Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

On 2/20/2020 at 7:38 AM, Steven Pendleton said:

I'll just paste what I wrote in the other thread here:

 

"I just got another idea. If Tommy can't get the rights to Sonic, or even if he can, I'd like to see a 2D sprite-based Sonic clone starring the Running Man. He could run through worlds based on the old INTV games. So like you know how Sonic 3's Ice Cap has the snowboarding part? Same thing, but with skiing instead preceded/followed by the same exploratory high-speed platforming as Sonic. Each world would have its own special unique gimmick, like Sonic. Multiplayer would be split-screen racing, time trials, or maybe score attack. Basically Sonic Mania but with the Running Man."

 

Any chance of this, Tommy?

Yep! 

On 2/20/2020 at 8:06 AM, Steven Pendleton said:

No rush for ToeJam & Earl, but looking forward to seeing those guys again. I wonder which of the other TJ&E games it will be most like. Where did the idea to bring those guys back come from? I certainly wasn't expecting them to ever show up again, but I am glad they are coming back. Now I've just learned that there was another game released in March, too. Crazy.

 

I had a feeling there would be no Amico R-Type Final 2. Oh well. Still have Switch version coming in the mail eventually.

 

B-17 Bomber might be a shock to the haters if you showed it at E3. I mean, it's a WW2 game where you drop bombs to blow up factories and airports and also shoot down German fighters who are trying to kill you. I don't expect a photo-realistic B-17 interior with you playing in first person running around the aircraft manning all of the machine guns and opening the bomb bay doors and dropping the bombs (especially since there were definitely more than 2 dudes on a B-17 at once), although that would be pretty awesome. It's kind of... not exactly the family-friendly Amico thing I generally think of. Unless you have like cartoon B-17 Bomber in the style of Battlefield Heroes or something like that. Not sure how much I'd like that, but I wouldn't dismiss it at all based on the art style. Wind Waker is perfectly fine.

 

Speaking of cartoon violence, how about Worms? Team 17 puts Worms on every system there is anyway except 3DS for some odd reason.

Our TJ&E would be based on the newest one with enhanced features and more co-op and cool screen stuff.

B-17 will be more cartoon than realistic.  You won't be seeing flags or countries either.

We have been speaking with the original Worms team about doing something super cool.  Proposal is on my desk. 

3 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yep! 

 

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Our TJ&E would be based on the newest one with enhanced features and more co-op and cool screen stuff.

B-17 will be more cartoon than realistic.  You won't be seeing flags or countries either.

 

We have been speaking with the original Worms team about doing something super cool.  Proposal is on my desk. 

 

 

21 hours ago, 1001lives said:

Just saw this. Looks like a good idea, but I don't see any reason why Amico wouldn't be able to get something like Sonic or Sonic Mania down the line.

 

A game flat out featuring Running Man and focusing on him would be cool though.

How 'bout both?

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

How 'bout both?

 

 

Sonic!

See post above.

20 hours ago, woobman said:

This is a pretty cool time to be a gamer.. All these super powerful boxes coming out. A laptop manufacturer tells the world that their $2000.00 Laptop will be more powerful than your $500.00 brand new console. I would certainly hope so. It seems like a new iteration of the same, but more powerful, stuff. Now with Backward compatibility! (An old Cartoon of Bloom County comes to mind about the Banana Jr.). Not sure what other new cool new features are being touted right now. Don't get me wrong, both (maybe all 3) updated/upgraded consoles sound great. Looking forward to all of them! But it does sound like the same thing, but prettier.

 

Then there is the Amico:

Just saw an interview with Tommy. Another one? Yes. He gets around. This is from a few weeks ago. Stressing the fun family (SAFE) play. Loved the exclusive info about tapping your friend's console with your controller( utilizing RFID) and instantly making all of your library available to play while you are there.  OK probably not INSTANTLY.. But close.  Not to mention the cool carrying case for the controller. And I'm sure there is more hidden stuff that Tommy is not telling us. MORE to come I suppose.

 

Like I said, it is pretty darned cool to be a gamer.

 

Now More info on TRON and TEMPEST please..  

Thanks for the post.  I agree!  Great time to love games!

Count on some new TRON at some point for sure!!  We also have the Tempest license but haven't started anything yet. 

