Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

1 minute ago, cmart604 said:

Actually Rick would be the lovable sidekick as he is one of the nicest people I've met. Paul would be the dickish other guy. 😂

I thought that was you?

1 hour ago, sanguinesonata said:

one of my favorite lines from orwell's 1984 was when winston refers to his wife as a human sountrack, which of course denotes the idea of a lifeless, mindless automaton that simply regurgitates party propaganda without any independent, critical thought or analysis.

I know, people must just keep pointing out reality over and over - it must be very tiresome to hear. I am glad you found a self justification for it in Orwell.
 

Your point is taken - let people say whatever they want and don’t worry about confusion or injury to others because their rights to open their mouths is above all other concerns.

 I will defiantly give that policy all the consideration it deserves. Consider this matter dropped.

13 minutes ago, Tarzilla said:

I thought that was you?

Kind of you to say. 😜

2 hours ago, Albert said:

Yeah, no.  Both accounts only posting in Amico-related threads, typically within minutes of each other?  And I have other evidence I did not share publicly.

 

 ..Al

Maybe split personalities?!?!

1 hour ago, cmart604 said:

Full disclosure as I want to get ahead of this before it comes out..........

Rev and I are the same person. 
My apologies to those of you that thought we were just besties on the interwebz. For those of you that have met us in person at PRGE please understand that the less handsome one was an actor we hired. 

You mean that short pale sweaty guy with the Canadian accent that kept crawling under people’s booth tables?

worst actor ever.....

1 hour ago, cmart604 said:

Full disclosure as I want to get ahead of this before it comes out..........

Rev and I are the same person. 
My apologies to those of you that thought we were just besties on the interwebz. For those of you that have met us in person at PRGE please understand that the less handsome one was an actor we hired. 

22 minutes ago, Rev said:

Maybe split personalities?!?!

8 minutes ago, Rev said:

You mean that short pale sweaty guy with the Canadian accent that kept crawling under people’s booth tables?

 

worst actor ever.....

This is what the looked like before they were split up

FYI, there’s a guy named 1000lives knocking to get in.  

@Papy This is not about liking Albert or not. They clearly have proof. I disagree with some of the rules, but there's no debate in this case.

A few days ago I warned that finding a fanboy creating one or several fake users posing as haters was not uncommon on video game message boards, especially fanboys of one particular company. So it looks like the same pattern repeats here, as this is the second time this happens after @Guy was banned for being somebody's second account.

Here's a funny story about @1001lives / @LordRayken: Some months ago, when many weirdos were joining AtariAge attracted by drama, I warned Tommy via PM about the haters. I saw he was spending hours debating them and was worried that he lost too much energy with that, which could harm the design process of the console and its games. So I recommended to ignore them based on my experience in forums (which include trying to make flatearthers see the light on Youtube until I gave up). So one of the things I said was, literally: "Careful with 1001lives". Why did I say that? Well, the guy was a Reddit user that used to be a troll before the Amico (scroll all the way down to see how he gets into fights all the time, here are 3 examples: 1, 2, 3). I saw him insulting other users "LordRayken style" with his 1001lives Reddit account.

But an interesting question remains: Which of the two personalities was the true one?  🕷️👉👈🕷️

The debate is open. My take: LordRayken was the true one. 1001lives seems a different person in Reddit.

P. S.: It looks like the guy is married with a woman, which makes the theory of the shared dorm even less plausible.

38 minutes ago, Papy said:

 

Having said that, I must admit I don't like you much, I think you are someone who has difficulty seeing his own bias and that you are a bit full of yourself, so maybe my own bias against you is pushing me to believe you are wrong.

 

4 hours ago, cmart604 said:

Actually Rick would be the lovable sidekick as he is one of the nicest people I've met. Paul would be the dickish other guy. 😂

So, how many guys I met at PRGE were real and how many were actors? I'm loosing the overall view... 

7 hours ago, wolfy62 said:

Man,that's too bad. I liked 1001 lives.

I couldn't stand the other guy,however. 😄

Thought The Same as you Wolfy.  
I just can’t believe what some people have become in this world.  All this drama for a release of a new gaming system. 
Shame on them all. In time the truth always comes out. I would of never thought of 1001 being one of those types. Had me fooled. Not like the others seen through them with there first posts in this thread. 
There is a couple more of these people types here. You know who you are. (Being Less Trollish since their posse has been cut down)

Thank You Albert and Jaybird for keeping this thread clean of the console hater viruses that keep infecting this thread. 
cheers.  
 

On 3/27/2020 at 2:57 PM, LordRayken said:

On 3/27/2020 at 9:38 AM, IntelliMission said:

I apologize in advance because I don't want to sound like a hater, but I'm very disappointed with the new video.

 

Firstly, the person who appears on the video is a Tommy Tallarico, when we've seen other companies use a Shigeru Miyamoto for that. Shigeru Miyamoto created the Zelda and Mario games, by the way. This doesn't look good for Amico.

 

Then the camera focuses on the couch. Not a very expensive couch, I've seen better. And what do we see? Tommy, as Sade said in a song, I'm "By Your Side", baby, but these are not the most attractive people in the world. Now check out the trailer for Super Nintendo World and compare with the young people there. Where are the handsome 20 year olds who play the Amico? Show us. This doesn't look good.

