Intellivision Amico Hardware Specs & Insider Info Revealed!

[@PatTheNESpunk]

NOTE: While recording this segment, Tommy Tallarico publicly threatened legal action against Ars Technica. Not a shocker! Are you surprised with the hardware specs revealed about the Amico at all? Ars Technica article here: arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/06/what-the-hecks-an-intellivision-amico-consoles-leaky-dev-portal-offers-hints/

[@PatTheNESpunk]

J Allard left Intellivision in Summer 2020 by his own admission in this interview: www.geekwire.com/2021/xbox-co-founder-j-allard-left-intellivision-short-stint-hints-project-gaming-vet-brother/

[@g10118]

I'm surprised by just how terrible the controllers actually are. Basically (to recap what pat said), you can run a html5/css webpage on them with a maximum size of 1MB. Low resolution screen and potentially a low refresh rate depending on optimization and webpage complexity. It's shockingly awful. Sounds like the battery could be lacking too.

[@EvaFull]

Yet people want to continuously 😤 iiRcade which has at least put its product out into the market. 😂

[@semuta2752]

Well, now the dev docs been excluded from web archive. Tommy got on changing the site’s robots.txt to prevent archiving, submitted a DMCA after providing ownership docs to web archive, and e-mailed the proper people at archive.org to finish the purge process. That was all done less than 12 hours after the article. Huh, think they could finish the Amico release in a timely manner if they pretended it was an embarrassing skid-mark on the underpants of Tommy Tallarico’s Tale of the Amico?

[@EvaFull]

@@semuta2752 Can’t wait for the Lost Media Community to get ahold of that story.

[@sweetfeathery]

The whole Amiico journey should be made into a Netflix documentary produced by Pat.

[@tomatotomatoe7253]

As long as Tommy don't get a nickel ..

[@MrNuts70]

It would AMAZING!

[@joshsimpson79]

Wouldn’t that be something?!?

[@Asahamana]

And narrated by Frank!

[@brandonwenzel2844]

Can't wait to see how Smash JT tries to spin this one as a positive.

[@cellversesfrieza]

His wife’s money is in danger.

[@YouSuperJ]

I think he peed in the hit tub when he read this article

[@JasonVectrex_187]

I can't wait to see these youtubers shilling for amico delete all of their videos in shame....

[@brandonwenzel2844]

@@JasonVectrex_187 When what occurs exactly? When the Amico is a huge success? When Tommy finally stops fucking around and starts being upfront about his business and hardware? What exactly are people supposed to be ashamed of? Cuz right now, I'm not seeing any reason they should be fearful of any indignity.

[@JasonVectrex_187]

@@brandonwenzel2844 oh I totally worded that incorrectly I meant in reference to the youtube shillers, not to videos like this. And I totally see why they should be ashamed because they all knew how trashy Tommy is and how bad the amico was, but choose to support it anyway for views and subs, because they are super thirsty.

[@SuperNintendude88]

The Amico and Tommy are unravelling and melting down faster than I expected, it's all so entertaining to watch unfold.

[@EvaFull]

The Broadway play of the year for sure 😂

[@nickstarr2055]

@Lavos isn't that one of the games on the amico lmao

[@MrNuts70]

Are you still following this story? Its worse NOW!!!! hahaha

[@SuperNintendude88]

@@MrNuts70 Haha yeah it's madness. Recently someone found court documents where Tommy tried to sneak $100,000 from Brazil to the US, it's crazy how things keep coming up.

[@NinjaKittyRetro]

I'm more interested now in the potential legal actions against Intellivision for it's questionable business practices.

[@ezg2000]

Yes. That's a major take away from that article.

[@semuta2752]

Im curious about the extent that Tommy thought holding ownership of an LLC would insulate himself from the particular actions he materialized

[@juicyfruit6311]

Tommy will port over Phoenix Wright as his attorney. Exclusive!

[@toyvania]

I think Disney could file actions against Intellivision using Star Wars images without permission to advertise their products. And Nintendo could rip them to shreds for the "Switch being a console full of sex and rape".

