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  2. Posted

    18 minutes ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

    Just registered for E3... SO COOL to see Intellivision Amico on the list of "Products you are interested in seeing at E3". 

     

    I know which box I checked!

    :)

     


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    That's awesome.

     

    Tommy what does it feel like to have your company's product on an E3 list like this? Even being in the industry as long as you have and owning such crazy stuff like the Brown Box, It has to be crazy for you. 

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  3. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    7 minutes ago, Steven Pendleton said:

    They need to redo their infrastructure and not alienate the entire internet by scaring billions of people away with stuff like COPPA first. That's also on the US government, though if Google wasn't obsessed with stealing people's data and selling it (They say they don't. They are lying), it wouldn't have happened.

    To my understanding, COPPA is specifically to prevent corporations from harvesting data on children. That should not be a government thing. It's insane companies don't have that moderation capability within themselves to the point the government has to step in because ads are targeting kids at a young age now. 

     

    It's a strange case but I don't believe anyone should be able to profit off ads specifically targeted to kids, sorry Youtube creators. Getting even more Google brainwash vibes.

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  4. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    3 minutes ago, Steven Pendleton said:

    I never knew that existed, but it does not surprise me. I will not be surprised if they pull Stadia from the market within 2 years when nobody buys it anymore or when they get whatever data they are looking for.

    It was pretty odd to know that I was the user of a service that, without telling me, created a database of all my calls and my voice, of everyone's voices, accents, inflections, intonations, etc. and stored them in Google's servers, analyzed them inside and out, and created recognition applications with them. The Google Home we have now is partially the result of all that call data too. With that level of data they could accurately recreate anyone's voice, as well. Mine included.

     

    Of course no one was ever reimbursed for the voice recognition training, much less informed of it.

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  5. Posted

    1 minute ago, Steven Pendleton said:

    I say both, and attempting to take your data for their own gain as well. Google is a terrible, evil company and I am glad to use literally 0 of their products. Well, I do use Gmail still because it's a pain to migrate EVERYTHING to ProtonMail.

    I used Goog411 back in the late 00s and would call all the time for nearby restaurants and whatnot. It was great. Only in the mid 10s did I find out all those calls were being used to train Google's voice recognition and they never intended to provide a long term calling service like that.

     

    So I've always had a sneaking suspicion from the start they'll provide some games, but actually want to map out and monitor player responses/stimuli and effects in games and map it to other things in their company. Like advertising spaces and human response/reaction times.

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  6. Posted

    22 minutes ago, Steven Pendleton said:

    BTW Stadia is screwed. You want Ouya comparisons? Look no further.

    Google entered the space for ulterior motives.

     

    *conspiracy hat on*

     

    I believe they're using parameters from Stadia users playing games to train AI how to react to things. 

     

    *conspiracy hat off*

     

    Or... They just had no idea what they were doing and mistakenly believed if you just provide a platform all devs will pour money into it and port their games.

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  8. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    7 hours ago, Steven Pendleton said:

    I remember the day it was announced. I think I told one of my friends "lol I found the next Ouya" or something like that because I was ignorant. Still, I was still interested enough to think about it for a while since my mother had an Intellivision and I played Pitfall on it once for maybe 5 minutes before I got bored since I was like 10 and had a Genesis. Eventually I subscribed to the mailing list about a year later (so basically a few months ago) and then I got the email about the Founders Edition. Now that I've come to hate modern games in general with their DLC and pay to play online and incomplete/broken games and all of that trash, the only 9th gen systems that I care about are the Switch (because of Nintendo IPs and Shin Megami Tensei V) and the Amico. Have never cared about Xbox and unless Shin Megami Tensei VI or a new Kojima gets announced for PS5 exclusively, I probably will never buy one of those, either. So yeah, Tommy convinced me.

    Yep. The Ouya did irreparable damage to anyone in this space. Anyone and everyone trying to launch any hardware at all is dealing with the repercussions that they caused. Even very clear departures like the handheld Evercade has had a lot of "Ouya" comparisons when it's nothing like Ouya in any capacity. It's just "new hardware that isn't one of the Big 3 so it's Ouya"

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  9. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    10 minutes ago, BiffMan said:

    The next few months would definitely be vastly less interesting without Tommy drip-feeding us the occasional hint, bit of news, or just simply responding at all. Definitely makes the waiting more fun! 

    He's keeping it alive with his passion and enthusiasm, for sure. And that good will spreads and makes others interested. 

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  10. Posted

    3 hours ago, vongruetz said:

    My thoughts exactly.  I can't believe that the CEO for a video game company is up at this hour and answering questions so openly and honestly on a retro-gaming forum.  Not holding anything back, and actually appreciative of the questions.  To me, it's how you build something better than a great gaming machine.  It's how you build a community that feels vested and part of the process.  Maybe that's why so many people in here are so passionate about Amico.

