Atari BUYS Intellivision - What Does This Mean?!

Atari has acquired the Intellivision game library and IP. What does this mean for the future of Intellivision and the Amico console project?
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[@PatTheNESpunk]

What do you think of this Intellivision sale to Atari? Do you think Atari will be a good shepherd of the Intellivision brand and its games? Let me know what you think!

[@setsers1]

Mixed Feelings. Hopefully They'll Do SOMETHING Good With It.

[@user-lu2vn3bu6f]

I think Atari is going to go bankrupt after the Tallarico Amico brings about a new golden era of videogames! /s

[@jackdiamond5340]

Hard to do any worse than Tommy.

[@lothar71]

This was the best thing that could happpen to the intellvision brand especially with how the new atari is treating their ip's

[@Have.An.AmicoDay]

Intellivision smartly knew in advance they would sell the brand, so they misspelled Intellivision on the box, so they could still release it (with this 'same sounding' new name) without getting sued. If they can't be genuine they might as well be their own Chinese knock-off.

[@moddrew546]

Tommy's mother ain't gonna be pleased with him about this

[@setsers1]

Yyyep

[@Have.An.AmicoDay]

Something I just realized... he always said his mother was very proud... thats because she IS a proud woman... Tommy never said she was proud 'of' him... another one of his word antics, to feel loved.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

"Well, at least I didn't fart out DJC..."

[@heisensaul5538]

@@SomeOrangeCat Honestly, I dont feel like that is much better lol

[@mr.selfimprovement3241]

Tommy is getting grounded for sure.

[@doyowan]

I cannot wait for 10.10.2020 to play Earthworm Jim 3 on my Amico!!!

[@megamanmarchek8293]

Earthworm Jim 4.

[@akaimizu1]

I still can't get over the time when GameStop was "scheduled" to release the Amico (remember thet?) and right around that very day, Earthworm Jim launched on NSO. It may hav e been a coincidence, but that coincidence was served..COLD.

[@mr.selfimprovement3241]

@@megamanmarchek8293 Let us all just pretend Earth Worm Jim 3D never existed. 😁

[@RogueNationVideos]

"There's steak with this sizzle" -- John Riggs

[@NoProHarrie]

It will have couch co op But only for hammocks

[@darkdialga777]

I love how Larrys money is still sitting there.

[@midimusicforever]

At long last, Atari won the original console war! And Tommy made it happen!

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

Another accomplishment from Tommy lol.

[@someoneelse1534]

He should really be awarded a Guinness World Records award for that.

[@ladynikkie]

Tommy ran the business to the toilet and Atari practically bought it out for chump change 😂

[@matthewlucent7645]

In unrelated news, Microsoft buys Sony and Nintendo.

[@ByGeorge846]

Hey Pat it's Tommy. Let's catch up and grab a slice some time, maybe some pasta. We're Paisan after all!

[@ladynikkie]

Sorry Tommy he's having pizza and karaoke with Miyamoto

[@worldsheaviestjamband93]

Pat! This is NOT Tommy!!!! I can tell because he didn’t start the conversation with “Are your parents still alive?”

[@ccricers]

It's fitting how Tim & Eric had to be involved in this parody of a game console.

[@heisensaul5538]

@@worldsheaviestjamband93 Maybe it's the same Tommy from the voice mail segments?

[@DarkLiger]

If I remember those Amico documents that were released, Tommy's end goal was getting bought out. Some how I don't think this is how he envisioned it

[@Griever49]

according to Atari Intellivision entertainment (the company Tommy made) is not included in the deal, so... no... Tommy's little project is still left aside

[@heisensaul5538]

I think that he envisioned he would be a part of it from the outset. This is fine with me that Tommy has nothing to do with this. He doesn't deserve to get anything good out of this.

[@DarkLiger]

@Griever49 that's kinda my point. Tommy thought he'd sell the entire company, but Atari was "Nope, we only want the part that's actually useful"

[@nerdrage557]

My prediction is Intellivision becomes a glorified secondary brand and the Amico is officially shelved for good by the end of this year.

[@ladynikkie]

I give it less than 6 months Amico files for bankruptcy

[@fightthepowerman]

Yes, please. If you're god and you're reading then then i will come to church every Sunday if you make intellivision moderately successful... omg, and then if Tommy does a stream to put the record straight.... then I'll become a deacon or something.

[@XanthinZarda]

I imagine footing the bill for Amur Finance (the furniture company suing them) is gonna be a stake to the heart.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

@@XanthinZarda Pretty sure Tommy holds that bill after whatshisname wouldn't let Tommy put it on the company's account.

