Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

11 hours ago, ColdCoffee said:

Great redesign on the Woodgrain. The thinner light bar, that's more sandwiched between the top and bottom is very attractive as well. I think the Founder Edition's are going to sale out by Tuesday morning.

Yes.  We redesigned a bunch of things in order to make the molding easier and less prone to issues.

9 hours ago, 1980gamer said:

Night Stalker looked really good,  I just didn't like the sweep from left to right.

 

I was thinking of using that in one of my projects,  Now I know I will not be.  In my head it was going to look so cool.  It is just distracting/annoying.

 

10/10/2020!!!!!!

 

Not when you're playing and only focused on your own character. 

That being said... it is meant to be a slight distraction and disruptor.  So mission accomplished there!  

9 hours ago, xucaen said:

Will the woodgrain model also have exterior lighting like the white model has? 

Yes.  They are all the same shape and the lights will all change colors.  In this pic you see them as white lights.  In the other renders from last year (the black & white consoles) you see them as Amico blue.  It's whatever you want for the menu screens.  But for the games... it's whatever the game wants/needs, etc.

8 hours ago, Nolagamer said:

So tommy I have a question about the night stalker video.  Is the wall movement just being used as a visual effect or more involved in gameplay than what we see?  Like can they lower and a player or enemy can just wall on it which opens up a little more depth to the action

  Or no?

 

Also  the game looks crazy awesome.  Plus I dunno about anyone else but those visuals have me hyped for the eventual tron games on the amico.

The next game they are doing after Night Stalker is Tron!!  Still negotiating the license with Disney (which is why they started on Night Stalker first).  Also doing D&D!!!

In these particular levels the walls are "alive" and don't really affect gameplay.  But later in the game they do!  They will start to reach out and grab you if you get too close!!!

Organic meets Digital!  Very cool concept.

6 hours ago, GrudgeQ said:

Sorry IntelliMission but you are wrong - 3 guys on Twitter inform me that

nobody is

interested in

the Amico

HAHAHHAHAA!!!

Yeah... it does crack me up when the negative folks INSIST that there is no audience for this and it's going to fail because no one cares.

I'd say we're not doing too bad considering we've spent ZERO dollars on marketing & advertising so far!! 

And yes... the comments for the most part (just like the LIKE to DISLIKE ratios) are about 95% positive.  That is AMAZING for a new gaming product.  I bet Google & Atari wish they had our percentages eh?
 

7 hours ago, IntelliMission said:

 

(For anyone who is new on the thread that doesn't get it, check this and this)

Yeah... that statement was kinda funny.  Sorry, I don't make my living off of my YouTube channel.  That being said... (tongue in cheek arrogance hat on!) compare Video Games Live on Facebook.  220,000.  My mailing list... 500,000.  It's all relative.

If I wanted to be a dick I could remind them that there are literally MILLIONS of videos of my Video Games Live performances, my TV shows, my music... hell... even my "Oof!" sound has literally billions of views on YouTube.  We released one song last year (Pokemon Remix) that received more views in one day than an entire year of their content.  So which person has created more things that people consume on YouTube?  Hmmmm... 

Research.... it's a thing.
 

1 hour ago, nick3092 said:

I like the idea of the wood grain. But think it might of looked a little better if the gold and wood grain was reversed (gold on top, wood grain band around the sides). It would better match the scheme of the original intv.

 

And scrap the wood grain on the controller. It doesn't feel right to have the wood grain there as no other console of the era used it on the controller (that I'm aware of). Plus it would look odd when the controllers were laid in it, if the base console colors were swapped as I suggested. Make the controller plastic brown, like the original. Same color as shown in the charging tray. And keeping the gold disc, obviously.

 

Tommy - Curious if you guys considered that? And if you did, if you had a sample render of it as well?

Yes.  It was considered.  It looked ugly as hell.  Trust me. 

49 minutes ago, Loafer said:

I get some of the points on preference on if the wood grain was reversed but without sounding like a kiss ass I think it looks most excellent as is and once you add LED lighting on the system, the assets surrounding the LED lighting will make that band look even better.  If you have wood grain, hello kitty, dora the explorer or whatever other scheme on the side rails instead of on top, it would look odd lit up.  Wood grain and other detailed art assets just won’t reflect the lighting as well but having it one metallic or uniform color around the light will make that light standout even more.

 

Anyway pretty sure it’s a moot point since I believe they have said this is the final version.  Of course as a fan of the history behind consoles and the various prototypes during the design phase, it will be very cool to eventually see the different options they considered.  As it is, we should expect those after release because showing that now just brings the debate and pressure on changing it on Intellivision Entertainment if we see something we prefer, which would be a nono in the business world 9 months before launch of the product.  Development is filled with milestones and if they’ve stated “it’s final” then that milestone is achieved and they need to move forward once a decision like this is made.  

