Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

10 minutes ago, Rev said:

 

It's April Fools.  These pics need to spread everywhere today. 

In all seriousness though... if you do post them PLEASE make sure to say they are Photoshopped pics.  As we know, they are easily triggered when it comes to Amico and we don't want to put out any false info... even if it's 4/1.

10 hours ago, Steven Pendleton said:

You will still need to expand the storage, it seems, but it seems you can do it with the SD card slot, which is obviously cheaper than SSDs are. I wonder if it's possible to take the SD card out, put it in your computer, and store your Amico games there. Or maybe it was the USB. Same thing either way.

No.  That won't be possible.  But ya know the hackers will be trying.  

9 hours ago, Michael Garvey said:

Not sure but I will tell you I have a bunch of Sony sd card for PSP and Vita and those things were never economically friendly. 

 

If Tommy just let's us use off the shelf sd cards much like the Switch I will be the happiest gamer on the block.

Yep!  That's the plan!!

1 hour ago, LePionnier said:

I am on mobile now and you are right. But on my computer screen everything was okay.

I will try something. Thanks.

 

I think it is the mobile causing it. If you backspace one character too much it actually deletes some of the formatting for the post. I have had this happen on my iPhone a couple of times.

9 hours ago, Alpha82 said:

If you look at a picture of Amico not only is the button visible but you just push the running man on the front center of the console and it’s on

What a concept eh?  Putting a big lit up ON button that you can actually PUSH... right in the front and center of the console.

Cmart photoshopped this:

5 hours ago, cmart604 said:

There really are a lot of crazy things going on in the world today...next thing you’ll tell me there is someone with more Intys than me. 😂

If that was the case...

3 hours ago, N0mi said:

Tommy, 

I noticed that on the black edition the Amico logo above the running man is hardly visible. Is that on purpose? I'd rather prefer it to be in a silver or light blue tone though 

Yep.  It will be more visible!

2 hours ago, Noah98 said:

Got my VIP order for the black console (order #01307)

 

Very excited for this! So many games shown already that I'm excited to play.

 

One request for Tommy, since I missed the Founder's Edition, is it possible  to have a VIP patch available for purchase? There's something nostalgic about Atari and Intellivision and the old Activision patches. I'm cool with a different one from the Founder's patch, since they deserve something unique. I wouldn't mind buying a VIP one from the store though.

 

Anyway, glad to see early success for this console. I'll keep spreading the word and showing support.

Hi!,

Sure!  We can look in to doing Intellivision patches.  As you mentioned... would be different than the Founders Edition patches as those are super special and only limited to 2,600.  But having a different one available in our merchandise store seems like a great idea.

Thanks!

1 hour ago, MonsterSky said:

I don't know exactly why but pre-ordering the VIP version of Amico made me go back in time to many years ago, when I was a child and made me relive that excitement I felt when I went with my Father to buy the first games for the Intellivision he had as a gift that Christmas.

 

Perhaps because for the pre-order of the VIP version I did not feel that "pressure" that was present at the pre-order of the Founders of Friend Edition and made me enjoy the purchase "without worries".

 

Thanks Tommy and Intellivision Entertainment teams for giving me this emotion. ❤️

 

Thanks! 

If the pre-order made you go back in time... just imagine what the machine will do once you get it and are playing it!!

7 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yep.  It will be more visible!

Great news, thank you! 

I have a question for Tommy. I understand that you probably don’t want to share exact numbers from the VIP pre orders done yesterday, but are you happy with the numbers all considered ?

21 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

It's April Fools.  These pics need to spread everywhere today. 

 

In all seriousness though... if you do post them PLEASE make sure to say they are Photoshopped pics.  As we know, they are easily triggered when it comes to Amico and we don't want to put out any false info... even if it's 4/1.

 

 

 

 

 

I don't get why Ian is so unhinged in his rage about this. I mean, he is truly emotionally off his rocker. Of all the things to get angry over. A Video Game system? WTF?

And... they're not sitting six feet apart! 😷

So our friend @level1online has a great new video up and he talks more about the Amico. 

