Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

3 hours ago, NTV said:

I've seen the Taco Tread mentioned multiple times. What is this Taco Thread? Does it still exist?

This is what they're referring to; it's a (very) long-running thread about the company currently masquerading as Atari and their "Atari VCS" crowdfunding project, which has been a slow-motion train wreck for years; posting pictures of tacos became a bit of a running joke over there.  However, I'd recommend that you skip it: there are occasionally bits of news, but in my opinion that thread has mostly become a giant pile of garbage.

30 minutes ago, AtariSociety said:

so will be interesting to see if I am ZZTop Santa in another month!  lol.  Damn my beard is getting long.  

I am down with ZZ Top and Santa so fine by me!

So is there a new video about the controller coming out today?

8 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

 

@OEB_Pete I want the Purple on SO Bad!!  TJ

18 hours ago, AtariSociety said:

I also like their Too Much Time On My Hands Styx rendition he and Fallon did.  That one is also great.

TJ

 

Is it me or does Jimmy look more like John Oates than Dennis DeYoung in this video.  That's one of the reasons I laugh so hard when I watch this! 😂

Wondering how much more info will be in @Tommy Tallarico video that I believe gets posted today about the controller?  He showed 15 seconds clip yesterday 

Will it be only 16 seconds?  1 extra second? 

Will it be 3 minutes with all sorts of new great info?

Will it be 3 hours long?  1 minute of controller info and 2 hours 59 minutes (did I do my math right?) of him chatting with Mr Alvarado and that makes @Michael Garvey head explode?

Wondering is all.

😆

TJ 

54 minutes ago, jaybird3rd said:

This is what they're referring to; it's a (very) long-running thread about the company currently masquerading as Atari and their "Atari VCS" crowdfunding project, which has been a slow-motion train wreck for years; posting pictures of tacos became a bit of a running joke over there.  However, I'd recommend that you skip it: there are occasionally bits of news, but in my opinion that thread has mostly become a giant pile of garbage.

Exactly!  I got tired of seeing the same old garbage, post after post.  I think the more surprising thing is that thread was never shut down, despite the fact that it's completely worthless considering it's original intent.

9 minutes ago, AtariSociety said:

Wondering how much more info will be in @Tommy Tallarico video that I believe gets posted today about the controller?  He showed 15 seconds clip yesterday 

Will it be only 16 seconds?  1 extra second? 

Will it be 3 minutes with all sorts of new great info?

Will it be 3 hours long?  1 minute of controller info and 2 hours 59 minutes (did I do my math right?) of him chatting with Mr Alvarado and that makes @Michael Garvey head explode?

Wondering is all.

😆

TJ 

You for got an hr of mr. Alvarado looking directly into the camera  whispering 10/10/2020

3 minutes ago, atarifan88 said:

Exactly!  I got tired of seeing the same old garbage, post after post.  I think the more surprising thing is that thread was never shut down, despite the fact that it's completely worthless considering it's original intent.

I would not disagree with you.  If nothing else, it's become too big and unwieldy to maintain, so at some point we'll need to decide what to do with it.

44 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

I am down with ZZ Top and Santa so fine by me!

Personally I would love to watch videos of "TJ" singing re-written ZZ Top songs with a hint of an Amico theme thrown in there for good measure.  Just imagine hearing him belt out these awesome one-liners!...

"Give me all your Amico.  All your games and controllers too!"

"Cause every girl crazy 'bout an Amico man!"

"She's got Amico.  She knows how to use it!"

"I said Lord take me downtown, I'm just lookin' for some Amico!"

😀😀😀

4 minutes ago, jaybird3rd said:

I would not disagree with you.  If nothing else, it's become too big and unwieldy to maintain, so at some point we'll need to decide what to do with it.

Hey, I have an idea!...

😀

6 minutes ago, atarifan88 said:

Personally I would love to watch videos of "TJ" singing re-written ZZ Top songs with a hint of an Amico theme thrown in there for good measure.  Just imagine hearing him belt out these awesome one-liners!...

 

"Give me all your Amico.  All your games and controllers too!"

"Cause every girl crazy 'bout an Amico man!"

"She's got Amico.  She knows how to use it!"

"I said Lord take me downtown, I'm just lookin' for some Amico!"

 

😀😀😀

And I will have Jenna star in my videos... 

oh my teenage crush on here... haha

TJ

Here's our latest promo trailer.  Let me know your thoughts.

10 minutes ago, atarifan88 said:

Personally I would love to watch videos of "TJ" singing re-written ZZ Top songs with a hint of an Amico theme thrown in there for good measure.  Just imagine hearing him belt out these awesome one-liners!...

 

"Give me all your Amico.  All your games and controllers too!"

"Cause every girl crazy 'bout an Amico man!"

"She's got Amico.  She knows how to use it!"

"I said Lord take me downtown, I'm just lookin' for some Amico!"

 

😀😀😀

Can we throw some Dead in there too?

TJ Garcia is my name!

Watching the new trailer now (really nice!), but the first thing I noticed right away, is that the original style controllers are pictured (side buttons grouped together) in the console...

-edit-

Absolutely loved the new trailer!! Agree with everyone else's observations and vibes, especially regarding so much info and passion crammed into such a relatively short amount of time.  

37 minutes ago, AtariSociety said:

Wondering how much more info will be in @Tommy Tallarico video that I believe gets posted today about the controller?  He showed 15 seconds clip yesterday 

Will it be only 16 seconds?  1 extra second? 

Will it be 3 minutes with all sorts of new great info?

Will it be 3 hours long?  1 minute of controller info and 2 hours 59 minutes (did I do my math right?) of him chatting with Mr Alvarado and that makes @Michael Garvey head explode?

Wondering is all.

😆

TJ 

Why even have 1 minute of the controller. 

That takes away from more John Alvarado. 

You can NEVER have enough John Alvarado.

🤩

9 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Here's our latest promo trailer.  Let me know your thoughts.

 

 

 

Brilliant.  Loved it. Explaining all the talented and experienced people working at intellivision should seal the deal for those sitting on the fence.

8 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Here's our latest promo trailer.  Let me know your thoughts.

 

 

 

Good stuff Tommy.  I thought the promo trailer was great.  It was nice getting to see Cara for the first time and hearing her perspective on Amico.  I like your Spider-Man collection by the way.  😃 

9 minutes ago, save2600 said:

Watching the new trailer now (really nice!), but the first thing I noticed right away, is that the original style controllers are pictured (side buttons grouped together) in the console...

Yeah... we didn't have enough time to change that graphic yet (it's from our website).  Working on updating all of the website images next. 

16 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Here's our latest promo trailer.  Let me know your thoughts.

 

 

 

Outstanding trailer,I love it!👍

All this talk about music got me thinking...

What about an Aerosmith remake of Ragdoll but about Amico cornhole:

"Cornhole...only on Amico
play with friends...wouldn't that be neat tho

Cornhole baby I'm not talking about the back door,  no ma'am.

Hot times play it inside yo
Cold times gather a bunch of friends over.

Cornhole baby I'm promise I'm not talking about the back door...no no."
 

Whoever edited that video managed to compress the message from Tommy, an amazing and creative person with the small defect of being able to talk for 6 consecutive hours, in 6 minutes.

And this time, no techno music.

Good job. The video should turn each viewer into a buyer. 👍

1 minute ago, IntelliMission said:

Whoever edited that video managed to compress the message from Tommy, an amazing and creative person with the small defect of being able to talk for 6 consecutive hours, in 6 minutes.

 

And this time, no techno music.

 

Good job. The video should turn each viewer into a buyer. 👍

The first cut was about 25 minutes!!