Read the article giving an overview of the Intellivision Amico here: kotaku.com/the-new-gaming-console-thats-become-a-giant-car-crash-1847699027

This project's like that Austin Powers scene with the steamroller: Slow, avoidable and kind of funny.

Seriously, when Tommy acquired the rights to Intellivision, all he needed to do was cash in on the mini console craze and release an Intellivision Mini - a little replica Intellivision with as many of the games on there that he could get the license to. Something along the lines of the Intellivision Flashback that was released a number of years ago, except better quality with HD capability. That honestly should not have been too expensive or difficult. Nobody asked for this new "family friendly" console, and nobody's going to want it after all this.

I used to chat with Tommy all the time on Facebook and it was always positive, I owned a 1981 Ferrari 308 gtb at the time and we would talk about our cars, but the one time last year when I asked him about if the Amico is still on a path to be released by the 2020 holiday season he instantly went from a calm cool gentleman to a rude and touchy person with a jumpy attitude. After I asked him about the Amico he’s never once answered a comment from me again on Facebook.

Pat, If/when whatever item is released as the "Intellivision Amico", I am going to buy one, send it to WATA, get it graded, and give it to you for a good laugh all around at how crazy collecting retro video games has become.

Tommy Tallarico is probably one of the worst spokesman you could have for anything, much less a console that plays glorified mobile games.

Basically, it's a failed project propped up by some losers on Atari Age who are blinded by nostalgia and are excited that Tommy Tallarico takes the time to talk to them. Not hard to see how this ends.

it should be noted that several of Tommy's inner circle of shill KZfaqrs have flipped out on people in the comments sections of channels that have made recent videos critical of Amico. These are horrible people to have shilling your 'family toy' console.

This is the first video in this saga that made me sad rather than bemused. I love Video Games Live with all my heart and was desperately hoping that he was just a comically god-awful businessman and that the Amico would bomb but VGL would be left safe on the side, so it's really a bummer to hear he's a douchebag even in that sphere as well.

Even if Tommy wasn’t involved, I’d still be baffled by this entire project.. The market for a system like this is so comically small, it was barely competing with smartphone party games. Especially considering that both Nintendo and Sony already released similar systems at a third of the price with good-to-mixed results. Along with that, people who are super into retro gaming, either have the originals or use emulators.. is Earthworm Jim really that good?

Amico should make a deal with WATA to grade their systems.😂🤣 They will at least get some sales with "collectors".

If Tommy hates people so much WTF would he he ever consider going into any form of the entertainment industry? Clearly he sounds like he'd be a better commercial fisherman or porto-potty cleaner.

The salaries are garbage, the whole operation is a joke and that's a great example of how everything they do is as cheap as possible. Garbage company with an even worse CEO.

Tiny Trumparico: ANGRY lil' scammer!

"If I wasn't your friend, it's not over the Intellivision Amico" 🤣🤣 this dynamic between Pat & Ian will always make me laugh

Somewhere in the Intellivision HQ, someone is writing down a lot of notes, I bet. And after this thing will have blown up, I'd not be surprised if either a detailed diary appears or a book appears about what happened behind the curtains. There is an insider story to be told there, and eventually, it will be. I keep my fingers crossed.

Ouch!!! A lot of arrogance and hate for one person. To call someone "autistic" for being different is a big no-no. I'm autistic, so yeah, definitely lost any respect for him I could've had.

This is worse of a Trainwreck than the coleco cocomelon

This guy is the kind that would cut off his nose to spite his face! Lol

Wow, you quoted my story! (the name is a musical instrument reference, not fish :p). Happy to expand on the story if anyone wants.

A red flag from Amico supporters is when they try to “sell” Tommy as much as the console. Especially with what was said about the Boomers Irvine event. If Amico comes out and people buy it, they’re not going to be hanging out with Tommy. This is supposed to advertise the gaming content that Amico provides but some fanboys make it a lot about one person’s legacy. It’s about as bad as the Elon Musk fanboys.

Pat & Ian's videos have been the most effective deep dives into the Amico. Not only has the podcast been fair to the console's actual merits (however small they are) as well as noting there is a hypothetical audience for it, they've also really illustrated how much worse the PR for the whole enterprise has gotten over time. Seriously, the entire Amico playlist is like a catalog of Tommy's gradual descent into more dubious and desperate moves the longer the system has failed to come out.