[@Aragorn7884]

What does it mean? _It means we laugh_ 😆🤣

[@cartmann94]

And by “we”, i mean us, individually laughing, doing all the work.

[@plufim]

Now is the time we throw our heads back and laugh.gif

[@MasterZebulin]

Tommy's still alive so I'm not laughing.

[@larryroyovitz7829]

@@MasterZebulin Dark

[@chriskutz7144]

Tommy's smoking dope with Nolan.

[@Maniac536]

Okay I do enjoy seeing Ian as a force ghost over Pat’s shoulder. Can we do something like put him in Jedi robes or virtually project him onto the set when he’s doing remote podcasts?

[@shenanitims4006]

“Atari reportedly bought the Intellivision library of around 200 games, and also, this can’t be right Pat, a life-sized Spider-Man statue.”

[@jasonjlaw]

One of the AD&D game was renamed to Crown of Kings on my Intellivision DS collection

[@mr.selfimprovement3241]

THIS ENTIRE saga should have started and ended with Tommy buying Intellivision, and then repackaging as much of it's library six-ways-to-sunday for modern audiences to learn about. It should have been sold as Tommy trying to educate modern generations about a piece of videogame past, that they are almost certain to not be aware of - by making these titles available digitally on as many platforms as possible, and wrapped in educational material (like Atari 50th). He could have made a nice bit of coin doing that way, drummed up a tiny bit of conversation about the brand, and maybe some young people (even if it's 0.001% of Gen Z Gamers) might learn something. I was shocked at how viral the _Atari 50th_ went, and how many people were streaming it.... including really young people who progressed thru the collection, not as people enjoying the gameplay - but rather as folks watching the videos, playing a bit, and pacing thru the Atari 50th collection like there were visiting the National Videogame Museum. I promise you that no person under 40 is going to find anything on the Intellevision even remotely engaging to actually play... BUT most people *WOULD* sit thru a two hour guiding interactive museum with videos, and gameplay segments that took you thru the timeline of Intellevision and their console, and probably be fairly entertained in the learning aspect. The problem is that Tommy and the 200 old men on the planet who still think about Intellivision, couldn't understand that without nostalgia - these games are not worth a single cent to people who were not alive then... let alone $300 for a dedicated platform, and $10-15 a game. The past is in the past. Intellivison and all these old platforms that relied on primitive graphics and a lot of licensed titles based on IP that haven't been relevant in 35+ years - have no inherit draw or engagement method for today's core marketing demographic (18-34). My teenage son does not care about _Tapper, Burgertime, Smurfs, Carebears, Flintstones, Gi Joe, Shark Shark, Centipede, etc_ ....he has never heard of those titles in his life. To him, the *PlayStation 2* is a "really old retro console", and *Hannah Montana* is just a meme of _" some old show from along time ago"._ I have literally heard these word come out his mouth. And I'm a 38 year-old man myself who was too young for the Intellevision.... I didn't even know it existed until many years later, when the internet happened. I thought the Atari 2600 was it (I had one) and the then the Mastersystem/NES followed. It's part of the reason why no matter how many DJC podcasts/livestreams he did espousing that _"Amico is bringing back family fun"_ bit that Tommy came up with, and no matter how many Amico Cult Member's (or even Tommy himself) tried to paint anyone who criticized the Amicos marketability, as 'haters' and people who just did not understand families.... I, a lifelong gamer with a kid (vs. Tommy who is not, and doesn't), know that it was all BS. Even in 2019, Gen Z was already getting to the age where they would be starting families and taking over the market as the main demographic. Elder Millennials barely knew what this stuff was, and barely find these old games enjoyable for even a few minutes.... what hope did a 26 year-old mother born in 1997, with a kid born in 2012 have of liking them? Could you imagine trying to sell a $300 device to a woman whose family plan includes a bunch of $1000 smartphones, and a endless supply of modern multiplayer games they don't need tethered to play? I can tell you that when I play games with my son, it's often Minecraft (which we play together), stuff on his switch, PC games like Fortnite/Roblox, and call of duty mobile. He would literally laugh at me if I tried to give him Burgertime on Intellevision. lmao. He doesn't even like his games to be 2D, because he was he can't understand how to play them. I don't know what Tommy was smoking, or what Meds he was neglecting to take.... honestly I think it was just pure greed on his part. And a bunch of out-of-touch old fools, saw a chance to feel special and dream for a few years there that it was actually possible to feel like they did at 10-years-old in the 1970s. Maybe it was just a bunch of nostalgic old men having mid-life crisis, and a silver-tonged Pied Piper come in with his _Ferrari_ and _Spider-man Room_ ....and made them feel like the dials of time COULD be turned back, and they would sit in their living rooms again with their enthralled kids, and play endless hours of Frenzy huddled around the television without a single interruption, like it was them in their pajamas with a bowl of Franken Berry, glued to the soft glow of that fuzzy Magnavox console unit, and laying on the shag carpet of a wood paneled room in their childhood home. Absolutely delusional thinking on every single person's part... Especially those who funded the venture (looking at you Smash JT), supported the business decisions, and came to bat endlessly for the console concept after Tommy made it crystal clear that it was offering little that the original hadn't already minus "NFT" technology (lol) and cosmetically improved variation of mostly old games. Some people just can't accept that they are old, and they fall for this nostalgia bait hook line and sinker. Say what you the Colleco Chameleon... but at least that scam was promising a modern console with modern games for modern audiences, that didn't rely on nostalgia or limitations of gimmicks from the 1970s. The puff of smoke BS around it, had them talking about how the Chameleon wasn't for the older guys who grew up with it, but rather their kids. This thing was doomed from the start. Like I said: Tommy should was just licensed the library to every platform possible, and focused on finally offering a definitive way to play all of them in one place, and educate people - on the folks who made those games and brought to market that platform. That would have been more profitable, respected modern audiences, much faster and efficient (cheaper too), and honored the platform/people for whom Tommy pretends to have a great deal of love for. In my opinion, the holding company with also owns right now Atari, will probably just licensed off all these games, and release collections anyway. So good job Tommy, your scheme bit EVERYONE in the butt.... well expect people like Phil Adams (who got his parachute) and the de-facto supreme leader of the amico cultist _DJC GAME STUDIOS_ .....who somehow avoided jail time for being an accomplice to fraud, being sued by the people he lied too/defrauded for years, and for whom he himself probably made some small profit from the sell of Intellivison (as he was allegedly gifted a share in the company).... plus he got his Amico 'test unit.'

