Intellivision Amico Controller and Cornhole in Trouble?!

Cornhole for Intellivision Amico was recently demoed, and controller and game issues were revealed. Also, an interview with Intellivision's CFO revealed some info.
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[@PatTheNESpunk]

Are you saddened by the Cornhole setback? Do you think this will come out in 2021 or 2022? Why do you think games are still not finished? ➡Cornhole footage @kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WzdoF3mMZ2m9U

[@toyvania]

I think they are short on funds and the backlash they are having with this is enormous. At this point, I think they are gonna crash and burn the next year, similar to what happened to the Smach Z. At least they had a good idea but the CEO and the execution sucked. In Intellivision's case, the idea AND the CEO suck. This should have been a budget console like the Evercade VS is gonna be.

[@MarioMan-iw7xl]

No way this releases in 2021….facts!

[@MrMegaManFan]

Not sad. Glad. It means more videos like this, and more of Tommy getting butt hurt. 😂

[@jhamptonjr]

I think they need to send you guys an evaluation unit. I mean, there's not much worse you could say that you haven't already said, so why not?

[@FrogTony]

It seems like they hired inexperienced devs and now have a bunch of games to fix.

[@liverush24]

The most retro thing about this , will end up being its original release date.

[@SuaveCerealKiller]

🤣🤣

[@SaberedQuill]

What's wild is when the steam deck was announced, within a few hours we knew more about every facet of that device than we've learned about this contraption in 2+ years. Transparency and professionalism vs. smoke, mirrors and and ego

[@ChadZeluff]

Walmart sells a fantastic $20 Cornhole set, no lag, infinite resolution, perfect real-world physics

[@SCAGMONKY]

Can you buy Tommy one

[@SCAGMONKY]

You should buy one and gift it to Tommy live on camera that would be gold

[@RocketboyX]

Yeah, but does it have a high score table and will Walmart send me an award I can print out?

[@outsideredge]

Is anyone going to pay $250 US to play Cornhole? The genius of Wii Sports is not the graphics. It's that they tuned the underlying tech so that there is little perceptible lag, and that you can play it pretty much like real bowling. Or tennis and golf. Anyone can understand it. But I watched Intellivision's recent 'unboxing' video where they demoed Cornhole. You have to pick your target, your hand position, and your arc on the touch screen before you actually throw the bag. It's a 4-step process. It seems the throw is really a substitute for a button press. And then there's noticeable lag between the throw and the action represented on screen. If this is their 'flagship' product, the one that tries to mimic the success of Wii Bowling, they failed miserably.

[@vespasian606]

You know it's bad when the delay has been delayed.

[@GrandTheftWatto]

Ian is right, but its actually WORSE than that. The "hardware delay" should not only mean the games should be ready to show BUT, in fact, ALL those games should now get extra dev time, EXTRA polish, etc. They should be even BETTER. What are they hiding, I wonder?

[@burkehare01]

Lots of lag mate 😂

[@marktubes3419]

I bet they are hiding the fact that they spent the money on stupid frivolous shit and not on the company.

[@davidbudzik5970]

It’s so funny the way you guys have Tommy nailed. When they first announced the Amico, I was excited. But when they announced that they were opening offices in Europe and Dubai, I made a few comments on Intellivision’s Facebook posts. Basically, I said those steps were premature because they didn’t even have a console they could sell yet. Tommy jumped in and argued with me about that. Then he did it again when I compared the Intellivision to the Atari VCS because they both seemed like vaporware. He swings at everything and it just makes him look like an ass.

[@WestminsterNaught]

God now I feel retroactively bad that I went to one of Tommy's Video Game Live concerts back in the day seeing how this saga is going.

[@jordanwhite352]

Same

[@stephenmay7438]

Panic recently sent out the Playdate to several major media outlets to do previews: The Verge, Ars Technica, IGN, Gamespot, and several others. We’re not talking about heavy supervision in a highly controlled environment…we’re talking about sending out complete hardware for journalists to play with at their leisure over the course of several weeks. THAT’S what you do when you’re confident in your supposedly soon-to-be released product.

[@Lappelduvideify]

Also a year late.