Bruh, I didn't even watch the video yet, but based on the thumbnail lolz I gave it a 'like' 🤣😂

I am dev in the game business for over 20 years. I didnt deal directly with Tommy, but years ago (mid-90s) I did run into him a few times as he came by the studio. I never saw him being rude to anyone, although we were a client so he had to be pro. Anyhow, whenever he did visit it was always interesting to watch, as he was always a "one man show" sort of experience. He was always on this never-ending quest to be entertaining, and I remember clearly having conversations with others laughing about about why he felt the need to do all this when he was just the sound guy. He didnt do anything offensive or mean, but he seemed to have no self awareness that he was just lame and dorky. He really thought he was big time, and it was funny to watch. For instance, at the time he drove a KIT Car that looked like either a Ferrari or a Lamborgini (not a car guy). But you could tell it was put together sort of .. oddly and just didnt look right. Anyhow, he would always make a point that he drove his fancy car to the studio to see if anyone wanted to go see it... but when we asked about it being a kit car he would squirm and quickly change the subject. Also, he would often wear 2 watches... waiting for someone to ask him about it. And if you were one of the lucky ones to ask that question, he would all of a sudden flash into a pose and say "Because I've got too much time on my hands". Once again, now this is no big deal, but back then he was just a sound guy. Anyhow, poor guy has always had a burning desire to be known and loved. I feel sad that it seems to be going bad for him with this Amico thing, but hearing stories about him treating others like crap is unfortunate. He always saw himself as a Rockstar, regardless of what the world thought of him and I guess a part of me admires that. All that aside, I wish him no ill will.. but its hard to be on his side when I see his actions regarding the Amico. Tommy, if you are out there listening.. just be quiet. Quit talking, and let everything calm down. Work on making the Amico great, but for the love of all thats holy.. Stop talking. And I wish you luck!

Sounds like Tommy Tallarico needs some therapy to deal with his open aggressions against people.

Tommy going after undertale is a bad move lol. That fan base will track him down and remove his toe nails for the hell of it 😂

Tommy always finds a way to redefine rock bottom. I feel this is the only console I actively want to see fail due to Tommy’s absolutely abhorrent behavior.

the situation is a lot like that episode of the Office where Steve Carell injures himself by accidentally sticking his foot in a George Foreman grill.. many parallels

The E3 presentation was so embarrassing.

News Alert! Pre-Orders for Tommy's Intellivison Amico 2 are now available!

This is never coming out

but seriously, what kinda of business model is it where the guy in charge just rails on social media? There's public relations, but WTF is Tommy doing?

He used to talk shit about other game developers on reviews on the run in that electric playground show. He should be able to cop bad press too. Right now it’s quite poorly executed. He also totally missed the Covid window. Families stuck him in lockdown would have lapped this up. Also if priced at $150 and then having a killer version of earthworm Jim, they might have been a switch where people would buy the system just for the one game. The messaging is just bad.

As a software engineer, if they are working within the SCRUM methodology, QA should be done as the system or software is developed. Very few companies use Waterfall methodology nowadays. Just my 2 cents.

This is almost at the level of you guys saying "please don't give your money to the Spanish lottery or those Nigerian princesses.". The patience you guys have is insane lol

This is all making Victor Lucas sound like a guy with a lot of patience and tolerance

Those salaries are dogshit for the job and region

So basically they have some hardware put together enough to do live demos, but they still need to do bug testing in order to get that into a consumer ready product AND they need to put together an online store AND they maybe running out of money since they are pushing for more crowd funding AND they are understaffed since they have key positions to fill......good luck with that Tommy.

I was just watching the extended interview with Lorne Lanning and he mentions Tommy’s name 😂

Can someone find the video of Tommy talking trash on the Nintendo Wii at E3 2005 or 2006? It might have been on G4 or IGN or Gamespot. He said that the Wii was crappy and wouldn't have good games.

They should change the name of the console to Egovision Tommico.

Oh man, I thought Tommy had crashed his car. Oh well, maybe next time...

Be careful, guys. You don't want to piss off the composer of Terminator for the Sega CD.

Ignoring the shit-show that Tommy is creating, and ignoring the developing requirements of all their games needing to be easy to play and for all ages, the mechanical and technical limitations of both the console and controllers would make creating a game, that is anything more advance than a simple card game like Go Fish sound like a nightmare.

