Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

5 minutes ago, Blarneo said:

EDIT: actually I shouldn't be going here. I withdraw that joke. 

Hey,Asalvaro is the guy you were waiting for to respond! 👍

3 hours ago, GrudgeQ said:

Reported the video as having misleading text for claiming to be from Tommy Tallarico, the president of Intellivision Entertainment. I HIGHLY suggest you report it too.

are you serious??  see... it's that kind of wimpy, snowflake move that provides fodder and gives credence to all the haters that like to call you all a bunch of tommy kool-air drinkers. like it or not... the guy has a right to his opinion. And he has the right to speak that opinion - and even use satire to express that opinion - regardless of whether or not you find it offensive and get your feelings hurt about it. if you don't like what he has to say, or his obviously satirical approach to communicate his thoughts on the matter, then simply be a man, ignore it, and move on instead of acting like a little gestapo school-girl that likes to rat people out to her teacher. it's like if two guys get in a fist fight and the one that loses calls the cops on the guy that beat him up. no real man with a shred of integrity would ever respect you ever again. sorry dude... but you acted like a total pansy.

49 minutes ago, 1001lives said:

I'm with you. Something about it is just too flat. The original render was super shiny and this new render looks like a sticker or skin put on the console. I was particularly excited about the chrome/gloss on the controllers and how the shiny plastic melded with the shiny purple. 

 

I'm probably being overly-negative but I guess I had it in my mind a certain way. Hoping Tommy will assuage our fears or perhaps show an exclusive look at a real, in person prototype version. 

Sorry, needs a new photo at least.

13 minutes ago, sanguinesonata said:

 

are you serious??  see... it's that kind of wimpy, snowflake move that provides fodder and gives credence to all the haters that like to call you all a bunch of tommy kool-air drinkers. like it or not... the guy has a right to his opinion. And he has the right to speak that opinion - and even use satire to express that opinion - regardless of whether or not you find it offensive and get your feelings hurt about it. if you don't like what he has to say, or his obviously satirical approach to communicate his thoughts on the matter, then simply be a man, ignore it, and move on instead of acting like a little gestapo school-girl that likes to rat people out to her teacher. it's like if two guys get in a fist fight and the one that loses calls the cops on the guy that beat him up. no real man with a shred of integrity would ever respect you ever again. sorry dude... but you acted like a total pansy.

All twelve of them? Report it/don't report it. Probably doesn't matter. Won't change their opinion of us either way and they don't matter. I reported it just to avoid misleading info from rumors, not to be spiteful.

It looks like Sony and Microsoft will finally show everything they have to offer over the next weeks. I'm glad, the suspense was killing me even if I'm not interested in those machines.

28 minutes ago, sanguinesonata said:

 

are you serious??  see... it's that kind of wimpy, snowflake move that provides fodder and gives credence to all the haters that like to call you all a bunch of tommy kool-air drinkers. like it or not... the guy has a right to his opinion. And he has the right to speak that opinion - and even use satire to express that opinion - regardless of whether or not you find it offensive and get your feelings hurt about it. if you don't like what he has to say, or his obviously satirical approach to communicate his thoughts on the matter, then simply be a man, ignore it, and move on instead of acting like a little gestapo school-girl that likes to rat people out to her teacher. it's like if two guys get in a fist fight and the one that loses calls the cops on the guy that beat him up. no real man with a shred of integrity would ever respect you ever again. sorry dude... but you acted like a total pansy.

Well someone got triggered, make me wonder who is snow flaking here. Anyway you notice I didn't say that about any other of these crap, broken record ramblings of self proclaimed 'experts'. However this one had misleading text in the description which people search for and may be confused by. Sorry if I offended you, by not wanting people to not be confused by misleading video descriptions (which is a terms of service violation on YouTube, btw). How about your friends follow the rules of posting videos to YouTube and I won't have any complaints about them despite the fact a simple, family friendly console is threatening their manhood so much that they have to lash out against it.

43 minutes ago, IntelliMission said:

 

Back to the Amico, I think I spent like 10 tense minutes looking at the screen, paralyzed, trying to decide between black and white for the VIP edition.