 

And then we see the game. A very old game about missiles and war. Now check out the graphics and compare them to the ones in Halo, released in 2001. The Amico can't do explosions like that and can't even 3D. Are you selling the system to uneducated people with a two-dimensional mentality?

 

Please Don't Get Me Wrong, I will definitely buy the Amico because I like to collects objects I dislike and because this also gives me a free pass to write 40 line posts about how much they miss the mark. I just want the best for you, Tommy. XOXO.

 

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Now seriously, Missile Command looks great, Tommy. Thank you for giving these games a new life, many of us never played them as kids and now with up to 8 players they look really fun. This video really shows that the Amico is real and is coming soon. And, regardless of sales figures, it will be awesome to play.

when people say that atariage is full of people who worship amico/tommy youre now top of the list. yes i speak in absolutes but you have done nothing but condescendingly mock the statements i make because you disagree with them. note how i do not target anyone in particular in here and am speaking in blanket terms that apply to the idea not anyones beliefs and then you turn around and make a post targeting me and think you are being sly by mocking my argument or tone. you think that because i dislike the idea and the new video was not my cup of tea and i state it its then okay to go around and mock my statements and think this is hilarious or clever at all. you're not smarter than a hater because you can use better words or act smug in your response. 

 

ive personally noted how civil everyone has been in here regardless of how harsh i come off, except for you. you are a shining example of someone who cant be talked to about anything beyond pure positive notions or else this is what someone can hope to get. a torn apart version of their argument thrown back at them for ridiculing purposes. 

Well, when people say that the Internet is full of weirdos having debates with their own clones, you're now on top of mine. 🤓

On 3/27/2020 at 4:43 PM, 1001lives said:

On 3/27/2020 at 3:42 PM, Juice said:

I agree if anything it gives the people who are against the Amico more validation like Pat and Ian when they talk about people on atariage being a bunch of yes-men. It's all right to have critical opinions it helps things get better A lot of people don't understand that, they think you're a "hater" there's that word again, just because you're not fully positive all the time it's pathetic and everybody knows in business if you're surrounded by yes-men you fail.

It's very tough in here because of Pat and Ian. So I think we may be a little over sensitive.

 

We have people who are full blown haters who attack the idea and say it will fail, or hope it fails. 

 

We have people who sit in the middle but are also sometimes a little sarcastic like ColecoJoe and MrBeefy. They seem to be on both sides of the coin, and that's okay.

 

Then we have people who are full blown lovers who praise the idea no matter what and only want it to succeed. Like me

 

And then the fourth group, the lover-haters, who love the idea and praise the idea and go out of their way to make fun of people who may sit in the middle like Rayken. 

 

We have too many different types of trolls, lovers, haters, etc. It's exhausting and I don't know how Tommy has the energy for all of us.

I think you forgot one kind of people:

It seems this place went crazy when I wasn't looking again.

Anyway, I look forward to seeing the production model of the system. If I decide to get a second one (not that I need a second one, or any video games at all, but that doesn't prevent me from considering it!), I'll wait until we have some photos to decide.

18 hours ago, speedy-a said:

I preordered the black first edition today at media markt. Also ordered some things from the Intellivision Shop. Also saw now the complete Interview with Vara Dark. And as awesome as the last interview with her. Someone asked for Beetle Adventure Racing. A Need for Speed Classic like N64 Racer with Adventure Elements. One of the best EA Racing Games ever. Don`t think that a Amico Version of this game would be possible cuase EA wants money then and Volkswagen. The Interview before Vara Darks someone aked for Biohazard Battle from Sega which Tommy Tallerico thought it was a Resident Evil Name....

 

 

A really great Shoot em Up but like the Thunderforce games on the genesis more... And R-Type III was my favorite Shmup of the 16Bit consoles.

Yes, Crying: Aseimei Sensou. There is a copy of this game over at Trader right now and it's in great condition for I believe about 5000~6000 yen or so. I might have to go buy it. Never seen the US box art, but the Japanese box art DEFINITELY doesn't suggest that it's a shooting game at all. Looks like some sort of science game instead, but with a title like Crying: Aseimei Sensou, it's really quite uncertain unless you look at the back of the box. It's been on the list of MD games to get for a while, but very low priority. There are I think 50 shooters on the system, and lots of those are excellent, so it's kind of hard to prioritize. Thunder Force series next time I get paid and maybe this one as well! Or I could just spend all of my disposable cash and get Panorama Cotton, but that would be quite foolish since that game is more expensive than a month of rent. Someday...

On 5/1/2020 at 3:24 AM, Papy said:

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There is no debate. I was a long time global mod on this forum, so I can say this from experience: When two users show up on this forum posting under the same IP address, 99 times out of 100 it's the same person. I seriously doubt this was the 1 out of 100 times, especially considering how they interacted with each other in this thread. I think you're letting your own bias get in the way here, for sure.

