Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

4 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

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

 

 

If I had 2 kids(or more) and am looking to buy them a gaming device, I just don't see how Amico has any competition in the market at all.  $250 isn't too far outside my 'cool uncle' limit of $100 per niece/nephew when buying Christmas gifts, either.  2 included controllers, plus the ability to use a smartphone to play?  Easy choice.  The buyer can imagine unboxing under the tree and everyone playing together later, after the morning madness has settled down. 

Hopefully the 'smartphone as controller' concept (genius!) will be heavily featured in marketing, so parents understand that more kids is not forcing them to buy more accessories.  Also, most parents are generally trying to spend the same amount on each kid.  A gift both kids can enjoy for one price simplifies the math at a time when people are stressed out and watching the bills pile up.  

Ken Kutaragi for the win!

Alan Miller is a co-founder of Activision who worked in the game industry until at least 2005. He's 68 though and don't know about his marital or relationship status.

1 minute ago, Swami said:

Alan Miller is a co-founder of Activision who worked in the game industry until at least 2005. He's 68 though and don't know about his marital or relationship status.

I don't think it'd be a Boomer. Anybody younger than 56 (the oldest Xer) I'd say.

5 minutes ago, Swami said:

Alan Miller

he's not on the list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_industry_people

Nevermind

9 minutes ago, Blarneo said:

Ken Kutaragi for the win!

 

Tommy's getting old but I don't think he is old enough to consider 69 as young. 🤪

On 5/4/2020 at 12:46 PM, OEB_Pete said:

p.s.  Can you give me the link to the episode where you are giving away an Amico when you hit 1,000 subscribers.  I want to promote that on our social media and hopefully see your sub numbers rise immediately!

On 5/4/2020 at 12:46 PM, OEB_Pete said:

here you go it is at the end, FYI I am only a few videos away from hitting 75 Amico Videos   Thanks again for giving me love man, means a lot!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXlgXeag8U&list=PLHuPnOybrhL8K393wxeeYNnT6C5mROr5x&index=14&t=0s

 

I've been watching youtube from the beginning. But I finally joined today just so I could subscribe to your channel Pete! I Love your enthusiasm! Fingers still crossed for Pitfall and River Raid Remakes! 

Please don't get upset guys! I had to do it. 

37 minutes ago, Zeptari1 said:

 

I've been watching youtube from the beginning. But I finally joined today just so I could subscribe to your channel Pete! I Love your enthusiasm! Fingers still crossed for Pitfall and River Raid Remakes! 

Well thank you so much, I appreciate it so much.  We are building and Amico Army

1 hour ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

OK, Im going back to my first pick J Allard until I hear officially otherwise    and a different name announced

Tommy said specifically that is wasn't J.  Although all signs point to him.

My final, and totally off the wall guess is... Tomonobu Itagaki.  He's about the right age, retired from Tecmo over ten years ago, has younger brothers, and it would definitely be a mic drop moment.  Plus he once credited Aerosmith and Steven Tyler with saving his life through their music.  So totally random guess, but it definitely would be huge announcement.

1 hour ago, Blarneo said:

Ken Kutaragi for the win!

 

I think he DOES fit the profile... and I've known him over 20+ years... but it's not him.

1 hour ago, Blarneo said:

I don't think it'd be a Boomer. Anybody younger than 56 (the oldest Xer) I'd say.

Correct.  This person is around my age (a little younger).  He was a kid when he was playing AND LOVING Intellivision.

P.S.  I believe our PRESS RELEASE about this person is going out on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.  So at least you all won't need to wait that long for the answer. 

29 minutes ago, OEB_Pete said:

Well thank you so much, I appreciate it so much.  We are building and Amico Army

Maybe we should keep it Italian in nature.

How about the Amico Mafia?

Hahahhaha!  

22 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Correct.  This person is around my age (a little younger).  He was a kid when he was playing AND LOVING Intellivision.

P.S.  I believe our PRESS RELEASE about this person is going out on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.  So at least you all won't need to wait that long for the answer. 

 

 

Now all signs really do point to J Allard.

or Jason Rubin.