 

My 0.02 cents, it never hurts to discuss these things, just hope people temper their expectations on the results of said discussions

100% correct.

I also don't want to release the ugly designs as they will quickly work their way around the internet with folks saying how ugly it is and how stupid we are for putting it out like this.

The internet... it's a thing.

2 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

100% correct.

I also don't want to release the ugly designs as they will quickly work their way around the internet with folks saying how ugly it is and how stupid we are for putting it out like this.

The internet... it's a thing.

 

 

That Damned Al Gore!

Has an email gone out to the mailing list over the past week? I signed up a week ago but haven't received one. Just want to make sure I get the one on Monday. 

1 minute ago, boxpressed said:

Has an email gone out to the mailing list over the past week? I signed up a week ago but haven't received one. Just want to make sure I get the one on Monday. 

Yes.  Did a blast yesterday around 5pm.

Please check your spam.  Or maybe use a different address to sign up?

3 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yes.  Did a blast yesterday around 5pm.

Please check your spam.  Or maybe use a different address to sign up?

 

 

Yes, it went to spam. Every one should check too if you didn't get the Night Stalker email.

1 minute ago, boxpressed said:

Yes, it went to spam. Every one should check too if you didn't get the Night Stalker email.

Cool.  Thanks for letting me know.  Glad you got it worked out.  Sucks that it went there.  Will try to look into why.

Tommy Night Stalker looks amazing!  I am so psyched to play this with my friends!  The bass in the game video is awesome, very much in the "heartbeat" of the game.

Looking forward to hearing more about it and other new games.

Keep up the great work, looks like Amico will be a great player option for those of us that are sick of the same ole same ole.

36 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Cool.  Thanks for letting me know.  Glad you got it worked out.  Sucks that it went there.  Will try to look into why.

 

 

I’ve signed up under both my gmail and hotmail. I signed up when it first was announced that the first 100,000 or so folks would get dibs on special things. Found that I wasn’t getting the communications and they went directly to spam. So I also signed up with hotmail and moved all emails from Intellivision Entertainment to my “focused inbox”.

Each email client is a little different.

just catching up... so many positive comments, this is exciting! I think the wood grain console looks like something one might have found in a late 70s Cadillac or something like that. Très sharp!

FYI - Galaxy Purple and GTO Red. o_O Those are beautiful!

2 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

The next game they are doing after Night Stalker is Tron!!  Still negotiating the license with Disney (which is why they started on Night Stalker first).  Also doing D&D!!!

In these particular levels the walls are "alive" and don't really affect gameplay.  But later in the game they do!  They will start to reach out and grab you if you get too close!!!

 

Organic meets Digital!  Very cool concept.

 

 

That is so awesome. Are those other 2 launch titles . And i assume  , the first from title will be tron deadly discs....unless slim Chance no tron deal and it's just deadly discs

7 minutes ago, Nolagamer said:

That is so awesome. Are those other 2 launch titles . And i assume  , the first from title will be tron deadly discs....unless slim Chance no tron deal and it's just deadly discs

Hoping for launch.  Depends if they are perfect or not.  Don't ever want to put out stuff that we feel is unfinished or could be better with more time/budget.

Tommy has made another super long interview in Youtube, and this time the person interviewing him is quite different from the ones we're used to.

I haven't finished yet and it looks like it was an interesting conversation, but for now the things that stood out the most were:

- A potential question and debate about the possibility of M rated games for the Amico (I still haven't reached that part).

- The accidental "relaxing" effect of the interviewer's voice, much higher than Tommy's and saying "yes", "oh" and "umm" very often

- The users activeaction and Resvrgram warning Tommy on the chat about the console about to "fail because of the weird controller" that "nobody wants" because "you can rely solely on focus testing" (you can read them about the 50 minute mark )

What do you think, Tommy? I am also not totally sold on the controller, but I'm not sure I agree with the reasons they mention...

9 minutes ago, Nolagamer said:

That is so awesome. Are those other 2 launch titles . And i assume  , the first from title will be tron deadly discs....unless slim Chance no tron deal and it's just deadly discs

No license? No problem!

5 minutes ago, IntelliMission said:

Tommy has made another super long interview in Youtube, and this time the person interviewing him is quite different from the ones we're used to.

 

I am totally watching this today. 

Will European fans be able to reserve a founders edition console next week as well, or is just for US buyers? 

Quick question - sorry if this has been asked before, but is the wood grain finish on the console and controllers just stickers (that is likely to wear or peel over time), or some kind of actual finish that will be permanent? I was disappointed that the Retron77 just had woograin stickers for the console and joysticks. I don't mind if it's not real wood, as long as it's a permanent finish and not stickers.

2 minutes ago, nysavant said:

Will European fans be able to reserve a founders edition console next week as well, or is just for US buyers? 

Anyone can put in for founders edition