Send those devs to my platform Arcanepad please! Is pretty similar to the amico but with PC's as viewers which allows to make a lot more powerfull games. I'v just finished the Unity tutorials and starting with Godot, :)
Tommy Tallarico adamantly despises the Intellivision Lives collection but I'd say that compilation kept the Intellivision brand alive FAR more than this dumpster-fire ever will.
What a fucking joke. I assume he's talking about the console releases and not the DS one, which actually goes out of its way to be as faithful as possible controller wise
I used to admire the guy when he did VGLive, bought the albums on kickstarter and nothing more.. but bloody hell, the HBomberman episode about Tommy Talarico and the Roblox sound, the guys is an absolute con artist... the lies that are exposed in that video is just verbal vomit. (and it was in that video I learned of this intellivision console thing like.. lordy..)
The best part is that Tommy himself gave you permission to rip him a new one in case he didn't deliver what he promised, which means he can't come after you.
@@asteroidrules Then you show him the Amico video Slopes made which starts with Tommy giving permission to be ripped a new one in case he didn't deliver stuff which will come up as a evidence anyways. How is he gonna prove he didn't? It's him saying that.
@@BrunodeSouzaLino Things he's previously said are basically Tommy's favorite thing to lie about, and he loves lying about almost anything. I'm not saying it won't immediately be proven that he's lying, just that the obviousness of the lie has never stopped him before.
I know the guy who runs Happy Cactus Games. He actually hangs out in my streams and Discord sometimes. He's a super nice guy with decades of experience in the UK development scene, who is making these games because he wants to offer people something that feels old school and shows how those mechanics can still be fun. I've done a video on Blast from the Past and highly recommend both of his games on PC. Infuriating that he was another guy ripped off by Tallarico.
That's the one game that had any bit of interest for me. Not enough to buy a system for though. I was mildly annoyed by it being an exclusive, and also leery of it being hot garbage. Guess the Amico not launching saved some annoyance in the end 😁
Trying to play Earthworm Jim 2 on Switch with its controls not meant for a Switch was awful and I'd be thrilled with an updated game meant for a modern console. Honestly, I feel this way about most of the Switch's SNES games, that their buttons haven't been mapped out to the Switch all that well. Oh...and the precision controls I'm used to with modernt games aren't there with games from the 90's, so, titles like Mario Kart were utterly frustrating. I'll just get a newer version of the game that's designed specifically for the Switch 😅.
The moment i saw the EWJ clip on the Amico live show thing they did was the moment i requested my money back. The rest of the show was just mobile game clips as far as i was concerned. And a few seconds of a, non gameplay, video of Jim was enough to convince me this whole thing was a farce. Reservation money was refunded thankfully very quickly, and i used it for my Evercade VS deposit. Even though Blaze have their issues with the EC.... at least the system actually exists 😂
@@chimerschang You would think that, but no! Or at least, they're not as responsive. I know for sure that pressing the assigned buttons for Start and Select is always a mixed result as to if they will actually work. The bottom of the screen for the Switch SNES games even tells you what to press (shoulder buttons might take over for buttons on the original SNES, for example), but don't always pause or pull up menus the way they would on the original console.
You download an app, that is a hub to download (and pay) for other apps (games) and also needs other phones to be running the controller app. This is the ultimate cope by Tommy to say the Amico totally isn't a complete disaster.
Imagine if it isnt the final chapter, and they decide to purchase thousands of Ali-express Android TV boxes and modify it to launch the Amico Home App on boot
I was just thinking that you wouldn't need a second phone if you could put the Amico Home App on Android TV... but when I searched the Play Store it said that app isn't available on Android TV. Ditto on the Amazon TV. Perhaps it could be sideloaded, but I'm not invested enough to bother trying.
Somewhat ironic that the two best games are those that didn't even make it to the Amico (contractually even). Those two games float my boat and I'll definitely check them out.
Intellivision was willing to share video seen in 1:45 of the physical product boxes rolling on an assembly line, but no footage like that existed to complement their announcement of "entering formal production" of consoles in late 2021. The absence of such a production video should've been cause for alarm to anybody, because whenever Tommy had something tangible to show he'd always be eager to show it off and shout it from the rooftops.
What always got me with this is that the original Intellivision was a second tier system from the early 80s. That was my first console, but I would guess the number of people who are in the narrow age range to have grown up with Intellivision, have nostalgia for it, and are still interested in gaming enough to want to buy a modern one must be vanishingly small. Despite being in that tiny demographic (right age, still a gamer) I really don't think it would have interested me even if it wasn't a scam.
At least we can rest easy knowing that thanks to the actions of you and HBomb, everyone now sees Tommy Tallirico as a disgrace. Let's hope Joey Kuras finally gets to have the industry recognition he never got
Crazy how much the Amico ruined him. He could've kept his bullshit up for the rest of his life probably if he hadn't given Harry a reason to dig into him.
It was a preety major part of the hbomb video Joey kuras allready does get modern Gigs and is recognized for his work It's just that a sound guy doesn't usually become a household name.
No one in their right mind is going to shell out the amount of money required to sue over a dumb fake console unless he ran way with thousands of their dollars or pounds or whatever (hundred thousands in currencies without decimal points) .