[@CaptainRufus]

The previous Intellivision owner did the memory alive bit best he could. The Intellivision Lives collections and his Blue Sky Rangers website was keeping the brand at least semi relevant as much as a system that had around 2 million or so sales in the early 80s probably needed and was worth doing. Keith Robinson did a good job but when he died Tommy saw dollar signs and a way to boost his ego and instead turned Intellivision into a JOKE. Lots of those old games weren't really very good and most couldn't even be played alone. (Though the mail order INTV era in the late 80s took out the license bits and sometimes added in 1 player molds. I'm still not sure that makes those sports titles remotely compelling to any but the most nostalgic, especially given how iconic the Nes and Genesis sports library is. When games like Baseball Stars and Tecmo Super Bowl and Blades of Steel and Sensible Soccer and pretty much all the Genesis EA Sports titles exist? Yeah.)

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

"repackaging as much of it's library six-ways-to-sunday for modern audiences" You want the games to be woke? lol

[@mr.selfimprovement3241]

@@ElAssoWipe-o lmao :D _" _*_Presenting:_*_ Shark Shark 2000! Enter the deeps with this charming classic. Updated graphics, touch controls and a innovative narrative guide you thru the challenges of a gender neutral Shark who only wants acceptance in the Deep Blue! "_

[@ItsTheFizz]

Already looking forward to this year's Christmas Special...

[@shenanitims4006]

Christmas in July!

[@ZForceFFC]

I've been waiting for this moment since I read the news the other day :). I was a big fan of the original Intellivision as it was my first game system growing up. I can sleep better at night knowing that Tommy Tallarico no longer has anything to do with Intellivision, I'm hoping with Atari running things, we can get something along the lines of the "Recharged" series for some of the Intellivision games, and something along the lines of the Atari 50 collection. I was interested in the original (wishcast) pitch of the Amico, and actually had one preordered at one point, but decided to ask for a refund when it looked like they were going less in the direction of a retro system with classic Intellivision games remastered, and more of the "Family Friendly" shovelware dump. Fortunately for me, I was able to get out before the bottom fell out and managed to get my $100 back without any problems.

[@intellivisiongamer]

I think this is the best thing for Intellivision fans. I can’t wait to see what Atari does next.

