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Oh man, @Tommy Tallarico is right. It blew my mind when Tommy sent out the intro email to the company, and everything I've seen since has just validated and increased my excitement! I've got to be extremely careful about how much I say, because it's so easy to want to sneak a little hint into my post. Let's just say that it's a huge deal, and leave it at that!

It won't be soon... I wouldn't expect 2020 or 2021, and my personal thought on it is that I'd prefer it wouldn't ever be supported. It drastically increases the development costs of games, and again it gets away from the mission of the console of bringing people together in the same room. Of course, if @Tommy Tallarico does want to do it, I'd be 100% behind it!

USB headphone support is more likely to be happen than bluetooth support. Again though, it might not be supported immediately because the firmware and software teams are focused on core functionality, rather than supporting 3rd party peripherals. We will likely add support for all sorts of peripherals in the future. (Please keep in mind that any statements I make about what we may or may not support in the future are my own conjecture, and not company policy. For that, talk to @Tommy Tallarico.) Headphone jack is not going to happen. There are 2 main reasons for no headphone jack -> 1. It gets away from the vision of Amico, which is bringing people together. We want to get away from the solitary gamer wearing headphones! 2. It is an extra part (actually many extra parts, but only one part that is visible to the end user) that few people would use, and would unnecessarily increase the cost of the system.

Possibly, but it's not something we'll support right away. We're already pushing the limits for the number of connections and the amount of data we can push through a single bluetooth host. Perhaps a future firmware update will add support, but we'll probably be busy adding cool new accessories instead! With that in mind though... a lot of tvs nowadays already support bluetooth audio. Why not pair your headphones to the tv?

Those are fake... basically, they format the descriptor table to fool the computer into reading 2 TB, but if you actually use it it will fail horribly. There's a reason it costs ~$80, but the Sandisk 1TB costs ~$229.

We haven't tested it to a maximum size. The XDSC standard allows for cards up to 2TB, which I don't believe exist yet.

Too late... 🤣

Hey @Tommy Tallarico, Yep, 128GB is not a problem!

Hey IntelliMission, Unfortunately I don't know! I do know that we're working with some of the biggest and best distributors in Europe, but as far as actual numbers dedicated to each country that's being handled by Hans in our Nuremberg, Germany office.

Hey there! Just wanted to bring up one thing. (It might have been mentioned already since your video, but just in case.) The 35,000 units per month is on a single line. Our manufacturing partner has 10 lines they can dedicate to the Amico!

Without going into too much detail.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scram (RxScram is an abbreviation for Reactor Scram)

It would be fine either way. Just to keep track of everything I'd leave it on the console. There are 2 independent safety circuits built into the controller and also the battery itself to prevent overcharging or other safety issues.

Hi @Tommy Tallarico, Okay! I'll have to stop work on the Amico cartridge adapter though. Sorry everybody who wanted a cart adapter! My boss has spoken!

I'm sure I'm not taking this out of context at all. Nope, absolutely not! ... Yes, you certainly do!!

I'm thinking more like early-mid 2022.

So close! It's actually a direct line to John Alvarado.

I'm pretty sure the intention is just to release 50-ish games per year. Quality, not quantity.

Hey @Michael Garvey, Sorry it took so long to answer this. I had to make sure @Tommy Tallarico wasn't looking over my shoulder when I answered. 😛 Tommy is the best kind of boss... he's passionate about the project, hires people who are passionate (and damned good at what they do), and then gives directions (sometimes REALLY out there!) and then lets the team go to work. No need to micromanage, just an expectation that the people he hires is going to do what they are good at. Then, for the things he does, it's really eye opening to see somebody with his vision get to work. Audio, music, game design (more from the standpoint of "wouldn't it be more fun if this happened"), aesthetic design, etc.... he's just really damned good, plain and simple. The overall atmosphere is relaxed and fun, but with an expectation that you'll get done what you need to get done, and that you'll help the team achieve overall success.

This is the new stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnJOsoKZD34

Did @Tommy Tallarico post the link to the youtube battle yet?

Don't forget the Intellivision Foot Massage System

That's what I assumed he was asking about, and answered the question for. The disk contacts themselves use a carbon resin that should handle 10 million or so presses. Since there is no abrasion, just a pliable material that gets pressed over it, we see extremely low risk for that to be a point of failure.

FEA solver for elastomers puts it around 4.2 x 10^14 deformations at any point on the ring. When we do the mechanical testing we'll probably put it through a million or more, but I doubt we'll seriously stress any part of the ring.

Currently the design intent is for natural circulation airflow. There is no fan. We still have to do environmental chamber testing to see how it performs in hot environments, but our models all suggest that it will not need active cooling. We do have design provisions in place in case it does become necessary, but we're pretty confident. The console has the power button, and the controller has the buttons and the disk assembly. Other than that, there's not much that can mechanically fail. 🙂 We're currently working on some mechanical stress testing to cycle the controller buttons and the disk assembly to the point of failure. The buttons are rated for a million cycles, and the disk is a unique enough design that it shouldn't have any failure mode at all.