I feel like a physical console plus phone as controller concept could have been a neat thing for bars to set up for trvia and multiplayer games. Itd have to be cheap and work with a ton of phones at once but theres kernal of a good idea
Can't help but feel bad for the people that funded this project, they believed in his vision. It's too bad it ended like it did. I would have loved to play the new earthworm Jim game
They should have realized the vision wasn't worth it when they saw the console and games. Even if the thing was actually realized it would have been bad. Mediocre smartphone style games for the most part with ridiculous controllers.
What blows me away is that, as it stands, the Amico Home app appears not to be available for Android TV devices! Now that, I would say, would've made it an interesting proposition where if you just want the Amico experience you can install the UX and games on your TV in and of itself and the controller app onto your phone, while later releasing the bespoke hardware for those who want a more bona fide experience and possibly some pack-in games.
I'd love to see Tommy use the Amico Apps across 2-5 phones and then point to it and say "Simple!" and then dare to point to the other consoles, hybrid, portable, and mobile games and say, "Complicated!!!" A setup that makes even the Gamecube version, back in the day, of 4 player Crystal Chronicles look so simple and cheap by comparison.
@@SomeOrangeCat I think I've only seen DJC's gameplay video. Are there other's? You're right, it's been dumbed down. They've added platforms to make jumps easier, players don't have to pay for checkpoints and it looks like they eliminated potions entirely.
After I legit SAT DOWN & watched very second of your very-well put-together 4-hour EPIC 10 months ago, I knew I HAD to see this immediately. Your’re my go-to, on Amico news now. After the work you put in on that video..? It’s only fair, homie!
amico is just the gift that keeps on giving. every time you think it's dead, it rises from the ashes and gives you something even more hilariously awful to talk about
I'm glad you are giving the developers some exposure. Sorry to them, to you, and all of those who preordered. This should have been something, even a disappointing something rather than this travesty.
I think you gave it the best send off you could, although so sad to see the story end this way. It's really awesome that you went out your way to direct people to the games and developers who were affected :) thanks as always for the awesome content, and hope you had a great time in Barcelona!
By the way, it is absolutely amazing that lawsuits still haven’t actually been filed over this whole thing yet. Were the investors even more dumb than the people behind the amico project?
Honestly more than likely. So many investors on Republic were referred by Palm Beach Research which itself is a shady organization selling mostly useless "investment advice" for people with more disposable money than common sense. They're probably tossing money in another fly-by-night business right now.
@@TheLastLineLive Well that's where it can go either way although I wonder if there's anything to sue Intellivision for at this point considering their lack of funds to pay damages.
In the end we have consoles and Steam and Epic and GOG etc. If they wanted to make a new game they have tons of places to release it and sell it so I don't see why anyone will only make a game if this joke of a console came out.
@@thegoosemeister Ah that would make sense. Retreat into VGL and ignore everything else. Also to be fair he probably memorized one script/interview patter 15 years ago and is unable to learn anything else.
@@cthellis The weird thing is in that radio show, he really played into the family friendly angle, experience for all ages with VGL. He's still using the narrative that he wanted to make something for families.
Agreed! What were they thinking doing that? The original looks like a well made game with a lot of work put into it. While the other looks like a cheap flash game from 10+ years ago!
I'd just like to point out Save a Fox (yt channel) has a mascot fox named Finnegan who has gone viral. I realize it's a catchy, alliterative name and no one can copyright a name but man I have to wonder if they were trying to do something there with everything else Amico has pulled.
That one amico racing game looks pretty cool with multiplayer online. It almost reminds me of that old racing game on NES, RC Pro Am, but just with multiplayer and online play.
Fun Fact: Tommy @ Co spent more time "developing" this vaporware project than ford has doing a complete clean sheet redesign (the first in 15 years) of the 2026 next gen mustang.
Dah! The man who is behind Ecco the Dolphin is a man to be feared! What thoughts go through the mind of a man who makes a happy dolphin game for kids and then kicks them in the teeth with terrifying aliens, brutal difficulty and Pink Floyd!
Hans Ippisch lives in Bavaria and this company is also in Bavaria. They have also apparently received funding from the Bavarian state government, which may only be paid out if the games are also published there. Something is completely wrong here. I wouldn't be surprised if this is some kind of money laundering. Intellivision is shifting money back and forth. The main thing is that they can say they have nothing left and then don't have to pay anything back.
In fairness, Trials was literally one of the flashgames you're talking about. I remember playing it on New grounds. In fact, I was excited to see the first 3d iteration, Trials HD on the Xbox Live arcade. Played the living hell out of it and fellow upgraded flashgame N+
14:30 that idea reminds me of that old Capcom Collection Vol. 2 disc for PS2/OG XBOX. There's an arcade game on there called Quiz and Dragons(I think), it's a random trivia game. But Capcom made a version for that disc where all the questions are Capcom game trivia, I remember playing that for way too long when I finally played it.
Just wanted to say that it takes some serious balls to admit you got hoodwinked. Serious respect for that. More relevant to your video on the Amico scandal, but I wanted to give your videos some engagement :P
I'm pretty active in the Choice Provisions Discord, and the co-owner Mike Roush have said this on the topic of Breakout: "Yeah. That's a thing. I know one thing. I don't think that game will ever see the light of day. It was a weeeeeeird project. And when I say weird. Well, you know. If you all bother Garrett (another dev), maybe he could get a version on Steam that we could share with only the coolest fans." "It was cool. I think we could probably share it. I would say, it was far from finished, but a fully playable game. And it will never be finished." No one really bothered Garrett much on the matter at the time so really who knows if anyone will see anything beyond that demo.
