Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

12 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

Tommy,

 

Will there be a news option on the main menu/home screen of the Amico?  Also, will there be a coming soon category in the Amico shop, showing which digital titles are coming in the weeks/months ahead?

I like the idea of a pre-order. On the day of release, it's installed automagically.

37 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

No reason.  I just like to put up videos here and there.  But if it's a problem I'll stop.  It seems like most everyone here likes the videos.  

Keep doing what you are doing.

It's all in good fun and posted with a positive meaning.  That's all that really matters here!👍

2 minutes ago, wolfy62 said:

Keep doing what you are doing.

It's all in good fun and posted with a positive meaning.  That's all that really matters here!👍

Thanks.  I agree.  

1 hour ago, Intellivision Master said:

No reason.  I just like to put up videos here and there.  But if it's a problem I'll stop.  It seems like most everyone here likes the videos.  

I wouldn't generalize like that.

This is a QA thread for Tommy. Posting a video of every Intellivision game ever released is not asking a question.

Anyone can google for videos of Intellivision games and Tommy has said this isn't going to be primarily a retro remakes console.

10 hours ago, Swami said:

I was thinking about that. I wondered if the stylus points circular motion involved might be hard on the screen with all the back and forth. Will there be screen protectors like for smart phones?

Doesn't really need them.  But if anyone wanted to be super duper careful... they could always just cut any mobile screen protector and put it on the touchscreen.

1 hour ago, Intellivision Master said:

Tommy,

 

Will there be a news option on the main menu/home screen of the Amico?  Also, will there be a coming soon category in the Amico shop, showing which digital titles are coming in the weeks/months ahead?

Yep!

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

Yep!

 

That's cool.

On 5/19/2020 at 8:21 AM, Craig Parker said:

Did anyone do a high-res screen grab of the Wonka book in Pete’s video?  🤔

Yeah, I tried...

Here we can make out "Accessories" which he does mention later in Pete's video. I can't seem to make anything else out of that page though.

Same thing, but I can't read anything on the second page either.

Here's another where I can make out something"Pre-order" and is probably the clearest image. This cuts off half of the page anyway

The first line is soundtracks and the second is maybe "particular camf" but I'm not confident on the last word there. Third line might be GHiF recel RFiD - no idea, but it sounds like something I wouldn't understand anyway if it is a real thing. Of the fourth line I can make out "Ziff" and something else after that and the fifth line goes "to Fa...tes" but even then there's no context before that.

Now text aside, I did a bit of research into the Wonka Bar book itself from the seller pages. Two sources should be enough here.

https://www.sears.com/the-coop-wwco339-the-coop-willy-wonka-bar/p-A069151754

https://www.amazon.com/Willy-Wonka-Journal-not-machine-specific/dp/B06XZCCSZ8

From the Amazon page. The Sears page says there's 120 pages though, not that it matters.

In a couple frames he was near the back so I assume that he's filled in over a hundred pages of his ideas all on the Amico and at that I forget why this is important for me to show. It's just proof that Tommy has a ton of ideas I guess.

I can't say I'm the best at this but if we could bring in the guys working to uncover all the Paper Mario gimmicks from the trailer I'm sure we could get a few of these pages leaked. 🙂

35 minutes ago, SpectreFighter said:

Yeah, I tried...

Here we can make out "Accessories" which he does mention later in Pete's video. I can't seem to make anything else out of that page though.

Same thing, but I can't read anything on the second page either.

Here's another where I can make out something"Pre-order" and is probably the clearest image. This cuts off half of the page anyway

 

The first line is soundtracks and the second is maybe "particular camf" but I'm not confident on the last word there. Third line might be GHiF recel RFiD - no idea, but it sounds like something I wouldn't understand anyway if it is a real thing. Of the fourth line I can make out "Ziff" and something else after that and the fifth line goes "to Fa...tes" but even then there's no context before that.

 

Now text aside, I did a bit of research into the Wonka Bar book itself from the seller pages. Two sources should be enough here.

https://www.sears.com/the-coop-wwco339-the-coop-willy-wonka-bar/p-A069151754

https://www.amazon.com/Willy-Wonka-Journal-not-machine-specific/dp/B06XZCCSZ8

From the Amazon page. The Sears page says there's 120 pages though, not that it matters.

In a couple frames he was near the back so I assume that he's filled in over a hundred pages of his ideas all on the Amico and at that I forget why this is important for me to show. It's just proof that Tommy has a ton of ideas I guess.

 

I can't say I'm the best at this but if we could bring in the guys working to uncover all the Paper Mario gimmicks from the trailer I'm sure we could get a few of these pages leaked. 🙂

 

Fortunately Tommy encrypts all of his hand written notes with the same method I use - terrible hand writing   However that last image page looks decipherable. it is referring to the Founders Pre Order Bonuses I think and says "soundtracks" then "lenticular card", "gift card RFID" and something I can't make out (the Ziff words) and then "to Founders".