Please go and show support!!!!!

And although he didnt say my name he references me twice 😃

First he states that on this forum he found kaze and the wild masks - that was me 🙂

Then he says someone was a whiny baby complaining about having to have a Facebook or Twitter account - that was me too 😢

Lmao...too funny - from super happy to totally crushed and embarrassed.

Hahahahahaha

I love that guy.  He keeps it real and doesn't sugar coat anything. 

Thanks for the smiles.  I'll subscribe and hope that one day I can redeem myself in your eyes

😋

Watch "Intellivision Amico Chat, and Kaze and the Wild Masks (Beta Test on Steam)" on YouTube

2 hours ago, Rev said:

 

Thought I've seen those two somewhere before.

Yo' Tommy! We're headin' to the store. What kind of chips you want... Jay's, Frito's, RFID?  🤣

2 minutes ago, Blarneo said:

I don't get why Ian is so unhinged in his rage about this. I mean, he is truly emotionally off his rocker. Of all the things to get angry over. A Video Game system? WTF?

 

And... they're not sitting six feet apart! 😷

At this point his ego has gotten tied up in this thing failing, really kind of sad. First the idea that Nintendo isn't the king of family friendly anymore probably isn't something he wants to admit. Next he thought this would be the return of the "glory days" of his channel when he went after the Chameleon. Finally I think he thought a "big time YouTuber" like him could sink the Amico just by trash talking it. This must be a huge blow to the three external things that he props himself up on.

Hello Tommy. I enjoyed the discussion you had with Pete.
There were several interesting points raised, including two that I would like to look at in detail with you (The second subject will probably be later this week on another post).

Physical versions of several games available, and different versions exclusive to different stores ! 😀

From a collector's point of view, Amico will be amazing. Already it's hard enough alone just to narrow down which color we want for the console! Lol
Knowing roughly 30% of the games will have physical versions (in addition to digital), and those physical copies are low cost,
it's not unlikely that several collectors will try to obtain the majority of these physical games, and for some even, to try and collect them all!
My question focuses on this category of "completionist" collector who wants to own everything! 🙄 lol
But first of all, while I don't know the retail prices or profit figures that'll be earned,
I would like to use fictitious amounts as a theoretical, to better place us in the situation and play out the question.

(The following amounts are fictitious).

Moon Patrol will be reachable at the console's launch, available for digital download for $10. Intellivision Entertainment generates $2 profit for each digital game sold.
And good news for collectors, the physical version will also be available at a cost of $30.  
So for $20 more, the buyer will have in his possession a souvenir or object reminding him that he owns Moon Patrol.
It seems that on this additional $20 that collector spent, IE generates another $3 from the merchandise sale,
therefore IE earns a total $5 profit on each purchase of a game in physical format. Interesting for IE, and for the collector who
pays a lot less money than he would on collector's editions you see with other video game consoles !

Some brainstorming hypothetical physical objects available.

But the fun doesn't stop there! Because the collector is also choosing which retailer he'll visit to buy his physical game.
Depending on where he shops, he will not get the same physical souvenir for that copy of Moon Patrol!
Indeed, GameStop will offer a 6 inch plush lunar buggy, while at Toys R Us, the player will get a mini physical cartridge (decorative) stylized like the vintage 80s Intellivision cartridges,
along with a set of 20 cards depicting the landscapes played within the game, and the different enemies and bosses encountered (Rumor has it that some random cards were signed...)
At Costco you can pick up a lunar buggy statuette, resting on the parking pad at the lunar base we see at the start of the game. The lunar buggy will illuminate when in total darkness!
Meanwhile Amazon has opted for a sweater depicting the final battle between the lunar buggy and Puffy (the breakout star of Shark! Shark!)

Collectors tear their hair out of their heads at the daunting task !    QUESTIONS !

So this is great news for the many collectors, but it raises some interesting questions.
Would a person wishing to obtain the 4 collectibles have to pay $30 each time ?