[@scootakuh3142]

@@Lappelduvideify Irrelevant. Delays happen, it's par for the course in this industry. The point is that Panic had enough confidence in their product to send them out to tech sites for their thoughts. Ars Technica specifically had their unit for a few weeks. Not days, weeks. Intellivision have yet to send ANY units out for previews. Instead they invite people to their site, and even then there were issues with the controller lag, so they couldn't even get that right! 3 months to launch and we're still seeing simple games like Cornhole are being worked on? This thing is dead in the water. Time for Tommy to start being honest. Announce a delay, and take the heat. They know their money is drying up which is why they are looking to do another round of investment, but without even a hint of a return, who would invest in this crap? I give Intellivision 12 months before it folds.

[@EclecticElectric.bsky.social]

Fair point.

[@ZForceFFC]

I got an email this morning (since I had one of these preordered at one point) stating that the system was delayed once again, and didn't even bother to give a new release date, but stated "we are focused and determined to deliver pre-ordered units by the end of the year" I will give them an 8 and a third percent chance of getting this thing out, because Tommy still hasn't added Kurt Angle to the mix.

[@Skorpio420]

So you're saying there's an eight-and-one-third chance this thing is coming out? #SteinerMath

[@MrTBoneSF]

The CFO playing coy with the definition of "physical media" is just gaslighting. When Tommy bragged "collectors will love us because of our physical games" he was asked point-blank a year and a half ago if that meant 1) You could trade the games 2) You could plug them in and play them with no internet connection (like in the not-so-distant future when Amico is out of business). He refused to answer those questions. To the Amico fanboys, they took his silence as a possibility they would (because confirmation bias and naivety). But to the skeptical, they knew that if those statements were true he'd never hesitate to answer "yes". The CFO basically blamed it on their "casual" target demographic and said they had to call them "physical games" because they wouldn't understand the distinction of code in a box and something like a cartridge. That's total BS. His imagined target demographic wouldn't care. Only the retro gamers and collectors care and those are the people Tommy and now the CFO have been stringing along with their deliberate word salad ("well what does 'exclusive' really mean?") and non-answers.

[@strangevision99]

"Well, we said we'd launch this one day and games would be playable, but really, what even is a launch and who's to say what a playable game looks like in 2021/2022? These are not things we can easily explain when communicating to different sections of our audience" "Oh, and please give us some money or we'll sue" "Actually, the lawyers say I can't sue you, but please give us money anyway"

[@ColeslawVariant]

The tiny youtube channels that act like the amico can do no wrong are the purest comedy fodder.

[@lexorcism]

Their latest video labels them 'physical products'. You can't write this shit.

[@MrTBoneSF]

@@lexorcism And there are still people insisting it's not an RFID card/code-in-a-box AFTER seeing the video showing them printing the boxes and shrink wrapping the final product . "Nooo! Tommy's just holding back some new, cutting edge technology. Tommy said codes-in-boxes suck! He wouldn't lie about this!" Okay, Geniuses, how then can they be shrink wrapping games that aren't finished (because we've not seen anything close to finished versions of those eight titles and the system's firmware still isn't done) if there's any sort of ROM in that box?

[@XanthinZarda]

Koch Media, the European distributor for Amico calls it code in a box. Which, given that has legal standing and I'd have to double check if Tommy said the sky is blue, paints a really bad picture against.

[@maquisarddouble6342]

Cornhole? Farkle? So the target market is the rural Midwest? Is the plan to have pitchmen hawk these things at county fairs?

[@XanthinZarda]

That or Christian Book Stores. Do as Wisdom Tree did; slum it in obscurity while having no license to what you're doing!

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

Sounds like the biggest flaw of the system is the controllers, just like the original Intellivision… apparently they didn’t learn from that…

[@failsafedictator]

Imagine being 3 months out and saying the controller isn't ready yet. Unbelievable. To answer Ian, the cultists aren't asking for anything, that's the problem. They are busy high-fiving Tommy and each other on everything. Pathetic. Things don't get better or advance without criticism. Xbox is where it is today because of criticism. I'm glad many like Pat and Ian are bringing questions and criticism to the table despite the negative clownery from the cultists. They should realize all this criticism and questions will bring YOU a better product. Also, what a difference a professional who's worked in corporate is from Tommy. The CFO should conduct all interviews going forward. Tommy should focus on getting the Amico ready for release (although I feel he is waiting for the week before to announce a delay) and stop showing up on rotation from his "buddy" KZbin network.

