Intellivision Amico - Tommy Tallarico introduction + Q&A

[wolfy62]

6 minutes ago, Cranker said:

Ladybug and venture please !!! I played the crap out of those on Colecovision !!!! Ladybug had a lot to it and is very underrated in my opinion ! 

Ladybug and Horse Racing please!

Out of LePioneers list.

I liked both the betting aspect and the controlling the Horse and whip aspect to influencing a race on the Intellivision,that added some skill to it.

Ladybug is just a great game no matter what.

But from that list that's it pretty much. Some old classic games just weren't that great to me,like pitfall! In particular.  I played that game for hours a couple different times and I never really got anywhere. Is it just me?😄

I would love a great Boxing game too.

But anything Tron,most sports (particularly Baseball and Skiing),some family game stuff,Space games. Those are the ones I am really hyped up about!👍

[LePionnier]

5 minutes ago, wolfy62 said:

But anything Tron,most sports (particularly Baseball and Skiing),some family game stuff,Space games. Those are the ones I am really hyped up about!👍

Of Course ! Same thing for me. But on my list are games that nothing is official about them for Amico. 😉

[Intellivision Master]

 

[wolfy62]

12 minutes ago, LePionnier said:

Of Course ! Same thing for me. But on my list are games that nothing is official about them for Amico. 😉

That explains everything!

And,I always respect everyone's personal game choices no matter if they match my own or not.

Because,they are all still video games and that's all that matters!👍

[Intellivision Master]

 

 

[ASalvaro]

i am totally looking forward to hearing the sounds of Amico games..Night Stalker & Missile Command sound amazing 

[Intellivision Master]

[OEB_Pete]

1 hour ago, ASalvaro said:

hey is this OEB Pete's alter ego???  

 

not likely, the mask is scary... but is it   MUHAHAHAHA

[Relicgamer]

1 hour ago, gogamego said:

Mouse Trap and Ladybug, please.

Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk
 

Ill add to those excellent games but in a 4 player battle royal 

[Relicgamer]

48 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

 

 

Ha ha I have he-man and its pretty good. This having a reimagined version with added content would be cool

[Cranker]

1 hour ago, gogamego said:

Mouse Trap and Ladybug, please.

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I’ll chip in 500 to the ladybug fund ! Lol . 

[Intellivision Master]

Tommy,

 

Will these possibly be on Amico?  

 

[bigdaddygamestudio]

2 hours ago, LePionnier said:

B.C.'s Quest for tires

I remember when this came out I was floored by the graphics. I love animation/cartoons and this game was a close to playing a cartoon as there was back in the day.

[MantaNZ]

Thanks for your reply re: release date etc Tommy! I can't wait for this thing to take off and watch all the naysayers backtrack. LOL.

[bigdaddygamestudio]

Ok Quick fun question.

 

During your gaming life what games were system sellers for you?   You know as soon as you saw or played it you had to have that system.  

Like many of you I have had a ton of systems, but at various times I wasnt always the earliest adapter so sometimes it was a game that sold me the system.

 

Three come to mind.

 

Smurfs Adventure made me have to have a Colecovision

Castlevania made me get a Nintendo literal right then. We stopped playing and we drove to a store and I bought the NES

Resident Evil made me get a Playstation

 

 

Edited April 26, 2020 by bigdaddygamestudio

[Intellivision Master]

Tommy,

 

What do you think about this game being re-imagined for Amico?

 

 

[Cranker]

1 minute ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

Ok Quick fun question.

 

During you gaming life what games were system sellers for you?   You know as soon as you saw or played it you had to have that system.  

Like many of you I have had a ton of systems, but at various times I wasnt always the earliest adapter so sometimes it was a game that sold me the system.

 

Three come to mind.

 

Smurfs Adventure made me have to have a Colecovision

Castlevania made me get a Nintendo literal right then. We stopped playing and we drove to a store and I bought the NES

Resident Evil made me get a Playstation

 

 

Smurfs was so simple but so awesome at the time ! 

[LePionnier]

53 minutes ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

During you gaming life what games were system sellers for you?   You know as soon as you saw or played it you had to have that system.  

Like many of you I have had a ton of systems, but at various times I wasnt always the earliest adapter so sometimes it was a game that sold me the system.

I bought every Nintendo consoles and  every Sony consoles (Beginning with the PlayStation because of Rayman and Squaresoft).

But I bought the Sega Genesis because of Sonic and Streets of Rage.

Then later I bought the Sega Dreamcast because of NFL 2K and Ready 2 Rumble. (And the VMU with the controller)

And the last one was Xbox 360 for Fable 2. (And knowing that Rare was now with Microsoft, but I was really disappointed ! )

 

Edited April 26, 2020 by LePionnier

[Cranker]

29 minutes ago, Intellivision Master said:

Tommy,

 

Will these possibly be on Amico?  

 

Space dungeon was awesome !! I remember it playing with 2 controllers with that accessory that came with the game  !

