Independent Amico Discussion Thread

[kevtris]

1 minute ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Very cool.  Congrats on your success!  I actually have Genesis one that I purchased at a convention (I forget which one it was?)  Not sure if it was from you directly... so we may have met. 

It's amazing that you are pretty much a one man show, but I hope you can appreciate and understand the vast differences of what we are doing and although there may be some similarities... it's a very different project in many ways.

Continued success to you.

Have you ever thought about doing a new portable Genesis or SNES?  Like the Nomad back in the day?   That would be amazing.

 

 

I have never been to convention, so nope probably not met.  Yeah I understand that there are differences.   Thanks for the kind words!

 

The Pocket will run genesis and SNES cores, so it can play those things, along with the gb/gbc/gba functionality.  We are allowing homebrew cores for it, so anything is possible.

[+Tommy Tallarico]

3 minutes ago, kevtris said:

I have never been to convention, so nope probably not met.  Yeah I understand that there are differences.   Thanks for the kind words!

 

The Pocket will run genesis and SNES cores, so it can play those things, along with the gb/gbc/gba functionality.  We are allowing homebrew cores for it, so anything is possible.

Epic!

 

[m-crew]

47 minutes ago, Spriggy said:

 

FFS. 🙄  If you going to turn Beefy's thread into a pissing contest,  just Get The F#ck Out!  Go and argue in the Q&A thread.  That's where all this crap started!  I have opinions, which have been voiced elsewhere (Q&A thread).  But to pay respect to what @MrBeefy wanted in this thread, I'm keeping my big trap shut.  My usual occasional jovial pisstakes not with-standing ... which mind you ... I respectfully asked Beefy if it was OK first.  

 

 

Looks like your making this thread a pissing match. 
Maybe you should if you can’t handle the truth with what is and going on with some here. 
your a classy person for sure. 
cheers bro 


 

[m-crew]

54 minutes ago, SegaSnatcher said:

  What Amico games are you most excited about?

Right now I’m most excited about EWJ and Night Stalker.  👍🏻
And you ? 
 

Edited February 6, 2020 by m-crew

[MrBeefy]

14 hours ago, m-crew said:

 

First of all where do you get this from my post? Those who I'm referring to know who they are and the community here know who they are... It's not the negatives that is the issue it's the undertones  and  innuendo’s of their post's that are(Verbal irony).  This has been going on with the same few since Tommy started his thread.. And really who are you tell someone how things should be done. (who to interact with , post or is not professional) .     

So you tell people to make a thread, people make a thread, you have problem with thread? In case you forgot...

 

 

 

[MrBeefy]

13 hours ago, SegaSnatcher said:

I'm a perfect example of someone who initially came out being extremely critical of the Amico, but through the months I've slowly started changing my stances on a few things 

Think about how much quicker that would have possibly happened too if you weren't just automatically treated like a hater troll or whatever and just booted. Funny how things work right?

 

I'm curious to see R-Type too. Wasn't ever my jam but being normal isn't what got me interested in this thing.

[m-crew]

4 minutes ago, MrBeefy said:

So you tell people to make a thread, people make a thread, you have problem with thread? In case you forgot...

 

 

 

And once again Deflecting,

It’s not about the thread and it’s not about everyone here including I.  The few that are playing mind games with this community know who they are and the Community know who they  as well. 
 

I’ll leave it at that. 
 

maybe you didn’t eat enough bacon or tacos this morning.  
 

lol 

 

 

[+Tommy Tallarico]

32 minutes ago, MrBeefy said:

Think about how much quicker that would have possibly happened too if you weren't just automatically treated like a hater troll or whatever and just booted. Funny how things work right?

Imagine if he originally showed respectful conversation in the Q&A thread (like he's trying to now) instead of attacking and pissing everyone off to the point where the mods made a decision to ban him.

"Funny how things work right?"

 

 

 

[MrBeefy]

11 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Imagine if he originally showed respectful conversation in the Q&A thread (like he's trying to now) instead of attacking and pissing everyone off to the point where the mods made a decision to ban him.

