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Detective No. 27 posted:I don't think they're interested in letting people play Intellvision games on something more powerful than a midrange 2015 Android phone. I could see that if people were, y'know, interested in playing those games on a platform that has, uhh, y'know, blood and violence and sexual content, and.... and kids in sexual compromising positions, and rape, on the Nintendo, if, uh, uh that's what they want, then they'll release the games on Switch.
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# ? Jun 8, 2022 13:56 |
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 02:51 |
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This is like the 3rd or 4th time they are entering into a test production run but don’t worry this time it’s totally legit
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# ? Jun 8, 2022 14:40 |
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Looks like the Intellivision Amico trademark has been abandoned.quote:IP lawyer here to give some insight into what this means, since another commenter requested a professional explanation.
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# ? Jul 3, 2022 07:18 |
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Yep, the Intellivision Amico is dead. Pretty safe to assume this console was canceled.
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# ? Jul 3, 2022 08:36 |
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Believe in Tommy
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# ? Jul 3, 2022 08:48 |
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Can't believe selling a bad 2013 Android phone in 2022 isn't a functional business model. What is the world coming to.
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# ? Jul 3, 2022 13:44 |
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Probably not much new to this thread, but Pat recently guested on Seanbaby and Brockway's podcast and the three talked about the Amico scam and Tommy in general.
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# ? Jul 3, 2022 14:35 |
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https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/intellivision-amicos-trademark-listed-as-abandoned-in-latest-sign-it-may-never-release/ They've got 2 months to file an appeal and extension but it looks like it may finally be admitting its dead.
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# ? Jul 4, 2022 23:12 |
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Mega64 posted:Probably not much new to this thread, but Pat recently guested on Seanbaby and Brockway's podcast and the three talked about the Amico scam and Tommy in general. Not a bad podcast but you could tell Pat wanted to get to serious Amico info, whereas Sean and his cohost were all about making jokes.
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# ? Jul 4, 2022 23:22 |
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Pat strikes me as a guy who can't feel the vibe and run with it.
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# ? Jul 5, 2022 00:21 |
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Detective No. 27 posted:Pat strikes me as a guy who can't feel the vibe and run with it. Pat's the type of person who freaks out publically when someone makes a custom label for their NES or Atari carts that had tattered labels. It doesn't surprise me he's the type of person who can't enjoy a good laugh.
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# ? Jul 5, 2022 01:56 |
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I don't know, I kinda disagree; he's goofy enough I don't quite remember the label issue, but I don't recall it being that bad.
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# ? Jul 5, 2022 02:08 |
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That's certainly a severe rugpull. Did someone run off with all the money or were they just plain delusional?
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# ? Jul 5, 2022 07:30 |
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Ghost Leviathan posted:That's certainly a severe rugpull. Did someone run off with all the money or were they just plain delusional? No real concete evidence, but also not a surprise either if this were true; someone ran off with all the money.
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# ? Jul 5, 2022 07:43 |
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Pats the kid in elementary school who would say his uncle works at Nintendo and when you called him a loving idiot he'd go cry to the principal
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# ? Jul 5, 2022 12:05 |
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Randalor posted:Pat's the type of person who freaks out publically when someone makes a custom label for their NES or Atari carts that had tattered labels. The only time he's had a problem with repro labels is when people try to pass them off as original when selling the game for inflated prices. He couldn't care less about someone's personal collection.
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# ? Jul 6, 2022 06:03 |
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Former Human posted:The only time he's had a problem with repro labels is when people try to pass them off as original when selling the game for inflated prices. He couldn't care less about someone's personal collection. I wouldn't exactly say he couldn't care less with you doing it to your own collection. At about 4:45 is when he starts saying "But what happens when yoy die and your games are loose in the wild? THINK ABOUT THE COLLECTORS!" His little rant about how what you do with your personal property is bad because it could affect collectors like him later on is a bit
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# ? Jul 6, 2022 19:32 |
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I do reproductions of whole carts, and I'm thinking of the collectors the entire time
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# ? Jul 6, 2022 20:04 |
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Randalor posted:"THINK ABOUT THE COLLECTORS!" i think about the collectors all the time, specifically giving them a swirlie and then shoving them in a locker
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# ? Jul 6, 2022 20:38 |
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:i think about the collectors all the time, specifically giving them a swirlie and then shoving them in a locker
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# ? Jul 6, 2022 21:38 |
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:i think about the collectors all the time, specifically giving them a swirlie and then shoving them in a locker but what about my INVESTMENTS?