[@mr.selfimprovement3241]

There are NO _intellivision fans._ 🤨Just a little over 200 perpetually online aging retiress from Generation X and the Baby Boomer Wave - who have spent the last 5 decades wishing a dead company would be relevant again, so they can make inferior ports of arcade titles that released before people who are in their early 40's where even born.... For there to be fans of something, it must: *1.)* Still exist (or atleast exist in the pop-cultural zeitgeist) *2.)* There must be enough people to constitute a fandom. Could you have a profitable Intellivision convention at a expo center in a large city? .....or do you rent out a Pizza place or private venue to host a few hundred people who travel to get there. You guys are really just a small community online of passionate guys who still love and remember the original platform, and for whom your nostalgia is single focused on that narrow sliver of time. What Tommy bought was just a 'name/ip/brand'... the actual Intellevision was made by people who a e largely no longer with us today, and in buildings that no longer exist. Alot of the gentlemen and visionaires who worked at these places where already in their 40s, 50s and 60s in the late 1970s. Even Mattel is a shadow of what it once was: in a totally different building, with totally different humans running it, making products for a totally different generation. 😑 Your own videos get under 200 viewers (some repeats), and there is no growth whatsoever in your future. Because there are NO Intellivsion fans... just old men clinging to their childhood. There is NOTHING wrong with that, and god bless you - you seem like a SUPER nice guy. I probably would get along great with you, and I MYSELF am a 80s horror movie and anime guy.... so I know about stuff people don't care about! lmao.😅 But there is no fandom for your favorite console anymore. And in the next decade or so, as most the people who had a intellivision enter their 60s, 70s and 80s.... it's going to be even less.👴

[@intellivisiongamer]

@@mr.selfimprovement3241 that’s a long reply for someone who is retro collector just liking his first console lol… I’m out on the houseboat for the holiday weekend. Since you took so long to reply, I’ll reply when I get back home.

[@Heath-td7yd]

Holy dude you need to relax It’s just video games By the way there will be a day people will say the same about you and what you like Show some respect

[@backlogbuddies]

I hope they can get shark shark and astro smash

[@MasterZebulin]

@@Heath-td7yd To be honest, Tommy tarnished the name. Perhaps permanently. People are going to still feel some resentment because of that.

[@jcchaconjr]

The sports games are not a problem, because they later rereleased non-licensed versions of their sports games when it came time to renew those - not to mention that they later updated those games with one-player modes anyway. That includes things like the Chess, Checkers, and Backgammon games. When I was actively collecting Intellivision, I regularly came across those variants.

[@crosstraffic]

The Intellivision Lives collection had the same, any licensing was taken out. The original title screens didn't have the licensing for the sports games. D and D they renamed Cloudy Mountain to get around the TSR license.

[@BIayne]

*"Oof!"* The Tommy Tallarico Story.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Remember when Tommy mouthed about how we wanted to fight Atari so he could kick their asses?

[@ladynikkie]

And Atari ended up buying their asses😂😂😂

[@SomeOrangeCat]

@@ladynikkie You couldn't write a funnier punchline!

[@ladynikkie]

​@@SomeOrangeCatis the ultimate form of poetic justice

[@timothyfoster6149]

@@ladynikkie and Tommy ended up kissing theirs

[@rafaelcaetano7232]

Metal Jesus will love this!

[@En1gmat1c1]

You two have been right about this entire fiasco. Its a shame the Intellivision name has been dragged in to the mud. When the small documentary is made about in this scam Pat and Ian must be interviewed. Keep up the great work.

[@MentalLiberation]

If there is a documentary, should the gaming historian cover it?

[@DevilSurvivor69]

I wonder how the Amico frauds took this news lmao 🤣?

[@ladynikkie]

I know Smash JT is still salty that his 10k is gone😂

[@Rando1975]

They'll take it as great news and think that this will help launch the Amico console. It won't, but they'll spin it.

[@comparc1972]

Believe it or not, they actually believe the Intellivision name was holding Amico back and that without the Intellivision name, Amico is guaranteed to be a huge success. Somehow a console with a no name company behind it will be a success.

[@heisensaul5538]

@@ladynikkie A fool and his money are soon parted as the old saying goes.

[@heisensaul5538]

@@Rando1975 They will try and when the Amico still doesn't come out, they will look like even bigger tools and frauds.

[@azure1259]

When Pat corrctly states Atari had consoles and arcades, Atari also were a success in home computing, especially the Atari St. So Atari had lots more to offer than Intellivision for many more years.

