Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

On 11/3/2020 at 9:49 AM, wolfy62 said:

Fantastic idea,count us in!😃

Better yet... we should do it at our new offices so you guys (and wives/gals) can check it out AND play Amico!!!!!!!!!

On 11/3/2020 at 9:59 AM, 1980gamer said:

I hope it was to get rid of the 25% tariffs   Though I will miss all that manufacturing it brought us. 

 

Tommy,  don't take focus off the Amico, but you can buy Friendly's for a SONG right now.  So Sad.  Just saying...

 

They are selling what's left of Friendly's!?!?!?!   

Hell... I'd buy it just to get their mint chocolate chip & butter crunch recipes!   And lets not forget those watermelon roll sherbet thingies!!

3 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Better yet... we should do it at our new offices so you guys (and wives/gals) can check it out AND play Amico!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Fantastic idea,we would love that!😊👍

On 11/3/2020 at 10:12 AM, Intellivision Master said:

I think Intellivision Collector mentioned something about a coin for Amico.  What about a ring?  It would be cool to have a gold ring with Running Man on it.  Not real gold of course.  But perhaps the ring could be an added bonus for the FE.

Yeah!  And folks could get one when you become an official Amico Shill!

On 11/3/2020 at 10:46 AM, Nolagamer said:

So @Tommy Tallarico i thought of something while watching lateat @OEB_Pete videos.  Recent ask tommy was about pre ordering games.  You were like maybe we should do something special.   And you said maybe do 24 hrs acess before  release day. 

 

I thought of  something to tie into a previous suggestion from one of the oeb podcasts.   I think i started it in the comnents lol and you mentioned possibility.   A rewards program.  So what if  on digital and physical pre orders you got maybe a few bonus rewards points . 

 

To be honest many preorders i do tend to just be to pre download a game since im probably at work. But if a reward program comes to be.... bonus pre order points would totally encourage more people to pre order. 

 

 

Just a neat idea to toss around  that adds to your value proposition 

Good idea definitely worth considering and sharing with the team!

Thanks!

On 11/3/2020 at 12:28 PM, bigdaddygamestudio said:

things you didnt know you wanted until you saw it. My favorite Spiderman character gets his due

 

 

You guys are costing me a lot of money!!

On 11/3/2020 at 1:46 PM, 1980gamer said:

How about a Mighty Hero's game?

 

When I was 10...  I used to think of Bi-Planes in Triple action like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastardly_and_Muttley_in_Their_Flying_Machines

That could be a fun 4 player co-op.  Oh.. 5th player is the pigeon.  OR, 1 player mode could by a pilot or the pigeon.

 

Do kids these days know this stuff?  My 2 youngest Nieces certainly don't.  They like LOL's ( why? ) and Unicorns.  

 

I don't remember that one??

On 11/3/2020 at 4:37 PM, Swami said:

There’s the photography game concept. Points for speed, framing, focus, style. So, animals could be one of many things and different locations. 

I loved the game Afrika on the PS3.  It was a first party Sony title as well.  Wasn't very commercially successful or popular, but I really enjoyed it. 

Would be cool to do something similar someday on Amico.

We even featured the music in Video Games Live!!  The composer is one of my conductors.  Super great and talented dude!  Also worked on Ace Combat & Resident Evil.

Here's the game trailer:
 

Video Games Live performance:

On 11/3/2020 at 9:11 PM, Starpaddler said:

I’m in and my wife has offered up to bring a veggie dish, and Moon Patrol lessons. 😆

Hahahaha!

PERFECT!!!

We'll all play a co-op session AND a versus session!  Will be super fun!

On 11/4/2020 at 7:44 AM, Intellivision Master said:

According to Wikipedia, the Amico games list shows the Imagic game, Cosmic Ark.  Tommy said we're getting Tropical Trouble which is good.  That's considered a sequel to Beauty & Beast.  I hope we get the entire Imagic library during the Amico lifespan. If not, perhaps Tommy can put some on the Vectrex when he brings that back.  Wouldn't that be something?

There are definitely a few inaccuracies on the Wiki page when it comes to list of games.

Hopefully someday we will do Cosmic Ark, but not on our plate or "to do" at this moment.

12 hours ago, CurlyQ said:

Are you excited for Retro Reimagined Major League Baseball?

 

My GOD!  This is SO EPIC!!!


Just sent you a PM.

Holla at me dawg.

9 hours ago, インテレビジョン said:

Sorry, can't resist commenting... this Amico looks so good, and is such a great symbol of America, that I hope a similar version is made as a special premium offering somewhere down the line. Sure, let's wait until sales of the existing colors take off and bring in some $$ for further development, but then I hope something like this comes out.