I had a game like breakout on an old BlackBerry. It was one single level, and I played it for hoooouuuurs.... I would pay actual money for multiple levels of a game like breakout.
That rally car game reminds me of those standing arcade rally car games that you are basically frantically spinning the wheel peeling around corners. That game is intense and stupid fun to play with a friend. A friend of mine were in a bar/nickel arcade years ago and spent around a half hour or more just railing on those steering wheels
For the crap Tommy talked about Atari and the Atari VCS, not only is Atari still supporting the VCS (even did an OS update in late November), but more games are making its way to that console. Dynablaster is on the VCS and plays fine. Atari is starting to release early access of their games on the VCS and its starting to become a platform for small indie games to release as every other platform is all bloated now. There's an FPS game going to be released later this week also lol. I personally have two Atari VCS consoles, one I use as the Atari console and the other runs Windows 11 and I run emulations on it and it works fine, even Xbox 360 games work fine on it.
15:32 There is also a really good darts game for the Wii in "Deca Sports 2" Not only does it have a good version of darts but it also has many other events.
They might actually have something worthwhile if they release the amico app on consoles and steam with at least a few of the games included, then the smartphone controller app would make at least a little more sense.
@tamazonx It would only really be worth it as a reasonably priced Jackbox style bundle, as long as the smartphone latency gets fixed and not as a hub with overpriced games. Chances are almost nil of that happening, though.
Someone ran the Amico Home app in one of the ARM-based handheld emulation consoles, like an Anbernic or something like it. Was actually kind of funny to see. But if you could do that having support for the buttons would be nice.
I almost feel bad that I called it. When a developer states that they're working on a new installment of any game that an interviewer even mentions, it's a scam.
I’m pretty sure that Finnegan Fox game is a copyright infringement because there’s a lady on TH-cam who owns a fox called Finnegan and has copyrighted that name for merchandise. Everybody should be familiar with the laughing fox called Finnegan.
APP-solutely ridiculous, indeed! I can't believe you actually worked out 3 smart phones to play one game with two players. Two Bluetooth controllers would solve this much cheaper.
Rally Rumble looks like it at least plays well. I can't tell if the aesthetic is deliberate or temporary, but it shouldn't matter if it plays well. Reminds me of RC Pro-AM.
You really rankled Pedro with this one. He's up in *everyone's* replies. Lol. After getting BTFO'd, he'll go running back to the "Thoughty Auti podcast" to cry about how he's the victim of all the fights he starts online.
@@mikethetowns He acts out like this, gets dumped on, tries to use a mental disability as a shield from criticism, then goes back into his hidey hole. Perhaps he shouldn't be allowed unchaperoned use of the internet.
@@SomeOrangeCat Aye, almost like a genie. Instead of rubbing a lamp its when someone mentions Amico though. And instead of wishes he spews forth shitty opinions and random quips about hating women.
I might sound like a maniac, but I totally would’ve spent around $125 to $150 for the console and two controllers. I would’ve even spent another $75 for two more controllers. I basically would’ve used it like a Jack Box Party Console.
I just finished rewatching the original video recently, so wild to see a follow up. That fucking app setup for the phones is just insane to me, needing 2 phones just to play the games is wild to me. Reeks of haphazard attempt to salvage what little they had left at that point. It's so much more trouble than it's worth, especially at the price point of the games too. It's just an insane ending to it. Releasing an app that's even worse than what the original pitch was turning into. Can't even say it's better than nothing. At least some of those smaller devs were able to salvage something and get their games on other platforms. I wish them the best at the least.
It’s sad how Tommy ruined his legacy from the guy who made awesome game soundtracks and bringing the sounds of games live to a disgrace of the Amico which overshadows his legacy. The Amico team should have focused on bringing that controller out, maybe selling as a pair and making them compatible with multiple devices. Have that Amico home app be the platform rather than making a console.
Great work on this, brother, I think we got maybe a thousand times more enjoyment out of Amico the way it is now, NES Punk videos and all, than we ever were expecting to get
HOLD UP The Amico's the gaming version of Detox by Dre? Never noticed that 'til it was just mentioned in the vid haha, good call. (the T in Detox now stands for Tallarico)
11:56 What the..., dude thanks for the tip!. I wanted that game for long time and forgot to put it in my wishlist 😂, right now is on sale by 7.49$ in my PS Store but with 6$ plus I can get the GOTY edition for 13.49$ and comes with absolutely every DLC piece. Man I saved like 76$, so again thanks to mention it!.
They raised nearly 20 million for Amico. And its one of the most talked about gaming subjects today. Why don't the haters give up ? Intellivision proved them all wrong. The company was never a scam. And they have even released games.
I looked online, and there are some enterprising peeps out there who can take an Intellivision shell, Raspberry Pi hardware, and come out with something pretty cool. Far less than $20 mil and if I had the patience, something that I could build myself.
@@LelandReview what did they prove them wrong? The console will never come out. They raised and scammed millions.. Yet no console... Now they released a Home app that's trash.... Taking away from the original concept of the Amico: Simple, family fun.... Downloading apps and needed 3 devices to play 😅😅😅 Yes.... Haters were wrong. It's even worse than what they thought.... Oh... Btw... Hi Tommy
It's talked about for all the wrong reasons mate. The console, that was supposed to be out in 2021, is not out. They're trying to collect even more money to release it. Can you tell me where the success is lol.