"Funny how things work right?"

 

I was there going back and forth with him in the Q&A and in the thread he created too. I remember us going back and forth in a circle but don't remember it being way out of line. If you want that out of the Q&A that's fine but his thread also got closed, and hey so did my first one, yet I don't think I posted anything uncivil in that one either.

 

It is funny and glad you can see it too.

 

I find lots of things funny like @Spriggy's pisstakes making fun of me and everything else. Feel free to keep them coming amd raze me if you feel the need. Some people need the serious tone lightened up once in awhile. We are just talking about video games after all.

 

 

 

[MrBeefy]

45 minutes ago, m-crew said:

And once again Deflecting,

It’s not about the thread and it’s not about everyone here including I.  The few that are playing mind games with this community know who they are and the Community know who they  as well. 
 

I’ll leave it at that. 
 

maybe you didn’t eat enough bacon or tacos this morning.  
 

lol 

You can never eat enough bacon or tacos. It's impossible. 

[MrBeefy]

7 hours ago, kevtris said:

I purposely didn't mention what I do because I didn't want to be seen as advertising, but since you asked...

 

Unfortunately I can't talk about numbers but they are quite good.   We got our stuff on all the big videogame journalist sites, all the big youtubers, and seen by millions.  My thread over in classic gaming general on here has over 1.3 million views.   Here's some videos.   I did all of the electronics, programming, PCB design, firmware and HDL code.   These systems have a pretty decent amount of relatively modern hardware in them, and are not some simple clone boxes.  They are a ground-up recreation that I have done by reverse engineering the original hardware using custom fixtures and such.

 

So far, I have done the Analogue NT Mini,  Super nt, Mega SG, and currently the Pocket.  These are NES (and 17 other things), SNES, Genesis/SMS/game gear, and Gameboy/GBC/GBA respectively.  What sets them apart is modern HDMI with zero lag scaling, various enhancements, and no compromises on quality.   These are ground-up and do not use clone chips or anything like that.  It's a 100% new recreation by me.  The pocket is the world's first handheld FPGA system with an extremely insane LCD, which can be docked to output HDMI.

 

Super nt:

 

 

 

Mega SG:

 

 

 

Pocket:

 

 

 

 

Some of these videos have over half a million views, and there's tons and tons more of them on youtube.  I just picked some of the ones at the top of the list.  If you search, these products have been featured on dozens and dozens of the top news sites, and the Mega SG made it into Time magazine's top inventions of 2019.  These products have appeared in several print publications also.

 

 

Thanks for sharing! I don't own any of those as all my original stuff is still kicking. I was considering getting the GB one though.

 

What do you think is the biggest hurdle in bringing something to market?

[SegaSnatcher]

1 hour ago, m-crew said:

Right now I’m most excited about EWJ and Night Stalker.  👍🏻
And you ? 
 

R-Type, Burgertime, that unnamed Hot Wheels looking racing game and the Modern Asteroids game.

[m-crew]

1 minute ago, SegaSnatcher said:

R-Type, Burgertime, that unnamed Hot Wheels looking racing game and the Modern Asteroids game.

Nice ,I with you on those too.  
Burgertime ,locknchase  played them nonstop as a kid.  
 

[MrBeefy]

Just now, SegaSnatcher said:

R-Type, Burgertime, that unnamed Hot Wheels looking racing game and the Modern Asteroids game.

I think the Hot Wheels one looks like it could be some hectic fun.

 

Wish I could say the same about the asteroids one, but I think part of my lack of enthusiasm on that one is the other remakes of it.

 

Maybe they should make Asteroid the prequel? They could be the VCS to the market with it even.

[SegaSnatcher]

 

8 minutes ago, MrBeefy said:

I think the Hot Wheels one looks like it could be some hectic fun.

 

Wish I could say the same about the asteroids one, but I think part of my lack of enthusiasm on that one is the other remakes of it.

 

Maybe they should make Asteroid the prequel? They could be the VCS to the market with it even.

Does this game have a name yet?  Looks like another racing type game I might like.