Can these physical editions be available and purchased separately, without having the key code packed in to play them,  thus allowing collectors to be able to spend $20 to pick up that exclusive,
instead of $30 (presumably already owning a digital copy of the game, or a copy from one of the other store exclusives of that game)?  IE would still make $3 profit on each purchase !

If this is not possible, would there be any plan that should those 4 different Moon Patrol physical games be purchased to be used on the same console, the Amico virtual store could detect the excess game purchases ?  
" I see that you have 3 additional versions of Moon Patrol. You may exchange each additional game for credit and download a game from the following list."
This way, the player who spent $120 to have 4 physical versions of Moon Patrol, could choose 3 other games at $10 each as credit (He would probably choose games that will have no physical support).
Intellivision Entertainment doesn't lose any money at all, and on the contrary, it made a $3 profit on the physical medium, 4 times in our collector's scenario,
and the games that the collector "exchanged" via the virtual store they made their usual $ 2 in profits, as they do on each digital game sold.
And most importantly, the player does not spend an additional $30 unnecessarily because he wanted to collect everything he could for his favorite game! 😊

Perhaps the difficulty that I see looking down the road with this last proposal would be in sorting out the profit arrangements for transfers of a game from one developer
(the purchased physical game has that $10 digital game including the developer's profit margin) to another (another developer responsible for the digital game exchanged).
Example :  If Moon Patrol is produced by Tommy Tallarico, there would be $6 (3 games, each earning $2 in profit, exchanged for 3 other games) that would need to be withdrawn/transferred
to share it with Pete EBO, RetroAB and NolaGamer for the 3 other games produced !?

In short, I wonder what are the considerations, what would be possible for someone who would like to collect everything ?
In the worst case scenario, I could probably sell the digital version of the game for $5 to a friend (the $5 that I will receive pays for the gas in getting to his place, sooo... Lol).
However, a worse scenario could emerge. Depending on how to download the key code to obtain the game.  If it's a card like a golden ticket, I could get away with it.
But, if I have to bring my beautiful statuette over to his console or his controller to play, I'm afraid my friend will tell me:
 "What is that !?   It's really great !  Did you really only pay $20 more for it ?   I'll buy the physical version for myself ! "
And there's the conundrum.  I'm stuck with my 4 digital games, and I'm left to find someone else who won't want the physical prize themselves ! !  Lol

Thanks to RetroAdvisoryBoard for some quick editing help! 👍

Le Pionnier

Hey Tommy, here's a humble suggestion for an Amico game: a dancing Vengaboys game, where you could enjoy hits such as We Like to Party, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!, Shalala lala or Up & Down.

There would be special remixes of some songs: Up & Down would include a remix version with samples of Tommy's "Speed up, slow down" close to the chorus and Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! a remix titled...

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1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

HAHAHAHAHHA!!!  This is comedy gold!   "ooooooooooooh.... tea."

Everyone's Favorite Canadian!

@OEB_Pete not sure I can handle a crazy mad Canadian!  

I was hoping to see some poutine spew out of your mouth.

Nicely done Pete.  

TJ

Just now, AtariSociety said:

Everyone's Favorite Canadian!

@OEB_Pete not sure I can handle a crazy mad Canadian!  

I was hoping to see some poutine spew out of your mouth.

Nicely done Pete.  

TJ

learned from the master

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

HAHAHAHAHHA!!!  This is comedy gold!   "ooooooooooooh.... tea."

🤣   The amount of cheese here could fill a government warehouse... the feather in the hat, that subtle little photo on the backshelf with the plushes... just... cute.  Well done.

14 hours ago, ArcadeJunkie said:

867-5309?  oh wait nevermind, thats Jenny's number....

4 minutes ago, RetroAdvisoryBoard said:

🤣   The amount of cheese here could fill a government warehouse... the feather in the hat, that subtle little photo on the backshelf with the plushes... just... cute.  Well done.

Someone noticed my good friend, thanks   

2 hours ago, Cranker said:

I have a question for Tommy. I understand that you probably don’t want to share exact numbers from the VIP pre orders done yesterday, but are you happy with the numbers all considered ?

Heck yeah!  Just posted this on social...