20 hours ago, Atari_Master said:

Tommy,

 

Will there be a tower defense game on Amico?

Yep!  Not sure when... but definitely TONS of couch co-op fun with that genre of game.  Looking at a few options.

21 minutes ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

I'd rather have something like Marbula One Racing.  Its shouldnt be so cool , but watch the video and tell me its not cool

 

 

It's cool alright.  I've never heard of this or seen it before.  I think this would be fun to play on the Amico.

Just now, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

Yep!  Not sure when... but definitely TONS of couch co-op fun with that genre of game.  Looking at a few options.

 

 

Awesome.

18 hours ago, woobman said:

*** Here's to hoping the Skiing game will have a Randomizer level so we can have a new adventure each time we play *** Along with all the set courses, of course.

I like the idea, but too difficult to do with the time and budgets we have. 

But what if I were to say one of the levels was the original... but with our new graphics. 

14 hours ago, Atari_Master said:

Tommy,

 

Once the Amico launches, will future game demos be released on the app?  Or will they be on the console?

Both is the plan as of now.

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I like the idea, but too difficult to do with the time and budgets we have. 

 

But what if I were to say one of the levels was the original... but with our new graphics. 

 

 

And add a Yeti. 

13 hours ago, Atari_Master said:

Tommy,

 

Will we see any of these games on the Amico?  Of course it depends on licensing.  But if possible it would be cool to have all 4.

 

Buck Rogers (top down or side scroller)

Flash Gordon (top down or side scroller)

G.I. Joe (action platformer)

Godzilla (1 on 1 fighting motion controls)

None of those are planned at this point.

Just now, Tommy Tallarico said:

Both is the plan as of now.

 

 

That's great.  😃

9 hours ago, The Wren said:

Hi Tommy...love that this is coming along. Got our Intellivision shirts from the store. Wondering when we can start using our Golden Tickets that came with our t-shirts and if we use the Amico Club App...how so...do you think Intellivision can make a "how to" video and post it?

 

Cheers

Yep!  We'll be doing exactly that!

Everyone focused on finishing and testing hardware right now. 

Just now, Tommy Tallarico said:

None of those are planned at this point.

 

 

That's okay.  I was just curious.

2 hours ago, vongruetz said:

I know so many people are excited for reimaginings of classic old games, but I think I'm now more excited to see what new original games come out for Amico.  What new classics are going to be created?  Indie devs have come out with some really interesting things over the past few years and I can't wait to see what they come up with using the new controller.

I agree!!

3 of our most favorite games to play in the office are brand new original IP games that make use of our unique controller and could NEVER be played on any other game machine!

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yep!  We'll be doing exactly that!

 

Everyone focused on finishing and testing hardware right now. 

Oh yeah - this is crunch time isn't it? How are things going on that front? Do you expect to have everything finalized by March? Or can it be locked down in mid March?

28 minutes ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

I'd rather have something like Marbula One Racing.  Its shouldnt be so cool , but watch the video and tell me its not cool

 

 

Hahahhaha!!   Being a Formula One fan... I LOVE this!!

24 minutes ago, Intymike said:

 

You mean something like this?

 

 

Pretty close actually!

6 minutes ago, 1001lives said:

And add a Yeti. 

ALREADY IN THERE ACTUALLY!!!!

Not joking.

3 minutes ago, 1001lives said:

Oh yeah - this is crunch time isn't it? How are things going on that front? Do you expect to have everything finalized by March? Or can it be locked down in mid March?

March?  Keep going.  

2 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

ALREADY IN THERE ACTUALLY!!!!

Not joking.

 

 

 

Skifree lives!

6 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

March?  Keep going.  

 

 

May?!

So can you potentially change hardware up until production orders actually begin?

8 minutes ago, 1001lives said:

May?!

 

So can you potentially change hardware up until production orders actually begin?

Yes.  We are in the completion phase now.  Just waiting on multiple parts from China that are backed up because of Coronavirus so we can start heaving testing.  Will be at least 2 months of testing.  We can make modifications up until final tooling and manufacturing (depending on the change)... if it's nothing major it doesn't screw up production.  Very important time for us over the next 2 months.  Lots of work going on around the clock.  Firmware is always being added, fixed, changed as well.  We probably have at least 20 different firmware engineers working on the system right now!