[@ezg2000]

@@toyvania Hope tommy still has some of that Roblox and VGL money in his bank account.

[@MrTBoneSF]

When people pointed out how tough it would be for Amico to turn a profit selling $2-$8 games (before TT moved the goalposts and increased the game prices) plus there were six packed in with each unit, Tommy bragged that Amico would make a profit on every unit sold. That means there's a markup in the Amico that other consoles don't have since the big three sell their hardware at cost or a small loss and make it up on software and accessories and online services. Then people pointed out that Amico would have a hard time getting shelf space away from the big three. Tommy again bragged that the store margins (i.e. how much stores can sell the unit for compared to how much the store pays for it) are way better than the big three so stores would be happy to give Amico more space than the big three. So there's another markup that the consumer is getting less value for their dollars. Then there's the simple fact that the Amico is going to be manufactured and sold on the scale of thousands while the big three are doing production runs in the millions. Do you think the Intellivision will get the same bulk order discounts for parts and manufacturing that the big three get? No way. So the consumer is getting even less value for its money.

[@ezg2000]

Great points.

[@northofnashira2575]

Can you imagine the look on Tommy's face if he files a lawsuit and then realizes what the discovery process will bring out to the public eye?

[@EvaFull]

The Streisand Effect. 😂

[@devilmikey00]

The Adreno 506 came out in 2015 and is part of the Adreno 500 series. There are 9 different GPU's in the Adreno 500 series and the 506 is the 7th worst of those 9. The Snapdragon 625 SOC came out in 2015 and was included in budget smart phones of that era. This thing is running a mediocre 2015 era mobile SOC. By today's standards were talking beyond low end. Holy shit, that's incredible. They are basically charging 250 dollars for a 6 year old low end smart phone. We're literally talking about phones you could find on ebay for like 50 bucks these days. Say what you will about the atari VCS but at least that was an actual computer using modern hardware.

[@toyvania]

Yeah, at least you can use the VCS as a budget PC or emulate games up to PS2 and Mame. It is kinda stylish too. But the Amico is everything done wrong: looks ugly, it is low end, outdated as fuck, and overpriced like a piece of gold.

[@SudrianTales]

No matter what I may think of the VCS, it came out and frankly if it was a 100 to 150 cheaper I'd buy it easily. The Amico is a bigger embarresment than the Ouya because the Ouya actually is a decent emulation machine

[@azure1259]

We need an Amico feature length movie made up of all your Amico vids, no edits needed. To give Pat and Ian credit, they stuck to their guns during this entire war. It's been going for for near 3 years now, still no end in sight.

[@EvaFull]

Ian with the comment of the video “He just wants to make a console as cheesy as he is” 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@EvaFull]

@@ggary04 I couldn’t pause the video fast enough to type it after he said. 😂 I was/am still dying 🤣 inside. I’ll probably watch the video a few times just for that line. I can see it being like a fine 🍷 and aging beautifully. 😆

[@a-volpe9091]

That was one of Ian's funniest moments EVER..!!

[@a-volpe9091]

@@EvaFull oh I'm Definitely listening to this one again..!! 🤣👍 lol

[@travisiswin]

A Raspberry Pi 4 would run circles around this thing. Christ.

[@midimusicforever]

It's gonna be a bigger success than Nokia N-Gage!

[@ZForceFFC]

I'll never forget when I was working at Gamestop, a Nokia rep came in to show us the N-Gage and I had to smile, nod and pretend to be impressed (while simultaneously wishing I had my GBA on me)

[@CayugaKing]

The N-Guage is the perfect accessory to call your friends and family to come play the Amico

[@pinmike8666]

Nokia N-Gage sold 3 Million units. I doubt the Amico will outsell the Virtual Boy in that console’s timeline; VB sold a total of 770,000 units worldwide within a year-and-a-quarter.

[@jamesalexander5559]

@@pinmike8666 I honestly doubt it'll outsell even the Ouya which was rumored to sell 200,000 units. They Ouya was 100 USD, tried to be friendly to indie developers by not taking 50% of their revenue, and at least had people that wanted it to succeed. What does this thing have?

