duper clear on what you get. If you buy the limited edition sets having read the email and feel you were cheated then you only have yourself to blame (and maybe a 9th grade English teacher too).

 

NOW we all see why Tide has to put "DO NOT EAT" warnings on Tide Pods and hairdryer companies put "Do not put in water" warning stickers. Geesh. 

 

What a time to be alive!  
 

You get to witness two drunken podcasters with bad math skills from Socal bring down a multimillion startup company. Truly amazing. 😜😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Tommy can you please let us buy some skins for the Amico controller like you did with the game bundle.  I would love it if we could buy all the controller accessories.

1 hour ago, Denicio said:

 

Help a non extreme gamer understand the lingo.

What exactly is a 'port' as it relates to Amico?

A port doesn't mean what it did back in the 1980s.  Back then if you wanted to port Donkey Kong to three different systems you had to hire three different programmers each with expertise in that system and have them write three different programs.  All the games would play different because no code was actually ported between them.  For that reason many old programmers call them conversions rather than ports.

Today you can have one programmer write one game and the development system can compile to multiple different target machines.  They share the same code and pretty much play the same.

Edit: Rigid Force Redux Enhanced, Finnigan Fox, Evel Knievel are ports.  Amico Moon Patrol is not a port, it's a new game.  Any Intellivision rom running on an emulator is not a port because as far as it knows it's running on an old Intellivision.

37 minutes ago, mr_me said:

Edit: Rigid Force Redux Enhanced, Finnigan Fox, Evel Knievel are ports.  Amico Moon Patrol is not a port, it's a new game.  Any Intellivision rom running on an emulator is not a port because as far as it knows it's running on an old Intellivision.

I agree with you. 

2 hours ago, LinemanDoc said:

Honestly, I hope no announcement is made and the way I find out is a package arriving on my door.  Once the first YouTuber puts up his or her legitimate total surprise box opening video, then Intellivision can put out their press extravaganza and say SURPRISE!  It's already at your door!

I would be cool with a box containing my console just showing up via UPS right before Christmas 🤪

2 hours ago, 1980gamer said:

I am hoping ORIGINAL intellivision games will be released as is in "packs or sets"  Like All sports games or other "networks"  Gaming, Space, Action etc.

 

The other thing is "retro re-imagined"  So, Intellivision Astrosmash became the Amico Astrosmash.  Same for BiPlanes and Bomb Squad.

 

Agreed, but hoping that there will be some solution to better facilitate the original 12 buttons on the touch screen.  Without some additional accessory, you wont be able to feel your way to a “button”, as you would be commanding buttons along the way to the one you are looking for. Thinking some sort of wide-channeled 3x4 grid with smaller holes to access the screen with your finger should work okay. Something you can utilize for textural feedback without commanding presses, with a the resulting button holes appropriately sized to ensure limiting unwanted presses. Would love to see them introduce something like this as an accessory for the originals and then utilize it for latter and newer games as well. An accessory pack could include multiple grids for 4, 6, 9 & 12 button grids, and one with a few buttons on part of the screen with the remaining screen left exposed for display. 

2 hours ago, Denicio said:

 

So...for instance....Beauty & The Beast by Imagic is not a port, correct? (all Imagic games and Activision games would seemingly fall into this catagory)

 

Mappy arcade game WOULD be a Port, correct?

Believe Beauty and the Beast was originally designed for the Intellivision, so correct, not a port.  If that game was tweaked to work on another system, that version would be a port.  

4 hours ago, Tommy2D said:

I realize that the Amico has been a lighting rod for criticism and some of it has been vindictive and unfair.  

 

I still think that it is a stretch to say that the Amico doesn't have ported games.  It has ports from Mobile, Web and PC games and that's fine.  A "port" just means moving a game from one platform to another (arcade to console, PC to console, etc.).  Ports might make some changes or have exclusive features but they are substantially the same game in terms of mechanics, characters, etc.  

 

I understand that if you make enough changes, you can argue that a game becomes a "new version" but I'd still call it a port, if: the core of the game originated elsewhere.  I know that people don't want to open the door to attacks: since Intellivision initially claimed that the Amico would have "no ports" but I think that most neutral observers can understand that maybe that was "reaching for the stars". 