[@DaiAtlus79]

by the time of the ST, that Atari was separate from the Atari Games maker: Atari Corporation under Jack Tramiel vs Atari Games which was the coin-op division, the latter of which ended up joining Namco in the 80s and making things like Arcade titles, Tengen on the NES, etc and later on was sold to Williams and that in turn became Midway and then was sold to Warner Bros (so WB owns stuff like RoadBlasters, Primal Rage, Mortal Kombat etc). Jack's Atari Corporation ended up merging with a hard drive maker (JTS) then was bought out by Hasbro which became 'Atari Interactive', then sold that division to Infogrammes, and renamed to Atari to this day, and besides buying Intellivision, they also own GT Interactive, Accolade and the Inforgrammes stable and names (parent company operates as Atari SA in France, and has survived bankruptcy and restructuring). tl:dr - Atari Corp of 1985 onwards had zero game rights as Jack only bought the home hardware division (the 8 bit computers, St, 7800 and Jag), and the games were over at Atari Games (post 1985) which are now held by the french company Atari SA (which bought Intellivision), while anything by Atari Corp is owned now by WB Interactive (and is why Scooby Doo can fight Scorpion from MK in Multiversus).

[@redleader7988]

@@DaiAtlus79 Atari arcade division split off with the Tramiel transition, but other than that, Atari still has rights to all their IP for all their consoles and computers released over the years, other than specific titles that were sold off.

[@TheLadsBandLive]

Phil, Tommy and the weird mustache guy wished they could have slipped this news past Pat and Ian by getting it announced after this week’s CUPodcast, but Atari doesn’t give a crap about their egos and just dropped the press release as soon as the deal was done.

[@akaimizu1]

Just waiting for the Emperor Palpatine to visit Talarico saying, “Goooood. Now your journey to the abject failure of Intellivision is complete.”

[@linuxrobotgeek]

This is a good decision and this should finally end the Amico for good

[@Skorpio420]

We need a response from "a certain individual" ASAP!

[@TheOldPianoRoll]

I saw comments elsewhere online like “This is insane! This would be like Sony buying Microsoft!” Some very eye rolling comments going around like that.

[@JustinJTime]

Pffffft, please 😆

[@strangevision99]

This would be like Sony buying the N-Gage brand and games.

[@RyanMartinez]

"OMG! This is like God buying Satan!" Aye, ridiculous. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@DaiAtlus79]

it's more like Sony buying Sierra or some other defunct company that is just an IP stable now. so many retro 'fans' have zero understanding of IP law. then again, RetroBro sold Retropies loaded with roms before he got into this crap (he comes off as most of these 'hustlers' as they like to call themselves, who need to make it known they are 'successful' when in fact he just managed to sell to bigger suckers than he is).

[@krikjinker2062]

The real question is...who owns the HyperScan rights?

[@techguypaul]

BurgerTime keeps getting re-released so that's some sort of continued connection to Intellivision. That was one of 3 games I remember playing on my Intellivision, the other 2 being Tennis and Baseball.

[@timothyfoster6149]

Burgertime was and has always been my favorite on the Intellivision.

[@ninjasec]

where can I find and listen to the full podcast, audio? I do not understand why people still think the Amico will come to light or be anything even remotely successful.

[@TheFoggyjones]

Spotify

[@ninjasec]

@@TheFoggyjones thanks ,I'll check

[@Meebzorp5200]

VR B-17 Bomber

[@anth636]

[BEE SEVUN TEEN BAWWWWWWMUHR]

[@Meebzorp5200]

@@anth636 Wouldn't that be somethin'?

[@lorddalek]

As if a thousand shills suddenly screamed out in terror...and were then silenced.

[@MadeUlook1000]

My God Ian looks more like Unibomber every day, congrats Ian 👏

[@user-zq4dp2et9i]

His mother is very proud

[@thrillhouse4151]

What’s next on the list, Colecovision, Tandy?

[@DaiAtlus79]

i would LOVE to seem them release a lil mini computer like the C64 etc that you can load your own software onto but it's an emulation box designed JUST for the Tandy1000/Coco Platform, so you can play things like Contras on the Coco3 but also things like Sierra titles etc that were programmed for the platform in specific (Tandy 16 color expanded CGA/High Rez, Tandy Sound Sound System etc).

[@crusherbad64]

With all the problems with Atari releasing the VCS, at least it took Atari a fraction of the $17 million to release the console and they still support it, new games still come out. Maybe the few Amico games will come out on the VCS which would be funny 😂

[@Joey-The-Chud]

To this day it still amazes me that Tommy and his crew were incapable of releasing anything despite getting over 17 million dollars of funding for the Amico , the VCS in contrast launched thanks to a 3 million dollar crowdfunding campaign, yes just 3 million, let that sink in.