[@mgabrysSF]

Why is Tommy freaking out? Isn't he proud of his footbath's specs? Atari kept me in the loop nicely through all the drama for my dual core Ryzen mini PC (really loving Ubuntu and steam-proton). Does the footbath gave Ryzen? Oh ... oh dear. Oh that's ... Wow. Or as Tommy would say 'oof'.

[@markperreira5889]

But does your beloved VCS play Cornhole? I think not, sir!

[@Qualjyn]

"If we can't go off of what you've put out to the public then what good is what you're putting out to the public" This is a very good point from Ian. I've lost track of the number of times I took Tommy's used car salesman style marketing weasel words at face value and some Amico superfan replied to me essentially calling me a moron for not being hooked directly into the weird AtariAge echo chamber forum thread which is apparently the only place Tommy feels comfortable giving anything approaching straightforward information.

[@JasonVectrex_187]

I actually just joined atariage on Facebook and it's overwhelmingly a amico supporting group and a Pat bashing group. To the point where I just don't get it, so I put them on mute.

[@robthemodYT]

@@JasonVectrex_187 What's bizarre is that Pat/Ian praised AtariAge over the Coleco Chameleon (and the other way around). Pat and Ian posted in that thread. It's where the 'sandwich' meme came from.

[@JasonVectrex_187]

@@robthemodYT I've noticed that a lot of what goes on in atari age is advertising hone brews or channels and people rubbing each other's shoulders. More so than in other groups I was in. I actually just left Atariage because it's too high of a percentage of people that have hidden motives and not as much just about gaming, like the vectrex group I'm in.

[@Aragorn7884]

Can't wait to play an Atari 2600 game collection on a modern console for the 1,000th time...

[@sloppynyuszi]

Personally I don’t think I played an emulated version of Genesis Virtua Fighter on a compilation enough times.

[@Aragorn7884]

@@sloppynyuszi lmao

[@metronome8471]

Drowns in Sonic 1 ports.

[@numptyur]

No wonder Tommy has a chip shortage for the Amico, he’s having to try and fish 5 year old cell phones from the dump.

[@joshua.snyder]

Well at least he found some game licenses while he was there. Multi-tasking executive!

[@adamconte3270]

Thoroughly entertaining. One of your best discussions in a long time. I was highly engaged throughout. The console is a complete farce, you did your research and broke it down for everyone as to why that is.

[@andywolan]

With all the tech bigwigs on his team, you would think someone woudl have said to Tommy at the very beginning, "Keep It Simple, Tommy"? The whole project is lacking focus and proper planning, and needed more time for prototyping before launching the kickstarter. They promised to make a product before knowing what they were going to make, and this is what happens when you are building "on the fly". I think people and investors bought into Tommy's charm, which as a saleperson is a golden asset to have. And his tale to becoming a video gaming music celeberty is a major "trust" selling point. But that salesperson needs a product and team behind him to delivery on his promises. In short, what Tommy needed from the beginning was project manager with the power to tell Tommy, "No! We are not doing that until x, y and z are done." I like Tommy's "go get 'em!" additute. But he bit-off more than he can chew here. I would like to know if someone said to him, "Tommy we need time to refine what we are doing, otherwise this will be a mess" at some point. I feel someone probably did but was overruled.

[@juannunez5767]

This is a shockingly poorly thought out console. The starting point is basically an Aliepxress cheap console and it gets worse from there. At least Aliexpress consoles come with standard controllers.

[@bitbear.90]

and don`t cost as much as a Switch :P

[@nicklong27]

So basically it's not even as capable as a Raspberry Pi 4. Jesus Christ.

[@kitsune-chan6897]

They could just have used Raspberry Pi compute modules. They are decently priced in bulk, and they perform rather well.

[@ELSTERLING]

So developing for it is heavily restricted in terms of content and aesthetic, your game sells for $10 - $20 max, Tommy takes a 50% cut, you have to labour to get it to support a base unit that's as fast as a 2015 budget cellphone and a controller that's less powerful than an NDS, the unit's hugely behind schedule _and_ you have to include content that will be platform exclusive? Why, I can't imagine why they've had to resort to recycling free flash games for their launch library. Developers should be kicking down their door to make exclusive quality titles!