You lost Ian as a friend because of the big big news soundboard, not the Amico.

That article could not have come at a worst time. Tommy won't have the same success on Fundable like he did on Republic.

4 dislikes already. Tommy and his sock accounts. Tommy, baby oil, and his socks.

This is never mentioned, but I would really like somebody to dig into the "composer" Tommy Tallarico. Albeit it saying "video game music composer" in his Wikipedia article, the guy has basically no training (which is common for the very early 90s, but very uncommon from around the late 90s onwards when video game music became more and more professional), and basically 90% of the list of his ""Video game soundtracks"" state him as having only converted some previous soundtrack, sharing the work with some actually accomplished video game composer, the soundtrack in the game being credited to somebody completely else for whatever reason, or only having worked on the sound effects, or just being given "Special Thanks". If you ignore all those titles, the only well-known games he worked on were maybe Earthworm Jim and MDK, and even there I have my doubts.

A podcast with two gaming experts that talk about gaming may want to talk about a gaming device and express their opinion on it. The scandal.

Pat you hit the nail on the head. All these KZfaqrs are fleeing like cockroaches now that the amico is a total failure. Just look at Cyrus who deleted his channel and Saggy who is thinking about doing it. Also Retro Bro, OEB Pete, and Turbo Joe completely stopped talking about it and have not mentioned it whatsoever. They probably realized they were taken for a ride. Feel bad for them really. They threw away the little integrity they had. Do you think SmashJT will get his $10000 back?

I heard some not so good stories about Tommy during his G4 days. Those coupled with these makes him sad as hell to me. He's the same man today that he was 15+ years ago.

It’s obvious he is making up for his “lack of size”

When I saw the article I knew it was really reaching a head. Crazy times!

My friend and I did the cosplay thing at VGL a few years ago in Edmonton (we were the movie version of the Mario Bros.), and talk about a shit show. The only good part was that the crowd made sure to vote for the little kid dressed as Yoshi (we came in 3rd).

we need a tommy voicemail supercut

Here are the four open job listings if you'd like to apply: www.indeed.com/cmp/Intellivision-Entertainment/jobs?

A couple years ago I ran into Tommy at a Starbucks. When I recognized him I asked for an autograph he rudely replied no

Nothing is done, the amico is a cluster f but no one can say anything after signing a NDA.

Ian really is not Pats friend anymore. The reason is that Pat destroyed Ian at Dusty Diamond All Star Softball. Pat you should of showed Ian a little mercy in that game. I want to play Pat at Dusty Diamond and avenge Ians embarrassing loss.

is this the same tommy tallarico who made some genesis soundtracks?

That DJC guy is streaming an 'Amico Show' tonight. You have to wonder what the fuck is going to be on that. Photos of the console and the same 2 and 3 year old video clips of gameplay?

I can't wait for Pat to announce the 4K Blu-Ray set of all this, complete with blooper reels, behind the scenes confessionals and the inevitable "Tommy Tallarico denied our request for an interview" pop-up text near the end.

I think you mean foot bath crash.

Kudos for both covering this article and for leaving out the political bits. It was the political bits that drove in the last nail for me, but I can totally understand not wanting to alienate what I am sure is a significant portion of your viewers. I really wanted to love this product. My dad was a consumer electronics fanatic. We always had the latest and greatest growing up. The day he brought home an Intellivision was the day the Atari 2600 went into my room, solidifying a life long love for both. I used to get angry at your Amico coverage. I was blind. Everything you've ever said about the console and its spokesman was absolutely spot on. Half the reason I wanted an Amico was because I thought it would entice my wife to play more games with me. She's not a gamer at all. Loves Frogger, though. I own 6 versions of Frogger. 😆 Got her into the Wii recently thanks to Mario Kart and the Zumba games. She teaches Zumba, so... I think I'll stick with that. Putting all my chips on the Evercade VS now. Blaze Entertainment knows what I like. Subscriber for life.

I feel so bad for the guy who cleaned and detailed his car just for Tommy to be a dick. I hope that guy knows he was just dealing with a trash human, and that his efforts aren’t pointless

Coleco, intellivision history are being ruined by these scammy kickstarters

“Bias”? What would you guys possibly have to gain by trashing it? It’s not like you have a competing system or something. MAYBE you have a bias against these attempts to cash in on nostalgic video game brands, but I think your reasoning is both well-documented and perfectly understandable, and it’s not like much of what has happened with this one wouldn’t raise red flags in a vacuum.