 

At any time did you turn your body around while still looking at the screen saying... "does this Amico make me look fat?"

That is the real decision right there! 😋

TJ

7 hours ago, wolfy62 said:

Heads up: I just preordered my Galaxy Purple Amico,its a Gamestop exclusive for $299. with shipping cost to be determined later.

It says release date of 10/10/2020,so other than the FE and VIP editions this may be the other chance to ensure you get an Amico on time at the original release date.

If any of this information is wrong,anyone feel free to chime in and correct me! Woo-hoo,Galaxy Purple!!!👍😀

You just can't help yourself can you? Does it come with any gamestop exclusives?

I just saw another video saying the Amico will fail, and it's like the Ouya... Why do I hear people bringing up the Coleco Chameleon and Ouya all the time when talking about the Amico?

The first was an out and out scam. Made by people who were scammers prior. And some that scammed after.  I don't see that as an issue with the Amico. 

The Ouya was badly made product that did something a bit new: You could play (the exact same) Android games on a TV. That was not a thing before the Ouya. The experience sucked. The controller sucked. And a lot of the games at the time were touchscreen only.  I played some games on one, then moved on. Not a fun experience. The interesting side note is that someone thought there was something good there as we now have how many android boxes that can play games on TV? A few made by some reputable companies like NVIDIA.  Amazon. ETC. 

The bottom line is that any of the ports from mobile platforms will be different. How different? We don't exactly know. Yet.

More fun times ahead for us all!

10 minutes ago, Utopia said:

You just can't help yourself can you? Does it come with any gamestop exclusives?

 

I didnt care,I just want the purple one.i did not hear of any exclusives except for the color. 

If they only sell it at Gamestop or if it were somewhere else and it's the only place I can buy it,I gotta do it!😄

1 hour ago, sanguinesonata said:

the guy has a right to his opinion. And he has the right to speak that opinion - and even use satire to express that opinion...  if you don't like what he has to say, or his obviously satirical approach to communicate his thoughts on the matter, ...

If that video is satire, then Apocalypse Now is comedy film.🙄

2 minutes ago, wolfy62 said:

I didnt care,I just want the purple one.i did not hear of any exclusives except for the color. 

If they only sell it at Gamestop or if it were somewhere else and it's the only place I can buy it,I gotta do it!😄

I may be joining you pretty quick on this because I am going to get an Amico for a relative with young kids as a Christmas gift and I think they would think the color changing purple would be cool.

20 minutes ago, AtariSociety said:

"does this Amico make me look fat?"

Well I'd go around and look, but I only have half a tank of gas. 😇

4 minutes ago, Blarneo said:

Well I'd go around and look, but I only have half a tank of gas. 😇

yeh same here for me.  haha.

TJ

12 minutes ago, woobman said:

I just saw another video saying the Amico will fail, and it's like the Ouya... Why do I hear people bringing up the Coleco Chameleon and Ouya all the time when talking about the Amico?

I think it's because they're looking for something to compare it to, and those are the easiest examples to bring up. They focus on the failures because they're pessimists and probably very cynical about everything.  They're true gamers.

There probably are some valid comparisons to Amico, but not in that it's a scam. Amico is a brand new gaming console being built by a new and relatively small team. Yes, they have hundreds of years of experience, but they're also a small company compared with the likes of Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. I think any new console from a smaller player is going to be compared to OUYA, whether it's valid or not. Intellivision just needs to keep their nose to the grindstone, create a great product, and then release it. Maybe in ten years when another small company wants to enter the gaming market, people will compare them to Amico and there will be a much more positive spin on it.

Tommy,

I liked the interview you did with Mad Max on The Grey Council channel.  It was good.

Jump to 50:00 mark.  That's when they discuss the Amico.

45 minutes ago, woobman said:

I just saw another video saying the Amico will fail, and it's like the Ouya... Why do I hear people bringing up the Coleco Chameleon and Ouya all the time when talking about the Amico?

The simple answer is, it was the golden age of YouTube gaming channel monetization. Many gaming channels made big bucks from YT by bashing Ouya & Chameleon, where viewership spiked & adverts paid better. They're trying to put that lightening back in the bottle & Atari VCS bashing just doesn't get the eyeballs Amico does.