[@Lampsha]

As a CEO, he should welcome the attention as opportunities to dispell and disprove the claims. He has failed time and time again because it doesn't appear there's anything they have concrete to dispell or disprove the claims. This is why they fail big time. Time and time again anyone asking questions is attacked as a troll etc. I was interested in this system a year ago, but now not touching it as a consumer.

[@danielwilliams7161]

My theory on the price point is that they're also trying to cover r&d costs. It reminds me of when the PS3 came out and they were selling them at a big loss because of how expensive the blu-ray drives were back then. Sony could do that because they had the cheddar, but Tommy only has a sprinkle of parmesan.

[@shawnwax9576]

Nice analogy

[@gvetech]

Oh boy, this is gonna be good! After the Caleco Camelon cluster@#$%, I never doubted you - Pat and Ian on this, too many red flags!

[@jsc315]

Jeff's reaction on Giantbomb about the Amico was maybe my favorite hot take. Literally laughing at the whole E3 showing.

[@stigsmcqueen3178]

I still like Pat's original idea of taking all those LEDs, putting them on a toaster, having the toaster play music, and then having it announce to everyone in the room when the toast is almost done. Let's get some productive use out of those LEDs please. :) Anyway, Pat and Ian rock. Please keep up the good work. :)

[@NamooNara]

Taking 50% from game devs 😑 20% more than the already high industry standard of 30%. That’s a new level of greedy grossness

[@jsc315]

Funny because Xbox/Microsoft with Windows 11 of all companies are going out of their way to make it where is devs want to make a game on PC they have a way to actually take all the profits from their own games.

[@Azuris190]

To be fair, it depends on what Service the Store offers the Devs/Publishers. Some only offer you the Client Base and the Hosting of the Game. Others hosts the Multiplayer Servers, Forums, Mods, Cloud Services (save games).

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

The Adreno 506 is pretty much the weakest mobile gpu out there.

[@toyvania]

This means the boards for this thing are cheap, and it is ridiculously overpriced.

[@markperreira5889]

Well sure, but how much GPU do you need for Farkle and Cornhole, really?

[@cybersub4693]

Tommy reminds me of people who do one thing great and think they can do everything great.

[@phreakout93]

I grimaced at the snap dragon as i wouldn't go below 800 series for my phone's for like past 5 years wow

[@vadergamer7722]

I had hope for this. But $300 and those under power specs.. For that kind of money Just buy a good andriod tablet with 3 or 4 gbs of ram and download retroarch.

[@marioq8395]

I watched the Giant Bomb reaction to the Amico E3 thing. They were shitting all over it.

[@elektrosoundwave]

Wow, this console is getting better and better

[@toyvania]

The drama surrounding it is way better than the console itself!

[@elektrosoundwave]

@@toyvania agreed. I love these bullshit consoles for this reason alone

[@e-train8090]

I'm really looking forward to getting the Amico... for $1.99 in the bargain bin like the 32X.

[@bergfruehling]

You should make a supercut of that guy who always calls you with "insider info" about the amico. I love his stuff :D

[@josephn1000]

Some kid is gonna ask for a Switch or a PS5 or Xbox for Christmas and their parents are going to get them this instead. Then next Christmas they’ll ask again and their parents will say “Why would we get you a Switch when you have a perfectly good Amico?”

[@kevinconnor3187]

An absolute processing beast under the hood of this console.

[@jbfarley]

For 1979, sure

[@ezg2000]

Two things Pat, Ian was right tommy said retailers told him to raise the price of the amico so it wouldn't be thought of as a flashback console. The other thing is that tommy is lying about Cara Acker. She no longer works for the amico but name is still listed as an employee.

[@ColeslawVariant]

You gotta have thick skin to be online. If you can't take the heat Tommy, get the out of the kitchen. Everything about him and his product, every single thing, has been an absolute embarrassment.

