Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

7 hours ago, fiudr said:

The sad thing is that all those trolls and haters hurt everybody. Those who have doubts or general concerns, or even just want to ask questions, are often immediately labeled as one of them, even though they are not.

 

I see the opposite happening more actually.  Anyone who LIKES the system is immediately labeled as part of the Amico cult or blind fanboy.  Then again... that is coming from the negative folks... so who really cares. 

We don't treat concerned folks in here like that.  Many folks have come here with concerns... and if they are respectful (and sometimes even when they're not) we try to give them as much info as we can.  Typically folks who are negative of the machine don't have the proper information or understand what the console is.  People sometimes forget that there is a difference between "constructive" criticism and negative criticism just to try and get a rise out of people.

2 hours ago, CPUWIZ said:

Just got my first check of protection money from Intellivision, nice chunk.  I think Jay and Matt got theirs today as well. 👍

Absolutely!  I probably shouldn't mention it, but I also get an extra bonus for every doubting heretic that I banish from the threads.

7 hours ago, BiffMan said:

Tommy, how does the Karma Engine work with high scores? I'm delighted by the idea because game/score balancing was an issue in my family on the OG Intellivision, and I think it'll take that kind of equalizer to get my wife to play with the kids and me. 

 

That said, I do loves me my bragging rights, so 'pure' high score competition is important as well. 

The Karma Engine is more about helping people at the bottom so it wouldn't really affect high scores.   And in a lot of instances, you can turn it off if you'd like.

6 hours ago, Tarzilla said:

If you do go to Vancouver, don't let CMart talk you into visiting his collector's dungeon, he'll just bore you to death with his Spikers, Playcables, and Keyboard Components and won't share his expensive wine with you. 😉

I would bring stuff to trade!!!

5 hours ago, IMBerzerk said:

Lol... Like the Chopper in Spy Hunter.  Loved that theme song and hearing that chopper thumping coming in from a distance. 

 

Peter Gunn... Best arcade game theme song hands down

I worked on the reboot about 20 years ago!  Loved doing an updated remix of Peter Gunn!

4 hours ago, ASalvaro said:

i used to play my Intellivision on the floor like that as a kid..but now my legs fall alseep after like 5 minutes lol 

Welcome to old age right!?!?! 

4 hours ago, ASalvaro said:

Brett Weiss made a great point today on his youtube video..the video game crash cost us the next generation

of the Intellivision and thanks to Tommy & his team we will be able to experience something that we never thought we would experience and that's pretty awesome...now Tommy please go back in time and erase the whole grunge era! lol 

Hahahhaa!  Will try my best!   

15 minutes ago, jaybird3rd said:

Absolutely!  I probably shouldn't mention it, but I also get an extra bonus for every doubting heretic that I banish from the threads.

Did you guys get your Amico Club RFID gift card?  Don't forget to punch them... Remember... once you get your 10th banned moron... you get a free Ferrari ride!  

🤣

don't know if this has been posted yet 

3 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I would bring stuff to trade!!!

 

 

🤔 Serial #1....

3 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

People sometimes forget that there is a difference between "constructive" criticism and negative criticism just to try and get a rise out of people.

 

Your console is going to suck adult balls, only chicks with kids will play the new gold discs of pain.  Gimme a joystick, tired of gimmicky touch screen crap.

J/K, I am sure the wrist pain will be cool with a lot of folks.  I'll buy one, even if I won't use it, depending on the selection of games.

4 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

They should.  But there wouldn't be too many games that would work with them as most of the games need/use the touch screen.  

 

 

Well if Games like Sonic Mania or even Shovel Knight comes out on it, Might be hard to control Sonic with a Disc then a D-Pad

5 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I see the opposite happening more actually.  Anyone who LIKES the system is immediately labeled as part of the Amico cult or blind fanboy.  Then again... that is coming from the negative folks... so who really cares. 

We don't treat concerned folks in here like that.  Many folks have come here with concerns... and if they are respectful (and sometimes even when they're not) we try to give them as much info as we can.  Typically folks who are negative of the machine don't have the proper information or understand what the console is.  People sometimes forget that there is a difference between "constructive" criticism and negative criticism just to try and get a rise out of people.

 

 

Yeah, I definitely think it works both ways sadly. As you said, those who are genuinely excited for the system are labeled shills or fanboys by the haters and those who come across as too negative even if they don't intend to be are labeled trolls by the hardcore fans. It's too bad things have to be so extreme these days online.

