Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

So looks like Phil Spencer likes the idea too.  

19 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Thanks!!

Yeah... it was really funny when you guys were pulling old J interviews from 15 years ago where he's talking about Simple Fun and bringing people together no matter what their skill level.

 

We had a good laugh over that!!

 

He really is SO PERFECT!!

Is he aware he is contractually obligated to follow the Atari Age forums and post daily in this thread? 

(hopefully it's not to late to scribble that in crayon into his contract before he notices) 

17 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

I was going to say about Kool-aid stand.  Lol.

and you dont pay in dollars but SHILLings.

Phil Spencer has 600K followers on Twitter. His Amico message has 20 replies in 30 minutes. Today is a great day for Intellivision Entertainment.

Just now, IntelliMission said:

Phil Spencer has 600K followers on Twitter. His Amico message has 20 replies in 30 minutes. Today is a great day for Intellivision Entertainment.

It will be a day long remembered.  

30 minutes ago, Cranker said:

I don’t care what Pat and Ian Have to say. It’s best not to give them any More attention or publicity of any type.  Why should we care ?  😎

Agreed. 

It feels like with today’s announcement of Allard, it’s a good time to put a line in the sand and leave the haters behind... leave those folks to play by themselves in the kiddie sandbox reserved for people whose contribution to the discussion has little (if any) value, and doesn’t appear based on any sort of reality. 

If there is going to be doubts about Amico’s success, I’d rather hear from people who can thoughtfully articulate their thoughts and engage in a meaningful conversation with Tommy, Allard, etc.

I imagine Covid is going to mess with the release date to some degree, but without that, we’d be about 5 months away from release. Five months!! This is no time to waste efforts on the people who just don’t get it and are entrenched in hating it. There are more exciting things to talk about.

8 minutes ago, IntelliMission said:

Phil Spencer has 600K followers on Twitter. His Amico message has 20 replies in 30 minutes. Today is a great day for Intellivision Entertainment.

684.4K to be more precise.... but who is counting?

7 minutes ago, Jake67 said:

Agreed. 

 

It feels like with today’s announcement of Allard, it’s a good time to put a line in the sand and leave the haters behind... leave those folks to play by themselves in the kiddie sandbox reserved for people whose contribution to the discussion has little (if any) value, and doesn’t appear based on any sort of reality. 

 

If there is going to be doubts about Amico’s success, I’d rather hear from people who can thoughtfully articulate their thoughts and engage in a meaningful conversation with Tommy, Allard, etc.

 

I imagine Covid is going to mess with the release date to some degree, but without that, we’d be about 5 months away from release. Five months!! This is no time to waste efforts on the people who just don’t get it and are entrenched in hating it. There are more exciting things to talk about.

I wholeheartedly agree Jake, let the Pat and Ian hate show have ZERO views!

55 minutes ago, BiffMan said:

I didn't misread... My reality wins! 🙂

 

From the Venture Beat article:

"But Allard also remembered his roots. As a gamer, he grew up with the original Intellivision and published his first game Lemonade Stand in the early 80’s for the TRS-80 Color Computer." 

16 minutes ago, Jake67 said:

Agreed. 

 

It feels like with today’s announcement of Allard, it’s a good time to put a line in the sand and leave the haters behind... leave those folks to play by themselves in the kiddie sandbox reserved for people whose contribution to the discussion has little (if any) value, and doesn’t appear based on any sort of reality. 

 

If there is going to be doubts about Amico’s success, I’d rather hear from people who can thoughtfully articulate their thoughts and engage in a meaningful conversation with Tommy, Allard, etc.

 

I imagine Covid is going to mess with the release date to some degree, but without that, we’d be about 5 months away from release. Five months!! This is no time to waste efforts on the people who just don’t get it and are entrenched in hating it. There are more exciting things to talk about.

All of this news has reminded me of my days when I was working as a game buyer in Montreal. We sold to blockbuster and other Video rental Stores that rented video games which was basically all of them at the time. I worked at this job from 1994-2006. I went to all of the E3 shows. The first one was the biggest thrill with mario64 on display !!!! I was in heaven. The games , the booths , the meetings , the atmosphere and of course the S.W.A.G. !! They game away so much stuff in those days. I was cleaning my garage the other day and I found a few huge boxes filled with video game t-Shirts and lots of other stuff I got from the E3 conventions and from the game manufacturers. I must have have over 100 t shirts brand new in storage !! Those were the days !!! Loved that job !! 

54 minutes ago, OEB_Pete said:

What did I miss? Anything new happening?  I slept in.

41 minutes ago, LePionnier said:

Will Lemonade be changed for Kool-aid ! ? 🤣 lol

Nah... that's for another...

"Wouldn't That Be Something!™"

2 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Nah... that's for another...

 

"Wouldn't That Be Something!™"

Just dont make us send in Kool aid proof of purchases to get the free Kool Aid game like in the past.  Im too old for that much Kool aid, it would likely kill me or put me in a month long diabetic shock 

Can anyone tell me if the Amico has shipped yet?

I have a craving like a pregnant woman and it ain't pickles with horseradish on them.

TJ

🥰

Wow... By the looks of it, so many hardcore gamers have just learnt about the Amico thanks to Mr. Spencer. Check out the comments, and the tweet has 600 likes in 1 hour.

Talk about free promotion right there.

48 minutes ago, vongruetz said:

So looks like Phil Spencer likes the idea too.  

 

What I find cool is not only his tweet... but the positivity in the comments section. 

Looks like a few more people finished their morning coffee (and probably a few did a spit take while drinking it 😉)

https://www.engadget.com/xbox-j-allard-intellivision-165449191.html

https://www.polygon.com/2020/5/14/21258715/j-allard-intellivision-amico

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/microsoft-legend-xbox-co-founder-j-allard-back-game-launch-new-intellivision-console/

https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/362975/INTELLIVISION_ENTERTAINMENT_ADDS_RENOWNED_GAME_INDUSTRY_VETERAN_J_ALLARD_AS_GLOBAL_MANAGING_DIRECTOR.php

https://news.yahoo.com/xbox-j-allard-intellivision-165449191.html

Tommy shows up about 30 minutes into the video.  By the way good interview.  

1 hour ago, vongruetz said:

So looks like Phil Spencer likes the idea too.  

 

First really nice tweet from Phil. If he only wanted to wish J the best, he could have easily just chopped out that first sentence. Also pretty clear that the Amico is on the big boy's radar.

18 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

What I find cool is not only his tweet... but the positivity in the comments section. 

 

 

Tommy, congrats this is a huge deal and one of the icons in gaming that got me to buy an XBox, I bought it on his vision for the productm mostly.  This might be a good time to drop a surprise VIP edition sale  

2 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

First really nice tweet from Phil. If he only wanted to wish J the best, he could have easily just chopped out that first sentence. Also pretty clear that the Amico is on the big boy's radar.

I was thinking the same thing.  Amico's gravitas seems to have increased a little today.

And to think, this is all being done without any marketing or advertising.  Makes you wonder what will happen when that effort starts.

32 minutes ago, AtariSociety said:

Can anyone tell me if the Amico has shipped yet?

I have a craving like a pregnant woman and it ain't pickles with horseradish on them.

TJ

🥰

 

where ya been?? i already have an Amico emulator!