[@jsc315]

What's sad is he's been in the public eye for over 25 years he's not new to any of this. It's just sad.

[@RoadToRetire25]

Best part about this was Tommy quickly tweeted that a lawsuit was incoming to Sam. He immediately got shit on and deleted his tweet an hour later 😂

[@ColeslawVariant]

If you've ever bought or even looked at one of those bootleg pre-loaded mini "consoles" on Amazon they use very similar style stock photos.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

The difference is that those consoles have been released. :)

[@liverush24]

It's the gift that keeps on giving.

[@junkmedia2846]

RIP Reviewtechusa's credibility.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

He never had any.

[@ezg2000]

Pat you can feel validated. RTU has an unlisted video trashing the amico more than you guys. He also admits he was too soft on tommy. And now tommy has brushed him off.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Rich is a giant piece of shit interested solely in self-preservation.

[@g10118]

I feel like it took WAY too long for him to realize...

[@ezg2000]

@@PatTheNESpunk But this is validation that you were right from day one. That you were not trying to use the amico as the next chameleon. That you didn't have an axe to grind against tommy. That you were just reviewing a new console that's it that's all.

[@anonymouskaiju9101]

got a link to that video?

[@ezg2000]

@@anonymouskaiju9101 Here, I don't know if youtube won't block this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWOpemqYmJiGf5I

[@Somaiscariot]

I can confirm that non-binary people, also, enjoy humor.

[@mkbcnb]

Pat and Ian with Reviews on the Run. Tommy no likey!

[@scootakuh3142]

Ian: "he wants to make a system as cheesy as he is" Burned!! :) :) :) Also if the controller only has 1mb of usable memory, that kind of explains why there's so much lag on this thing. With so little space to work with it will likely never be completely fixed.

[@WWJD85]

The Amico is the coleco chameleon 2.0

[@pez_d_spencer]

At E3 in either '96 or '97, I ran into Tommy's entourage a few times on the show floor. He was always wearing a blinding glittery suit and surrounded by a bunch of guys who seemed like they were having fun, and were much taller than him. I sat next to Victor Lucas of Electric Playground during the '97 keynote, and Tommy wasn't there, so I assume he was at the show representing Tommy Tallarico Studios because of all the soundtracks he was working on.

[@murmeliwalan]

NOTE: While typing this #CUPodcast comment, Tommy Tallarico has publicly threatened legal action against Ars Technica.

[@revcr]

This electronic looks like something a grandpa has in his nightstand in order to call for his nurse

[@jwilliams8832]

Honestly, what I want to see is the Amico crusaders just biting the bullet and admitting they got caught up in the hype. Just swallow that pride and admit you were mistaken, then move on.

[@Rando1975]

@CoffeeMan I'm with you. I can't see them admitting at this point. They are in total denial.

[@jordanwhite352]

It's like Trumpers or Hillary-Stans but with video games. 😑

[@johnmorlando8037]

Wow! What an amazing break down analysis guys! Great job! 👍

[@EvaFull]

Why does it feel like Tommy spent more on the light effects show than on the shell of the console?

[@heisensaul5538]

b/c he probably did lol 😂

[@PaulWerkema]

The Coleco Chameleon book was very good. I hope someone writes one for the Intellivision Amico.

[@toyvania]

I am sure Tony TGD will.

[@FyreJams]

Might as well just dust off the ol original Intellivision, probably has more processing power.. just install some LEDs on it yourself lol

[@JGreen-le8xx]

I'd gladly take an Intellivision 1 or 2 over that junk any day.

[@PlasticHive]

Good luck playing Cornhole and Dolphin Quest on that old piece of junk.

[@britannic27]

Lemme get this right. The people who complained about the price of the VCS not matching it's specs are now defending a 5 year old $100 phone in a $250-$300 shell?

[@flyingerasehead]

You fools! Tommy put all those documents up on his site just to troll the haters. Another win for the good guys!