6 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Only if @Albert is the programmer!  

I've had enough Deus Ex for one lifetime, the first game was a solid three years' of work, and the PS2 version at least another year (if not longer, I don't recall exactly).  I might be tempted to try my hand at a different game, though..

 ..Al

24 minutes ago, Albert said:

I've had enough Deus Ex for one lifetime, the first game was a solid three years' of work, and the PS2 version at least another year (if not longer, I don't recall exactly).  I might be tempted to try my hand at a different game, though..

 

 ..Al

That would be awesome!

Maybe it's a Message Board simulator where you have to find alt accounts and kick out forum rule breakers!

Oh wait... I'm sure you've had enough of that as well.

1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Maybe we should keep it Italian in nature.

How about the Amico Mafia?

Hahahhaha!  

 

 

Definitely mafia and I've already taken out a number of haters. 

3 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I did a bunch of games with Ed back in the early days.  Haven't seen him in years though.

 

 

awesome..he made my 2 favorite sports games on the Amiga Omni Play Basketball & Omni Play Horse Racing

On 4/21/2020 at 5:19 PM, Tommy Tallarico said:

How about others here??  Tell us the significance of your name you use in AA.

I will try to make this short. (I hope google translate was good ... 🙏)

So why Le Pionnier (The Pioneer) We have to look back 35 years ago ...

Already, at the end of my adolescence, when I started to write the story of my life (lol),

I noticed that I was often among the First (or the few) to participate in certain things.

So I thought it was appropriate to call myself "The Pioneer".

Here are some examples :

I attended a Baptist church when I was 8 or 9 years old.

Every Saturday there was a group outing for young adults (18 to 25 years old) which was organized by the church.

(1) When me and friends started our adolescence (around the age of 13) we became the first not to be adults to be able to participate in its outings. (Go to chalets, do sports, supper with believers etc.)

(2) I was also one of the first to be accepted into the Adult choir.

(3) Another example, but no longer related to the church, at the age of 15, I joined a bowling league.

It was very rare in the 1980s. It was reserved for adults, often quite old.

(4) When Jacques Villeneuve arrived in Formula 1, I had the idea of making an F1 "pool" ("Hockey pool" are very popular in Canada).

The following year, a newspaper had the same idea and produced a "Formula 1 pool".

(5) During the 1st year of "Deal or No Deal" with Howie Mandel, I found it so interesting that I created a computer program,

adding an "emotion" variable, and once a week I involved my friends who became an animator,

(communicating with the banker who was in another room with the program created on a computer),

a participant, those who open the boxes to discover the amounts, a small audience, etc.

We had great evenings, and I organized all kinds of other events (Formula D, and other board games).

So imagine that as soon as Amico comes out in October, I already have 8 weekends reserved to involve several friends and relatives.

I also want to know who will buy the consoles that I bought "in excess" ! 🙄😆

( I didn't take a chance because it is certain that Amico will be difficult to find between October and this Christmas ! Everyone will want to have this new friend ! 😉)

So this article pretty much summed up my feelings on next gen consoles.  The breakdown of how the generations like snes to n64 and how they made a hugh jump forward in gaming technology.  But as time moves on each new generation its been less of a jump. This next generation series x and ps5 will have improvements but will it be enough to unseat me from my xbox 1x ? No. 

So since this is a Q&A heres one for not just Tommy but to everyone here. Do you all feel that gaming is getting to a peak where its possible they could crash? Similar to 83? And if so do you see a system like the Amico doing alot better because of it?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2020/05/09/microsoft-just-showed-an-uncomfortable-truth-about-the-xbox-series-x-and-ps5/

1 hour ago, Albert said:

I've had enough Deus Ex for one lifetime, the first game was a solid three years' of work, and the PS2 version at least another year (if not longer, I don't recall exactly).  I might be tempted to try my hand at a different game, though..

 

 ..Al

Will you do an Amico Game ?

1 hour ago, vongruetz said:

Tommy said specifically that is wasn't J.  Although all signs point to him.

I guess we will see Tuesday. Maybe they just didnt want us to ruin the surprise?