Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

2 minutes ago, Jake67 said:

Which I’d be totally OK with. With Amico game prices being so low, a new version would be on par or cheaper than a typical new set of physical cards.

I was thinking they can change the environments/looks as well to really make it a fresh experience or let you option to stay with the classic look.

1 minute ago, vongruetz said:

I've played a lot of Blank Slate, and I don't see this as being a problem. There are so many cards that by the time you get to it a second time, you have completely different ideas of what to write down. I'm really excited for this one, alone with Night Stalker. Is it April yet?

And that makes sense, too. 

I haven’t played a game like this in a long time except for Dixit and we were always buying the newest add-on cards. Blank Slate is a game I haven’t played so I appreciate seeing it from your experience.

As for April... hopefully we’ll speed through the rest of this wretched year and then get to April without any more delays caused by... well, frankly, I don’t rule anything out anymore at this crazy time in life. 

3 minutes ago, vongruetz said:

Is it April yet?

I wish.  We need a time machine that'll take us to April right away.  Or, have a time machine where the Amico is sent to us now from the future.

Wow, just watched the gameplay vid. Gotta admit I wasn’t initially a fan of Astro Smash but the changes they’ve made are great. I guess that’s the risk of posting early WIP stuff as it’s hard for the punters to see the final vision.

All in all I was pretty blown away. It was only missing one thing - a retro low poly, 8-player arcade rally racer with blatant self promotion.

Did Tommy talk about the random characters at the bottom of the screen after you complete Moon Patrol?
 

1 minute ago, Urlu Berlu said:

Did Tommy talk about the random characters at the bottom of the screen after you complete Moon Patrol?
 

He said something about it in the live event today.

23 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

I wish.  We need a time machine that'll take us to April right away.  Or, have a time machine where the Amico is sent to us now from the future.

Yeah, hard to believe today was the initial launch date. That came up fast! Hopefully April will too, haha.

@Tommy Tallarico said in the live stream portion that they were going to show off the UI. Did I miss that part?

Hi Everyone!,

Well, although the live stream didn't exactly go as planned... the reactions to the 2 videos has been extremely positive... which is super cool!

I wanted to share a quick video that was just sent to me.  I don't know this person or their family, but this was their live reaction to the new gameplay trailer.

Hopefully folks can start to understand what we're all about. 

2 minutes ago, vongruetz said:

@Tommy Tallarico said in the live stream portion that they were going to show off the UI. Did I miss that part?

I need to record a video introduction for the UI... but I think I'm going to figure out this Live Stream issue and do another live stream about it next week as I'd really like to answer questions that folks may have.

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

 

I need to record a video introduction for the UI... but I think I'm going to figure out this Live Stream issue and do another live stream about it next week as I'd really like to answer questions that folks may have.

 

 

This is awesome Tommy.  Hopefully the issue gets resolved.  

Here are the articles that REALLY matter.

https://blog.bestbuy.ca/video-games/intellivision-amico-special-live-event-recap

13 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

He said something about it in the live event today.

We're starting a Moon Patrol contest.  I'll send around a bunch of info soon.

3 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Here are the articles that REALLY matter.

 

https://blog.bestbuy.ca/video-games/intellivision-amico-special-live-event-recap

 

I'll try to ignore the incorrect spelling of Lode Runner and say it’s mightily impressive how quickly they put something up from this morning’s event. Great coverage!

10 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Here are the articles that REALLY matter.

 

https://blog.bestbuy.ca/video-games/intellivision-amico-special-live-event-recap

 

Good article Tommy.  Thanks for sharing.

58 minutes ago, MantaNZ said:

Wow, just watched the gameplay vid. Gotta admit I wasn’t initially a fan of Astro Smash but the changes they’ve made are great. I guess that’s the risk of posting early WIP stuff as it’s hard for the punters to see the final vision.

 

All in all I was pretty blown away. It was only missing one thing - a retro low poly, 8-player arcade rally racer with blatant self promotion.

 

 

 

Definitely need to check it out!

Give me a week or so to catch up.

One other thought from today’s presentation... did you notice there were about two dozen “thumbs down” for it before it even started?

I get that some people have an obsession for disliking Tommy and/or the Amico that borders on perhaps needing professional help, but at least be subtle about it and wait for the video to start before you frantically mash that “thumbs down” icon. Geez... both hilarious and sad.

1 hour ago, Jake67 said:

And that makes sense, too. 

 

I haven’t played a game like this in a long time except for Dixit and we were always buying the newest add-on cards. Blank Slate is a game I haven’t played so I appreciate seeing it from your experience.

 

As for April... hopefully we’ll speed through the rest of this wretched year and then get to April without any more delays caused by... well, frankly, I don’t rule anything out anymore at this crazy time in life. 

Yeah... the idea is to do more versions down the road.  At our under $10 price point it's the way to go.  Especially with NO microtransactions, ads, etc. 

I checked out the new gameplay video... I think this is shaping up to be pretty cool. There are a lot of intense-looking arcade-style games and it's just nice to see that kind of game design get some time in the spotlight.

Tommy, will Blank Slate be translated to all languages?

A literal translation of that game would not be a good idea and, instead, translators should choose words in Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Japanese, French... that can combine with other words to create combinations or a single, longer word. I hope it's translated and they do a good, creative job with that, because the game looks fun.

I saw some other game clips I liked as well,however the Biplanes footage made my day great all by itself. Thank you!😃👍

@Tommy Tallarico, whats the address for mailing in the MP challenge?  Not seeing ability to upload a pic within the web site contact.  Sorry, not on FB or Twitter. 
 

To everyone else, as an FYI the SS with my high score posted earlier is not my highest score, always got to keep one up the sleeve,  just sayin. 

Unfortunately I can't play the Breakout demo on my PC.  My anti-virus software says the files are not safe.  That's a shame.  😥

19 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Definitely need to check it out!

 

Give me a week or so to catch up.

 

Will do, mate. I have a demo for ya almost ready to go