Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

A request for the video editing Amico fans reading this: Pat & Ian just made a 15 minute video where, basically, both defend buying the PS5 if that's your hobby and you like it, providing DOZENS of arguments against people who just "rain on someone's parade" and attack other people's favorite consoles because "people can be happy in these difficult times".

So my request would be, can someone paste an Amico over the PS5 image and insert Pat and Ian saying "Amico" when they actually say "PS5"?

Asking for a friend.

Hans Ippisch (President of European Operations, Intellivision) via Instagram:

November 13th. A very special day for me. On November 13, 2018, I was on the night train from Berlin to Nuremberg and suddenly had the feeling that I should break new ground. So I spontaneously wrote an email to an old friend from California, who introduced me to his new project in May 2018 and wanted to know my opinion on it. This email and his reply changed my life.

On November 13th, 2019 I was in Rome (together with my wife Anna) to present this project to developers from all over Europe.

And on November 13th, 2020 I woke up in Monaco to answer the numerous inquiries from yesterday's visitors after a highly successful day in the "Yacht Club Office".

Well, you probably already know, my friend for more than 27 years is of course Tommy Tallarico. And the project is Intellivision Amico. I am curious where I will be on November 13th, 2021 ....

I've been a bad shill.. I let life get in the way and had to catch up again on postings..   Maybe this was covered before, but just in case. With whatever the physical media takes shape in. (Hot Wheels, Tron Disc, Recognizer, X-wing, Funco Pop of Tommy, Opus from Bloom County). Will we have to keep re-authenticating the game by having to tap tie RFID to your console/controller every so often? OR once installed, we won't have to OEB_{TM - Pete} each time we play.

1 hour ago, woobman said:

I've been a bad shill.. I let life get in the way and had to catch up again on postings..   Maybe this was covered before, but just in case. With whatever the physical media takes shape in. (Hot Wheels, Tron Disc, Recognizer, X-wing, Funco Pop of Tommy, Opus from Bloom County). Will we have to keep re-authenticating the game by having to tap tie RFID to your console/controller every so often? OR once installed, we won't have to OEB_{TM - Pete} each time we play.

Shill'n ain't easy. No definitive update on physical media but Tommy has said maybe something in December on that. Either way it sounds like it will possibly take several forms (or maybe they are combined so you get a nice case with artwork and maybe something collectable inside too).

On the RFID you won't have to re-validate your games ever so often. You tap, it download and then that game is on the your Amico basically forever unless you loan it or remove the key/game. If you are visiting someone and are loaning the game using your controller, I can see a timeout there, but on your console I think Tommy has been pretty clear it is only once.

I know it's not Amico related but had to share.  This looks cool.  Now all we need is a giant Intellivision & Colecovision controller.  

On 11/8/2020 at 9:37 AM, Intellivision Master said:

If we get Masters of the Universe on Amico, the physical media could be the sword of Grayskull.  After plugging it into the console, it says "I have the power".  

So I should cancel all these She-Ra chest plates then?  Ok.  Fine.

On 11/8/2020 at 10:23 AM, Intellivision Master said:

If we get Star Wars on Amico, physical media could be a Jedi/Sith holocron or a lightsaber.  They would be mini replicas and plug into the console and light up.  That would be so cool.  Also, the physical media could be space ships too.  How about the death star?

Argh!  There goes Leia's chest plate from Return of the Jedi.

Geez... you're taking all the fun out of it.

This could be a good game to have on Amico.  The Amico version could be shorter with 20 to 30 floors.  The original game has 60 floors in it.  Or perhaps there could be an option list & you can select how many floors you want.  That would be awesome.

On 11/8/2020 at 5:55 PM, Intellivision Master said:

This could be a fun game on Amico.

Qwirkle??  Sounds like Farkle!

Never heard of this one.  Will need to check it out.

I just like saying the name.

Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!

Ok.  I'm done.

Qwirkle!  Qwirkle!

I lied.

On 11/9/2020 at 12:07 PM, bigdaddygamestudio said:

kinda crazy and sad,  I mean even if you dont like the amico,ok whatever , but why would you bot bomb Pete?  he's such a nice guy who would want to do that?  smh

I think the answer is....

Because they don't have girlfriends.

On 11/9/2020 at 12:24 PM, GrudgeQ said:

 

This has been going on for quite a while & Snestatic Pete gets bombed too. Basically all the things they accuse people who like Amico of doing (blocking free discussion, generating fake views, etc) as EXACTLY what they are doing instead. There are several people who like the Amico on Reddit who's every comment gets down voted too. Basically these people are bullies who think they can sink channels and silence people by lying & cheating because they anonymous on the Internet - 3rd grade playground douche bags who never grew up.

