Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

1 hour ago, Swami said:

I died from a glitch. I got stuck in a corner and couldn't move....😟

Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

My Mom always used that excuse when she played Intellivision. "This control thing doesn't work!" 😆

2 hours ago, CurlyQ said:

 

 

I think someone is going to mod the original intellivision with Amico bits

3 hours ago, CurlyQ said:

 

 

DROOL!

Sign me up!

On 5/5/2020 at 6:08 AM, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

Thanks!!

 

5 of those are already being talked about with their respective owners. 

Thank you for your reply!

Good luck with those five respective owners.  Once they see Amico's tremendous value, they'll be tripping over themselves to get on board.

Here are a few more obscure but fun arcade games that might be a great fit for the Amico...I know you're a busy man so this will be my last list 😉

 

Blueprint by Midway (Ported to Atari 2600/5200)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GRBE3Wj_lg

Bubbles by Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twc_PKg80-Q

Domino Man by Midway 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV3eS3s5ENI

Monster Bash by Sega
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51Y33eJ48M

Pengo by Sega (ported to Atari 5200)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q3bNHvj92c

Radical Radial by Nichibutsu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s39opyK-PWE

Rock n Rope by Konami (ported to Colecovision)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow4Vn0_M6rA&t=365s

Wizard of Wor by Midway (Ta ta ta ta!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lodc0kFYuo

You are a true "21st century CEO" by utilizing the internet to its maximum potential: Youtube videos, Facebook activity, Atari age stuff, and everything else that you're doing right.  As for the haters, it's like the old Aristotle saying goes: "“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” By 2021 they're probably going to buy an Amico for themselves!
Thanks again!

16 minutes ago, skylinesandsunsets said:

Thank you for your reply!

Good luck with those five respective owners.  Once they see Amico's tremendous value, they'll be tripping over themselves to get on board.

 

Here are a few more obscure but fun arcade games that might be a great fit for the Amico...I know you're a busy man so this will be my last list 😉

 

Blueprint by Midway (Ported to Atari 2600/5200)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GRBE3Wj_lg

 

Bubbles by Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twc_PKg80-Q

 

Domino Man by Midway 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV3eS3s5ENI

 

Monster Bash by Sega
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51Y33eJ48M

Pengo by Sega (ported to Atari 5200)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q3bNHvj92c

 

Radical Radial by Nichibutsu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s39opyK-PWE

 

Rock n Rope by Konami (ported to Colecovision)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow4Vn0_M6rA&t=365s

 

Wizard of Wor by Midway (Ta ta ta ta!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lodc0kFYuo

 

You are a true "21st century CEO" by utilizing the internet to its maximum potential: Youtube videos, Facebook activity, Atari age stuff, and everything else that you're doing right.  As for the haters, it's like the old Aristotle saying goes: "“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” By 2021 they're probably going to buy an Amico for themselves!
Thanks again!

I would love to see Wizard of wor reimagined !!!! Perfect multiplayer fun for the Amico. Maybe 4 players 😀

On 7/5/2020 at 19:38, RxScram said:

Continuate a indovinare le persone! @ Tommy Tallarico mi ha proibito di dare qualche suggerimento, ma finora ci sono stati alcuni grandi commenti!

I try to guess too .... I say Tom Kalinske was a great President of Sega of America!  He is a bit old, but who knows ....

On 8/5/2020 at 02:39, bigdaddygamestudio said:

beh, la mia ipotesi sembra essere ancora sposata, quindi è probabilmente sbagliato, ma dovrebbero comunque cercare di ottenere questo ragazzo come tutoraggio . Se vuoi sconfiggere Nintendo, perché non prendi il ragazzo che l'ha quasi  fatto.

Tom Kalinske

That's right, he also worked at Mattel before Sega.  He would be the right man, it is also my hypothesis.

Tom Kalinske is 75. Some say 75 is the new 35, but...

I think we're looking for a younger man.

17 minutes ago, IntelliMission said:

Tom Kalinske ha 75 anni. Alcuni dicono che 75 è il nuovo 35, ma ...

 

Penso che stiamo cercando un uomo più giovane.

It's true, but until Tommy tells me it's not him, I keep hoping.  I have a lot of respect for Tom.

I keep hoping for our man to be Romero, Carmack, one of the Spyro/Crash Bandicoot guys or the creator of the Sims, but I don't think they meet the necessary criteria.

8 hours ago, CurlyQ said:

 

 

Awwww, maaaaaaannnnnnn that's just too good!  My head exploded.

On 5/4/2020 at 9:40 AM, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

 

Oh CRAP!  Okay!  Yes... of course.  I just didn't recognize your username here.  Hahahha!

Here's the O.L.S.H. graduation pic...  but I don't see you in it?

 

 

 

Yeah... my dad was huge into ancient coins and Egyptian antiquities (hence why you see my dining room the way it is in THIS video). 

He would donate a bunch of common 2,000 - 3,000 year old Egyptian coins to some of our class fundraisers (auctions, bake sales, etc.) so you probably got it at one of those.

Very cool!! 

