Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

Lookie what just showed up at my door!

HOLY HELL!!!!!!!  This thing is HUGE!

My wife has been rolling her eyes at me ever since I opened it. 

1 minute ago, Intellivision collector said:

Change a few lyrics and Amico could have a new anthem 😀. 

Cue @AtariSociety!

9 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Lookie what just showed up at my door!

HOLY HELL!!!!!!!  This thing is HUGE!

My wife has been rolling her eyes at me ever since I opened it. 

 

You are now well equipped to record sounds for Amico ! 👍

Yo!,

Just wanted to let everyone know that today we hired an absolute game industry LEGEND as our Managing Director of Intellivision.  The game industry and press are gonna FREAK when they find out who is helping to work on Amico now!  Talk about a mic drop moment!

He's a friend who contacted me a few weeks ago.  He's been retired for over 10 years (yet still a young guy) and didn't think anything would ever get him out of retirement... until he saw what we were doing with Amico.  He was just calling to congratulate me on everything and how passionate he was about the entire concept behind Amico and how he's been banging the same drum since the 90's! (i.e. bringing people together and reaching a wider audience).  Him and his brother grew up playing Intellivision and it's the inspiration behind his gaming career and one of the most famous gaming products on the planet.  I said why don't you come and work with me on it!  He was blown away by the idea.  This is a guy who doesn't do things for money... but out of sheer passion.  By the next morning after speaking with his finance, he was all in and ready for the adventure!

The bad news is that I can't tell anyone who it is right now as we're putting together a big press release about it which should be out over the next few weeks.

But WOW! WOW! WOW!  Even hardcore gamers aren't gonna believe this one. 

@RxScram & @nurmix know who it is... I'm pretty sure they are over the moon and are both extremely ecstatic and impressed... but I'll let them talk about it in their own words (without giving any hints of who it is!!)

Score another BIG point for Intellivision today!!

Can't wait to share this info with the rest of the world!

27 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

If not for Keith... Amico wouldn't exist and Intellivision would have died a long time ago and/or ended up in the wrong hands (like SOME retro companies). 

 

Keith definitely had a vision for the Intellivision and his passion for the Intellivision was contagious.  He has to have the biggest grin watching down on what you’re doing with the Amico.  Keep up the great work. 

 

 

 

 

 

Just now, Intellivision collector said:

Keith definitely had a vision for the Intellivision and his passion for the Intellivision was contagious.  He has to have the biggest grin watching down on what you’re doing with the Amico.  Keep up the great work. 

24 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Lookie what just showed up at my door!

HOLY HELL!!!!!!!  This thing is HUGE!

My wife has been rolling her eyes at me ever since I opened it. 

 

Congrats!  I couldn't understand why a friend of mine was all freaked out about Crokinole until I saw his board and played a few games.  It's completely awesome and having a good quality board really enhances the fun.

Kudos also to the other excellent boardgames photobombing your new toy.  Some great choices lurking in the background there!  🙂 

59 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Lookie what just showed up at my door!

HOLY HELL!!!!!!!  This thing is HUGE!

My wife has been rolling her eyes at me ever since I opened it. 

 

Okay. I'm laughing but I should explain. 

Out of boredom and being stuck in the house, I pulled all my old Stargate SG1 season DVDs out of the closet and started watching them again.

That dining room is a shrine to Hathor! Eternal Queen and Goddess of your soul! You will bow before her and despair! 

Insolence!

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

See... what @cmart604 doesn't understand is this whole "Amico" thing is just a huge plot to get his boxed PlayCable!

😈

I know where @cmart604 lives, you and I can probably work out something for less than it is costing you for the Amico project 

59 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Lookie what just showed up at my door!

HOLY HELL!!!!!!!  This thing is HUGE!

My wife has been rolling her eyes at me ever since I opened it. 

 

I think we need to see another picture containing a Tommy for scale in lieu of a banana

59 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

Cue @AtariSociety!

I almost did a video on that last week!  hehehe

TJ

48 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yo!,

 

Just wanted to let everyone know that today we hired an absolute game industry LEGEND as our Managing Director of Intellivision.  The game industry and press are gonna FREAK when they find out who is helping to work on Amico now!  Talk about a mic drop moment!

He's a friend who contacted me a few weeks ago.  He's been retired for over 10 years (yet still a young guy) and didn't think anything would ever get him out of retirement... until he saw what we were doing with Amico.  He was just calling to congratulate me on everything and how passionate he was about the entire concept behind Amico and how he's been banging the same drum since the 90's! (i.e. bringing people together and reaching a wider audience).  Him and his brother grew up playing Intellivision and it's the inspiration behind his gaming career and one of the most famous gaming products on the planet.  I said why don't you come and work with me on it!  He was blown away by the idea.  This is a guy who doesn't do things for money... but out of sheer passion.  By the next morning after speaking with his finance, he was all in and ready for the adventure!

 

The bad news is that I can't tell anyone who it is right now as we're putting together a big press release about it which should be out over the next few weeks.

But WOW! WOW! WOW!  Even hardcore gamers aren't gonna believe this one. 

 

@RxScram & @nurmix know who it is... I'm pretty sure they are over the moon and are both extremely ecstatic and impressed... but I'll let them talk about it in their own words (without giving any hints of who it is!!)

 

Score another BIG point for Intellivision today!!

 

Can't wait to share this info with the rest of the world!

 

 

Congrats!  Sounds like a keeper.

Wishing him and IE many great years of success and happiness.

