Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

1 hour ago, 1001lives said:

I've noticed they're all obsessed with your personality, too. They really can't handle you defending yourself or being allowed to defend yourself. It really seems to get to them. I saw someone say you should delete social media. Why? Because you talk about them talking about Amico? 

Yep.  It's the true definition of fascism that folks like my grandparents and relatives fought so hard against back in Italy.

We see it everyday online with politics and social themes.

How dare I give a counterpoint to their misinformation.   HOW DARE I!  I MUST BE SILENCED!!!

I always like to reference how badly triggered Ian got when discussing us and the fact that Rich was wearing a sweatshirt with our logo on it.

Tommy,

Is there a possibility of Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 being released on the Amico? I would like to be able to replay those games along with the new one if possible. 

48 minutes ago, vongruetz said:

Maybe I'm naive on the subject, but what is so bad about crowdsourcing?  Things on Kickstarter sometimes work out, sometimes they don't.  Hell, that's life. I've paid $60 for a game that got great reviews, was supposed to be wonderful, and I ended up not liking it at all.

 

Broken Age is one of my favorite games of all time, and without Kickstarter, it never would have happened.  

The other interesting/funny part is that I've done 5 VERY successful Kickstarters and at one point (not sure if it's still true) was the musician who had raised the biggest amount of total money (across all my projects) on the entire platform.  So if anyone knows about how to crowdfund... it's me.  Yet I didn't do it because this is much bigger than that in my opinion.  MUCH bigger.  I could have EASILY taken the safe and easy route... AND without the need to give up shares of the company at all. 

It's just nothing more than a pathetic handful of elite hardcores trying to grasp on to anything they can so their nauseating hatred within themselves is justified.

2 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

The other interesting/funny part is that I've done 5 VERY successful Kickstarters and at one point (not sure if it's still true) was the musician who had raised the biggest amount of total money (across all my projects) on the entire platform.  So if anyone knows about how to crowdfund... it's me.  Yet I didn't do it because this is much bigger than that in my opinion.  MUCH bigger.  I could have EASILY taken the safe and easy route... AND without the need to give up shares of the company at all. 

It's just nothing more than a pathetic handful of elite hardcores trying to grasp on to anything they can so their nauseating hatred within themselves is justified.

 

 

 

 

It's hilarious, they give us tons of stuff to talk about and make us even stronger. They actually help keep us going sometimes, on top of all the regular discussion we have. 

49 minutes ago, 1001lives said:

Crowdfunding has heavily negative connotations due to the vast number of failed and failed to live up to expectations devices that were hawked on the services. The Atari VCS is currently the latest one, but the worst offenders are Ouya and Coleco Chameleon. The Atari VCS really is a very sad, sad, excuse of a project that abused Indiegogo backers through and through. They have no real product and I doubt all the backers will get a working console. 

 

People are very apt to throw around the crowdfunding insult because the campaigns usually mark a group of half-competent creators bandying about a new idea without any real ability to produce something high quality or lasting in the market. Or who have little to no interest in the market and are just trying to make a quick profit. 

I wouldn't even put Ouya in that same category.  Aside from the crowdfunding... they also raised tens of millions of dollars in the VC market as well!  Not easy to do.  So kudos for that.  They also released the product at retail which is something that we have yet to see with other game console crowdfunding campaigns so far.

It was still a bad idea, badly made and by folks who weren't as experienced in the industry as they should have been.  But they still did accomplish a lot and did come through with at least delivering a product.  If nothing else... gotta at least commend them for that.

37 minutes ago, RetroAdvisoryBoard said:

Same with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Moon

 

So too was Shovel Knight.  Hyper Light Drifter.  Divinity Original Sin, Kentucky Route Zero, The Banner Saga, Darkest Dungeon.. a hundred other really good video game projects all were kickstarted.

 

Little tag-along ignoramuses spout how it's a fatal move.  Intellivision took pain to paint how they weren't Kickstarted to showcase how they HAD a path of investment and a plan to finance, including a healthy dose of their own money upfront.  But I think even Tommy's been quick to point out how Kickstarter isn't a bad tool or way to go at most of the opportunities mentioning Kickstarter/crowdfunding.

And don't forget one of the BIGGEST successes over the past few years... Undertale!

1 man turned a $50K crowdfunding campaign into an IP worth tens of millions of dollars!

Bravo Toby Fox... Bravo!

Oh... and HOW DARE HE!!!! 