[@wiz3421]

Great point! Microsoft took criticism into account and improved their product. This guy takes everything personally rather than listening to what the consumers want.

[@Aragorn7884]

Can 'Voicemail Tommy' replace the "real" Tommy please...

[@richyvandamme]

I thought it was the same person

[@777JonT]

Booooom!

[@Aragorn7884]

@@richyvandamme joke, no joke? 🤔

[@ezg2000]

Voicemail Tommy could make the amico better than the Switch. Boooom!

[@nerdrage557]

Codes in a box aren't physical media. And Cornhole was supposed to be a top game for this thing. Very odd

[@djconvoy]

Well... not so odd. :D

[@cellversesfrieza]

I will admit that I like the artwork they made for those boxes. The only thing I have liked about the amico so far.

[@ToploadedGaming]

If you’re surprised by any of this, you haven’t been paying attention.

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

I was told Pat and Ian were just haters and wanted to just get clicks.

[@chrissawyer1484]

So they upgraded from drunk podcasters. Progress!

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

**surprised pikachu face**

[@TheWorstThingEver]

I could listen to these guys rag on the Amico all day.

[@synthfreak291]

600+ years

[@markketterer1248]

The controller was without a doubt the worst part of the original intellivision. Why they would attempt to make a touch screen version of that turd is beyond my understanding. They should have just packed in a normal controller and then they could sell it for $150 and maybe have a shot at success.

[@MTSPORTSCARDS]

TT has announced the system will use a Coaxial hook up for the retro experience - rabbit ears are an upgrade

[@jamesalexander5559]

Too modern, it should use those fucking screw boxes that everyone hated. That way you can only play on a vintage CRT TV.

[@MTSPORTSCARDS]

@@jamesalexander5559 I did consider that but was too lazy to research whatever the 2 screw box was called lol

[@getondese]

"I have always wanted to play cornhole on a videogame console" Said no one ever....

[@dwightdixon8508]

The Wii had a pretty good Wii Ware "corn-hole" game. I have it and it's actually got good motion controls

[@WillyWooly]

Cornhole!!!!! Man that will be scalped to oblivion, I’ll have to wait years to get a copy.

[@AceFondu]

Tommy's entire business strategy is trying to re-invent the success of the Wii by attaching it to the Intellivision brand....which isn't even a popular brand....

[@strangevision99]

He's also way too late to be jumping on the Wii train. I remember during the height of the Wii there were various knock-offs designed to look like the Wii, have bowling etc. I'm sure they hardly worked, but they did actually get released and sold in stores. If Tommy had done this in 2009 he'd probably have found enough investors to get it manufactured and sold along with the other Wii clones.

[@Ben-do1bf]

And also forgetting that the Wii had an actual end goal...

[@jamestravill9640]

Please please Nintendo bring out a free corn hole game for the switch/WiiU…

[@yeahbabyhiyoamazingpeoples4247]

O yeah dat wood bee so kool

[@ColeslawVariant]

Imagine a game where you use the "motion" controls to guide a hand to try to cover the mouth of a flying, yammering Tallarico head. Your score starts at 16,000,000 and depletes rapidly the more Tommy talks. It will not be available for printable, e-mailed high score sheets.

[@ShelltoonTV1]

This thing is not ready in the slightest.

[@YouSuperJ]

I would have named this segment, "Is the Amico's Cornhole not working right"?

[@cfltournaments8406]

"They messed up cornhole?!" 😐 for the click bait

[@InfiniCalendar]

😂😂😂

[@IntellivisionRevolution]

Was originally expecting Wii Motion Plus level of control, now it looks like simple wrist flicking.

[@cellversesfrieza]

If that.

[@richyvandamme]

I can't wait for Tommy's psycho response when he watches this

[@yeahbabyhiyoamazingpeoples4247]

wut

[@juannunez5767]

I wonder how development is on the Amico? These games aren’t complicated. Putting together Cornhole is not like putting together GTA. If this was a cheap Steam game or mobile game, even a small dev team could do it in a few months. My guess is that Amico hardware is so buggy or under developed that devs can’t finish porting over the games.