[@DaiAtlus79]

@@Joey-The-Chud its also because even with Bankruptcies and the like, Atari SA are an experienced business (they started out as Infogrammes) and Intellivision is just another IP stable to them, they also own Infogrammes, GT Interactive and Accolade!

[@akaimizu1]

Man, when Tommy said he would kick Atari's butt. I didn't realize he was saying that on the set of "You can't do that on Television" on Nickelodeon, and it was the Opposite Sketch.

[@Darkwingsamural]

This is great, but why do I now think of Coleco and the Jaws theme at the same time. 😂

[@omegavalwin]

Welfare check on Tommy pls

[@F1JV]

Mattel = “1” console named Intellivision + “1” afterthought computer named something or other ATARI = numerous arcade machines* + numerous consoles* + numerous computers* WINNER** = 🎮🕹ATARI🕹🎮 *including pinball & handheld & portable **then & now

[@AusTraLiaNPsyChO]

Woah, how could you forget the juggernaut that was the Mattel HyperScan?

[@hw2577]

I think it would make sense for Atari to look to acquire the libraries from classic home computer game companies, such as: Broderbund, DataSoft, Sierra. One classic arcade company library I think would fit very well with Atari: Cinematronics. Imagine a Star Castle Reloaded.

[@bryanjensen2614]

I saw the news the other day and I could picture Pat falling off his chair.

[@khuntington]

pat and ian have been edging us all on the obligatory amico victory lap for like 2 1/2 years now. i don't know if i'm going to have the stamina to make it to the actual legitimate victory lap. lolz

[@akaimizu1]

At this point, it won't even be just a victory lap. It would be a full on Victory Race. It will be so long a Victory distance that they'll need a pit crew to do some pitstops during it.

[@duzkiss]

Sidenote. This is the prelude to an AMICO bankruptcy in 6 to 9 months. They know the hardware is not coming and the games are already ported elsewhere.

[@XanthinZarda]

Don't forget about that pending furniture lawsuit! They can't kick that down the road forever!

[@kevinlawson1746]

Yeah I wonder if the Aquarius, the Computer add on for Intellivision and the INTV is part of all that, if so INTV had some really cool games and then you have prototype that have never been released.

[@allforthenukie]

I really do think that Atari would've ended up buying the Intellivision rights from Keith Robinson's estate eventually, in the alternate universe where Tommy just simply continued cataloguing his Spider-Man comics

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

I think Tommy would either make Earthworm Jim 4 on modern platforms or reunite with his buddy Victor Lucas to make new episodes of Reviews on the Run if he didn't get involve with this Amico disaster.

[@The_Wandering_Nerd]

I think that "200 games" figure also refers to the M-Network games, the ports of Intellivision games Mattel made for the Atari 2600. Many of these had different names to the Intellivision originals. Maybe they could release Astrosmash under the M-Network name "Astroblast"...

[@dad7275]

Well the vcs is still alive and well. Around 170 games and counting and Atari is still supporting it. Not dead yet. 3+ years.

[@HrvojeGrahovac]

Nice

[@dad7275]

@@HrvojeGrahovac it has more independent games than first party. Its nice seeing what ideas are coming from them that are not mainstream.

[@NightWolve75]

Attaboy Tommy! 😂 What should've happened a long time ago before the INTV IP ever got in his hands! Not that 2024 Atari is special, but at least they have an actual track record of releasing real products and recharged/upgraded games.

[@TheMechwarrior25]

Dude, the amico official channel is still using the intellivision branding 🤣🤣🤣

[@mattbrown9920]

I’m curious who approached who to get the deal going … and was the BBG sale a “smash glass in a case of emergency - need cash ASAP” or BBG was offering a hugely inflated amount for Shark!Shark! and Astrosmash

[@KLegyyn]

Wow, in the end, Atari won. . I mean, we knew Atari won way back then, but this is something else. . .

[@Benobot99]

Wow, this is pretty neat! Reminds me of Sega going to Nintendo, but not exactly the same.

[@rockerteen8300]

I didn't know any of the intellivision games, I knew some Apple games, 2600 games, and Commodore games, and arcade games, until the NES came out I only knew those video games.

[@afterglow-podcast]

Let's be real, this is a company in an intensive care unit buying another company that's on life support.

[@Meebzorp5200]

Maybe a Dave & Buster's arcade Star Strike for 2-4 players - mindless shooting gallery type thing. Other than that maybe Thunder Castle, Tower of Doom and like you said, Cloudy Mountain. But is it worth bothering with Hasbro/WoTC to get the D&D license? Maybe if there's another D&D movie they can do a collab or something off the wall. A modernized Utopia Civ game for the PC might be cool to play. Maybe condense it down for mobile. There's really not much else to plum that isn't tied up under another license. Stadium Mud Buggies lol. Tron Deadly Discs could be amazing for VR and other platforms. If you've played Discs of Tron in the arcade, you can see what I mean about the VR potential. But Disney is greedy so good luck with that license.

