Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

16 minutes ago, Cranker said:

I think Cornhole and Pong should be pack in games. They are simple fun games anyone can play ! I can’t believe how much fun a simple game like Pong looks like ! Even grandma can play !!😜

PONG can't be a pack-in because of the license. 
 

I didn't even show the EASY Pong mode!  It's simply a "collecting" game with a time limit where you need to collect as many things as possible to get the highest score.  Made it look like something out of Willy Wonka too!  Casuals will LOVE it and hardcores will love the challenge.

Thanks for uploading in 4k. It really shows off the finer details.

Bomberman!!!

I updated the thread I made at GTPlanet-it's not exactly a hotbed of activity for games outside the racing genre, I'm mostly just curious the number of views it gets.  375 prior to this update...

16 minutes ago, haplo13 said:

Fantastic stuff!

Amazing job on the cornhole.  The physics of the bags looks amazing.

I was wondering if we'd have a pool game.  I'm curious how that is controlled...  all motion based or touchscreen?

Touchscreen on pool.  Messing around with motion as well... but nothing solid yet.

 

Cornhole bag physics are only about 50% finished!  Going to be really amazing!

 

 

 

Wow... Finally got it as a screen shots. Looks really good.  Looks like an old D&D module map.  

 

Keep up the great work!  This is one that needs to be right.  

 

 

13 minutes ago, Steven Pendleton said:

I find it interesting that I'm more interested in Skiing than probably anything else releasing this year unless Shin Megami Tensei V gets released (not likely) and maybe Amico Breakout. I don't think there are any new games releasing on not-Amico systems for the entire rest of the year that I care about except for maybe PC Death Stranding, but I finally finished the PS4 version a few days ago, so PC version has become super low priority.

 

This means you're lucky, Tommy, since the only things you have to compete with for my money are 30 year old Japanese Mega Drive and PC Engine games that are so expensive that I can't buy more than 3 or 4 of them every month!

Luck has nothing to do with it.

 

 

20 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I'd LOVE to call it something different!!  Trust me!!

But that's what it's called now.  Even all the professional leagues!

 

Well... if anything... it will get people talking and laughing... which in the end is hilarious and good marketing.  

 

Still a couple holdouts - these from Target's outdoor toys stock.  But it does seem a losing battle.  Type in "bean bag toss" in Amazon and everything comes back "Cornhole!"  Wanna shake up your backyard get-togethers?  How but busting out a little cornhole?  Who doesn't love some classic cornhole?  You know the kids these days and the cornhole...

 

I don't know, I suspect this "sport" association worked with the same marketing consultants going around telling every minor league sports team how they need to come up with some absurd name for their fledgling local team.  "Nah, you want to go with Yard Goats.  That'll but tuchuses in seats, trust us!"  "Staten Island Yankees?  Nah, that's going nowhere, what sorta panache does "Yankees" lend you?  You want to go with Pizza Rats". 

 

"Bean Bag Toss sounds too boring, too toy.. you want something edgy, something risque.. How about Stuff Dat Hole!?  No, too on the nose.  Drunken college students in Ohio have taken to Cornhole?  All right, let's go with that!" 

 

... I'll buy, but I'm going to grumble and insist its bean bag toss at home.  Not above throwing people out. 

 

Wouldn't be the first time, after all a professional sports league thought NASL was a perfectly acceptable acronym, and I can't be alone in always referring to "Nasal Soccer" every time I see that game  🙂

 

 

 

For anyone who's not into techno pop, try muting the trailer and play this rock song instead. 🤓

Edited March 17, 2020 by IntelliMission

Yeh Toss Across was the bomb as a kid.

TJ

 

37 minutes ago, MinerWilly said:

Looked pretty cool. Skiing i'm most excited. I hope Super Sprint clone has lockable camera, it was moving too much but maybe because it was a single player?

Hopefully fixed camera/full screen mode will be an option. Easy enough to do 

2 minutes ago, BiffMan said:

Hopefully fixed camera/full screen mode will be an option. Easy enough to do 

 

Was put in for the demo to make it look cooler and dynamic. 

 

Was there a baking type of game I saw in there? My daughter loves those games.

I am more excited about the Amico today than I ever thought I could be, so many thoughts, so many questions.

 

I love the homage to us retro freaks, I know they will deliver on that front! 

 

However, I must say what really intrigues me was this snippet, I need to know more, Karaoke, speak and spell, ???