[@devilmikey00]

It's a snapdragon 625 which is a budget SOC from 2015. It's probably not hard to develop stuff for it if you're familiar with android but getting anything to run smoothly on hardware that was mediocre in 2015, and is downright awful in 2021, is probably the issue.

[@XanthinZarda]

Given the "10 Commandments" that Tommy laid out for the system, the system went straight from hamstrung, to hogtied, right into "Throw it on the fire, it'll cook faster that way" levels of bad. If what was revealed about the controller dev portal is true, you may as well directly hook the electric leads to a 240v line, it'll be faster that way to fry the system.

[@TheCreepypro]

how could one man sabotage himself and his product so much?

[@jlaking]

With Tommy's continuing antics, the Amico will be the Quibi of consoles.

[@FrogTony]

You're late...

[@Dorkalicious]

Get ready for Tom to lose his shit on Atari Age again for this video

[@ezg2000]

Naw, tommy thinks showing boxes of games can deflect people watching this video. 🙄

[@yeahbabyhiyoamazingpeoples4247]

itz kool doods

[@liverush24]

By the time this thing is released, Quantum powered consoles will be available.

[@cellversesfrieza]

Cold fusion powered consoles

[@cybersub4693]

I love to see human disasters and mass chaos. Amico makes me happy.

[@SaviorGabriel]

I think people are better off getting their own cornhole set lest they get cornholed by the Amico.

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

Now we know why Smash JT is doing videos from his parents house. Maybe his wife kicked him out for wasting 10k. Allegedly

[@VMUboy]

I’m so lost with this stuff. What happened and who is smashJT?

[@cellversesfrieza]

He is a KZbin guy who got “wined and dined” by Tommy. To say it as classy as I can. He makes videos against pat and Ian. He believes everything Tommy tells him. He invested 10k into this thing. The joke is that it is his wife’s money because she is more successful than he is

[@VMUboy]

@@cellversesfrieza lmao wined N dined? Did… did tommy bang him?

[@MrTBoneSF]

@@cellversesfrieza "Honey, that 10K is coming out of your midlife crisis boat!"

[@escoofimpakt]

Lol imaginepaying $400 for a system where corn hole is the system seller

[@ChatterboxFM]

A system that looks (and plays) like something you’d see at Kohl’s in mid-January on a clearance rack near the back.

[@escoofimpakt]

@@ChatterboxFM lol i feel like chinese emulation clone systems from amazon probably play better and definitely have more fun games for like $50 if their whole goal is just to sell to kids and families thats probably way better especially for the price LOL

[@ColeslawVariant]

@@escoofimpakt i have a couple of those, when they firdt started out they were rough, but two recent ones I have play great and are loaded with "real" games

[@AndNayNay]

My grandmother was looking forward to this but luckily she died first.

[@michael_stout79]

Just wang it

[@richardhutnik]

Simple solution, bundle dice and a cornhole and dice set with the Amico. Bam... problem solved!

[@BenHughes81]

Essentially like Pandora's Brown Box/Magnavox Odyssey.

[@cax1175]

I'd still rather play the odyssey with that setup.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Magnavox Amico?

[@richardhutnik]

@@PatTheNESpunknot where I was going, but that first. No, I was thinking they bundle everything you need to play a game without using the Amico. Once they fix everything... you will feel you do not need the console.

[@joshua.snyder]

The idiotic marketing attempt at "physical media" has dropped from Intellivision's YT. 🙄 Getting desperate over there.

[@nux3960]

I love when you guys call out this excuse of a console, cant believe there are still some shills and Tommy worshipers out there pushing this mess

[@matguy1000]

Headline: Amico Fucked Up Cornhole.

[@MrTBoneSF]

How about "Tommy's Piehole on the Cornhole"?

[@KamenRider1985]

I just wanted Earthworm Jim. All I wanted... What happens when trying to launch a gaming platform on a shoestring budget.