59 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

No.  I never heard of that before.  Didn't realize it had one.  Was it a real dedicated cabinet?  I can't seem to find much info online about it.  Or something that someone made?

 

 

Maybe he was thinking of the arcade cabinet for Super Mario Bros. That I remember. I don’t think there was a decimated cabinet for Super Mario World but I could be wrong. 

16 minutes ago, 1001lives said:

Exactly.

 

I wish I could @djconvoy to this. But I'm sure he'll read it anyway and then go back and make up more stuff on Youtube.

 

Here it is, DJ. Tommy wanted a 0 dollar option. Literally just for pre-orders and potential investors. How will you spin this in your mind to say it's crowdfunding again?

Oh... don't worry... you don't have to tag him.  He's here everyday.  He's obsessed.  Him and his sad pathetic sidekick PlaysWithWolves. 

We interest them and they literally think about us every single day.

We win.

1 minute ago, Cranker said:

Maybe he was thinking of the arcade cabinet for Super Mario Bros. That I remember. I don’t think there was a decimated cabinet for Super Mario World but I could be wrong. 

It was Super Mario World for sure because I got Yoshi.

17 minutes ago, Jeffrey Bouchard said:

Tommy,

 

Is there a possibility of Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 being released on the Amico? I would like to be able to replay those games along with the new one if possible. 

 

If we did... we would probably redo all the graphics and sound.  So (in terms we use) Reimagine them!

That would be pretty cool at some point.  Only an idea on paper at this point though.

6 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

If we did... we would probably redo all the graphics and sound.  So (in terms we use) Reimagine them!

That would be pretty cool at some point.  Only an idea on paper at this point though.

Take the Sega CD version of 1, add the extra parallax scrolling from the SNES version, and it's good!

I have never played the 32-bit or PC versions of 2, just SNES and Genesis, so I can't say much about that one.

47 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

OK... back to tweaking my Cornhole.

 

(I'm seriously tweaking Cornhole levels right now).

 

 

 

It would seem like someone got distracted....  Or are you multitasking? 

9 hours ago, Barley Farquahr said:

How about we start our "Wish Lists" for classic arcade games to get ported to the Amico!

 

My apologies if I'm late to the party, and this has already been done in the previous ~600 pages.

 

Here's some of mine :

 

Scramble

Qix

Phoenix

Gorf

Robotron

Sinistar

Rally-X

Time Pilot

Zaxxon

 

I'm sure there's others that will get jogged loose if I see other people's lists.

 

Hope this brings back good memories for some folks too!

 

I know it gave me a few good moments trying to shake the cobwebs loose of all those spent quarters in the dark arcades of my youth!

The big arcade game I would like to see was never officially released but I would like to see The Last Starfighter the game being more like the Arcade from the film 

other than that maybe a new entry in the Golden Ax series I don’t have a ton of arcade memories 

I confess I'm finding haters more fun to read/listen every time, it's getting interesting watching them lie and get nervous as this thing gets bigger.

Do you think these guys are mostly conservative/liberals convinced the Amico is the opposite and must be discredited (i. e. family friendly could be seen as both "too conservative" by some and as "too politically correct/liberal" by others) or is it simply a tribal "my favorite company already does this so fuck you" thing?

12 minutes ago, IntelliMission said:

I confess I'm finding haters more fun to read/listen every time, it's getting interesting watching them lie and get nervous as this thing gets bigger.

 

Do you think these guys are mostly conservative/liberals convinced the Amico is the opposite and must be discredited (i. e. family friendly could be seen as both "too conservative" by some and as "too politically correct/liberal" by others) or is it simply a tribal "my favorite company already does this so fuck you" thing?

Well, there is a "my team is perfect and as pure as the driven snow, and yours will destroy the world if we give you an inch" mentality in the USA, which narratives are driven by a lot of factors, not the least of which is the for-profit 24hr news channels, and partisan "play the refs" strategies of the 2 dominant parties. There could be a bleedover to the console wars mentality when we've been gaslit so much since Walter Cronkite died.

But my first guess is that something in real life (job loss, Girlfriend cheating on them, divorce, children getting arrested, crushing debt, devastating illness, a murder in their family, or even COVID-19 death of someone close to them, etc) that hasn't smacked them in the face yet to get them to reevaluate their priorities. In other words, Amico-hate is the epitome of First World problems.