 

There are always gray areas: Is Doom 64, on N64, a port of PC Doom or is it a unique game? Finnegan Fox does seem different enough to perhaps be a "reimagining" but I also wouldn't call someone wrong for saying it's a port, with new features. 

 

I think that it's great that Intellivision is making sure that all games have exclusive content and their current messaging that: "All games will have exclusive content" is honest.     

Tommy clarified in his first interview post reveal that he meant no direct ports so every game on Amico will have unique features that won’t be available on any other versions in many cases that will include unique multiplayer experiences. 

4 hours ago, Intellivision Master said:

The VIP orders might get fulfilled.  But after the FE orders.

I believe that Tommy mentioned awhile back that if any systems were going to be shipped by the end of the year it would be both FE AND VIP, not just the FE systems.  I would think if this was to happen then they would go by order number and the FEs would ship first. 

Are any comic-based games in the works? Like Archie, Popeye, or Peanuts? That might be cool.

(double-post again; jeepers, what is up with this forum software?)

1 hour ago, Battlefish said:

Are any comic-based games in the works? Like Archie, Popeye, or Peanuts? That might be cool.

Yep! Plenty of Amico games coming that had comics roots.  
 

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6 hours ago, Tommy2D said:

I realize that the Amico has been a lighting rod for criticism and some of it has been vindictive and unfair.  

 

I still think that it is a stretch to say that the Amico doesn't have ported games.  It has ports from Mobile, Web and PC games and that's fine.  A "port" just means moving a game from one platform to another (arcade to console, PC to console, etc.).  Ports might make some changes or have exclusive features but they are substantially the same game in terms of mechanics, characters, etc.  

 

I understand that if you make enough changes, you can argue that a game becomes a "new version" but I'd still call it a port, if: the core of the game originated elsewhere.  I know that people don't want to open the door to attacks: since Intellivision initially claimed that the Amico would have "no ports" but I think that most neutral observers can understand that maybe that was "reaching for the stars". 

 

There are always gray areas: Is Doom 64, on N64, a port of PC Doom or is it a unique game? Finnegan Fox does seem different enough to perhaps be a "reimagining" but I also wouldn't call someone wrong for saying it's a port, with new features. 

 

I think that it's great that Intellivision is making sure that all games have exclusive content and their current messaging that: "All games will have exclusive content" is honest.     

I disagree in that I do not see any Direct Ports of games on Amico from the games that have been advertised.

per - https://www.makeuseof.com/video-game-ports-remakes-remasters-reboots/

“Porting is the act of taking a video game that was developed for one platform and later bringing it to another system with few, if any, changes.”

Which of the games adverised have “few, if any, changes”?

That all being said, this really only matters for those tracking every comment Tommy has made in the hundreds of hours of interviews over the last 3 years that are trying to find words of his to be used against him. 
 

Think the point is that Amico will not be a simple console of ported games and think that has been proven over in spades; so why does it all really matter?  Like I said earlier and speaking as a paying customer, I hope there are some direct ports in the future, as I think Amico has controllers that will be better suited for playing some of the classics. 

After it was announced Amico is using NFT now ubisoft has announced they are going to create nft blockchain games. 

Amico is truly gamechanging.

Tommy has changed how games are going to work forever. 

Also:

• GameStop published 8 jobs needing NFT and crypto experience.

After my earlier post i found that Electronic arts has also posted job offerings based around NFT and blockchain.

15 hours ago, Denicio said:

 

So...for instance....Beauty & The Beast by Imagic is not a port, correct? (all Imagic games and Activision games would seemingly fall into this catagory)

Correct.  It's nothing more than a bad Donkey Kong wanna be! 😁

15 hours ago, Denicio said:

 

I love the Re Imagined stuff but i really do hope that ALL re imagined titles have the original too! 

 

BOY CAN DREAM MODE: I also want the original Imagic Swords and Serpents with 100% original game play but with an option that you can actually defeat the dragon at the end.