     

    For what it's worth, I asked Sony's Shuhei Yoshida a similar question before the PS4 was launched.  His reply was to ban me on Twitter. I really like that Tommy comes in here and lays out all the cards (except for what's being announced at E3). Not all the news is good, but a lot of it is. And when he does podcasts with so many different people on youtube, he always says something he's never said before. It's so refreshing. Amico is knocking down a lot of the walls I see wrong with video games. Graphics over fun. Online stores that aren't currated. And he is also knocking down a lot of this walled-garden secrecy that is so abundant in the industry. Everything is a secret and everything announced is a "spoiler." Tommy came out super early and said, "Here's what the console looks like.  Here are what the games look like.  Here's the controller."  Hell, he even showed off the controller's circuit board. Of course things changed, and when they did, he showed off the new controller or said that the games were actually better now than what he showed. He also announced the launch date super early, and I like that they're making that a top priority. 

     

    Tommy, my hat is off to you and the entire team.  Keep doing what you're doing. 

    I completely 100% agree. Tommy's openness and willingness to communicate directly shows that he is not only a passionate creator, he's a passionate gamer. All games. Not just the ones he's making. You don't need to know anything about him to know the kind of person he is just by the way he posts and the way he posts is not like any other game developer. 

     

    It must come from his musical background - the musicians in gaming are always super passionate, open and talkative it feels like (especially Grant Kirkhope).

     

    That's one of the major reasons I get annoyed when people try to say he's not "professional" by engaging people on the forums. I guess they'd prefer developers that give no communication, banning on twitter, and hush hush "no spoiler" talk. 

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  12. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    Now would be a good time to remember what concern is versus what we should define as "concern trolling."

     

    Actual concern comes when you are invested in something - as in literally. You've either spent your money, your time, and your effort as a form of investment.

     

    "Concern trolling" is when you have spent nothing - all the time you use is your own free time and of your own free will, and you have expended zero effort, but still say you're concerned. While this is great - and bringing up valid criticism can be helpful, it's not going to be that helpful in this case. You're just playing devil's advocate because you have too much time. Which is what we see a ton of in the "independent" thread, and a lot of the stuff that's been deleted and removed by mods was this form of concern trolling and argumentative analysis just to be argumentative. No end goal.

     

    Fiudr, your post is great, but it's borderline man... Some of these comments... " It may be a great controller but some of us just might not be able to adjust to it." are wholly unnecessary.

     

    If some of us aren't able to adjust to it, that's not anything anyone can help. We may also all lose our hands by the time it launches - is that a valid concern to you? How will we adjust without hands?

     

    "I could spend $250 on this system in October and another $100-$200 worth of games in the next year just to read one day that due to slipping sales they are shutting down. I truly hope that doesn't happen. But only time will tell."

     

    So... No one should spend any money at all then? Which would guarantee it's failure and low market adoption rate...? That's called a self-fulfilling prophecy. We all hope the console sells but the only way it sells is people buy it. Not worry it may not sell and it shuts down... That's just self-defeating and not worth the concern. 

     

    If a whole lot of early adopters didn't buy PS4 or Xbox One they would have shut down too. Those systems barely launched with games. This is the kind of stuff that drags down the independent thread, and while your concerns are warranted and well written compared to a lot in that thread... It's still not helpful ultimately. 

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  13. Posted

    1 hour ago, Tommy Tallarico said:

     

    So far, everything is still on track for E3.

     

    Not sure how many machines we'll have... but as of now, we still plan on displaying to the public on the floor.

     

    Sony isnt there, Microsoft is off site... so we'll be the only new machine displaying officially at E3.  :)

     

    This is really exciting and means a lot of people on the floor are going to be gravitating to Intellivision's booth. It's cool to think about the thousands of people who will be experiencing Amico and talking about it and making videos about E3 with the Amico in it.

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  14. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    48 minutes ago, SegaSnatcher said:

    Did Tommy confirm what it is?  Sorry, I can't read his Q&A thread so I'm not up to date on that info.

    Edit: Just saw this quote from Tommy.

    "That being said...  has anyone ever heard me say that ANY bluetooth controller couldn't work?  ;)"  

    This is huge if true.  I know games will take advantage of the Amico screen and such, but if he's legit allowing people to just use whatever BT controller they want as well consider me more interested now.

    Tommy has not confirmed one way or the other. He's basically told us it's not just a traditional sidescroller. There are elements that require the microphone, touch screen, motion controls, etc. But he's never said party game, and I don't think they are making Earthworm Jim into a party game or Mario Party game.

     

    He's confirmed any controller will work - but that you wouldn't want to play many of their games that way, because most of the games use the touch screen and motion controls. You could map those functions to buttons but they may not come out right or even play right that way.

     

    He'll probably come into this thread later to answer questions but he wants to keep a lot of that in the Q+A thread.

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  16. Posted

    25 minutes ago, SegaSnatcher said:

    I'm saying EWJ fans won't be happy if you can't use the disc pad.  

    This is exactly what Tommy said, to me this looks like you won't be using the disc pad.

    "I think you may be wrongly assuming that Earthworm Jim is going to be a 2D side scrolling platform game using our 64 position d-pad."  - Tommy Tallarico 

    Why specifically bring up the d-pad in that sentence?  If its just not going to be a 2d side scrolling platform game then you wouldn't need to add the d-pad part.  You would just say "I think you may be wrongly assuming that Earthword Jim is going to be a 2D side scrolling platform game."  