 

Thanks so MUCH for posting this! It took me a couple minutes to find myself. See attached photo.

So many names I've forgotten over time. I can honestly remember about 10 peoples names.  But you sharing this was so awesome, I can't say this enough! 

BTW I found the group photos I took back in the day a couple nights ago. So If you need me to resend them just let me know.

Such a cool dining room. I have the sudden urge to watch the movie Stargate. Great flick. 

Now back to the topic at hand:

Was talking to the wife about the Amico just now. Here's what we love about it so far:

GREAT VALUE... 2 controllers and 6 games included!

Auto adjust for players of different skill levels. <<-- this is a massive selling point for us. 

Every single game is couch co-op! WOW 

Price! All games under $10!

High score for place and time, I love this one!

I still don't understand what Rfid is. I'm off to research this now.

Rick

On 5/4/2020 at 1:19 PM, timbofry1 said:

You guys must know the Thompson Speedway in Connecticut, no?  That's where I grew up...and I had TCR racing too!

Never made it there. Just Stafford Speedway & New Hampshire Speedway. I made it out to Lime Rock Park ( limerock.com ) for the first time a couple years ago with my nephew, He's a big Vette guy. 

On 5/4/2020 at 2:30 PM, ASalvaro said:

notice the price on Locomotion? $3.99? that wasn't a misprint thats what it was NEW..i got it at Toys R Us when it first came out for $4.99 

That's insane! Why was it so cheap for a new game?

On 5/8/2020 at 12:16 AM, IntelliMission said:

By the way, i just found a Wikipedia page that shouldn't really exist but can be very helpful for our quest: List of video game industry people. Many of the names we've said are there.

The person is in the COMPANY OFFICERS section.

22 hours ago, ColdCoffee said:

The trolls always put down the Amico controllers as Zunes or Ipods. I think J Allard is a good guess given the position hinted at is less about game development. 

That would be pretty hilarious.  Yeah... they would say that J helped us to design our controllers to look like Zunes!  

12 hours ago, CurlyQ said:

 

 

OMG!!  So awesome!!   I gotta do one of these at some point!

Exclusively sold at C-MART... right from his back room (as he would be the person who would buy every single one of them before anyone else had a chance).

@cmart604

9 hours ago, skylinesandsunsets said:

You are a true "21st century CEO" by utilizing the internet to its maximum potential: Youtube videos, Facebook activity, Atari age stuff, and everything else that you're doing right.  As for the haters, it's like the old Aristotle saying goes: "“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” By 2021 they're probably going to buy an Amico for themselves!
Thanks again!

Thanks!  I really appreciate it.

GREAT Aristotle quote!!!!

37 minutes ago, Zeptari1 said:

Thanks so MUCH for posting this! It took me a couple minutes to find myself. See attached photo.

So many names I've forgotten over time. I can honestly remember about 10 peoples names.  But you sharing this was so awesome, I can't say this enough! 

 

BTW I found the group photos I took back in the day a couple nights ago. So If you need me to resend them just let me know.

 

Such a cool dining room. I have the sudden urge to watch the movie Stargate. Great flick. 

 

Now back to the topic at hand:

 

Was talking to the wife about the Amico just now. Here's what we love about it so far:

 

GREAT VALUE... 2 controllers and 6 games included!

Auto adjust for players of different skill levels. <<-- this is a massive selling point for us. 

Every single game is couch co-op! WOW 

Price! All games under $10!

High score for place and time, I love this one!

 

I still don't understand what Rfid is. I'm off to research this now.

 

Rick

 

 

 

AHHHH!!!!   Yes!  There you are!!  Right next to the "Beech".  

Woody Hines & Bill Blair right in front of you (I remember everyone's names from my childhood... but suck at remembering peoples names in my adult life).  

I started a O.L.S.H. class of '82 Facebook page awhile ago.  If you're on Facebook... you should join us!  Lots of old pics from back in the day.

YES!!  Send me some old pics!  I'll post them on the Facebook page if you're not on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/57582194313/

The Company Officers section is full of legends like Miyamoto, Molyneux, Romero and Sam Houser... If our man is also more a creator than a manager as Tommy suggested, he must be someone quite important. I'm starting to get Romero vibes all over the place.

40 minutes ago, Zeptari1 said:

Was talking to the wife about the Amico just now. Here's what we love about it so far:

 

GREAT VALUE... 2 controllers and 6 games included!

Auto adjust for players of different skill levels. <<-- this is a massive selling point for us. 

Every single game is couch co-op! WOW 

Price! All games under $10!

High score for place and time, I love this one!

 

Simplicity & Value!  Always at the top of our focus testing as well.  Also.... SAFE for kids.

1 minute ago, IntelliMission said:

The Company Officers section is full of legends like Miyamoto, Molyneux, Romero and Sam Houser... If our man is also more a creator than a manager as Tommy suggested, he must be someone quite important. I'm starting to get Romero vibes all over the place.

 

 

Not Romero.

Good friend... but not him.

16 minutes ago, Zeptari1 said:

That's insane! Why was it so cheap for a new game?

Because the industry was crashing and everyone was trying to get rid of inventory.