7 hours ago, GrudgeQ said:

I know, people must just keep pointing out reality over and over - it must be very tiresome to hear. I am glad you found a self justification for it in Orwell.
 

Your point is taken - let people say whatever they want and don’t worry about confusion or injury to others because their rights to open their mouths is above all other concerns.

 

 I will defiantly give that policy all the consideration it deserves. Consider this matter dropped.

It's always interesting when the free speech wailers like Rave Dubin & Shen Bapiro deny the freedom of speech of those that disagree with them. "I have a right of my speech to go unchallenged... and the new Sheera cartoon needs a bigger rack, you SJWs!"

10 hours ago, Kiwi said:

That's so weird.  One can capitalize their first letters of the sentence, the other doesn't.  One omits the ' too...

10 hours ago, wolfy62 said:

Man,that's too bad. I liked 1001 lives.

I couldn't stand the other guy,however. 😄

The true man was LordRayken. Account create in november 2016. At this time, he wrote 8 messages, and all messages had the first letters of a sentence Capitalize !

Then in January of this year, comes 1001lives in this thread ! At first, he was very negative. After a while, he became more positive.

Then , here comes LordRayken in March of this year, and he decide he don't remember to capitalize first letters of a sentence, and almost every "I" become "i".

It was the easy way to differentiate the two personalities and hide they were only one !

Also, don't forget that it was 1001 lives that invited Tony TGD in this forum ! 🤔

So probably after Tony TGD was banned, it gave him this idea to have the other account to make his counter point !? (Maybe he forgot he had already an account when he created 1001 lives)

Not cool to discover this kind of thing. But one thing is certain, he is certainly not the only one to do so. 🤨

30 minutes ago, Blarneo said:

It's always interesting when the free speech wailers like Rave Dubin & Shen Bapiro deny the freedom of speech of those that disagree with them. "I have a right of my speech to go unchallenged... and the new Sheera cartoon needs a bigger rack, you SJWs!"

I have noticed it is the haters and trolls who are the first to cry foul for “fairness” whenever anything they see as even slightly unfair is said about them. However they can lie, insinuate, use fake accounts and issue personal attacks with no qualms what so ever.

2 hours ago, IntelliMission said:

 

I think you forgot one kind of people:

 

Professor X or the anxiety sufferer from Wanted?

2 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

I have noticed it is the haters and trolls who are the first to cry foul for “fairness” whenever anything they see as even slightly unfair is said about them. However they can lie, insinuate, use fake accounts and issue personal attacks with no qualms what so ever.

It's a front. Vast majority of "free speech crusaders" or "Anti-SJW" cares very little about freedom of speech. Just the freedom of their speech. 

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming,  gaming and the Intellivison Amico ...

... any guesses to the possible 7th pack-in game? Will you take the day off from work the day your FE or VIP is scheduled for delivery? Will delivery day be bigger than Xmas day? What's the first game you will play?

36 minutes ago, NTV said:

... any guesses to the possible 7th pack-in game?

He can try to have Snafoo or an Edutainment game.

36 minutes ago, NTV said:

Will you take the day off from work the day your FE or VIP is scheduled for delivery?

I had scheduled a complete week off. But I lost my job, so I don't know what will happen.

One thing is certain, I will not sleep much during these first days ...  lol

36 minutes ago, NTV said:

Will delivery day be bigger than Xmas day?

YES !

36 minutes ago, NTV said:

What's the first game you will play?

Great question ! I will look the Menu, the store etc.

Nothing in stone yet, but I will probably try Astrosmash with my son.

But Skiing ( Ski cross ) will be the one I that I will be the most looking forward to play !

Another great question you should add : Which game will you buy first ?

And this one is also really hard to answer.

Will be between Moon Patrol, Night Stalker, Burger Time, Frogger(?) and Auto Racing.

One thing is sure, I will have all of them the first day !

53 minutes ago, NTV said:

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming,  gaming and the Intellivison Amico ...

 

... any guesses to the possible 7th pack-in game? Will you take the day off from work the day your FE or VIP is scheduled for delivery? Will delivery day be bigger than Xmas day? What's the first game you will play?

7th pack-in? Probably Edutainment to round out the lineup so Blarneo's Math Fun

Taking the Day Off? Hell yes, already got my email autoresponder setup to inform people that I am currently suffering from amicoitis and will not be available for at least 24 hours

Deliver Day > Christmas? It is my Christmas & with the other Amico's soon on order it will be Christmas for several other folks too in the coming months

First Game: Probably skiing - and I never thought I would say that 8 months ago. It just look like a blast with a lot of hidden humor & challenges.

54 minutes ago, NTV said:

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming,  gaming and the Intellivison Amico ...

 

... any guesses to the possible 7th pack-in game? Will you take the day off from work the day your FE or VIP is scheduled for delivery? Will delivery day be bigger than Xmas day? What's the first game you will play?

Those are great questions,and thank you for the great idea!

I am going to take 10-10-2020 off of work.If the systems are coming then.

Its probably my next day off.....

Skiing and Baseball played first for me 😊👍

1 hour ago, NTV said:

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming,  gaming and the Intellivison Amico ...

Why is this line necessary? Who put you in charge?