10:32 Or for us in the US, a NES controller or Game Gear because Master System never caught on here. Actually the fact that even a Game Gear or Nomad (which was a portable Genesis which also never caught on, some games don't even use the C button for anything unique anyway) could play a better game is hilariously insulting. In fact, there's _already_ a Micro Machines game for both Game Gear and Genesis. It's brutally hard but it has more to offer by a wide margin.
What a depressing final chapter AMIRITE? | Go Grab your SLOPE plush here to celebrate bit.ly/SLOPEPLUSH
On the positive side though - I enjoyed your videos about it!! :)
@@DeathCrunch No it isn't.
Send those devs to my platform Arcanepad please! Is pretty similar to the amico but with PC's as viewers which allows to make a lot more powerfull games. I'v just finished the Unity tutorials and starting with Godot, :)
I really want that plush. I need a day, but your channel always makes me happy, so im gonna snag one+
i have been *Waiting* for this one. thank you sir.
Tommy Tallarico adamantly despises the Intellivision Lives collection but I'd say that compilation kept the Intellivision brand alive FAR more than this dumpster-fire ever will.
Why does he hate it?
@@Willtendo2the controller isn't similar enough to original hardware
@@Cueya the Intellivision controllers were god awful. Even worse than the Atari 5200's. Maybe more reliable but worse nonetheless.
@@CaptainRufus yea, Tallarico loves them.
What a fucking joke. I assume he's talking about the console releases and not the DS one, which actually goes out of its way to be as faithful as possible controller wise
The fact that Tommy just ran off and avoided any punishment is what piss me off the most.
His mother is very proud.
It's safe to assume he's essentially in a blacklist somewhere and will not get any job offers in any area of the games industry.
I used to admire the guy when he did VGLive, bought the albums on kickstarter and nothing more.. but bloody hell, the HBomberman episode about Tommy Talarico and the Roblox sound, the guys is an absolute con artist... the lies that are exposed in that video is just verbal vomit. (and it was in that video I learned of this intellivision console thing like.. lordy..)
I believe they can start a lawsuit but I dunno
@@CyberBlaed That's where I learned about this turd of a man as well. Not surprised this turned out this way.
The best part is that Tommy himself gave you permission to rip him a new one in case he didn't deliver what he promised, which means he can't come after you.
He probably will anyway, Tommy is infamously *not* a man of his word.
@@asteroidrules Then you show him the Amico video Slopes made which starts with Tommy giving permission to be ripped a new one in case he didn't deliver stuff which will come up as a evidence anyways. How is he gonna prove he didn't? It's him saying that.
@@BrunodeSouzaLino Things he's previously said are basically Tommy's favorite thing to lie about, and he loves lying about almost anything. I'm not saying it won't immediately be proven that he's lying, just that the obviousness of the lie has never stopped him before.
His mother is proud of him!
Tommy wanted people to put their phones down and play together. Ironically, you need to look at more than one phone to even experience it now.
I know the guy who runs Happy Cactus Games. He actually hangs out in my streams and Discord sometimes. He's a super nice guy with decades of experience in the UK development scene, who is making these games because he wants to offer people something that feels old school and shows how those mechanics can still be fun. I've done a video on Blast from the Past and highly recommend both of his games on PC. Infuriating that he was another guy ripped off by Tallarico.
A blast from the past was the reason this was a day or 2 late lol.
His games look like the best of the bunch... They even have ray graphics... Whoa !
Is he a Phone Losers fan?
Never heard of ‘em
@@KahlessTheUnforgettable Well, you have now.
What depresses me more than anything was that for a brief moment I had a hope that there'd be one more proper Earthworm Jim game. Such a shame.
That's the one game that had any bit of interest for me. Not enough to buy a system for though. I was mildly annoyed by it being an exclusive, and also leery of it being hot garbage. Guess the Amico not launching saved some annoyance in the end 😁
Trying to play Earthworm Jim 2 on Switch with its controls not meant for a Switch was awful and I'd be thrilled with an updated game meant for a modern console. Honestly, I feel this way about most of the Switch's SNES games, that their buttons haven't been mapped out to the Switch all that well. Oh...and the precision controls I'm used to with modernt games aren't there with games from the 90's, so, titles like Mario Kart were utterly frustrating. I'll just get a newer version of the game that's designed specifically for the Switch 😅.
...The Switch literally has the same button configuration as the SNES.
The moment i saw the EWJ clip on the Amico live show thing they did was the moment i requested my money back. The rest of the show was just mobile game clips as far as i was concerned. And a few seconds of a, non gameplay, video of Jim was enough to convince me this whole thing was a farce.
Reservation money was refunded thankfully very quickly, and i used it for my Evercade VS deposit. Even though Blaze have their issues with the EC.... at least the system actually exists 😂
@@chimerschang You would think that, but no! Or at least, they're not as responsive. I know for sure that pressing the assigned buttons for Start and Select is always a mixed result as to if they will actually work. The bottom of the screen for the Switch SNES games even tells you what to press (shoulder buttons might take over for buttons on the original SNES, for example), but don't always pause or pull up menus the way they would on the original console.
You download an app, that is a hub to download (and pay) for other apps (games) and also needs other phones to be running the controller app.
This is the ultimate cope by Tommy to say the Amico totally isn't a complete disaster.
Tommy used his dad's death as an excuse to bail on this project early last year. Everything the company puts out is just a way to avoid a lawsuit.
Dont forget that there was *no way* for the controllers to ever just be smart phones! No, they had to be *custom designed*!