 

38 minutes ago, kijay13 said:

Was there a baking type of game I saw in there? My daughter loves those games.

Ratatouille?

There's a clip of it with kids in front of a TV.  Was that a focus group?

 

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Is everything in this video expected to be available by Christmas 2020?

Edited March 17, 2020 by mr_me

Tommy question about Safecracker..is this a full on remake of Imagic's Safecracker with driving sequences and stuff? the trailer looks awesome! 

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

PONG can't be a pack-in because of the license. 
 

I didn't even show the EASY Pong mode!  It's simply a "collecting" game with a time limit where you need to collect as many things as possible to get the highest score.  Made it look like something out of Willy Wonka too!  Casuals will LOVE it and hardcores will love the challenge.

I love it !! One of the simplest games ever made but so much fun to have a remake !!! Bring on those local high scores !!!!! 

1 hour ago, OEB_Pete said:

I am more excited about the Amico today than I ever thought I could be, so many thoughts, so many questions.

 

I love the homage to us retro freaks, I know they will deliver on that front! 

 

However, I must say what really intrigues me was this snippet, I need to know more, Karaoke, speak and spell, ???

 

 

 

Muhahahahahahhaha!!

 

All will be revealed.

 

Lets just say it's the game that tests THE BEST out of all our games! 

 

 

 

 

39 minutes ago, ASalvaro said:

Tommy question about Safecracker..is this a full on remake of Imagic's Safecracker with driving sequences and stuff? the trailer looks awesome! 

 

Yep.  But a lot better and more stuff than the original.

 

1 hour ago, mr_me said:

Ratatouille?

There's a clip of it with kids in front of a TV.  Was that a focus group?

 

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Is everything in this video expected to be available by Christmas 2020?

Everything except that "dolphin" game.  

 

That game is a picture like charades game.  SUPER COOL and GREAT with people playing in the same room together.  Tests OFF THE CHARTS with non-gamers.

 

 

49 minutes ago, ASalvaro said:

Tommy question about Safecracker..is this a full on remake of Imagic's Safecracker with driving sequences and stuff? the trailer looks awesome! 

I'm really liking the sketch art style on SafeCracker.

Holy crap that trailer was awesome. I literally had goosebumps watching it. I NEED SKIING IN MY LIFE NOW!

2 hours ago, IMBerzerk said:

Wow... Finally got it as a screen shots. Looks really good.  Looks like an old D&D module map.  

 

Keep up the great work!  This is one that needs to be right.  

 

 

I am really excited about this game. Everything else looked really good, especially the skiing and pool game.

Here are some notes from this really good trailer.

 

 

From this clip, we have to jump out of the water, and we have a score out of 10 !

 

 

 

 

Really like all the style from the Pong Game. Here is a Breakout type play ! Great Idea !

 

 

 

One of the great moment of this trailer, this beautiful game with great art style !                

 

Here is a really short trailer for a documentary about this incredible guy !

 

 

 

Another Star from this trailer ! Yesterday I was telling my son how great it would be if there was an avalanche while playing this game ... OH YEAH !

 

 

Here is a game that a lot of people were waiting for ! (Picture from the map because it was really brief in the trailer)

When my son saw the guy shooting arrows, he said " Cool, look dad, it's the Intellivision man !" ( The running man ! lol 😊).

8 years old, and he has no problem with his look, and neither did I ! (It's not Utopia like some people believed ...) AD&D

 

 

Great Job Tommy with this game. For me it will be a one player game that I really looking formard to play when I am alone.

Thank you to make near 20 levels for this game !

 

 

That's just a small sample for what I am really "Hyped" !

 

My only complaint was to have Night Stalker at the end of the trailer because I have seen his trailer at least 20 times  !   lol

Great ...   And now, guess what ...   We have to wait and wait again ! lol 😂

 

Edited March 17, 2020 by LePionnier

44 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

 

Muhahahahahahhaha!!

 

All will be revealed.

 

Lets just say it's the game that tests THE BEST out of all our games! 

 

 

 

 

I’m soooo curious ! Maybe ideal for a pack in ? The pack in games could potentially make or break the system. (Wii sports)  I’m sure you will include the top games so people can have fun and promote the system right out of the box.

Edited March 17, 2020 by Cranker

Awesome stuff!  Especially pumped for D&D...that looked incredible!  Great job Tommy and team!