Yo Folks,

I've been absolute slammed like crazy the past few days and have fallen behind in here... will probably be able to catch up over the weekend.

In regards to the purple... it's just a render and is going to be shinier then it shows... and the silver bands look a lot better as well.  Very difficult to do a proper render of this and we weren't ready for photographs just yet.

Also... the price on the Gamestop page doesn't list the extras.  Page is still being made.  More info coming tomorrow.

10 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yo Folks,

 

I've been absolute slammed like crazy the past few days and have fallen behind in here... will probably be able to catch up over the weekend.

 

In regards to the purple... it's just a render and is going to be shinier then it shows... and the silver bands look a lot better as well.  Very difficult to do a proper render of this and we weren't ready for photographs just yet.

 

Also... the price on the Gamestop page doesn't list the extras.  Page is still being made.  More info coming tomorrow.

 

 

So in other words... I may still have to buy it.

Oh what am I gonna tell wifey now? 🥰

TJ

14 minutes ago, AtariSociety said:

So in other words... I may still have to buy it.

Oh what am I gonna tell wifey now? 🥰

TJ

 

And you will have to change (again) your vote on facebook ! Lol 😁

2 hours ago, sanguinesonata said:

 

are you serious??  see... it's that kind of wimpy, snowflake move that provides fodder and gives credence to all the haters that like to call you all a bunch of tommy kool-air drinkers. like it or not... the guy has a right to his opinion. And he has the right to speak that opinion - and even use satire to express that opinion - regardless of whether or not you find it offensive and get your feelings hurt about it. if you don't like what he has to say, or his obviously satirical approach to communicate his thoughts on the matter, then simply be a man, ignore it, and move on instead of acting like a little gestapo school-girl that likes to rat people out to her teacher. it's like if two guys get in a fist fight and the one that loses calls the cops on the guy that beat him up. no real man with a shred of integrity would ever respect you ever again. sorry dude... but you acted like a total pansy.

It's another idiot on Youtube to add to the pile of idiots making slanderous videos about the Amico and pretending it's an opinion. Making a video calling yourself Tommy Tallarico and promoting your new product "Ouya 2" aka the Amico is really stupid and he should get that video deleted for the sheer sake of calling himself Tommy Tallarico. It would probably matter a lot less if it wasn't for all the recent Youtube crap.

We're "snow flakes," but it's a lot better than being morons who make crap like that.

35 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yo Folks,

 

I've been absolute slammed like crazy the past few days and have fallen behind in here... will probably be able to catch up over the weekend.

 

In regards to the purple... it's just a render and is going to be shinier then it shows... and the silver bands look a lot better as well.  Very difficult to do a proper render of this and we weren't ready for photographs just yet.

 

Also... the price on the Gamestop page doesn't list the extras.  Page is still being made.  More info coming tomorrow.

 

 

All of that is exactly what I wanted to hear,thank you!😀👍

34 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

In regards to the purple... it's just a render and is going to be shinier then it shows... and the silver bands look a lot better as well.  Very difficult to do a proper render of this and we weren't ready for photographs just yet.

Hit it with some of the new ceramic car waxes . I like Griots 3-1 before you photo them.  Its unreal how good these new ceramics waxs are, the shine and depth is unreal.  

If you havent gotten the ceramics for your Ferraris, you should, simple to use and a great result.  I have some garage queens so , yeah Im that guy.

39 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yo Folks,

 

I've been absolute slammed like crazy the past few days and have fallen behind in here... will probably be able to catch up over the weekend.

 

In regards to the purple... it's just a render and is going to be shinier then it shows... and the silver bands look a lot better as well.  Very difficult to do a proper render of this and we weren't ready for photographs just yet.

 

Also... the price on the Gamestop page doesn't list the extras.  Page is still being made.  More info coming tomorrow.

 

 

I am glad it is in Retail in USA, my video on it was all bout the meaning behind this, I could not stop cracking myself up at the end trying to get that movie quote out.  Nice work man.  ITS HAPPENING!