[@ezg2000]

Damn. Tommy is always 1 step ahead. Oof. 😁

[@chrissawyer1484]

I thought this was vaporware and gone. Then again, the VCS somehow came out. If this isn't a scam, this is going to be a major disaster. I'll save my money and buy that mini Neo Geo cabinet.

[@numptyur]

I just found out the base Amico is $339 Canadian 😯 for $60 more you can buy a Nintendo Switch. $339 is insane, nobody is going to pay Switch prices for the privilege of playing cell phone games. This whole console reeks of arrogant leadership.

[@nicholasvalentino4378]

Yeah, but name another console that let's you play Cornhole 😂

[@numptyur]

@@nicholasvalentino4378 nothing says the Amico can, they hid the footage during the E3 presentation by having a girl swinging a cell phone and blocking the TV 🤣

[@SaviorGabriel]

I just love how Tommy sells the Amico on family entertainment, when the Nintendo Switch has been selling the system on people playing together on every commercial for it since day one.

[@devilmikey00]

Play cellphone games BADLY. This thing is running low end mobile hardware from 2015. That's why everything is a laggy mess.

[@Xavious061]

Yeah there's no way with a price like that any Canadian would buy this over a Switch. Especially when a Switch Lite is cheaper in Canadian Dollars and has a better library.

[@SaberedQuill]

When this comes out and inevitably fails, the Tommy redemption tour blaming it on bad pre-launch publicity is going to be equally embarrassing

[@ShinoSarna]

Low specs COULD mean cheap price which could mean larger audience which could attract devs... if this was done competently. Consider Game Boy, GB was king of handheld for almost a decade despite lack of color and backlight. Games sell a system... and Amico lacks a killer app.

[@felippecezar9117]

I'm going to tell you what the problem is: this is not the 80s any longer. You can't just get a bunch of off-the-shelf parts, put them together into a plastic enclosure and call it your console or home computer system and expect people to fork out 250 bucks for it. Games are much more complex and expensive to make, and people expect a lot more from those machines. Unfortunately, releasing a console is a "game" for big corporations like Sony, Nintendo and MS.

[@callak_9974]

They at least have enough 1st party development teams to put out something people will want, or the money to buy exclusivity rights for a year or whatever. Heck, Microsoft forked out billions for Bethesda's parent company. No idea who really wants to fork out $250 usd for this "console", but it'll have some value later as a collector's item, maybe the price would be worth it? You know there won't be more than like 10 thousand of these made anyway.

[@Pharaoh025]

And this is only... ONLY... the 24th video in this CUPODCAST AMICO playlist... Let that sink in ^^

[@CayugaKing]

The Amico is a phoney just like it's carefully curated comment section on their videos.

[@a-volpe9091]

Lol yeah you're not wrong there dude..!! 😆

[@gtribejive876]

Emphasis on PHONEy

[@zenunderground9893]

You guys should do an ongoing playlist of your Amico coverage. Spent hours watching your Amico videos going back to 2017-18? Absolutely right and justified since the very first thoughts video. The backlash is so dumb.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Playlist has been created covering the entire saga: t.co/gvHlh9C051?amp=1

[@andywolan]

It's becoming an educational series in that you hear about Tommy's mistakes and walk away with lessons on what to do and not to do in the gaming industry. Pat, you could repackage the content into a 1-hour talk at a convention, or even write a book. If you and Ian team-up together on the book, it could be an insightful read.

[@joshua.snyder]

Does it surprise you that a guy who still rocks Ed Hardy wants to make a bedazzled console?! 😂

[@ezg2000]

Ed Hardy is still a great clothing line. Like Polo it's never out of style. 50 years from now people will style rock Ed Hardy. Oof. 🕺

[@cartmann94]

Even better, a Switch Lite costs $199, so the Amico is MORE expensive than a Switch. And the Switch has thousands of games you can play and download now.

[@poboxchristmas380]

You could play more powerful games on Zack Morris' cellphone.

[@juicyfruit6311]

The Amico's release is getting me EXCITED. I'M SO EXCITED!

[@poboxchristmas380]

@@juicyfruit6311 have you ever tried the Amico Joy channel?