27 minutes ago, Alpha82 said:

The big arcade game I would like to see was never officially released but I would like to see The Last Starfighter the game being more like the Arcade from the film 

 

other than that maybe a new entry in the Golden Ax series I don’t have a ton of arcade memories 

You can't have Golden Axe unless you want the whole game, which includes the 'e'. 🤪

45 minutes ago, IntelliMission said:

I confess I'm finding haters more fun to read/listen every time, it's getting interesting watching them lie and get nervous as this thing gets bigger.

 

Do you think these guys are mostly conservative/liberals convinced the Amico is the opposite and must be discredited (i. e. family friendly could be seen as both "too conservative" by some and as "too politically correct/liberal" by others) or is it simply a tribal "my favorite company already does this so fuck you" thing?

It's multiple factors.

Some are genuinely uneducated and don't care to find out more. They just see new stuff and hate on it. My bets are they also hate on other companies too, so it's not unique to Amico.

Many just dislike Tommy. They look up the console, see some of his interviews, and watch the way he acts, and they either get jealous or feel very insecure. TonyTGD in particular had to bring up ferrari's at every possible opportunity. It's psyche 101 that the person is thinking about whatever they constantly bring up. Moreso when it's in totally unrelated conversations. For instance, anything relating to Intellivision, family friendly games, or Amico - the guy would mention Ferrari's. It's pretty basic to be able to hide what you're thinking about, but when you're that insecure and desiring something, you can't help but bring it up constantly.

They have cemented an idea in their head that if Tommy, for some reason, talks to someone or shows them his house, that means they will forever love everything about him - because they are so shallow that's all they see interactions amounting to. Quid pro quo. They can't fathom Tommy may actually have a decently fun idea that someone enjoys. Which makes them hate Tommy even more. That's when you see people going on about his ego, and his narcissism, etc. The secret is - they are the narcissistic ones and want the attention.

They squirm in their chairs when they read Tommy say his combined videos or videos that contain him on Youtube that he's in including VGL amount to more than a billion total views. A basic fact or statistic is elevated to ego to them, because that's the only reason they'd ever use facts. To inflate themselves. So obviously they assign that to Tommy as well. They then take this hate for Tommy and what he has, and assign it to the Amico. Because it's Tommy's product. I am curious - do they also assign this hatred and vitriol to Video Games Live? Earthworm Jim's soundtrack? How far does it go. Does the "Tommy touched it! I hate it!" cover all of his games and music too? Or just the Amico?

Finally the tribal aspect plays into it. The groups love to hate things and they find others who share their opinions and ideas and they all feel very smug and entitled to their intellect because the echo chamber they've entered all repeat the same things. If these 5 people in Pat and Ian's comments all say what I say, then we're right! Unfortunately, that's not how it works. But they love that environment because they can go to it and all feel super smart together, and then if they do end up right, it's like a "smart drug," they were right all along and it boosts their ego even more.

This is definitely what Pat and Ian are doing, when it would actually be more useful for them to partner with Tommy and try to get the word out. Or hell - in Pat's case, the potential to campaign with Tommy to get some of his NES classics re-imagined on Amico. But they've shot that horse before it got out of the gate, despite the fact many NES games Pat champions would be right at home on the Amico's re-imagined lineup.

I'm also with you. I hate that I have to bring up negativity but I also really enjoy discussing it and thinking about how sad it is that these people are like us, but in the total opposite direction. We sit here and love the ideas of what Amico can be, they sit there and hate it and come up with all the horrible things they can about it. 

3 hours ago, 1001lives said:

These people like Convoy are melting down. They cannot seem to handle the fact it's getting more professionally created videos that talk about the achievements/investment and they can't handle the fact it's got over 10,000 units pre-ordered already. 

 

They're at their breaking point and are latching onto anything and everything. We already saw MrBeefy stammering at the price point yet again after his campaign to get Pat and Ian memes banned totally failed, and now Djconvoy shows up again on Youtube to try to shake his finger at the $1 dollar crowdfunding goal on Fig. 

 

They have nothing to argue with and are just trying to grasp at whatever they possibly can online to try to make up some narrative. 

 

We've seen the console being played in an office, we've seen Tommy show us the consoles hookups/rear ports, we've seen the console working, the controllers working, their touch screens, etc. This is very clearly a real device. Unfinished, yeah, but no one had to crowdfund to get the molds made and the device operational. 