Imagine if it isnt the final chapter, and they decide to purchase thousands of Ali-express Android TV boxes and modify it to launch the Amico Home App on boot
I was just thinking that you wouldn't need a second phone if you could put the Amico Home App on Android TV... but when I searched the Play Store it said that app isn't available on Android TV. Ditto on the Amazon TV. Perhaps it could be sideloaded, but I'm not invested enough to bother trying.
Can't be worse than making people download two apps on two separate phones.
No joke, some people are already doing that, and fan-made Amico stickers are being made so you can put them on the boxes.
Well you’ll need two of the boxes to control the Amico Home App.
God don't give them any ideas
Tommy T. is the George Santos of videogames.
This week Jirard joined Billy Mitchell and Tommy Tallarico as a video game legend.
No mention of Todd Togers, the biggest liar in videogame history??
The real question is how the developers' mothers feel about their accomplishments, and to what extent?
Perhaps significantly prideful?
My mother is very proud
Wut?
@@chestercopperpot8647 Have you watched Hbomberguy's video on Tommy Tallerico? That's what this is referencing
Somewhat ironic that the two best games are those that didn't even make it to the Amico (contractually even). Those two games float my boat and I'll definitely check them out.
10:49 when your wife says "Yeah, great game" I had a nice good laugh. Thank you both for the great content
I love the Bri'ish way of saying they dislike something without wanting to be outright rude 😂. She was very sweet about her disappointment.
After she heard the games prices you can literally hear her thinking "Refund or divorce"!
They released the Amico Home to avoid lawsuits.... Plain and Simple
They also had devs work before sending contracts to avoid lawsuits. Scummy AF.
Yes but I think that is an attempt to get at least some money back, if not the fans at least some haters will get it to get some laught
Thank you Tommy, for filming, writing, producing and editing this video. Truly the GOAT
Who is Joey Kuras?
His mother must be very proud.
Tommy is probably so desperate for a W after a torrent of L’s that I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries to sue over that plushie.
Intellivision was willing to share video seen in 1:45 of the physical product boxes rolling on an assembly line, but no footage like that existed to complement their announcement of "entering formal production" of consoles in late 2021. The absence of such a production video should've been cause for alarm to anybody, because whenever Tommy had something tangible to show he'd always be eager to show it off and shout it from the rooftops.
It's unfortunate that Tommy probably won't reach out to you "to explain everything"
at this point. 😏
What always got me with this is that the original Intellivision was a second tier system from the early 80s. That was my first console, but I would guess the number of people who are in the narrow age range to have grown up with Intellivision, have nostalgia for it, and are still interested in gaming enough to want to buy a modern one must be vanishingly small. Despite being in that tiny demographic (right age, still a gamer) I really don't think it would have interested me even if it wasn't a scam.
I respect your honesty, holding yourself accountable exceptionally professionally handled and an insane journey bro! Love your work
At least we can rest easy knowing that thanks to the actions of you and HBomb, everyone now sees Tommy Tallirico as a disgrace.
Let's hope Joey Kuras finally gets to have the industry recognition he never got
Look, all that matters is that Tommy Tallarico's mother is proud of him!
@@GulyusCan we even be sure of that?!
Crazy how much the Amico ruined him. He could've kept his bullshit up for the rest of his life probably if he hadn't given Harry a reason to dig into him.
That's sad to me. I really liked him on Reviews on the Run
It was a preety major part of the hbomb video Joey kuras allready does get modern Gigs and is recognized for his work
It's just that a sound guy doesn't usually become a household name.
This is a complete joke. Can't wait until Intellivision/Tommy gets sued.
No one in their right mind is going to shell out the amount of money required to sue over a dumb fake console unless he ran way with thousands of their dollars or pounds or whatever (hundred thousands in currencies without decimal points) .
Also it seems Happy Cactus never even signed a contract. That was kind of a mistake on their part honestly but also a d*ck move on Tommy's part.
I feel like a physical console plus phone as controller concept could have been a neat thing for bars to set up for trvia and multiplayer games. Itd have to be cheap and work with a ton of phones at once but theres kernal of a good idea
Microsoft tried that with the Xbox and Windows Phones. I had a Lumia at the time. It worked okay, but wasn't much better than a standard controller
Party games like that would be cool
I think some might?
Sony already has an app called PlayLink.
Look up the Jackbox Party Pack. They've been doing this exact thing for almost a decade now.
@@Australiaisupsidedownit exists on the PS4/5......
Can't help but feel bad for the people that funded this project, they believed in his vision. It's too bad it ended like it did. I would have loved to play the new earthworm Jim game
They should have realized the vision wasn't worth it when they saw the console and games.
Even if the thing was actually realized it would have been bad.
Mediocre smartphone style games for the most part with ridiculous controllers.
What blows me away is that, as it stands, the Amico Home app appears not to be available for Android TV devices! Now that, I would say, would've made it an interesting proposition where if you just want the Amico experience you can install the UX and games on your TV in and of itself and the controller app onto your phone, while later releasing the bespoke hardware for those who want a more bona fide experience and possibly some pack-in games.
I believe it’s on Amazon’s Fire TV store now, so you can play it on a TV via a Fire stick.
I'd love to see Tommy use the Amico Apps across 2-5 phones and then point to it and say "Simple!" and then dare to point to the other consoles, hybrid, portable, and mobile games and say, "Complicated!!!" A setup that makes even the Gamecube version, back in the day, of 4 player Crystal Chronicles look so simple and cheap by comparison.