[@mccarthy5825]

@@juicyfruit6311 and then when you boot up the Amico you break down like Jessy and wail 'I'M... IM SO SCARED'!!

[@markus5862]

Rich is a shilling fake. “Any way the wind blows rich” should issue a public apology to you guys

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

Surely Smash JT is still in his hot tub expecting a return on that 10k investment.

[@EmeraldLavigne]

WOW. **TWO** gigs of RAM!?! 😱 The common wisdom that I've heard bandied about is that on modern devices, Android requires a minimum 4 gigs of RAM to run smoothly. And I can tell you that I'm watching and writing this on an okay, serviceable Lenovo tablet with 4 gigs of RAM that sometimes really chugs. I can feel it heat up noticably, depending on what I'm doing.

[@EmeraldLavigne]

Idk how the GPUs compare, but I know that I can't watch YT at 1080p60fps, it loses so many frames when I try. Also, a Sanpdragon six-two-whatever was the mid-power chip from a few years ago. Which makes sense for when they started working on this...

[@EmeraldLavigne]

Whoa - a $100 ZTE phone from 2016 being a decent comparison is a lower bar than I was thinking, even. I know they said that's a lower benchmark, but I was picturing it being mid-tier 2018 tech...

[@neverwin2518]

Ever wonder what would happen if a blackberry and a rotary knob had sex? I present to you the Intellivision Amico...

[@ToploadedGaming]

I agree with Ian. I was targeted by this product, despite what Tommy says. Which is why he is all over retro channels and not tech/mobile channels. We all knew this day was coming. Those who are surprised either still don’t know what this is, or took a Ferrari ride, invested $10,000, then buried their head in the sand. I can’t wait for the excuses.

[@ezg2000]

They are already coming. The specs don't matter because it's all about fun. Tommy snapped because he has passion.

[@andywolan]

The device will sell units. Undoubtly. Tommy's charm alone will sell units. Will it be enough for a ROI for investors?

[@ezg2000]

@@andywolan Sell units as in 40k-50k yes. 250k-300k no.

[@Azuris190]

Maybe it was all about selling the Story and not the Console.

[@djconvoy]

The real console was the friends we made along the way? :D

[@Azuris190]

hahaha Good one :D!

[@quentinrountree3435]

So the saga continues keep up the good work no seriously are being sub to you guys since 2016 keep up the good work

[@nicholasvalentino4378]

I can't believe I'm saying it but the most surprising thing is rich turning heel and attacking "Amico Shills" on Twitter 😂😂

[@Toltendo]

Well, I guess Video Games Live and his video game career may be tarnished now that Tommy has been shown to be a more shady businessman or simply an snake oil salesman. What a shame.

[@maxxdahl6062]

Why would I buy this when I just got a surprisingly compatible android tv box for my tv for $20?

[@ggezlol-]

My pixel 5 is like twice as powerful. Wow.

[@joseduran753]

Hello, great show, love it👍👍👍. Still saving to buy me my first CUPODCAST shirt. Neto.. I heal MRSA or something jijiji. Lots of love from Tijuana...

[@Aragorn7884]

Which will be first: Earthworm Jim for the Amico or Star Citizen? _lolz_

[@Jellycakelap]

Isn't Star Citizen being played tho?

[@ShelltoonTV1]

You forgot one: The PS5 getting games.

[@jamesalexander5559]

Well we know there's at least a playable build of Star Citizen.

[@dwightdixon8508]

I hate hearing about the Amico but I love hearing about the Amico...gluten for punishment I guess. Interesting fact, the Atari VCS actually released

[@6Stevo]

Even at $100 this thing would fail.

[@cfltournaments8406]

Can't wait to play on a 2016 budget phone 😆. At that point, might as well open the Android play store and say you have hundreds of "exclusive" games.

[@rabiroden]

Ian was totally checked out of this convo by the end lol

[@Mental_Health_Matters]

Earthworm Jim is not as good as people say it is...

[@shawnwax9576]

It was hard and clunky. Mostly hanging on because of "radness" in the 90s. It really doesn't hold up.