Edited April 26, 2020 by Cranker

[+Razzie.P]

1 hour ago, ASalvaro said:

i am totally looking forward to hearing the sounds of Amico games..Night Stalker & Missile Command sound amazing 

 

I was thinking about the "sound" part today.  Not sure if it's been covered already, but what type of sound will the hardware support?  Will all games be stereo, or will it support any type of Surround Sound, for example.  5.1, 7.1, ect.   Dolby, DTS, 3D Sound, Atmos, insert buzzword here?

[+CurlyQ]

12 hours ago, Michael Garvey said:

Watch "SteelSeries Free TouchScreen Gaming Controls Review- Very Good" on YouTube

 Is this the inspiration 

 

An interesting concept! Although, the first thing that came to mind when I saw those little buttons was a potential choking hazard for infants. How many times have you dropped something that size and never found it again? Stuff like that always rolls under the couch or refrigerator. Or, as George Carlin says...

 

 

[wolfy62]

55 minutes ago, bigdaddygamestudio said:

Ok Quick fun question.

 

During your gaming life what games were system sellers for you?   You know as soon as you saw or played it you had to have that system.  

Like many of you I have had a ton of systems, but at various times I wasnt always the earliest adapter so sometimes it was a game that sold me the system.

 

Three come to mind.

 

Smurfs Adventure made me have to have a Colecovision

Castlevania made me get a Nintendo literal right then. We stopped playing and we drove to a store and I bought the NES

Resident Evil made me get a Playstation

 

 

Baseball sold me on the Intellivision  instantly. 

Ms. Pacman is why I originally purchased my Atari 5200 

Zelda was what I purchased my Nintendo for.

As soon as I saw Altered Beast,although not the best game ever,I had to buy a Genesis.

Mario 64 instant purchase of a Nintendo 64.

The Wii just because I thought I was supposed to buy one.

And now the Amico for so many obvious reasons for myself,the list of reasons is long!👍

[+CurlyQ]

2 hours ago, Intellivision Master said:

 

 

Swords & Serpents has one of the most disappointing endings. I played the absolute shite outta this game and felt completely ripped off at the final outcome.

 

Not sure of the validity of this story below but funny none the less...

 

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Swords & Serpents doesn't have an Ending!

This man still overrun the ROM-Memoryspace of the Cartridge so there is after opening the Dragons Cage no way to win and no end fight between the Dragon and the Knight and/or Wizard.

I played this game so often but i never come to the End. If you play the Game with the Wizard you can shoot a Fireball into the Dragons Cage and this will open the Brickwall in the front of the Cage but then you only can read the Characters 'BPD' this is the Initials from the Developer. I think he work months over months on this Game and he would paid for this work but after this Long time he can't say that "there is no End in the Game" they Company maybe don't paid him for this not finished Game (work) see the Story below:

 

Mr.Brian P. Dougherty, creator of Swords & Serpents, tells us:
Brian says that in 1982, a few months after the game was released, he was awakened by a phone call in the middle of the night. Two teenage boys were on the line. They had been playing Swords & Serpents for days on end, had worked their way repeatedly to the final level, but couldn't figure out how to defeat the dragon.

Brian's name was listed in the instructions, so the frustrated duo called information for Mountain View, California, home of Imagic, and asked if there was a Brian P. Dougherty listed. Getting the number, they called him immediately and begged for the secret of killing the dragon.

Sleepily, Brian confessed to them that there was no way to kill the dragon. He had run out of room in the cartridge, so there was no climactic battle, just uncovering the "treasure": his initials.
Brian says there were a few seconds of silence on the line, then the teenagers let loose with a string of obscenities. They called him every name in the book, then hung up.

 

Brian now has an unlisted number.

 

lol 😆🤣😂

 

[1001lives]

1 hour ago, Razzie.P said:

 

I was thinking about the "sound" part today.  Not sure if it's been covered already, but what type of sound will the hardware support?  Will all games be stereo, or will it support any type of Surround Sound, for example.  5.1, 7.1, ect.   Dolby, DTS, 3D Sound, Atmos, insert buzzword here?

I'm fairly certain Tommy has stated it will be 2 channel/stereo sound. 2.1 (left, right, subwoofer) is about all they need... or something of a mixture with left, right, center, subwoofer channels. 

 

The games are all 2D or flat planes so there won't be any actual need for surround sound that I can think of gameplay wise. It might be nice to add immersion to the music, but not necessary. 

Edited April 26, 2020 by 1001lives

[Blarneo]

1 minute ago, 1001lives said:

I'm fairly certain Tommy has stated it will be 2 channel sound. 2.1 (left, right, subwoofer) is about all they need... or something of a mixture with left, right, center, subwoofer channels. 

 

The games are all 2D or flat planes so there won't be any actual need for surround sound that I can think of gameplay wise. It might be nice to add immersion to the music, but not necessary. 

Atmospheric sounds in the rear channels. Hooting owls, crickets, an occasional splash from a fish, distant banjo playing or the flutter of a dragonfly in Frog Bog for example. How about a game level where it rains in the bog & the sounds of water coming down envelop the room? Then the next level, we hear water droplets as the rain subsided.