Edit: Is this the "Auto Racing" game?

Edited February 6, 2020 by SegaSnatcher

[+Tommy Tallarico]

25 minutes ago, MrBeefy said:

I was there going back and forth with him in the Q&A and in the thread he created too. I remember us going back and forth in a circle but don't remember it being way out of line. If you want that out of the Q&A that's fine but his thread also got closed, and hey so did my first one, yet I don't think I posted anything uncivil in that one either.

 

Let me just once again stress... his removal had ZERO to do with me or what I wanted and EVERYTHING to do with the mods making their own decisions based on the rules set forth in this forum.  Contrary to popular belief, I have never once asked a mod to ban or remove anyone from any thread. 

 

 

[jcalder8]

42 minutes ago, SegaSnatcher said:

 

Does this game have a name yet?  Looks like another racing type game I might like.



Edit: Is this the "Auto Racing" game?

From the scale I wish they had made it a Micro Machines or RC Pro Am type game.

[MrBeefy]

41 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Let me just once again stress... his removal had ZERO to do with me or what I wanted and EVERYTHING to do with the mods making their own decisions based on the rules set forth in this forum.  Contrary to popular belief, I have never once asked a mod to ban or remove anyone from any thread. 

Wanting that out of and asking for removal of are two different things. If you noticed I didn't say have removed or asked to be removed. 👍

 

While we are on it though, since CPUWIZ is good with just the cash and tinfoil hat, I would be more than glad to take any other swag you had planned for him off your hands. 🤪🥓🤪🌮🤪

 

 

❤🌈🦄🐇

 

Not the Q&A but did you say the possible MLB announcement would be this week or next?

[MrBeefy]

16 minutes ago, jcalder8 said:

From the scale I wish they had made it a Micro Machines or RC Pro Am type game.

That would be cool but Micro Machines really would be cooler NOT being on a normal racetrack. I always like them racing on desks, around mugs, and whatnot.

[+Swami]

18 minutes ago, MrBeefy said:

Wanting that out of and asking for removal of are two different things. If you noticed I didn't say have removed or asked to be removed. 👍

 

Say again?

[mr_me]

Same top down multi-directional scrolling racing idea.  I'd rather be on a racetrack.  Expect other style racing games as well.

 

Regarding MLB, it was said we'd find out in about a month; pobably a press release.

Edited February 6, 2020 by mr_me

[+Tommy Tallarico]

48 minutes ago, MrBeefy said:

Wanting that out of and asking for removal of are two different things. If you noticed I didn't say have removed or asked to be removed. 👍

 

I didn't make the AA forum rules so it's not about what I want. 

Rules were set long before I showed up.  Rules were broken.  Nothing to do with me or what I wanted or didn't want.

Interesting that I'm never the one who gets "banned" in any of these threads.  I've been warned by mods and posts deleted as well.  The difference is... I understand and respect the warnings and can control myself when warned (unlike others who seem to insist on making the same mistakes over and over and over again... and then complain when they eventually get the boot again).

I'd prefer to keep all the questions over at the Q&A thread so it can all stay in the same place and a lot more people will see the answer.  Please ask over there and I will answer ASAP.

 

Thanks!

[jcalder8]

4 hours ago, MrBeefy said:

That would be cool but Micro Machines really would be cooler NOT being on a normal racetrack. I always like them racing on desks, around mugs, and whatnot.

For sure, they would need to redo the environment but from the view point it is ripe for a Micro Machines tie-in

[MrBeefy]

4 hours ago, Swami said:

Say 

 

 

 

[kevtris]

7 hours ago, MrBeefy said:

Thanks for sharing! I don't own any of those as all my original stuff is still kicking. I was considering getting the GB one though.

 

What do you think is the biggest hurdle in bringing something to market?

Getting it done!  That's so far the biggest thing I think.  Getting it to the finish line is pretty difficult I think.  Production requires money and connections though,  which could be considered difficult also.  But if you have a finished product ready to go and can demonstrate such, getting funding is a lot easier.  It is relatively easy to get 90% of the way done, that last 10% is the killer.