Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

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4 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

Maybe you can talk Tommy into a line of Florida winter-wear; like crop tops, sandals and Amico branded Speedos. 😄

 

BTW drove through the Keys on a vacation a few years ago and Florida is a beautiful place, can see why you put up with the heat, hurricanes and 'gators.

Tank tops. Official Tampa wear. 

That extra fabric down the arms? We don't wear those arm pants here. 

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16 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

My sense of fashion basically revolves around graphic Ts and with no Amico shirts available there is a danger I will go into Winter under-dressed and with the brutal Texas winters that could be life threatening

You should talk. When FL hits 60 deg, all of us are freezing our butts off. 

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29 minutes ago, Swami said:

I hear this acquired taste thing a lot about the Intellivision controller, but it makes it sound like vegemite or lutefisk. 

I was actually talking about Vectron. Their only game in the "Arcade Network" they made. 

It's a weird game. Its strange play mechanic puts people off, and it bears very little resemblance to Tempest which is rumored to inspire it.

But it is unique and hats off to the designer who came up with something so off the wall.

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50 minutes ago, Papy said:

Will it be 8-ways, 16-ways, or "analog"? Also, if we press in a direction, will the input be on/off or will this be also "analog"? Was something announced already?

I think it was hinted by some anonymous Ferrari driving tycoon that it has 64 contact points. 

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4 hours ago, Flojomojo said:

This I can agree with. 😂😂

You never gave it a chance. 😉 It is an acquired play mech, but with time, it's much more playable than Auto Racing, which is unnecessarily complicated and unrewarding.

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5 hours ago, JBerel said:

I used them all from pong on up, and I thought they all sucked until this one....

That is my favorite 80s controller by far! Only to be overtaken by this one in 1990. Both of them. Every game. Yes, even Zelda & Metroid.

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I didn't like the controllers.

But it wasn't the disc that I had a problem with. It was the action buttons on the side. They were stiff, irritating, painful after an hour's play and way too small. 

The disc was great if the game was designed with it in mind, like most of the in house intv games. The third parties though, were hit & miss.

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Actually I like that, but without the orange discs. Maybe like a sea foam. 

It could be a St Patty's Day edition. Put a leprechaun on the front though.

 

Any unsold consoles can just be re-packaged as Earth Day editions.😎

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1 hour ago, ColecoJoe said:

Your Canada is showing 

I don't think so. Those are the right way. 

Really? Who told Canadians they were allowed to make their bacon round?😡

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7 minutes ago, IntelliMission said:

By interacting with the CEO of the company and having him like some of our ideas, we are effectively affecting the design of the Amico.

 

Oh no! We're getting Homer Simpson's car design! 😥

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50 minutes ago, atarifan88 said:

I was under the impression that Tommy said you would be able to play games as 1 player AND multi-player (2-8 players).  If all the games are not going to have the option for one player in the case that nobody else is around to play...

 

Even the Wii had an option for 1 player only.  I hope this is fake news or something has been terribly misunderstood!

 

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20 hours ago, Loafer said:

Loading screens suck but depending on how large the game is (large in data/textures, not "videos") that can affect the loading times to some extent.  I doubt we completely get away from that but Tommy's already said they are dialoging internally about this.  Def don't want to see a 20-30 second loading screen to get to the menu, then another 20-30 second to get to the game. Oh PSX, how I don't miss thee for this type of crapola

Uh' no. There is no 'but' in this. Loading screens just plain suck. 

 

The universal acceptance of optical discs may have saved on costs, but that decision forced the entire gaming community to get used to it. Cartridges were instant on, and flash drives are 10x faster than the Sony royalty frisbees.

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12 hours ago, JeffVav said:

Totally share that pet peeve, which reminds me of another: logo screens you can't bypass. 

This is my pet peeve

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2 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

I'm honestly not sure how many other game systems in history have launched with 30+ games let alone 50.

I thought you said 40. If it's 50 then awesome! 

I'm still not buying Math Fun. I do that crap for work.  😂

And I think Apple Arcade is the first with 50 launch titles... if you can call that a system. Service seems more appropriate.

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1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

And then a 6 year old niece or nephew will come by and you'll be like... "Have you ever played Math Fun?" 

Actually... when you see what I'm doing with it... you'll see it's actually very cool.  And can be played by all age/skill levels with the Karma Gaming Engine.  And a GREAT license (sorry Electric Company... you've been replaced) that has info and learning about animals as well. 