 

If I could make a suggestion for a real version, I'd love to see the bases, foul lines, batters boxes, etc. printed on the controller bay (under the controllers). The way the controllers look now is perfect. Great job CurlyQ!

It's funny... we have a mock up of that exact thing you mentioned!  The shape of Amico is very much like a baseball stadium if ya think about it!

 

2 hours ago, Hwlngmad said:

Considering the apparent demand of Reimagined Classics, wouldn't any of the games from the Mr. Do series be a really good candidate?  I just thought about that this morning.  Definitely I would think Mr. Do would be ripe for some new and/or reimagined titles.

YEAH!!  For sure!   Would LOVE to redo those.

And imagine multiplayer!  Both co-op AND versus modes!

And yeah... love the Mrs. Do idea also!

Lets not forget Do Jr. too! 

He craps his diapers a lot.

Hahhaha!
 

10 more pages to go until 1,000.  Get those exclusives ready Tommy.  Lol.

I grew up with the Intellivision. This is the most anticipated product I've ever waited for and I'm very glad to see it's in great hands.  My question is, will there be any turn based strategy games? Example MAX or Laser Squad Nemesis.

In honor of 10/10, maybe Tommy can give an exclusive every 10 pages leading up to launch.  Starting from 1,000 onward.  Page 1010 would be special because it matches the date.  

Whenever Tron comes to Amico, the final level could take place inside the Amico console itself.  For example, the console LED's light up red because Master Control has taken over the console.  The player, Tron must enter the inside of the console & defeat Master Control turning the LED's blue and beating the game.  I think this is a very cool idea.  Hopefully it can happen.  End of line!

26 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

Whenever Tron comes to Amico, the final level could take place inside Amico console itself.  For example, the console LED's light up red because Master Control has taken over the console.  The player, Tron must enter the inside of the console & defeat Master Control turning the LED's blue and beating the game.  I think this is a very cool idea.  Hopefully it can happen.  End of line!

Love this idea.

The Tron physical media can be the data disc.  It would plug into the Amico & light up.

2 hours ago, Matt-H06 said:

I grew up with the Intellivision. This is the most anticipated product I've ever waited for and I'm very glad to see it's in great hands.  My question is, will there be any turn based strategy games? Example MAX or Laser Squad Nemesis.

Yo Matt!,

Nice to have ya here!  Hope you'll stick around and enjoy the cool community we got going here.

Right now we don't have any turned based RPG's, but would like to add some for sure in the future.  Even if it's something super silly like the WB Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem mobile one!

Remember Spy vs. Spy??  Great game too!  Would be cool to do something like that somewhat turn based as well.

I wasn't familiar with MAX or Laser Squad Nemesis so I'll check them out!  Please feel free to leave more suggestions and YouTube links for others that you think might be cool (and maybe co-op or versus modes).

Thanks!

7 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yo Matt!,

 

Nice to have ya here!  Hope you'll stick around and enjoy the cool community we got going here.

 

Right now we don't have any turned based RPG's, but would like to add some for sure in the future.  Even if it's something super silly like the WB Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem mobile one!

 

Remember Spy vs. Spy??  Great game too!  Would be cool to do something like that somewhat turn based as well.

 

I wasn't familiar with MAX or Laser Squad Nemesis so I'll check them out!  Please feel free to leave more suggestions and YouTube links for others that you think might be cool (and maybe co-op or versus modes).

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

I know the focus has been on 2d/2.5d type gaming. Can the Amico do a 3D driving type game?  No I'm not talking Gran Turismo.  But a Mario Kart type game.  Or any one of a number of arcade type racers. San Francisco Rush. Sega Rally. I could see STUN RUNNER as well. Would it be possible down the road?

PS-I would love to see an Amico-fied version of LTWOM.

I'm on here everyday like most of us.  Because I don't want to miss anything.  Much like the song.

No physical PS5 available in store at launch !

Amico should have them on floor, but probably a small amount in each store.

It will all depends when Amico will go in production !

3 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yo Matt!,

 

Nice to have ya here!  Hope you'll stick around and enjoy the cool community we got going here.

 

Right now we don't have any turned based RPG's, but would like to add some for sure in the future.  Even if it's something super silly like the WB Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem mobile one!

 

Remember Spy vs. Spy??  Great game too!  Would be cool to do something like that somewhat turn based as well.

 

I wasn't familiar with MAX or Laser Squad Nemesis so I'll check them out!  Please feel free to leave more suggestions and YouTube links for others that you think might be cool (and maybe co-op or versus modes).

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

Spy Vs Spy was one of my favorite NES games as a kid.  I'd love to play something like that with my daughter.  I haven't seen a game like that in quite a while so I think it's a brilliant idea to bring back something like that.