 

This is not a crowdfunded project. It's never going to be. Even if they took money now, it's past prototyping. 

 

This group has set up a world view in their mind a long time ago about what the Amico is. Which, I guess, they've decided it's the Ouya or Chameleon. And the fact it isn't either one of those devices is making them froth. The fact Convoy showed up and is commenting to LordRayken of all people shows just how far down he's fallen. That's not a fight he's ever going to win and it serves no purpose to even debate Rayken. 

 

No offense, Rayken.

Im going to be laughing when I do a video playing it and calling out the losers. Along with everyone else doing videos playing it. Then they all the haters will look even more foolish.  

4 minutes ago, Relicgamer said:

Im going to be laughing when I do a video playing it and calling out the losers. Along with everyone else doing videos playing it. Then they all the haters will look even more foolish.  

I just don't get the tenacity with which he shows up in every negative Amico video now. He's made it a personal vendetta I guess. What does he gain by screaming "Crowdfunding! See!" It absolutely must be that drive to be right about something. 

10 hours ago, Barley Farquahr said:

How about we start our "Wish Lists" for classic arcade games to get ported to the Amico!

 

My apologies if I'm late to the party, and this has already been done in the previous ~600 pages.

 

Here's some of mine :

 

Scramble

Qix

Phoenix

Gorf

Robotron

Sinistar

Rally-X

Time Pilot

Zaxxon

 

I'm sure there's others that will get jogged loose if I see other people's lists.

 

Hope this brings back good memories for some folks too!

 

I know it gave me a few good moments trying to shake the cobwebs loose of all those spent quarters in the dark arcades of my youth!

I'm probably a little bit younger than many of you but my fondest arcade memories were the 4-6 multiplayer games Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and X-MEN.  I remember birthday parties at the arcade where we were all playing on screen at the same time - perfect for the Amico's couch co-op.

34 minutes ago, 1001lives said:

TonyTGD in particular had to bring up ferrari's at every possible opportunity. It's psyche 101 that the person is thinking about whatever they constantly bring up.

There's nothing stopping TonyTGD from offering us to take a spin in his Corolla, so whatsisproblem?

34 minutes ago, haplo13 said:

I'm probably a little bit younger than many of you but my fondest arcade memories were the 4-6 multiplayer games Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and X-MEN.  I remember birthday parties at the arcade where we were all playing on screen at the same time - perfect for the Amico's couch co-op.

I'm in my 50s & started with Intellivision & Atari that my best friend in high school had, but my favorite era is still the 16 bit systems of the  early 90s. I also remember the arcades and loved the 2-4 player games from the late 80s & 90s as well. 

Pizza Parlors (both chain and independent) were wonderful places. Then Domino's started delivering, making Pizza Hut do the same, then Little Caesars, etc. Shakey's is now a shallow shell of what it used to be, with a fraction of restaurants they used to have & only in California. Same with Godfather's (who used to be everywhere) & all those independents across the country that nobody goes to anymore. All the game rooms are gone and we now have pizza store fronts with nothing but counters and a Pepsi fridge by the register. It's like getting your pizza at a laundry service. 

german development studios that are working on Amico games:

    Aesir Interactive, München: „Intellivision Skiing“ https://aesir-interactive.com/
    BBG Entertainment, München Dynablaster“ https://www.bbg-entertainment.com/
    Bonus Level Entertainment: „Shark! Shark!“  http://bonuslevelentertainment.com/
    Exozet Berlin, Berlin ? https://www.exozet.com
    Independent Arts Software, Hamm ? https://www.independent-arts-software.de/
    NeoBird, Nürnberg: „Shark! Shark!“ Cornhole" https://www.neobird.de/
    Spaceflower, Nürnberg ? https://spaceflower.de/
    Thera Bytes, München: „SNAFOO“ https://therabytes.de/
    WastedStudios, München: „Moon Patrol: The Milky Way Chronicles“ / Biplanes“ https://www.wastedstudios.com/
    Way Digital Studios, München: „Pong“ Way Digital Studios https://www.wastedstudios.com/#home

source: https://www.gameswirtschaft.de

thats a page about the videogames industry in german

Wondering how many games are in development in germany....

Bonus Level Entertainment made the great Platformer Fox n Forests on Switch.

Was going to post something but decided too much hater talk lately, so this is the edit.

6 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

Was going to post something but decided too much hater talk lately, so this is the edit.

It is all about love today.. LOVE!

🥰

TJ