[@rabiroden]

ah, love a spicy new episode of Alright Ian

[@bryanobrien2726]

It seems as if they've dev'ed the game for compatible-ish hardware and now they're just finding out that the finished controllers are nowhere near compatible with what they've done for the better equipped phone controllers and now it has to be redone totally from scratch . It certainly raises the question of whether the amico controllers could even do minimal functions properly let alone the advanced functions promised . The LED lighting appears to be their number one priority . What a clusterfudge . What they should do is just release the console without controllers for $99 and just let people use their own phones .

[@MrTBoneSF]

The Amico guys keep letting stuff slip they probably didn't want to when they try to defend their questionable decisions. In the past when people questioned how viable the Amico could be with its low-priced software and six built-in games, Tommy let slip they have a HUGE mark-up. Tommy's ego demanded he brag that Amico would make a profit on every console and retailers would receive more profit than compared to an Xbox or Playstation they stocked. After the CFO interview, someone asked why Amico moved into their office building AFTER the pandemic started (and everyone was working at home) and why all the personal stuff (like cars) were in that business space. As a defense, someone let slip "Well that building is owned by the CFO and that stuff was already there!". So in other words, AFTER almost everyone was working from home, Amico decides it needs a big office space owned by the CFO. That means Amico is paying rent to the CFO. The rent for office spaces plummeted after the pandemic started because the demand was so low with everyone working at home. A close friend who had just moved out of SF (one of the most expensive areas in the country for rent) was offered to have his rent HALVED if he would stay. So now (allegedly) the CFO has a building that he likely couldn't rent and was using for storing his personal cars and other man-toys (so who would want to rent such a space?). Amico to the rescue! What are the odds Amico is being billed pre-pandemic rent prices? Remember, the more money they can "expense" the less they have to pay in profits to the Fig/Republic "investors" when the final accounting is done. The more expenses they can put on the Amico bill (and pay out of that 12 million), the more they can keep in their own pockets (in the form of say rent). For instance, Tommy had the VGL thing in Austin. Do you think he billed his travel expenses to his VGL company (where it would come out of Tommy's personal profits since he owns that venture) or do you think he charged it to the Amico fund (where it comes out of the 12 million he crowdfunded) because of that "publicity event" at the videogame museum? Highly recommend watching the movie The Producers- the original with Gene Wilder not the remake.

[@chupacabra1817]

Making the $12 million from the Fig/Republic fundraising disappear without the investors seeing a cent, wouldn't that be something? I really don't know how anyone could look at the Amico library and come away thinking it's an earnest effort at this point. It just seems like you could take $1 million and fund at least 5-10 solid looking games ( maybe I'm wrong there ).

[@MrTBoneSF]

@@chupacabra1817 Someone could host a weekend game jam on a college campus and have more polished, original games at the end of that weekend than Tommy has shown in two and a half years and millions in crowdfunding and government grants. And you could do it all for the cost of pizza and soda.

[@ezg2000]

@@MrTBoneSF Your original comment is the best comment on this video. Nick is double dipping into the amico funds getting paid twice.

[@ELSTERLING]

And here we see the true nature of the scam explained. Nicely done!

[@svenvaltik5657]

They shot themselves in the foot before even learning to walk... This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone...

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Well at least the ATARI CVS is real and you can purchase it.

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

As worthless as that is as well.

[@WorryWartWorld]

Literally had grown men stop talking to me for simply talking on a podcast a bit “negatively” about Amico. Never seen this nostalgic love cloud common sense questions.

[@FrogTony]

Wow!

[@mambajoopa]

Oh dear, they have just sent out an email announcing another delay.

[@elektrosoundwave]

I can't wait to hear what Tommy has to say about this in the voice messages

[@zeromusura3497]

All this thing with the Amico, will give Tom, hundreds of new gray's.

[@dougo670]

It's honestly a shame this has been such a disaster. The Intellivision was the first console my family got when I was just a wee lad. No idea why Tommy thinks you (Pat & Ian) want this to fail... just reporting what is happening here. He seems to be the only one who wants it to fail, being wrapped up in his delusions and outbursts.

[@WhitePointerGaming]

Same, the Intellivision was my first console too. I was mildly interested in this when it was first announced, but my interest has dropped to basically nothing at this point. This should have been a success with the industry veterans involved in it, instead it's turned into a circus, led by a man that can't let a silly thing like the truth get in the way of his ego.