[@jim1174]

All I want is an Intellivision flashback or clone console with micro sd card slot and touchpad controller.

[@ItsRetroPlanet]

Now all they need to do is get ColecoVision as well as interplay, and they got themselves a solid library that they can use

[@jasonmartinez5116]

Atari also acquired the M Network brand and are planning bring some of it's titles to Atari 50th Anniversary Collection and with its upcoming Expanded Edition

[@AlucardsQuest]

Atari also owns Nightdive Studios, who've been doing a lot of early FPS (and 1 TPS) remasters. I would like to see both Digital Eclipse and Nightdive Studios (separately), work on some of those old IPs. What they call Cloudy Mountain (and Treasure of Tarmin, which could be renamed) now could be remade into something new and exciting for people looking for a classic action/rpg! Night Stalker could be a new survival horror type of game! ... I don't know many of their other titles though lol.

[@OM19_MO79]

Cloudy Mountain is Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Tower of Doom is AD&D Treasure of Tarmin. Thunder Castle was also an AD&D game but was retooled to release it as INTV. They need no license to release the AD&D games, they’ve already made the arrangements. Only two Tron games still need a license but they are nearly unplayable. Deadly Discs doesn’t need the license, it barely resembles the source material.

[@steveafulton]

You guys are right. Atari now stewards pre-NES gaming. They should buy the Vectrex library too, and maybe even Maganvox and Fairchild too. I's suggest Colecovision too, but I believe almost all of Coleco's library is licensed.

[@akaimizu1]

Vectrex is an interesting one. Because currently Vectrex is freeware. (Or Rescue-ware, given the history) so it might be a difficult one to sell.

[@steveafulton]

@@akaimizu1 interesting. I’d love to a Digital Eclipse interactive doc about it but I would not want Atari to own it then.

[@BigDamnGyro]

My band is playing CGF this year and Brett Weiss is back...again. I should wear an Atari shirt.

[@backlogbuddies]

Quick someone check if the buyout page from that one slide had Atari listed

[@darthv72]

Atari needs to buy Coleco next.

[@bluenothing720]

You guys are the best.

[@WyndiMan]

I want to see two games out of this deal. First one can lean into "The First Console War" and the George Plimpton ads by pairing Atari and Intellivision games together. Make it a smaller digital title that leads into a standalone Intellivision 50th compilation.

[@aldi404]

Do most people even know that this Atari is not really the 80s Atari?

[@Joey-The-Chud]

Yes they know, they also know that this is the best version of Atari that has ever existed ( Atari SA 2001 - present ).

[@runpcjon]

Which '80s Atari? There were three separate companies named Atari in the '80s.

[@unj]

Even when I discuss among video game people most of them don't even know it still exists even as a name/rights holder. I get a lot of "Atari still exists?"

[@rockerteen8300]

Pat, do a funny skit about this, drive the final nail in the coffin of the Amico.

[@notorious8361]

Tommy’s not mad, he’s disappointed….

[@johndoe-vx3kf]

atari could go after and acquire commodore. Hyperion filed bankruptcy who was making amiga os and cloantro who owns all the trademarks and ips isn't in a good spot. I'd like atari to get commodore and coleco.

[@jeremiahthomas8140]

Almost all of the sports games released by Mattel were already renamed by INTV Corp., so those would be easy to release. The AD&D games have already been rereleased without the AD&D license also.

[@zeeborsloweffortchannel3889]

I love that Pat went over an double checked the count to. I knew my number was smaller because I didn't count sequels and I lumped all the sports games together, but there was no way even WITH all the licensed stuff Intellivision first party made it to 200 games.

[@anth636]

I can see Disney wanting to rerelease the Tron games for the release of Tron Ares next year, since they rereleased Discs of Tron for the release of Legacy in 2010, but that’s a big maybe

[@megamike15]

tommy ruined the intellivison ip so much it created a wwe bying wcw situation.

[@mumfnah]

Hoping they create one of them "Atari 50th" type games with a load of Intellivision's best and some of those interviews and history knowledge. The Atari one is great value /cue Pat, "the valuue"

[@doclank3d6]

Atari is trying to rebuild it's gaming empire by buying old and forgotten brands, games, etc and trying to make a profit with it.