They really paid for Fox n Forests to look worse and more generic.
Apparently Tommy *hates* Pixel art and thinks it looks old fashioned. So he was determined to spend however much it took to replace the artwork.
Looks alright to me.
They also dumbed down the gameplay significantly. The progression system has been all but stripped out of it.
@@SomeOrangeCat I think I've only seen DJC's gameplay video. Are there other's?
You're right, it's been dumbed down. They've added platforms to make jumps easier, players don't have to pay for checkpoints and it looks like they eliminated potions entirely.
@@nolster1 Yeah, its a complete bastardization of a pretty good game.
After I legit SAT DOWN & watched very second of your very-well put-together 4-hour EPIC 10 months ago, I knew I HAD to see this immediately.
Your’re my go-to, on Amico news now. After the work you put in on that video..? It’s only fair, homie!
amico is just the gift that keeps on giving. every time you think it's dead, it rises from the ashes and gives you something even more hilariously awful to talk about
Thank you for your coverage of all of this. I was at the pub with my parents when I saw this dropped and was trying to explain the amico to them.
I'd love to see a video on the Coleco Cameleon now that the Intellivision Amico saga is over!
Starting to think that Slope is hoping we forget that he ever teased at malking a video on that.
I'm glad you are giving the developers some exposure. Sorry to them, to you, and all of those who preordered. This should have been something, even a disappointing something rather than this travesty.
I think you gave it the best send off you could, although so sad to see the story end this way. It's really awesome that you went out your way to direct people to the games and developers who were affected :) thanks as always for the awesome content, and hope you had a great time in Barcelona!
By the way, it is absolutely amazing that lawsuits still haven’t actually been filed over this whole thing yet. Were the investors even more dumb than the people behind the amico project?
Honestly more than likely. So many investors on Republic were referred by Palm Beach Research which itself is a shady organization selling mostly useless "investment advice" for people with more disposable money than common sense. They're probably tossing money in another fly-by-night business right now.
Indeed, and most of them really had no much more money to full a lawsuit
It's almost like there's no need for lawsuits. 🤔
@@pferreira1983 not even for those that weren’t investors but preorders?
@@TheLastLineLive Well that's where it can go either way although I wonder if there's anything to sue Intellivision for at this point considering their lack of funds to pay damages.
the most depressing part of this whole fiasco? Earthworm Jim is never coming back 😢
I was gonna buy the console exclusively for a new Jim game. Shit sucks, man
@@Wallace-Amadeus it really does, my kids & I really were looking forward to playing a New Earthworm Jim Adventure :(
In the end we have consoles and Steam and Epic and GOG etc.
If they wanted to make a new game they have tons of places to release it and sell it so I don't see why anyone will only make a game if this joke of a console came out.
Oh dear god….. This scandal never disappoints….
I'm gonna take you on a ride! Mr Bones' Wild Ride!
Has Tommy appeared in literally any capacity in the past year?
He did a short interview with some local radio station about Video Games Live 2-3 months ago. He's still repeating some of his BS.
@@thegoosemeister Ah that would make sense. Retreat into VGL and ignore everything else.
Also to be fair he probably memorized one script/interview patter 15 years ago and is unable to learn anything else.
@@cthellis The weird thing is in that radio show, he really played into the family friendly angle, experience for all ages with VGL. He's still using the narrative that he wanted to make something for families.
Sad the local rádio didn't push his BS back
@@thegoosemeister According to you it's BS because we all know now you like to spout BS content. 😉
In this case, something is NOT better than nothing!
Gonna say it out loud, Finnigan Fox looks SO MUCH WORSE than Fox n Forests. Seriously, it looks like a flash game.
Agreed! What were they thinking doing that? The original looks like a well made game with a lot of work put into it. While the other looks like a cheap flash game from 10+ years ago!
I'd just like to point out Save a Fox (yt channel) has a mascot fox named Finnegan who has gone viral. I realize it's a catchy, alliterative name and no one can copyright a name but man I have to wonder if they were trying to do something there with everything else Amico has pulled.
At this point I truly believe tommy was trying to make the amico it's own reality show. And the console was an after thought.
That one amico racing game looks pretty cool with multiplayer online. It almost reminds me of that old racing game on NES, RC Pro Am, but just with multiplayer and online play.
Fun Fact:
Tommy @ Co spent more time "developing" this vaporware project than ford has doing a complete clean sheet redesign (the first in 15 years) of the 2026 next gen mustang.
Pat and Ian were right about the amico and Hbomberguy pretty much ended Tommy's career
10-10-2025 I'm ready, I swear it's coming out , with q bert reimagined on Amico launch day
Tommy “Fun With Numbers” date is completely wrong…it will either be released on
😬12/12/24😬
or
✨10/15/2025✨
💥Keep The Fate🔥
or
🥶10/20/30🥶
Looking forward to the entire Game Awards 2025 roster containing nothing but Amico games.
@HaveAnAmicoDay" it does exist, it's not a scam, at least in my eyes"-djc
@@mikethetowns No it will be 2026 because it will release late 2025 with the big blockbuster games out in 2026.
To quote our friend Hbomberguy: How?? How's there still more??!!
Dah! The man who is behind Ecco the Dolphin is a man to be feared! What thoughts go through the mind of a man who makes a happy dolphin game for kids and then kicks them in the teeth with terrifying aliens, brutal difficulty and Pink Floyd!
A satisfying conclusion.