[@jaysinvialoux]

Why the hell is cornhole even a thing to talk about? Like I have been to many kids party's and not 1 child ever spends more than 10 seconds on this stupid game.

[@skelingaton1833]

Is this the slowest sinking ship ever? Been watching your videos about this thing for what I think is a couple of years now. Saying they think they have a market as a virtual tabletop gaming system is actually the most interesting thing they could have done with this system. I don't think it would have been able to compete with things like Tabletop Simulator or Roll 20 but it's an idea I think more people could get behind.

[@liamboyle6345]

I give it 50 percent chance of releasing at all

[@aaroncopeland5964]

The more I see of the Amico, the more I wonder how much it weighs. I’m guessing it can’t be more than a few pounds; the way people hold it in photos it looks like a very thick but empty plastic shell akin to a children’s toy. It seems that the electronics in it are probably very simplistic. Do we know for sure that the games have to be using hardware more complicated than a Raspberry Pi in order to run? I’m serious, it looks that lightweight.

[@ELSTERLING]

The console contains a budget smartphone CPU/GPU from 2015 (Snapdragon 617) and 2GB of ram, the controllers have something ridiculous like 3MB of ram. It'd struggle to run more recent builds of Android smoothly.

[@BobSentell]

Being too confident, Pat. There is a good 70% chance this thing never sees the light of day.

[@scootakuh3142]

I've been saying for the past year that the Amico will never launch. Looking at the way they still have no final hardware and they are STILL working on pack-in games 3 months from launch it's clear as day there's another delay on the way. They are also looking for additional investment, but who in their right mind would throw their money at this now when we're facing a third delay and there's still no light on the horizon? I think Intellivision is in real danger of going out of business. If they don't get their act together quickly I see them going bust within the next 12 months.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

[@Elkplaysandpaints]

I'm betting he showed a bad build of Cornhole just to troll Pat. Jokes on you! There IS no Cornhole. He just wanted to string you and everyone else who liked cornhole along to make himself -I mean, all of you look like fools.

[@jonmccown2323]

Please refer to Delorean.

[@worldsheaviestjamband93]

Theoretically I’m the market for this since I have a 4 year old. Honestly, I’d much rather get a board game to try and limit the screen time than play this system.

[@DangerDave-e7u]

Oh no! My Cornhole!

[@kennyryan4173]

At this point, I'm starting to wonder if this was ever meant to release. ScAmico.

[@RocketboyX]

It is officially delayed yet again.

[@GareWorks]

They just uploaded a video on the "physical" media and... still have nothing to show, other than some admittedly nice-looking packages. What a shitshow...

[@orochiokada]

They're not even pretending it's physical media. They call it "physical product". So I guess that means it's rfid? Assuming this thing has an rfid reader. Maybe it's just a download code.

[@Rando1975]

Yeah, they're nice boxes. But that's all they are is a box.

[@lexorcism]

@@Rando1975 Even the 'production line' at the factory looked suspect and staged.

[@game_master_rukia]

there's no parts shortage, they have the parts but manufacturers want more money for them

[@TheMunky25]

Tommy is the Randy Pitchford to Pat and Ian's Jim Sterling.

[@downforwardjab5503]

Tommy already disliked

[@BenDrinkinEsq]

Haha

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

@@BenDrinkinEsq Love the username, lol

[@a-volpe9091]

Lol yeah Tómmy & the Cúlt..!!

[@Rando1975]

And wasn't it back in April that this was 99% finished?

[@zephusdragon]

"Price of a Switch or XBox". Thanks to Valve for adding the Steam Deck to that list too. I'll ask again, who the heck is this console made for again? When it's in the price range of 2 handhelds that have better quality games than this, it has no legs any more. It has to drop in price, or be DOA.

[@bzkl6055]

can't wait for tommy's tantrum after this

[@tremorchrist84]

Ian just wants to say his piece before he turns it over... than just gets talked over.

[@ELSTERLING]

Wow... I'm legit impressed with just how badly such a simple concept can be executed. Either the hardware is a garbage fire to work with, the coders don't care or they're totally inept. It might be a combination of the three, of course. The attempt to redefine the well understood term 'physical media' is amazingly desperate too.

[@g10118]

Pfft the unlock 'security' (if this thing ever releases) will be broken in a few hours. What a joke.