[@dutchbeef8920]

Its on the launchpad!!

[@dutchbeef8920]

In safe hands with Atari, something we’d never expect to hear. Hope they parcel it out to some the real players in this market.

[@GareWorks]

Now that Freddy is long gone, I think Atari has (mostly) been on an up-swing, which is both somewhat surprising and nice to see. The Atari VCS might have been an hilarious failure, but they've put that behind them and focused on their forte (I still have zero interest in tacky merchandise though). On the other hand, the idiots in charge over at Intellivision were only going to continue parting it out and stringing people along, so this is probably for the best.

[@toastrave7820]

who is freddy?

[@Joey-The-Chud]

​@@toastrave7820 He's likely referring to Fred Chesnais the former CEO of Atari from 2014 to 2021, his era was infamous for getting Atari involved in all sorts of things that had nothing to do with gaming, Atari hotels, the Atari token crypto currency, the speaker hat ( which is actually pretty cool ) etc . In contrast the Wade Rosen era ( 2021 - present) is considered a return to form for the brand , the Recharged games, the Atari 50 Collection, buying studios like Night Dive, Accolade, Digital Eclipse and now Intellivision, making new IPS like Mr Run and Jump and Kombinera etc.

[@pmtoner9852]

Did you hear? The Apex Monocle company just bought American Opera Glasses?

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Apparently they're in "Quiet Time" again. Avocado is using the rebranding as an excuse not to give any new updates. Lol. Keep in mind four more games were supposed to be released by now.

[@excitebike64]

I think this is pretty cool. Instead of Amico, I'd be happy with another Atari/Intellivision that just had the pretty lights. The online spin was always crap, these mini consoles are best sold preloaded. Leave the online sales for the establishment platforms. This actually could be a gold mine. If priced right, there still is a market for novelty type items.

[@nelsonhamilton8262]

Atari is also kind of run incompetently but at least they put out products and Atari 50 was an amazing collection with a lot of heart. Pixel Ripped 1978 was pretty great too if you’re into VR.

[@thegamesninja3119]

Infogrames brand looks like it is making a come back. Atari has the rights to Astroblast, which is 2600 Astrosmash, so... Astroblast Recharged.

[@ElAssoWipe-o]

The video that we've been waiting for =).

[@jblackacre2325]

I would consider buying more physical cartridges, but they are always sold out. Because of this, I can't get behind anything they do. It's like they are a business...but they don't seem to sell the things I want to buy.

[@boogie5]

Gosh it's so darn cute how you use the word "there" ya know... tickles me pink!!!!

[@yakov456]

Didn’t think I could get hopeful for the brand ever again but this is about as positive a development as anyone could hope for.

[@BIayne]

I would say Intelivision is in good hands now. Lets hope Atari buys the missing games. RIP Keith Robinson

[@Jake76667]

i seriously picture atari trying to do this in like 1982 or 1983

[@jdrakeh]

Three weeks later and the Intellivision branding is still all over the Amico/Intellivision Entertainment website, so it looks like Phil, John, and company may have just pulled the eject lever, collected their money, and abandoned the website/Amico project (unless they licensed the Intellivision brand from Atari, which would in itself would be hilarious).

[@CaptainRufus]

It's kinda funny that the Evercade is basically what the Coleco Chameleon was wanting to be. Except real and mostly decent. It's sad that Tall Tales Tommy basically killed what was left of Intellivision as a brand and a collection of IP anyone might care about. Like combined the original Colecovision and Intellivision machines sold around 3 million units apparently. That's a really small number and of an age group that's in the 40-60 year old region which isn't one that's exactly gonna be hardcore into this stuff anyhow outside of no life types like me. Now thanks to those two ding dongs both machines are now just jokes. Great job.

[@EdgarTarly]

Did this video get stuck in some kind of weird time rift? 2024 just keeps giving

[@joshuahensley9395]

It was weird like a week ago this shit popped in my head again after not really thinking about it for a couple years and then boom.

[@dutchbeef8920]

These will be games that will end up in flashback and my arcade consoles and that is it. Thats been the business model it works for Atari now they have some now games to keep that going a little while longer and that will be it.

[@nyrich10]

It was amusing to see the people with poor reading comprehension skills posting “I’m so excited! Atari is going to get me my Amico console!”.

[@FatalVisionTV]

Atari completing and releasing an Atari Amico would be a nice 35 year long middle finger to Intellivision.

[@JustinJTime]

So is this the victory lap?

[@ladynikkie]

Atari practically bought out intellivision for peanuts 🥜🥜🥜