And I _still_ wish Tommy Tallarico a very "get blacklisted from the entire entertainment industry". Unless he already has.
Hans Ippisch lives in Bavaria and this company is also in Bavaria. They have also apparently received funding from the Bavarian state government, which may only be paid out if the games are also published there. Something is completely wrong here. I wouldn't be surprised if this is some kind of money laundering. Intellivision is shifting money back and forth. The main thing is that they can say they have nothing left and then don't have to pay anything back.
In fairness, Trials was literally one of the flashgames you're talking about. I remember playing it on New grounds. In fact, I was excited to see the first 3d iteration, Trials HD on the Xbox Live arcade. Played the living hell out of it and fellow upgraded flashgame N+
I can't wait for The Bankruptcy Arc, then finally The Lawsuit Arc.
We talking about Tommy Tallarico or Philip Burnell? Ack ack ack
Tommy's mom is so proud
31:30 Unless you dont personally like to do it, I do love these sort of update videos on the larger kickstarter scams
14:30 that idea reminds me of that old Capcom Collection Vol. 2 disc for PS2/OG XBOX. There's an arcade game on there called Quiz and Dragons(I think), it's a random trivia game. But Capcom made a version for that disc where all the questions are Capcom game trivia, I remember playing that for way too long when I finally played it.
what about earth worm jim 4 and how that turned out to have never even been in a production
I knew I recognized Joey's voice from the CU Podcast. That guy is iconic. lol
Hey, Slope.
Has anyone on the Amico side been blaming Paul Andrews for the Amico still not coming out?
After re watching the Hbomberguy video about the Off. NY Tommy talarico knowledge is ready to be expanded
Just wanted to say that it takes some serious balls to admit you got hoodwinked. Serious respect for that. More relevant to your video on the Amico scandal, but I wanted to give your videos some engagement :P
Part of me’s relieved you haven’t mentioned Cloudy Mountain as that’s the game that would have sucked me in to this nightmare…
I'm pretty active in the Choice Provisions Discord, and the co-owner Mike Roush have said this on the topic of Breakout:
"Yeah. That's a thing. I know one thing. I don't think that game will ever see the light of day. It was a weeeeeeird project. And when I say weird. Well, you know. If you all bother Garrett (another dev), maybe he could get a version on Steam that we could share with only the coolest fans." "It was cool. I think we could probably share it. I would say, it was far from finished, but a fully playable game. And it will never be finished."
No one really bothered Garrett much on the matter at the time so really who knows if anyone will see anything beyond that demo.
I had a game like breakout on an old BlackBerry. It was one single level, and I played it for hoooouuuurs.... I would pay actual money for multiple levels of a game like breakout.
Who even wants a spiritual successor to an ancient computer from the 20th century? Technology marches on ans improves in iterations over time.
That rally car game reminds me of those standing arcade rally car games that you are basically frantically spinning the wheel peeling around corners. That game is intense and stupid fun to play with a friend. A friend of mine were in a bar/nickel arcade years ago and spent around a half hour or more just railing on those steering wheels
Wouldn't that be something 😹 that part killed me!
Heya cutie, I enjoyed your coverage on this lately :D | glad you enjoyed the video
@@slopesgameroom aww thanks! ⛄
It's almost as if Pat and Ian were right the whole time.
For the crap Tommy talked about Atari and the Atari VCS, not only is Atari still supporting the VCS (even did an OS update in late November), but more games are making its way to that console. Dynablaster is on the VCS and plays fine. Atari is starting to release early access of their games on the VCS and its starting to become a platform for small indie games to release as every other platform is all bloated now. There's an FPS game going to be released later this week also lol. I personally have two Atari VCS consoles, one I use as the Atari console and the other runs Windows 11 and I run emulations on it and it works fine, even Xbox 360 games work fine on it.
15:32 There is also a really good darts game for the Wii in "Deca Sports 2" Not only does it have a good version of darts but it also has many other events.
Use of the Oof to mask swear words 😂 - that’s a real subtle dig Slopes! Well played!
I've watched so much content about a story I have no investment in or nostalgia for, personally. And here I go again!
They might actually have something worthwhile if they release the amico app on consoles and steam with at least a few of the games included, then the smartphone controller app would make at least a little more sense.
Switch has several (if not all) of these games -- no smartphone needed.
@tamazonx It would only really be worth it as a reasonably priced Jackbox style bundle, as long as the smartphone latency gets fixed and not as a hub with overpriced games. Chances are almost nil of that happening, though.
Someone ran the Amico Home app in one of the ARM-based handheld emulation consoles, like an Anbernic or something like it. Was actually kind of funny to see. But if you could do that having support for the buttons would be nice.
Thanks for another great video! Merry Christmas to you and yours, Slope!
I almost feel bad that I called it. When a developer states that they're working on a new installment of any game that an interviewer even mentions, it's a scam.
I’m pretty sure that Finnegan Fox game is a copyright infringement because there’s a lady on TH-cam who owns a fox called Finnegan and has copyrighted that name for merchandise.
Everybody should be familiar with the laughing fox called Finnegan.
1:34 “Happy Birthday Karen” says more than tommy tallarico ever could.
APP-solutely ridiculous, indeed! I can't believe you actually worked out 3 smart phones to play one game with two players. Two Bluetooth controllers would solve this much cheaper.
Rally Rumble looks like it at least plays well. I can't tell if the aesthetic is deliberate or temporary, but it shouldn't matter if it plays well. Reminds me of RC Pro-AM.