[@JasonVectrex_187]

I thought this was going to revolutionize the gaming industry? The greatest convergence of retro and modern gaming? You mean that everyone on youtube that pumped this system was a complete sellout, attention seeking, desperate shill, just hoping for more views and subs!? No way!!!! I never thought that before! my mind is blown! Wow! I never saw it coming!

[@ricsw9303]

Sad to see but those investors should have taken a better look at who they were placing their bets on.

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

I actually left my first ever voicemail for the show this week on the top of the Amico.

[@toyvania]

Wait, lemme get my popcorn!

[@toyvania]

@Dayzed Gaming Hello, Hammock Man!

[@SCAGMONKY]

The corn hole game video they are displaying is more like a first launch video that you present to investors for your pitch or idea for a new type of console and the type of direction you intend to take it on . This is not something you would pitch to the public and expect a positive outcome without his money Tommy would be in a mental asylum

[@duhdeedee]

To put it in perspective, Nintendo frequently delayed N64, alienated most third-parties who supported them with NES, SNES and sold several million N64's because it had Mario 64 and pretty much nothing else (the first two years of owning an N64 sucked). They only got away with this because it's Nintendo - anybody else would've been gone.

[@caryallansmith]

Imagine dating your first cousin

[@PatTheNESpunk]

[@XanthinZarda]

You know, I've always had one question. Why is _Cornhole_ the name of the flagship title? That's an insular regional name, whereas people know what bean bag toss and will realize how bad the library is. This is a game that's basically a freebie on what, over 30 shovelware collections? It's something you can replicate with a mouse cursor, but isn't even fun like air hockey. (Which was perfected in 1993 with SLAM! for Windows 3.1)

[@ceciliaandersen3849]

Tommy Tallarico should have made a collection of family-friendly mini games for e.g. Nintendo Switch instead of developing a completely new console...

[@hjalmarjohnson5846]

"intellivision lives again"... I might've actually bought that. This, however? Hell na.

[@ColeslawVariant]

The Sega Classics Collection-reimagined Genesis games, was painfull to look at (Golden Axe), but the games played well and actually got me to seek out copies of the actual games to see how they were different.

[@SaviorGabriel]

But what about all those rape games on the Switch? /sarcasm

[@jesuszamora6949]

He SHOULD have done that, but let's be real. This isn't about business. It's a vanity project. He wants to put out a console so he seems like an important member of the industry instead of an irrelevant fool who should have stuck to music composition. As flawed as the 3DO was, at least Trip Hawkins had a concrete vision beyond the inflation of his own ego.

[@DrLeatherface]

The thing that makes me howl with laughter is Tommy is releasing TWO intellevision collections for the Evercade. Which I gurantee will sell more than the amico ever will

[@BenDrinkinEsq]

I hope Intellivision fixes everything and actually release the Amico. I love odd novelties, so I want one.

[@IcyBird420]

Is Cornhole one of the big launch titles? This is like a joke that never ends.

[@lnxrox]

Are you serious? It's a system seller if i ever saw one. Basically amicos mario, sonic or plumbers don't wear ties.

[@nypad5]

Their latest video about the physical copies being produced at the factory... Is it me or does the dude look like he's green screened in front of the factory?

[@poboxchristmas380]

In this video, you guys actually expose one of the biggest issues at Intellivision. Tommy recently did an interview before Nick's. Tommy states that there are 20+ games that could be put out and in stores. In Nick's interview, he basically cuts that number in half. Tommy also states that he hopes they can get 500 units out to key people for a soft launch, only moments later in the same interview he drops that number down to 'several hundred'. Now, they all just continue this whole charade as if the October launch is still happening. Info on the Amico, from the direct source, is all over the place. The CEO and the CFO are both saying very different things. How could anybody invest in something like this and not be alarmed?

[@ezg2000]

How and Why should someone invest in this company. And judging from tommy's past dealing with the amico, you have to believe Nick's comments more than tommy's. This just highlights how much of a snakeoil salesman tommy really is. How he has been lying to the public for years. And he wonders why people compare him to Mike Kennedy and the Chameleon.