    It's going to use everything on the controller. Tommy is saying it's not just a 2D side scroller with d-pad. 

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  18. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    7 minutes ago, xucaen said:

    I just found out about this game, so I'm afraid I missed out on it. But, while it wouldn't be an exclusive, this might make a very nice game for the Amico utilizing the motions sensors in the Amico controllers.

     

    https://youtu.be/nYUAJV5hVA4

    Beat Saber? Yeah it would be very cool. Tommy should negotiate with them and work out a version that uses both Amico controllers. To my knowledge it's not on any home console and it would work quite well with Amico having two controllers out of the box.

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  20. Posted

    1 minute ago, GrudgeQ said:

    I think you are both (1001lives & bigdaddygamestudio) right - the distinction is that VR allow more human expression (at least potentially) however it is still an avatar so you don't really get the same experience as in-the-same-room multiplayer. So VR can be less isolating than, say, chat in Fortnight but still isn't there with true couch coop. As the technology evolves it may close that gap even more - but I think there is a gap.

    And that's not to say VR won't someday be able to take the place of in person interaction. I am sure in 20 or 30 years affordable VR will be photorealistic. You may be able to emulate couch co-op quite nicely with someone across the world in VR, but, that's not where we are yet. And probably outside the scope of Amico's concerns right now haha

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  21. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    25 minutes ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

    Lets not fall into the trap of mislabeling VR like the amico haters do to the amico. VR does have some couch games and they do have very social games. So VR is not nearly as isolating as people seem to think.  Watching people play VR is almost as fun as playing it.  Plus there are games in which the people looking at the TV see a different screen/world then the person in the VR does, and the people watching the TV screen have to convey to the person wearing VR information.  As far as social I was hanging out in a VR bar for a good month playing pool and darts and so forth with guys from Australia, sorry thats pretty damn cool.

    I believe that VR is by it's nature isolating to the player. There's no way around that.

     

    We can all gather around and laugh at someone playing VR, but that person is isolated. 

     

    The same argument could be made for phone games. Yeah - there are a couple social experiences, but the main function is going to isolate the primary user.

     

    You're a good example of my example, haha. You were hanging out alone playing a game online with someone in Australia. Which is great, but it's just what any multiplayer game online is like. But yeah, it is super cool. 

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  22. Posted

    3 minutes ago, IntelliMission said:

    Yeah, basically some Power Stone 2 or Poy Poy style game. These are the "fighting games" the Amico should aim for.

    Power Stone 2 looks a lot like what I was thinking of, but in the Spy vs Spy realm. With items like Smash Bros but non complex mechanics. 

     

    Maybe give us more than Black and White spy, and have the controllers change colors, or make the Amico flash the Spy's color when he does damage. That could turn into a rave though... Or the console turns the color of the current Spy that's winning. 

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  23. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    Tommy - on the Spy vs Spy "fighting game" idea, I didn't realize Spy vs Spy had a PS2 release. Looks like it also had multiplayer with up to 4 players.

     

    Seems like a great little 3D party/fighting game to learn from for a potential Spy vs Spy fighter on Amico. 

     

    Could gather up all the negative reviews and then do the opposite on the Amico reimagined version! 

     

    Not sure if this is out of the realm of what you were thinking... could also be too "3D world" for the Amico's ideas. But yeah, some kind of 3D Battle Arena with items and fighting moves would be really cool. 

     

    Image result for spy vs spy ps2

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  24. Posted

    4 hours ago, spoonman said:

    It's deifntely getting a physical copy? And it'll be priced the same as the digital download EWJ.. $9.99 or less?

    Does Amico use discs, cartridges, SDcards.. Has it been announced or shown yet?

    Didn't see this - 

     

    Tommy already tweeted about this. It's getting a physical release, launching in 2021. We don't know what the media format is. Most likely something that interacts with USB. Hopefully a cool looking Intellivision flash drive that stores the game. 

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  25. Posted · Edited by 1001lives

    11 hours ago, IntellivisionDude said:

    I've had that shirt for years now. But thought it was time for it to part ways and came up with a creative way to do it. 

    Honestly - that shirt deserved that send off. Pat and Ian have become nearly insufferable.

     

    They were once fun to listen to and had interesting opinions and takes on video game related events and news... Now they've become hugely arrogant, self-absorbed, and totally convinced of their own superiority in the gaming space. If you even try to make a counter point or bring up something, or even mention that they aren't open to the idea that things could be different, they ignore you or lash out.

     

    The way they act and talk with such dripping venom and sarcasm towards literally anything they judge extends way beyond just the way they treated Tommy and the Amico. They seem like pretty sad individuals now with nothing of interest to say on their own, so they sit around commentating on news articles. I particularly like how Pat keeps mentioning his book out of nowhere. 

     

    I've read a lot of that book - some of his write ups on the games are laughable. Very clearly padded out those books.

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