FINALLY have time to sit down and watch this uninterrupted. Been so hyped for it - and WOW - GREAT video as always, Daniel!
You really rankled Pedro with this one. He's up in *everyone's* replies. Lol. After getting BTFO'd, he'll go running back to the "Thoughty Auti podcast" to cry about how he's the victim of all the fights he starts online.
First thing I saw when I woke up was a reply from him.
Probably the worst way to start the day haha.
@@mikethetowns He acts out like this, gets dumped on, tries to use a mental disability as a shield from criticism, then goes back into his hidey hole. Perhaps he shouldn't be allowed unchaperoned use of the internet.
@@SomeOrangeCat Aye, almost like a genie. Instead of rubbing a lamp its when someone mentions Amico though. And instead of wishes he spews forth shitty opinions and random quips about hating women.
@@mikethetowns I've seen the kind of shit he's into too. There's not enough brain bleach in the world to make me unsee that shit.
I might sound like a maniac, but I totally would’ve spent around $125 to $150 for the console and two controllers. I would’ve even spent another $75 for two more controllers. I basically would’ve used it like a Jack Box Party Console.
I just finished rewatching the original video recently, so wild to see a follow up.
That fucking app setup for the phones is just insane to me, needing 2 phones just to play the games is wild to me.
Reeks of haphazard attempt to salvage what little they had left at that point. It's so much more trouble than it's worth, especially at the price point of the games too.
It's just an insane ending to it. Releasing an app that's even worse than what the original pitch was turning into. Can't even say it's better than nothing.
At least some of those smaller devs were able to salvage something and get their games on other platforms. I wish them the best at the least.
It’s sad how Tommy ruined his legacy from the guy who made awesome game soundtracks and bringing the sounds of games live to a disgrace of the Amico which overshadows his legacy.
The Amico team should have focused on bringing that controller out, maybe selling as a pair and making them compatible with multiple devices. Have that Amico home app be the platform rather than making a console.
Super space towers is just a revamped sub-terranea for the sega genesis, from the controls to the little people you pick up with your ship.
The plush is here!! I remember talking to Slope's sister about these! So happy to see the final result and the controller is genius! :D
This 'console' is just the gift that keeps on giving, just not in the way tommy intended 😅
the open hand kickscammer when?
He won't because he's part of the circle jerk which includes Pat and Jirard.
8 months late, but that Slopes plushie is a great likeness! Whoever designed it did a cracking job.
Tommy was such a snake oil salesman. another great video slopes!
7:40 cant you download the console app onto your Android Tv, and then download the controller apps onto your phones and play that way?
Great work on this, brother, I think we got maybe a thousand times more enjoyment out of Amico the way it is now, NES Punk videos and all, than we ever were expecting to get
HOLD UP
The Amico's the gaming version of Detox by Dre?
Never noticed that 'til it was just mentioned in the vid haha, good call.
(the T in Detox now stands for Tallarico)
Hahaha yup,
lol but at least drre hasa good track recorc
@@thecunninlynguist
Dre = Straight Outta Compton
Amico = Straight Outta Funds
Got em@@mikethetowns
@@mikethetownsmore like straight outta bullshit 🐂 💩
Hold up! That Ecco footage you were sent is a world premiere? That seems worth talking about some more!
8:35 That's practically the same price, just one is in USD
I’m actually shocked that there’s enough software resources for them to cobble this ersatz amico together
11:56
What the..., dude thanks for the tip!.
I wanted that game for long time and forgot to put it in my wishlist 😂, right now is on sale by 7.49$ in my PS Store but with 6$ plus I can get the GOTY edition for 13.49$ and comes with absolutely every DLC piece.
Man I saved like 76$, so again thanks to mention it!.
27:00 Oooh, can you play as an orca in this one? I mean orcas are a species of dolphins (which are a taxonomical family of toothed whales) after all
Tommy's mother must be very proud
Why doesn't Intellivision just give up?
It's like they're trying to suck blood out of a turnip
They raised nearly 20 million for Amico. And its one of the most talked about gaming subjects today. Why don't the haters give up ? Intellivision proved them all wrong. The company was never a scam. And they have even released games.
@@LelandReview
⬆️ Intellivision fanboy, 💯% confirmed.
And from the looks of it you might even be an employee of theirs
I looked online, and there are some enterprising peeps out there who can take an Intellivision shell, Raspberry Pi hardware, and come out with something pretty cool. Far less than $20 mil and if I had the patience, something that I could build myself.
@@LelandReview what did they prove them wrong? The console will never come out. They raised and scammed millions.. Yet no console...
Now they released a Home app that's trash.... Taking away from the original concept of the Amico: Simple, family fun....
Downloading apps and needed 3 devices to play 😅😅😅 Yes.... Haters were wrong. It's even worse than what they thought.... Oh... Btw... Hi Tommy
It's talked about for all the wrong reasons mate. The console, that was supposed to be out in 2021, is not out. They're trying to collect even more money to release it. Can you tell me where the success is lol.
I mean they weren't wrong... you can't run it on a cellphone. You need 2 or more. 😁
10:32 Or for us in the US, a NES controller or Game Gear because Master System never caught on here.
Actually the fact that even a Game Gear or Nomad (which was a portable Genesis which also never caught on, some games don't even use the C button for anything unique anyway) could play a better game is hilariously insulting. In fact, there's _already_ a Micro Machines game for both Game Gear and Genesis. It's brutally hard but it has more to offer by a wide margin.