So that game would have these gameplay choices:

 

1. Re Imagined Game

2. Original Game Play Game (1982)

3. Original Game Play (1982) but can actually win!

My thoughts exactly!  They have the opportunity to right themselves and finish the game! 😉

Hi Folks,

Been very busy the past week and haven't had much time to respond.  Will try to do so as much as I can over the short time I have today.

We are in the final stages of updating our FAQ so please... if anyone has any questions they would like clarification or answers on... please feel free to respond to me here (or in PM) and I will add them to the list.

We are doing this as an effort to stop the constant trail of misinformation (usually by people with nefarious reasons) or just people looking for more detailed info.  And yes, we don't expect the average person looking into Amico to need to go through hundreds of hours of interviews or thousands of pages on message boards to find answers to specific questions.  And as we are all aware, information and things can change over the course of 3 years, be updated, different paths taken, different timelines/budgets/technology/parts, etc. especially during a worldwide crisis.  This is one of the major issues we've had in being so transparent as a company. We are guilty of wanting to engage and include people in the conversation at a very early stage.  Make no mistake, if we had to do it all over again, we would have held many cards closer to our chest.  Hell, we can't even put out first pass early gameplay footage that says EARLY PROTOTYPE without being made fun of or "unprofessional" and of course everyone's favorite... "OMG! THESE ARE FLASH GAMES!"  That honesty and transparency is sometimes used against us and we're called "Scummy", "Scammers", etc.  So I hope the folks in here can appreciate that moving forward, it is not in our best interest to be as forthcoming with everything as we have in the past. 

And to give a quick example of this, I just had a quick read through @Rev's attempt at having "real" conversations about Amico.  Maybe the name of the thread should be changed to: "REAL BAD takes on FUN Amico conversations".

In that thread it says that our RFID isn't secure in multiple ways and things like... we need to have our FCC certification in order to manufacture units. 

1.  Just because someone buys an RFID reader and scans a link on our card, doesn't mean there isn't OTHER encrypted data on the RFID.

2.  People are already trying to figure out nefarious ways to beat the system so they can steal a $10 game.  That's fine.  I get it.  But before people call us "idiots", did anyone consider this?  If you buy the game in a store, take it home, tap it on your Amico (connected to the internet) and then take your Amico offline... then take the game back to the store and get your money back... what is stopping Intellivision from making an OFFLINE Amico system have to TAP the card again in order to play the game (when the system is offline).  RFID doesn't need internet connection to work. 

3.  You do NOT need FCC certification to manufacture a product.  I REPEAT... you do NOT need FCC certification to MANUFACTURE a product.  You need it to SELL a product.  To say that we're not ready for manufacturing and production because our FCC certification isn't coming up on their website is naive and misinformed.  I would kindly advise that these types of folks probably aren't the best source to be getting your Amico news.     We could pull the trigger on the final FCC certification (so it shows up on their website) any time before the product ships. Maybe we have reasons for not doing so at this exact moment in time?

These are just a few examples of the type of real information that will be available on the Intellivision official company FAQ page.  So again, if anyone has ANY questions (it's okay if they may come across as negative or doubting) please feel free to send them to me via PM or leave them here.  Our FAQ will be the definitive place to get all of the true and real Amico information by the company.  Not by me on a message board or in a YouTube interview.  We can still have a ton of fun in here though and I'll try to answer questions and engage whenever I can and feel that potential answers won't be somehow held against us. 

Thanks!

❤️

 

8 minutes ago, atarifan88 said:

Correct.  It's nothing more than a bad Donkey Kong wanna be! 😁

Bad in comparison to the Arcade game, yes!

Bad in comparison to DK on Intellivision? NO WAY!  That DK that was done for Intelly was unforgivable! 

On 10/31/2021 at 12:58 PM, NTV said:

That's because Tommy and his friends were at the Colorado - Oregon football game.

 

 

Damn... BUSTED!

19 hours ago, Intellivision Master said:

It would be interesting to see different colored RFID cards for the physical products.  For example, there's a special edition of Cloudy Mountain only on the IE website that comes in a certain color as an exclusive.

Yes!  For sure!  An idea that we have on the potential "drawing board" (aka Wonka book).  

And taking a page from Wonka... it would be cool if there were 10 Boxed Editions (per game) that had gold plated coins in them!

Wouldn't That Be Something?™