Unrelated side note, somehow I managed to have a daughter who has meticulous hand writing and even her class notes look like a handwriting font more than natural writing. She is also a wiz at calligraphy and cake decorating - disgusting 😜

Here's my humble opinion on the last pages: less random videos, more Tommy's notes deciphering. 🤓

10 hours ago, Relicgamer said:

Im cool with it,  also brings up the past games that could be reimagined. Saw buzz bombers on here and went off looking for it ended up finding a lot of 12 games for 48 bucks and buzz bombers and 5 other games that I didn't had in ky collection.  So keep them coming 

Well, somebody in Kentucky must have them.😇

First page top says Intellivision Overlays. The fourth line looks like “Winky lariat rat = 4”

46 minutes ago, Swami said:

The fourth line looks like “Winky lariat rat = 4”

45 minutes ago, Swami said:

First page top says Intellivision Overlays. The fourth line looks like “Winky lariat rat = 4”

I was thinking top one was Controller Overlays.  Third line I think says SD card.  4th line "Stinky lanyard rot = 4"  🤔

4 hours ago, SpectreFighter said:

Yeah, I tried...

Here we can make out "Accessories" which he does mention later in Pete's video. I can't seem to make anything else out of that page though.

Same thing, but I can't read anything on the second page either.

Here's another where I can make out something"Pre-order" and is probably the clearest image. This cuts off half of the page anyway

 

The first line is soundtracks and the second is maybe "particular camf" but I'm not confident on the last word there. Third line might be GHiF recel RFiD - no idea, but it sounds like something I wouldn't understand anyway if it is a real thing. Of the fourth line I can make out "Ziff" and something else after that and the fifth line goes "to Fa...tes" but even then there's no context before that.

 

Now text aside, I did a bit of research into the Wonka Bar book itself from the seller pages. Two sources should be enough here.

https://www.sears.com/the-coop-wwco339-the-coop-willy-wonka-bar/p-A069151754

https://www.amazon.com/Willy-Wonka-Journal-not-machine-specific/dp/B06XZCCSZ8

From the Amazon page. The Sears page says there's 120 pages though, not that it matters.

In a couple frames he was near the back so I assume that he's filled in over a hundred pages of his ideas all on the Amico and at that I forget why this is important for me to show. It's just proof that Tommy has a ton of ideas I guess.

 

I can't say I'm the best at this but if we could bring in the guys working to uncover all the Paper Mario gimmicks from the trailer I'm sure we could get a few of these pages leaked. 🙂

 

Hahahahaha!!

YOU GUYS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!   hahaha!

Gonna get me in trouble.

j/k.

That 3rd image is a separate page and much earlier in the book.  It was all the things to offer for the VIP Pre-Order.  It's not Ziff.  It's part of "Merchandise 25% off".  The % the way it's written looks like a "z".

The first 2 images are all of the accessories that we're doing and mostly everything on that page has not been announced yet. 

3 hours ago, IntelliMission said:

Here's my humble opinion on the last pages: less random videos, more Tommy's notes deciphering. 🤓

From my perspective it's pretty funny and entertaining to see how you are all guessing. 

A new game idea maybe?  (cue @CurlyQ box cover).

1 hour ago, Swami said:

First page top says Intellivision Overlays. The fourth line looks like “Winky lariat rat = 4”

Hahahahaha!!

Holy crap that's funny.  Especially considering what it really says.

50 minutes ago, haplo13 said:

I was thinking top one was Controller Overlays.  Third line I think says SD card.  4th line "Stinky lanyard rot = 4"  🤔

2 out of 3 ain't bad!

I wonder which 2?

We had a free ad appear in Old School Gamer Magazine today!  It's in the middle and the back cover.

Obviously this was something super simple targeted to the retro audience, but just thought that I would share it with the group here.

16 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

The first 2 images are all of the accessories that we're doing and mostly everything on that page has not been announced yet. 

 

First line : Controller ...    ( Can't see the rest ... )

Third Line :  SD  ***** card   64 !      (WoW Thank you Tommy ! We will have a 64 GB sd card with the system ! 😉  lol )

We had a free ad appear in Old School Gamer Magazine today!  It's in the middle and the back cover.
 
Obviously this was something super simple targeted to the retro audience, but just thought that I would share it with the group here.
 

2 hours ago, Blarneo said:

Well, somebody in Kentucky must have them.😇

Tommy, any chance of getting a pic of the baseball diamond posted?

I definitely saw Call of Duty in Tommys' notes.

And you kan't spell Kool without Kentucky.

25 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

We had a free ad appear in Old School Gamer Magazine today!  It's in the middle and the back cover.

 

Obviously this was something super simple targeted to the retro audience, but just thought that I would share it with the group here.

 

I saw the Allard press release come up in their RSS feed yesterday:

https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/intellivision-entertainment-adds-renowned-game-industry-veteran-j-allard-as-global-managing-director/

And Tommy, any pinball games in development for Amico? Seems like a perfect match.

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