Car crash, Train wreck...Tomato, Tallarico...

ive commented this a few times over the months but i still dont get how the amico is in anyway desirable. the games are absolute 2006 era mobile phone game garbage, the hardware is 6 year old e-waste worth 50 bucks, the controllers dont work and by the looks of it youre not even gonna be able to buy one even if youre delusional enough to even want one

They are defiling the good name of Intellivision, my favorite system of that generation at the time!

Tommy: Do you know who I am?! Person: Three angry lawn gnomes stacked on top of each other. Tommy: I WANT A MANAGER!

Oh yes! Need my weekly dose of Tallarico!

I'd rather work for Randy Pitchford than Tommy Tallarico.

My favorite dig at Tommy Tallarico.. [longtime game media company] has a video series on youtube that explores old games. During the bonus segment, [video editor] took a shot at Video Games Live. He basically said, "it's great if you like hearing Tommy riff his electric guitar all over beautiful orchestral soundtracks." Then gave examples of iconic game themes.... "wItH ToMmY TaLlArIcO oN gUiTaR!"

I was making a little over $60k a year as a QA analyst over 10 years ago. And that was in an era of doing fairly manual test cases and such. They're never going to find someone who can do full on automated testing and all that for that little. A mid to higher level phone tech support person could pull $40k easy, much less QA

So Tommy is a bigger jerk than Mike Kennedy?

IT NEVER ENDS!

I saw Tommy Tallarico at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

This thing is never coming out 🤣

I keep seeing similarities between Tommy and DSP. Yikes! Narcissism is one hell of a character trait/flaw.

Atari Age buried this both times someone brought it up. I hope this debacle takes that whole site down with it.

He sounds like the type of person you end up asking "who hurt you and when ? why are you like this"

I heard the AAA game for the system is snake.

The intellivision amico the greatest shitshow since the retro gaming console

I did an undertale tattoo so its valid.. And Tommy sounds like a bad person.

Fascinating to watch this saga unfold alongside everyone

Full stack dev starts at like $150K

"Ya know, with Tommy... the more I hear about that guy, the more I don't care for him." Rip Norm

You know if this thing ever comes out, I'd like one just for it's history. Not that I'd BUY it outright ... >.>

I remember around 2002, I watched an interview with Tallarico on a PlayStation demo disk where he showed off different items in his house . . . rubbed me the wrong way then; with everything we continue to learn now, seems like not much has changed . . .

One good thing...it's giving you guys plenty of content🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

the amico as a rocketship metaphor is basically the ending of koyaanisqatsi

Oh Tommy…..Tommy….Tommy….Tommy, yikes

My favorite soap opera

The mods on Atari Age are really embarrassing themselves. They let Tommy's supporters trash the Kotaku article by saying "It's a hit piece" and "It's fake news" (without ever saying what's "fake" about it) and then one of Tommy's acolytes threw in some reverse racism grenades saying that Tommy was the "real" victim of sexism and racism and was being persecuted for being a white man. After throwing that grenade, the mods then pretended "well since we can't have a non-political discussion I'll have to lock the thread". The mod didn't delete the intentionally inflammatory comments from the Tommy white knights and let them stand. Then someone tried to open a "non-politics" version of the thread and the same bad faith actors did the same schtick again. Instead of following their own rules and deleting the posts (or banning the posters like the mods claim is their policy for repeatedly violating the rules- like they do with any Tommy critic), the mods locked the thread and again let the Tommy white knights' posts stand. I wonder if Albert even reads Atari Age anymore or he just believes what the Tommy-modders tell him. Does Albert wonder why user donations are drying up and why people (like myself) who used to regularly buy AtariAge homebrews to help support the site stopped buying? I'm sure the mods who live in Tommy's pocket just tell him "It's got to be the pandemic" since that's their idol's stock excuse.

Granted all those stories should be taken allegedly, it still isn't a good look considering the people he follows and that his past behavior we DO know is similar

They should have made an Intellivision HD game collection and release it on multiple platforms. The hardware they are trying to create is useless anyway.

Webstor MOTU baby

You should apply for the jobs with names like "deez nuts" and what not. LOL

I'll bet a lot of applicants are knowledgeable about the shadiness of the console and investment issues and wary to join a company that won't be around for long.