 

 

Yep.  Narcissistic hypocrites.  Every one of them.

My top 10 excitement list for upcoming IE announcements, and my guess on their dates.  Listed in my ascending excitement order.

Whats on your lists?  

What are your dates? 

10.  5 skater team, NHL licensed Game Released (quality modern 2D realistic play) - Q3, 2023

9.  1M units sold  - Q2, 2022 (Assumes additional manufacturing lines established)

8.  10M units sold (numerous lines, obviously) - Q4, 2023

7.  Cloudy Mountain 2 production started - Q3, 2022

6.  Tron license - Q4, 2021

5.  1st Amico Tron game released - Q4, 2022

4.  “Original’s” Arcade game pack announced (Game pack of original versions of Asteroids, Dig Dug, Centipede, Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Burger Time, Tapper,  Paper Boy, etc.) - Q3, 2022

3.  Original Intellivision library re-release (with option to enable AI to allow single players to play original 2 player only games) Q4, 2021

2.  100M units sold (yea, I said it) - Q4, 2027

And my number 1 - 

Amico manufacturing has begun! - 12/15/20

On 11/9/2020 at 4:38 PM, GrudgeQ said:

Intellivision is looking for a full time in-house video guru so if you know anyone in Cali with the right qualifications let them know:
 

 

We found the MOST AMAZING person.  Really incredible.  Unbelievable award winning film maker, motion graphics, photography, lighting and even did set projection design for Disney for some of their big broadway shows!

Yet another TRIPLE A hire for us!!

On 11/9/2020 at 8:40 PM, OEB_Pete said:

I have no idea what Bot bombs mean , but yes, I got hit again, I have never seen any of my Amico video have 22 dislikes within 24 hours  , weird right.  They are so diligent in their hate.  I think I need to do more Amico  Videos

YES!!   They LOVE that!!

On 11/10/2020 at 11:22 AM, woobman said:

 

Great announcement! I may have to check Roblox out sometime. Never got into it.  Out of all that coolness.. It occurred to me: @Tommy TallaricoHow long does it take to dust all that stuff?!?!?!? And that was just a small section of all the hidden gems that are all over the house.

Hahahhaa! 

Air gun blasting ftw!

On 11/10/2020 at 11:33 AM, woobman said:

Geez, it's almost like people have nothing else to do....

NAILED IT!

On 11/10/2020 at 12:11 PM, Malrinth said:

Is this DLC for roblox? Is Tommy allowed to do DLC, even if it's for other platforms? 😀 Or does every rule have an exception?

Yeah... that DLC rule only applies to Amico!!

🤣

On 11/10/2020 at 12:32 PM, GrudgeQ said:

If people still don't think Covid production woes are a thing - just check out the XBox launch "sold out" posts on Twitter and these tiny launch stock numbers for Best Buy Canada. Someone said their Walmart got 5 and they were presold (btw there are about 3500 Super Walmarts so if each got 5 that would be about 17,500). Going to be tight times for gamers interested in next gen.

 

 

Right!?! 

Same with Sony.

San Diego (where Qualcomm is) announced this week they are locking down again.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/editorials/story/2020-11-11/san-diego-county-third-lockdown-coronavirus-cases-increase

😢

Looks like cases have been going up.  2nd wave coming?  New government talking about locking down the entire country for 4 - 6 weeks.

YIKES!!!!!!

On 11/10/2020 at 5:43 PM, GrudgeQ said:

It has been quite a while since it was talked about but Tommy said there were a handful of cancellation but they have a standing list of people on the waitlist (which I suspect is just a sheet of paper with CMart printed over and over again ).

We've had about 100 cancellations so far.  Pretty good considering the tens of thousands we've pre-sold AND the world situation of 2020!

On 11/11/2020 at 6:20 AM, vongruetz said:

I've been playing a lot of my older game consoles recently, and something just feels... off. 

 

In nearly every interview, Tommy usually makes the point that when you think about your best gaming experiences in your life, those were ones you shared with other people. The best experiences were when you played next to your friends. And that is exactly what is getting me about my older consoles. Golden Axe is one of my "comfort food" games, but playing it without your buddy next to you just makes it all feel flat. Even games that aren't so great (Altered Beast) are a lot of fun when playing together. Tommy is right. All the best experiences I've had with games were with other people. Modern games try so hard to replace that feeling by making you think you're getting that same experience, but the flashy graphics and long, drawn-out stories just don't make a good substitute. It's like going from eating healthy, organic food to overly processed food stuff with chemicals. It kinda seems the same at first, but the body can tell the difference.

