Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

Yep!  One more coming tomorrow!

 

 

 

Ok I guess I can wait ! But if you can’t wait and it would make you feel better, then you can post it now 😁

So...racing game, safecracker, skiing....

What will tomorrow bring...

🤔

My money is on Ecco. 

Tommy, 

Perhaps tomorrow or Tuesday you could jump into the independent forum and answer some really good questions about physical media and other things. I didnt have all the answers from your interviews so I didn't feel safe to speculate. 

Oh. One question was on the Karma Engine 

Me with Violet, Mike TeeVee and Veruca.  

Me & Mike TeeVee (Paris) backstage at a Video Games Live show in NYC.

17 minutes ago, Michael Garvey said:

So...racing game, safecracker, skiing....

 

What will tomorrow bring...

 

🤔

Think "Motion Controls".  Haven't shown anything with that yet. 

14 minutes ago, Michael Garvey said:

My money is on Ecco. 

I ended that last trailer with that... so I thought it fitting to OPEN with it this time.  

There are only three people who can accurately answer questions about the Karma Engine:

Tommy Tallarico 

Boy George 

And the Dalai Lama

11 minutes ago, Michael Garvey said:

Tommy, 

 

Perhaps tomorrow or Tuesday you could jump into the independent forum and answer some really good questions about physical media and other things. I didnt have all the answers from your interviews so I didn't feel safe to speculate. 

I'd prefer all the questions to stay in here.  So if folks have questions over in that thread... they can ask them here so we all keep it one place.

Thanks!

3 minutes ago, Michael Garvey said:

There are only three people who can accurately answer questions about the Karma Engine:

Tommy Tallarico 

Boy George 

And the Dalai Lama

Spent some time with him as well.

Met him in London.  He liked my music.

Missing a Boy George shot.  I'll need to eventually get me one of those.  

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I'd prefer all the questions to stay in here.  So if folks have questions over in that thread... they can ask them here so we all keep it one place.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Cool beans. I'll direct them over to here

6 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Think "Motion Controls".  Haven't shown anything with that yet. 

 

 

Cornhole ?

When you talked about Cornhole , I thought it was a game I played as a kid called sandbags !! I have educated myself on Cornhole now ! The one I played had 9 holes and was a kid version I think .

Lol its be funny if with two players one could throw and the other could move the hole around. 

Hahahaha

That would be cheating but it'd be hilarious 

🤣

15 minutes ago, Michael Garvey said:

Lol its be funny if with two players one could throw and the other could move the hole around. 

 

Hahahaha

 

That would be cheating but it'd be hilarious 

 

🤣

We do have a multiplayer arcade mode!

Tommy I have one more question then my Amico life will be complete. 

Are there any plans in the future for a 1st person dungeon crawl like Treasure of Tarmin (or the original Bard's Tales, or Eye of the Beholder series, or Wizardry....)?

On 3/15/2020 at 4:20 AM, Tommy Tallarico said:

No.  All games are 1080.  But I have a 4K laptop so I screen grab at 4K & 300 dpi to ensure quality on higher resolution machines.

 

Same with the new trailer.  You'll be able to pick 4K if you'd like.  Even though the material is 1080, if you have a 4K screen, monitor, laptop the 4K version will look a lot better and less compressed than the normal 1080 version.  I did a few tests today on this and it looks much better if you can afford the bandwidth or are willing to let the 4K version load. 

 

  I thought this was the case. My monitor is only 1080 and you need a huge screen to notice the difference, so I don't have much interest in getting a new monitor aside from maybe something with a higher refresh rate, but I need something with internal speakers (need audio for consoles without headphone jacks, of course), which limits my options.

6 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Console color name change!
 

Check it out... here's an Atari Age exclusive...

 

We are changing the color names of the black and white consoles because we decided that we're going to do them in MATTE finishes (the main bodies) what satin highlights.  They look SO COOL!!!

 

So Obsidian Black and Glacier White didn't work anymore (because those things are very shiny/glossy, etc.).

 

I wanted to keep it nature based for the black & white versions so the new names are...

 

Graphite Black (love that one!)

and

Ivory White

 

It will be in our press release on Tuesday... but thought I'd sprinkle a little info in here for everyone. 

 

 

This is kind of welcome, actually, even though I'm not planning on getting either of those colors (Intellivision = woodgrain, 40 years ago and now). One of my friends and I refer to glossy black finishes as fingerprint color. Alternatively, fingerprint camouflage.

54 minutes ago, Cranker said:

When you talked about Cornhole , I thought it was a game I played as a kid called sandbags !! I have educated myself on Cornhole now ! The one I played had 9 holes and was a kid version I think .

It looks like a giant Intellivision controller.

Have you settled on a down payment amount for the next round of preorders?  Or if there is going to be one?  Got a friend who definitely is interested so I figured that the quicker I can tell her that amount the better chance she has of having the money for it 

2 minutes ago, Alpha82 said:

Have you settled on a down payment amount for the next round of preorders?  Or if there is going to be one?  Got a friend who definitely is interested so I figured that the quicker I can tell her that amount the better chance she has of having the money for it 

March 31st for VIP was what was said last week

1 hour ago, Michael Garvey said:

Tommy I have one more question then my Amico life will be complete. 

 

Are there any plans in the future for a 1st person dungeon crawl like Treasure of Tarmin (or the original Bard's Tales, or Eye of the Beholder series, or Wizardry....)?

Nothing planned as of yet.

11 minutes ago, Alpha82 said:

Have you settled on a down payment amount for the next round of preorders?  Or if there is going to be one?  Got a friend who definitely is interested so I figured that the quicker I can tell her that amount the better chance she has of having the money for it 

Same as before.  $100 which is completely 100% refundable at any time.

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

Nothing planned as of yet.

 

 

No worries. You've answered all my questions.

Thank you

10 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Console color name change!
 

...

 

Graphite Black (love that one!)

and

Ivory White

 

...

... or you could call it Betty White.