Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

5 hours ago, Stoke said:

What up. I won a hat! I am stoked on the Amico and can't wait to play it with my daughter (soon to be 5).

 

I loved my og Intellivision as a kid. My uncle worked for Mattel Electronics, and I got to tour the facilities with my brother. I can still remember him bragging that the Intellivision lasted longer under freezing conditions than Atari.

 

I am not a gamer, and this system has caught my interest.  I have a Founders Edition on order.

 

I really respect Tommy Tallarico for putting himself and the company on the open like he has.  I have been lurking for awhile.

 

Yo Stoke!!,

Thanks for posting and joining in the conversation!

Oddly enough... we're going through those same FREEZING tests as well! 

I love that you're not a gamer and the system has caught your attention.  Further proof of how big our audience can be! 

QUESTION:  Where did you first hear about Amico?

Thank you for the kind words and support.  We wanted to approach Amico in a very different and transparent way.  We wanted to take folks on the journey with us.

Thank you for being a part of the community and please let me know if you ever have any questions.

Hope to see you around more!

5 hours ago, Stoke said:

What up. I won a hat! I am stoked on the Amico and can't wait to play it with my daughter (soon to be 5).

 

I loved my og Intellivision as a kid. My uncle worked for Mattel Electronics, and I got to tour the facilities with my brother. I can still remember him bragging that the Intellivision lasted longer under freezing conditions than Atari.

 

I am not a gamer, and this system has caught my interest.  I have a Founders Edition on order.

 

I really respect Tommy Tallarico for putting himself and the company on the open like he has.  I have been lurking for awhile.

 

Oh!  p.s.  CONGRATS on winning the hat!!!

5 hours ago, sramirez2008 said:

Yes!!! Major League Baseball and Evel's Skycycle X-2 rocket...awesomesauce!

 

Yeah!  We're doing a whole new style of up to 4 player multiplayer with the rockets!!

EXCLUSIVELY on Amico!!
(the haters HATE IT when I say that).

3 hours ago, nightmonkeyii said:

Speedball ii brutal deluxe on the amiga is also a brilliant game, which has been remade, as speedball ii evolution, with tilt controls! Looks like its all ready to be ported. The bitmap brothers have been around the traps for a while

 

 

Bitmap Brothers you say...  ??

"Wouldn't That Be Something?™"

28 minutes ago, CurlyQ said:

I'm starting to think he's hacking into our e-mails.

4 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yeah!  We're doing a whole new style of up to 4 player multiplayer with the rockets!!

EXCLUSIVELY on Amico!!
(the haters HATE IT when I say that).

 

 

Sweet! I’ll challenge the family to see who can make it across Snake River Canyon.

Estes should have made a model rocket based on the Skycycle. I would have added it to my fleet. Need to get back into that hobby.

Just got this from our PR team about the press release so far today...

"We wanted to share that the press release is doing well on the wire with 144 total press pick-ups and over 135 million impressions."

🥰

🏆

31 minutes ago, CurlyQ said:

I am glad @RxScram is finally getting getting his own game on the Amico in @CurlyQ’s Future Vision TV. I wonder if it is a nuclear reactor simulator or a Lunar Lander knockoff with the Mars Lander instead? 

Just a suggestion, but with many schools likely closing again this fall and with parents likely in need of a break anyway they could get them, I think if you are thinking of doing a free game demo etc this fall, an edutainment one would be the way to go. The demo if long enough and fun enough may really open the eyes of the parent demographic you are going after.  It could be a very welcoming way to introduce them to the existence of the amico.  

9 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Just got this from our PR team about the press release so far today...

 

"We wanted to share that the press release is doing well on the wire with 144 total press pick-ups and over 135 million impressions."

 

🥰

🏆

That's awesome! Can't wait to see video of Baseball at some point in the hopefully not too distant future. 

2 minutes ago, cmart604 said:

That's awesome! Can't wait to see video of Baseball at some point in the hopefully not too distant future

yeah im anxious to see how it looks as well

21 minutes ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

yeah im anxious to see how it looks as well

Of course probably one big reason we haven’t seen anything yet is people would be like “hey isn’t that the real Boston Red Sox logo on their uniforms, you can’t use that without... oh wait”.  
 

Hopefully we can see some in the near future now that cat is out of the bag.

25 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Just got this from our PR team about the press release so far today...

 

"We wanted to share that the press release is doing well on the wire with 144 total press pick-ups and over 135 million impressions."

 

🥰

🏆

Congrats to the you and the IE team. Huge news and feel the train is starting to pull out of the station. Looking forward to the ride. 
 

Thanks for all your time you spend here with us!

2 hours ago, CurlyQ said:

I see what you did there!  😀

2 hours ago, GrudgeQ said:

I am glad @RxScram is finally getting getting his own game on the Amico in @CurlyQ’s Future Vision TV. I wonder if it is a nuclear reactor simulator or a Lunar Lander knockoff with the Mars Lander instead? 

RxScram? You'll obviously be chasing doctors away with a barb-wired bat. Maybe sicking your pitbull on them. Who knew?

Hey Tommy I have an if question for you I’m not sure if you will have an answer yet or not but wanted to check.  If the release date ends up getting moved will you be moving the final payment date for those of us that preordered the system or will the payment date still be September?

4 hours ago, Alpha82 said:

Hey Tommy I have an if question for you I’m not sure if you will have an answer yet or not but wanted to check.  If the release date ends up getting moved will you be moving the final payment date for those of us that preordered the system or will the payment date still be September?

The final payment will be just before shipping when they will ask you if you still want it !

Tommy, a question comes to mind.

With all the different style we can have with the controller for a baseball game, you already said it could be possible to have 2 or 3 baseball games.

The deal with MLB is it for one particular game, or it could be for more games ?

Thank you.

1 hour ago, LePionnier said:

The final payment will be just before shipping when they will ask you if you still want it !

That’s what I figure as well but wanted to make sure because I’m also saving up for a new record player set up and having to buy it one part at a time and want to make sure if I need to skip a month coming up soon I know which one to skip 

9 hours ago, cmart604 said:

That's awesome! Can't wait to see video of Baseball at some point in the hopefully not too distant future. 

9 hours ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

yeah im anxious to see how it looks as well

9 hours ago, GrudgeQ said:

Hopefully we can see some in the near future now that cat is out of the bag.

9 hours ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

yeah im anxious to see how it looks as well

9 hours ago, GrudgeQ said:

Hopefully we can see some in the near future now that cat is out of the bag.

Well, there are 3 nice licenses for the system. I wonder if there will be NBA or NHL or other licenses like that announced soon. I don't know anything about sports, so I don't know if EA or maybe someone else has exclusive rights to those licenses, but it would be interesting to see those licenses on the system, as well.

The last sports game I bought was the Japanese version of Golf Magazine Presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples, just because it was cheap and it has a funny title, but it also has the benefit of being the best golf game on the 32X, of course. Speaking of the 32X... Kolibri. I still can't believe that Kolibri might be coming back on the Amico. If that really does happen, insta-purchase. The original game is getting quite expensive, now, too.

I marked up @CurlyQ latest "I Spy" Amico picture - did I miss anything?