3 hours ago, NinjaWarrior said:

 

Well if Games like Sonic Mania or even Shovel Knight comes out on it, Might be hard to control Sonic with a Disc then a D-Pad

Why would it be hard to control with a disc?

6 hours ago, ColdCoffee said:

 

This was absolutely awesome. The more Tommy shows the better! The open communication is pretty amazing (compared to our pals over at the Atari VCS indiegogo...)

4 hours ago, CPUWIZ said:

 

Your console is going to suck adult balls,

Considering most adults like getting their balls sucked... I'm taking this as a compliment.  🤣

47 minutes ago, 1001lives said:

The open communication is pretty amazing (compared to our pals over at the Atari VCS indiegogo...)

Well, everything "is amazing compared to our pals over at the Atari VCS indiegogo"... -_-

4 minutes ago, roots.genoa said:

Well, everything "is amazing compared to our pals over at the Atari VCS indiegogo"... -_-

It's sad that Tommy can't get a hold of the Atari name as well. I guess Rollercoaster Tycoon keeps the brand worth a lot more. Somehow lol.

We could have the next true Atari console and next Intellivision console coming out. But they might compete, so maybe just Amico is better.

I really have bad feelings about the VCS. As a PC it's already multiple years outdated. 

If you need any beta testers to make sure no bugs are found please consider the kool-aid drinking, Ferrari ride wanting, Tommy T cult members first 😂

Hey guys, do you realize how lucky we are to love consoles and computers that are clearly different to the rest in graphics, sound, controllers and cartridges? And these systems are still receiving games 30 years after their "death" thanks to the amazing and underpaid job of homebrew developers.

Compare this to a kid growing up in the 2000s... The Dreamcast was the last system with an active scene of homebrew developers. Starting with Windows 98 and the PS2, computers and consoles stopped having a "personality" and nobody is developing for those systems anymore. We even have 20 year old consoles, such as the Xbox, with zero homebrew games and where you can't even play some of the games after the online servers were closed.

I guess we can add these to the huge list of things that have been lost or are about to disappear in the last decades: physical media, offline multiplayer, going outside to pick up a game from a friend/shop, several video game genres... and looking at a few pixels and imagining some jungle or strange planet, of course.

10 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

We hope so!

 

Okay because I assumed that the Missile Command for the Amico was the updated version of the game that never saw release on the original Intellivision.  But I forgot that the Missile Command coming to Amico is the updated Atari 2600 version.  Wishful thinking I guess.  I also assume that with updated/remastered classic Atari 2600 games coming, we might see Berzerk?

By the way, I'm so tired of video game reviewers treating games as if they were interactive movies. And this is happening since the 80s! The story in a video game was usually an afterthought, some stupid idea that the programmers came up with to fill up the manual, and even today it should be secondary to the gameplay. But somehow we still see reviews that dedicate the first 3/4 of the text to speak about the crappy B-movie story. The graphics and voice acting come afterwards and, near the end, they say something like "oh and the puzzles are terrible and the gameplay is dull, but that's not very important, right?". 😑

This is going to be one of the most attractive things of the Amico. Games will be games.

1 hour ago, 1001lives said:

It's sad that Tommy can't get a hold of the Atari name as well. I guess Rollercoaster Tycoon keeps the brand worth a lot more. Somehow lol.

 

We could have the next true Atari console and next Intellivision console coming out. But they might compete, so maybe just Amico is better.

 

I really have bad feelings about the VCS. As a PC it's already multiple years outdated. 

In 2013 Atari had a bankruptcy sale.  Everything was up for grabs including the atari name and logo.  There was little interest.  One of the few things that sold was Battlezone.

21 minutes ago, Atari_Master said:

Okay because I assumed that the Missile Command for the Amico was the updated version of the game that never saw release on the original Intellivision.  But I forgot that the Missile Command coming to Amico is the updated Atari 2600 version.  Wishful thinking I guess.  I also assume that with updated/remastered classic Atari 2600 games coming, we might see Berzerk?

Missile Command games are based on the 1980 Atari arcade game.  Atari did make a version for the Intellivision back in 1983 but it didn't pass their 7/10 quality standard and was shelved.

Berzerk was a property of Stern Electronics; it might still be.

1 minute ago, mr_me said:

In 2013 Atari had a bankruptcy sale.  Everything was up for grabs including the atari name and logo.  There was little interest.  One of the few things that sold was Battlezone.

 

Missile Command games are based on the 1980 Atari arcade game.  Atari did make a version for Intellivision back in 1983 but it didn't pass their 7/10 quality standard and was shelved.

 

Berzerk was a property of Stern Electronics; it might still be.

Thanks for the information.