TJ

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Lookie what just showed up at my door!

HOLY HELL!!!!!!!  This thing is HUGE!

My wife has been rolling her eyes at me ever since I opened it. 

 

When this game showed up on this forum I downloaded the Android version of the game. Having a great time playing it and it has no ads, micro transactions, loot boxes , etc. How refreshing!

Thanks to our Canadian friends for the heads up.

Can't wait for the Amico version. There will be an Amico version right Tommy?

PS - Congrats on the new hire, can't wait to hear the details.

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Lookie what just showed up at my door!

HOLY HELL!!!!!!!  This thing is HUGE!

My wife has been rolling her eyes at me ever since I opened it. 

 

You actually ordered one because of the conversations the other day ? I could not stop laughing when I read this post just imagining it showing up on your doorstep. It’s awesome !!!!!!! I love it ! So we might see this on the Amico 😀

3 minutes ago, NTV said:

When this game showed up on this forum I downloaded the Android version of the game. Having a great time playing it and it has no ads, micro transactions, loot boxes , etc. How refreshing!

 

Thanks to our Canadian friends for the heads up.

 

Can't wait for the Amico version. There will be an Amico version right Tommy?

One additional bit of Crokinole trivia: It is canon in the Star Wars universe! The author of the novel "Ahsoka," E.K. Johnston, is Canadian and she decided to sneak some Canadiana into the story so she has the characters on one planet play "Crokin" with gameplay and rules that sound just like Crokinole!

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Crokin

6 minutes ago, BigDumer said:

One additional bit of Crokinole trivia: It is canon in the Star Wars universe! The author of the novel "Ahsoka," E.K. Johnston, is Canadian and she decided to sneak some Canadiana into the story so she has the characters on one planet play "Crokin" with gameplay and rules that sound just like Crokinole!

 

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Crokin

Interesting.  Thanks for sharing.

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yo!,

 

Just wanted to let everyone know that today we hired an absolute game industry LEGEND as our Managing Director of Intellivision.  The game industry and press are gonna FREAK when they find out who is helping to work on Amico now!  Talk about a mic drop moment!

He's a friend who contacted me a few weeks ago.  He's been retired for over 10 years (yet still a young guy) and didn't think anything would ever get him out of retirement... until he saw what we were doing with Amico.  He was just calling to congratulate me on everything and how passionate he was about the entire concept behind Amico and how he's been banging the same drum since the 90's! (i.e. bringing people together and reaching a wider audience).  Him and his brother grew up playing Intellivision and it's the inspiration behind his gaming career and one of the most famous gaming products on the planet.  I said why don't you come and work with me on it!  He was blown away by the idea.  This is a guy who doesn't do things for money... but out of sheer passion.  By the next morning after speaking with his finance, he was all in and ready for the adventure!

 

The bad news is that I can't tell anyone who it is right now as we're putting together a big press release about it which should be out over the next few weeks.

But WOW! WOW! WOW!  Even hardcore gamers aren't gonna believe this one. 

 

@RxScram & @nurmix know who it is... I'm pretty sure they are over the moon and are both extremely ecstatic and impressed... but I'll let them talk about it in their own words (without giving any hints of who it is!!)

 

Score another BIG point for Intellivision today!!

 

Can't wait to share this info with the rest of the world!

 

 

Congratulations Tommy on the new hire.

3 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yeah... a pirate game would be cool.  Maybe it could be a whole side story line for the pirates in Utopia!

or better yet, a side story or add on to Sea Battle.  Instead of battleships and destroyers there is a mode for Galleons and corvettes?

19 minutes ago, The Atari Creep said:

 

Ya gotta be QUICKER than that in order to beat @Intellivision Master!!!

Thanks for the video Chris!  Here's the info that you asked about in the video. The $50 RFID Golden Ticket for the Founders Edition (and the $25 RFID card for the VIP's and Limited Edition at GameStop) is strictly for the Amico Game Shop (i.e. our online game store). It is not for merchandise... only games. For the Founders Edition the albums are digital AND physical!! $15 each = $30.

Side note: I like to also add a $50 - $60 second controller as well! (i.e. every new base model console over the past 30 years has ONLY come with 1 separate controller!).

56 minutes ago, NTV said:

When this game showed up on this forum I downloaded the Android version of the game. Having a great time playing it and it has no ads, micro transactions, loot boxes , etc. How refreshing!

 

Thanks to our Canadian friends for the heads up.

 

Can't wait for the Amico version. There will be an Amico version right Tommy?

 

PS - Congrats on the new hire, can't wait to hear the details.

Yeah!  We've already played it a few times and really enjoy it!  TOTALLY making a game for Amico!!!!!!

54 minutes ago, Cranker said:

You actually ordered one because of the conversations the other day ? I could not stop laughing when I read this post just imagining it showing up on your doorstep. It’s awesome !!!!!!! I love it ! So we might see this on the Amico 😀

Yep!  I sure did!  It was almost $400!! 

Yes... definitely making a game for Amico!

Imagine being able to play this on your big screen for only $9.99 or less!  Definitely gotta use motion controls and the touch screen as well. 

52 minutes ago, BigDumer said:

One additional bit of Crokinole trivia: It is canon in the Star Wars universe! The author of the novel "Ahsoka," E.K. Johnston, is Canadian and she decided to sneak some Canadiana into the story so she has the characters on one planet play "Crokin" with gameplay and rules that sound just like Crokinole!

 

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Crokin

The rabbit hole goes even deeper!  Nice!!!!!!