[@poboxchristmas380]

@@ezg2000 Yeah, I would imagine that by this point, Nick is smart enough to see how Tommy is hurting the company. I wonder if he can even keep track of all of the stuff Tommy says? There's a reason he's saying things that contradict Tommy's narrative. Either Nick is trying to change the narrative or he just doesn't know all of the stuff Tommy has already said. Regardless, it just ends up looking unprofessional for the company, especially when Tommy did that video right after Nick's interview. If there is an Intellivision Civil War, I'm with Nick Richards.

[@ezg2000]

@@poboxchristmas380 Same, even though I am not a big fan of Nick's, I would side with him over tommy. And it doesn't have anything to do with the prairie dogs. But Nick is taking investors money twice. He is getting paid big for letting tommy use his oversize office for the amico. Then he is getting paid as the CFO. Nick knows a small company like the amico shouldn't be in a 20,000 sq ft office space. But he wants those checks.

[@poboxchristmas380]

@@ezg2000 Yeah, I'm no fan of Nick either, but at least he's easier to listen to and interact with than Tommy. There's really quite a bit going on within the scene on both sides that I don't agree with. I'm against any kind of threatening or getting too personal, but I'm also against superchats and stuffing the shills G-strings and clout chasing. I'm not out to make a name for myself on any level. I'm just one of those guys that bought an Ouya and don't want that type of nonsense in gaming again. People need to put Tommy on the spot and ask the tough questions, same for Nick and anybody else involved. It's safe to say that many of the shills have already ruined their reputations in defense of Tommy's nonsense.

[@poboxchristmas380]

RIP prairie dogs

[@liverush24]

Bye bye, house. Bye bye, Ferrari. Hello, shed in the woods.

[@mikemartinez5654]

Tommy has no personal money invested in this. Even if he did lose everything, he would get it all back because "The Secret".

[@ladynikkie]

Surprise surprise the amiico been delayed again

[@maverickblah]

I have Coleco Chameleon PTSD...

[@SCAGMONKY]

Great to see your hair tied back and neat nice to see more of your face well done best you've ever looked well done

[@charliecervas5504]

Ian said Wang it. Shit was great. I cant wait for October.

[@liverush24]

After all this time & with all of the damaging stories relating to this thing - who the hell is going to want it? Nobody, they have fucked it.

[@The_Real_DCT]

Oh there are some like OEB Pete who still cries that the Amico is going to be the greatest thing ever, nothing will shake his faith in it and so on. Seriously there is a literal Amico cult. I mean shit they even say crap like "have a Amico day" and "the Amico makes me happy" unironically

[@liverush24]

@@The_Real_DCT Sheesh!...

[@mattstevenson1334]

Oh Thomas

[@ronnienoneyabusiness2844]

its not gonna ever come out...it so obvious if by some reason it did it will be a worse failure than atari vcs

[@crithon]

what if this ends like Silicone Knights "Too Human", they end up trying to sue a company that's 10 times bigger then they are? Friendly reminder, Silicone Knight tried to sue Epic Games for not developing their engine, and then they used their engine as they did a game for Sega, and they got sued into OBLIVION!

[@anthonynoel57]

Not exactly but the gist is right, Silicon Knights sued Epic games for breach of contract and fraud claiming that Epic had used the licensing fees that were to include providing direct support for unreal 3 to Silicon Knights during Too Human's development and instead used that money to pay for development of Gears of War rather then provide the obligated support. They claimed that this required them to basically develop their own engine for use in Too Human. this was also used in the X-Man game for Sega they developed. However Epic countersued them claiming that since they had access to a pre release version of unreal 3.0 for, I believe it was 8 to 10 months, they had not built their own engine but simply used the unreal 3.0 source code as a base and had basically "Stolen" unreal 3.0 tech. Unfortunately for Silicon Knights Epic was able to show multiple examples of how Silicon Knights' "engine" still had the exact same base code as the early version of Unreal 3.0, i.e they didn't even file off the serial numbers, and they got spanked hard. All games made with the engine had to be yanked from all forms of distribution.

[@crithon]

@@anthonynoel57 yup, but I'm trying to dumb it down. www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2019/06/16/the-bizarre-story-behind-too-human--a-game-microsoft-is-giving-away-for-one-week-before-its-gone-forever/?sh=3b4f28bc171b