 

Okay, I trust you for now. But she's 8 now, in Washington State, and I live in Florida. So I'm going to get the "Uncle Tracy! Why are we playing this? It's summer and no school! Take me to Busch Gardens or Magic Kingdom!" And an answer of "But this is $8, and those places are $90+" probably isn't going to cut it . 😜 

 

I'm just thinking though, that no matter how many they will be, I could get 4 Amico games for the price of Mega Man 11 alone, or 6 for Crackdown 3. We're gonna be begging for your games like dogs who smell bacon. 

 

I'm glad you're not going for the IOS or Steam landfills, or even the piles shovelware on PS4, but there should be a happy medium between a desert and a rainforest.

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9 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Not when they're all curated and quality games!  That's actually a LOT if you think about it.
  

Assuming we would want every one of them. A 55 year old Network Engineer, calculating all day at work, isn't going to buy Math Fun.

 

Yes, that's me.

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2 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

Only 1 and about every 10 - 15 days.  That way the game (and developer) will get the spotlight for every system each time Amico is turned on. 

That's about 25-36 games a year. 

Sounds quite low of an output to me. 2-3 games a month?

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I just hope this Karma Engine isn't supernatural. What if I rage quit and the next day I end up in a car wreck?

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3 hours ago, IMBerzerk said:

Hopefully the 10 Commandment selection at Intellivision Entertainment went nothing like the Old Testaments's version... 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

The other things are the ease of use of controls.  Most of the games are touch screen based unless you buy a $60 - $80 PS or Xbox blue-tooth controller (which is complicated) so all of the games are limited to touch controls... and if you want to play games on your Apple TV... good luck using THAT controller. 

I'm also curious, considering Apple's penchant for unique industrial design, why they didn't design their own controller for the service & either pack it in with AppleTV or as an accessory. IOS games on ATV are horrible because of that tiny remote control.

 

29 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

One question on Apple Arcade is how long are the games going to stay? I wonder if part of the whole 'low cost' thing is get people into Dodo Peak or something and then it gets removed in a month or two - prompting you to buy the game.

I'm wondering the same thing. One thing though... Their new Frogger looks amazing.

 

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Me for example... I've never owned an Apple product in my life.  So I'm unable to play it. 

U-huh. Right. You have a Ferrari. I think you can take out a HELOC for a $150 AppleTV. 

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5 hours ago, Loafer said:

Amico is already confirmed to have some games that thread the hardcore angle (R-Type?  Some other shooter/side scroller.  I gather an "easy" mode is sufficient to get casual gamers to play but let's not kid ourselves, Granny isn't about to pilot the R-9A Arrowhead, not every genre is for everyone.

  

Anyway my comment isn't to be taken as a negative, just wondering if there is space for a gem of a game that maybe sidesteps the existing rules.  I'm not expecting a 3D open world style platformer to be appearing anytime soon

R-Type is for me. My favorite game of all time. And also one of the most criticized for being too hard. IREM were sometimes diabolical. 

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Hey Tommy! 

I'm curious what your thoughts are on Apple Arcade that just got launched.They're enacting a couple of platform rules that you focus on, like no in app purchases or loot boxes & a limited, curated library. They also claim many exclusive games (from Sega and Capcom too) Hopefully you get Sega & Capcom to make a few games for Amico.

 

Just wondering what you think of it. It's not the same as just the app store, which I originally thought it was.

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30 minutes ago, GrudgeQ said:

Tommy has referred to these a few times, but in a new Smash JT video he included a shot of the "Intellivision 10 Commandments of Game Design". He may have used this shot in an earlier video but I just noticed it in this one.

 

BTW this video deals with "he who shall not be named" and I am sticking with a no-comment policy here and I hope you do too. Link provided only as a reference to source.

 

Very good rules to have. I'm glad the first one was changed. 

 

#1 I am the Lord, Thy Tommy! Thou shalt have no other Tommy before me... in line at Wendy's.

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Not to try to tell your game designers what to do, but it would be interesting if the Safecracker character was a bumbling imbecile like Inspector Clouseau who gets it right despite his mass destruction of priceless museum pieces.

 

Not being passive aggressive in any way. Just sayin'. 

 

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19 hours ago, IntellivisionDude said:

Based on what i seen here yesterday, i don't think Pat has even seen your apology video and is ignoring you all together and will only respond to marketing info you release later. I do believe he made fun of my twitter comment of him riding in your Ferrari. And someone made a joke of you picking him up in a van. So i say forget those guys. Pat is a super stubborn person. 

If this don't take you directly there fast forward to 14m28s

  

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/482781338?fbclid=IwAR18eylzTdfQx-2V7Q6oJZTX39W33URzkTtovE8My18WZdRaucDqowcRFvY&t=00h14m28s

 

That link forced me to sit through a commercial. Now I feel dirty giving Pat ad money.