[@ColeslawVariant]

It was fine for what it was, but definately not a console seller for me.

[@randohuy9446]

Bottom line: Why choose this product over a Switch?

[@poboxchristmas380]

Why choose it over a Sega Genesis Mini?

[@randohuy9446]

@@poboxchristmas380 Well, I'd choose a turkey sandwich over TWO Amicos...since we're going down that path. However, Tommy wants to get the casuals. Casuals prolly don't want the mini consoles for the same reason they won't want the Amico. Both old games on old systems. One with far superior games, but both old. Old guys like me might pick up a mini console to relive my youth for 30 mins or so, but thats about it. Kids will want the Switch and all the awesome games on there. Families can play the dufus games it has for them (Mario Party, Pack-In crap, etc.). I guess my point is: Why go oldskool when you can get the new toys for the same price? Nevermind the games, which makes it a no brainer. Why get an old tech item when you could have a new one for the same price?

[@poboxchristmas380]

@@randohuy9446 I think you just proved the whole issue with Amico and it's the same thing that everybody ends up concluding: Who is the Amico actually for? Nobody knows the answer because Tommy and his cult are so deceptive and continue to try and force narratives onto the public. Tommy says their system is not trying to compete with current gen systems, he keeps saying that they don't have the 'gigaflops' of big name systems, yet he charges higher prices than the more powerful, better built systems. We are told that Amico is a 'toy' that is intended for 'very small children', however the entire fanbase is old men who hoard games. Their marketing strategy is complete and utter trolling.

[@JasonVectrex_187]

I like watching train wrecks, it's so exciting ;) I can't believe so many people actually jumped behind his BS for monetary support and free advertising through shilling.

[@Picklington]

This video is a great. You guys didn't pull any punches

[@GNARK1LL420]

Funny how someone says a certain podcast duo has an IQ of 12 yet they edit videos for RTU even though he just basically shit on the system and the Amico shills for almost 2 hours recently.

[@kranibal]

I really want Tommy to succeed but everything sounds like disaster with this console.

[@JordanVickers21]

Ian is so fucking done with these Amico topics. I don't blame him.

[@sloppynyuszi]

Is there a back story behind this? The guys are getting a bit personal with Tommy here. It seems like there was an incident between them. I don’t see this much coverage on the Polymega or Atari for instance. Granted the Atari is out and has been delivered to backers and it’s coming out in stores. Even though it’s a subpar mini PC in an Atari package.

[@jamesalexander5559]

They were one of the first to talk about this a few years ago and were skeptical about it which made Tommy "upset" to say the least about what they had to say.

[@XanthinZarda]

Tommy called them Gaming Racists.

[@bobodo45]

I think even Pixel Pat's tired of Tommy's bullcrap at this point

[@failsafedictator]

Tommy is an embarrassment of a CEO, he should step down. His fan club can't deny the technical specs, it's pathetic. You have to ask, are they buying a console or a fake friendship with Tommy, a man who received millions in "investment"? Nobody is above scrutiny. It's a different ball game now. These clowns went after Pat and other KZbinrs and were high fiving each other on their dunks, now the bigger media outlets are asking the questions, and the juvenile insults go nowhere and make their cult look even more childish.

[@dendostar5436]

Very excited to watch this!

[@andrewclegg9501]

Bring back Ouya, all is forgiven

[@Ben-do1bf]

The only thing I could think of during the talk of the Adreno chip was I wonder if Tommy is aware that Nintendo's about to slowly discontinue their current Switch in favor of a new model this year. Id hope hes aware of that considering they are his main competitor and reliable info is pretty accessible at this point.

[@Lappelduvideify]

Well you have twenty- four days to be right, although your hot take was garbage five months ago as well.

[@Ben-do1bf]

@@Lappelduvideify The point that I didn't say was that if it ends up being bogus that'd be something to take advantage of as well. I was just wondering if he was aware of the industry at large in general.

[@CaptainRufus]

I feel so bad for the Intellivisionaries podcast guys getting roped into this. Its such a damn disaster on every level.