 

On another note, I'm noticing that with the launch of the new Xbox, a lot of people are complaining about things Amico wants to fix. Things like "remember when you could take the console out of the box, plug it in, and it just worked?" or "remember when consoles would come with a game?" The funny thing is, something tells me that these same people would probably shrug off Amico even though it fixes the problems they are having.

I'm so glad you mentioned this and brought it up.  It's so true and something that a lot of folks aren't considering in the bigger picture of things.

Excited about what Amico is going to bring back... and to a whole new generation of people.

34 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Yeah... that DLC rule only applies to Amico!!

🤣

It’s a necessary compromise, and I think a decent one. Roblox wins because they avoid a law suit (and they get to take a pass on paying past royalties - that is huge for them); Tommy wins because he will finally get earnings for his work that was illegitimately used (and he avoids a law suit); and the players win, because they retain the ability to have the sound if they are truly interested in it enough to cough up 4 quarters.  
 

Given the circumstances, think this is about as good a solution as could have been negotiated; especially for Roblox. The ONLY ONES who lost are the Lawyers. 

I know there is some player flack out there over this, but wonder how they feel about someone stealing their car stereo and using  it as if they'd bought it. 

On 11/11/2020 at 1:08 PM, Relicgamer said:

Im glad this had gotten resolved.  Its pathetic how people will go to these lengths to paint a picture so people unknowing and uneducated on the subject to get people to think their way.

It's what happens when you have nothing else in life worth doing.

On 11/11/2020 at 2:49 PM, GrudgeQ said:

Just a little blurb about what Hans Ippisch ( President of European Operations for Intellivision Entertainment) will be talking about tomorrow at the Pocket Gamer Connects virtual conference:

 

 Thu 12 Nov 2020
 10:00 - 10:20

Superstar Session: Intellivision Amico: Getting Back to the Core Roots of Gaming

Big Screen Gaming

 

Families consider technology in a negative manner sometimes. Intellivision Entertainment is using technology to bring families and friends back together of all skill levels. Intellivision Amico is about to get back to the core roots of gaming with a home entertainment system, that invites everyone to gather and play games together side by side. Intellivision will have a incredibly robust library of new games, that are easy to control, fun to get into and designed to bring people together. Intellivision Entertainment is putting Europe on the worldwide map for quality game development with currently 20 games in development all over Europe!

 

Superstar Session

 

 

Hans Ippisch

President of European Operations

Intellivision Entertainment

Hans Ippisch (born 4/17/1970) started his career in the gaming industry in 1986, being one of the first German developers working on Commodore 64 and Amiga titles like “Soldier!”, “Danger Freak”, “Rock´n Roll” and “Kangarudy”. In total his games sold more than 1m units. While studying business informatics in Bamberg he joined three guys at a start up company called Computec Media in 1991 as freelance writer. There he worked his way up to become CEO of Germany´s biggest gaming media house and transformed a traditional publisher to a leading digital media company with a reach of 10 million users and 300 employees. As editor in chief he launched PlayStation Zone, N-Zone, Sega Magazine and Xbox Magazine, he was publisher of Making Games Magazine and GamesIndustry.biz Germany and founded devcom, Europe´s biggest games developer conference. In June 2019 Hans returned to his roots as games developer - becoming President of European Operations of Intellivision Entertainment, overseeing all European sales and marketing activities including the production of exclusive Intellivision Amico games in Europe. Since the academic year 2020/21 Hans is also teacher of the business department of Vigamus Academy and Link Campus University in Rome, Italy.

 

https://www.meettomatch.com/pgconnects4/widget/details/105/

We're doing one together in Rome at the end of January.  I'm hoping to be there in person!!  Hoping so.... but may not happen because of the travel restrictions.

1 hour ago, Intellivision Master said:

This could be a good game to have on Amico.  The Amico version could be shorter with 20 to 30 floors.  The original game has 60 floors in it.  Or perhaps there could be an option list & you can select how many floors you want.  That would be awesome.

No, if any PC Engine game should come to Amico, it has to be Geisha Boy.

I was going to suggest this on OEB's channel, but I don't think he watches bithead.

On 11/11/2020 at 4:08 PM, RREDDWARFF said:

I love Isolation.

You better... considering 2020!

😇