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# ? Jul 6, 2022 22:00 |
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They can go in the locker with you. Maybe the toilet too, we'll see.
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# ? Jul 6, 2022 22:06 |
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Randalor posted:I wouldn't exactly say he couldn't care less with you doing it to your own collection. At about 4:45 is when he starts saying "But what happens when yoy die and your games are loose in the wild? THINK ABOUT THE COLLECTORS!" Pretty weird to post a video and then misrepresent it. Ian was the one who mentioned what happens if someone dies, and it wasn't at 4:45 either. Pat says, verbatim, "you can do whatever you want with your own game." They then describe why repro labels are bad if people try to pass them off as original. Pat specifically mentions The Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak going for $400 more with a better (repro) label. The video you posted is also five years old and they have discussed it since then.
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# ? Jul 7, 2022 05:04 |
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Former Human posted:Pretty weird to post a video and then misrepresent it. Ian was the one who mentioned what happens if someone dies, and it wasn't at 4:45 either. I'm sorry, at roughly 4:30 is when they say "You can do what you want with your own game" then proceed to say "But it matters to US". And they may have revisited the topic later, but Pat and Ian came off as such man babies in this video that it turned me off of them overall. And besides, I only posted the video because you said that they never cared about what people do with their own collections when Pat also clearly says that it matters to them what you do with your games.
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# ? Jul 7, 2022 11:51 |
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https://twitter.com/TheChrisGlass/status/1544423749604167680
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# ? Jul 8, 2022 11:05 |
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Ooooo, so we're moving into the transparent scam phase? Or just having a physical "location" that's a PO box while loose ends are tied up as the company winds down?
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# ? Jul 8, 2022 12:00 |
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I am certain that at some point in the past, this console and company had legitimate plans for this not to be some sort of shady grift. That point is long gone, however. Christ, at best, this was still worse than the Ouya.
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# ? Jul 8, 2022 12:04 |
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Turbinosamente posted:Ooooo, so we're moving into the transparent scam phase? Or just having a physical "location" that's a PO box while loose ends are tied up as the company winds down? Excuse you, a UPS store as the address means that all consoles have shipped.
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# ? Jul 8, 2022 12:20 |
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gschmidl posted:Excuse you, a UPS store as the address means that all consoles have shipped. Or it's an upcoming campaign location for Rudy.
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# ? Jul 8, 2022 12:29 |
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Oh I'm sure they started by intending to release a nostalgia cash in console, this probably leans more towards the latter of wrapping things up and closing shop in like a year.
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# ? Jul 8, 2022 12:56 |
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Or it's an upcoming campaign location for Rudy. Why, is there a sex store next door?
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# ? Jul 8, 2022 12:59 |
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I mean. It does say “yogurtland” right next to the UPS store
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# ? Jul 8, 2022 17:34 |
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https://twitter.com/nintendolife/status/1547970506699051012 Why did they even bother renewing the patent when it's extremely likely that the console is never coming out
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# ? Jul 15, 2022 17:10 |
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To keep somebody else from using it and benefiting from their good name (lol) without any of the the hard work they did (lmao)
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# ? Jul 15, 2022 17:16 |
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I guess this could be a general Tommy Tallarico thread. So they're replacing the "oof" sound effect from Roblox. Tallarico made the sound effect for PC game Messiah originally, and it made it's way into Roblox. According to this Kotaku article, Tallarico caught wind of this and came to some sort of agreement where people would have to pay $1 to use the sound effect. It appears that the agreement must have expired. https://twitter.com/Roblox/status/1552037832578846720?t=qwYkHxGiXeVNaKdVNjTtEA&s=19 No word on how much either side was asking for from the looks of it. Tommy may be a reluctant scammer and chud rear end in a top hat, but by all rights, he did make that sound effect and should get paid for it. I got no defense of Roblox. I really don't know much about the "game" or company, but I hear it's they're awful and exploitative. To me, it's a Let Them Fight situation. I don't want Tallarico to have more money but it would probably be more beneficial in the overall grand scheme of things if Roblox had less money. A sudden cash injection would probably make for another fun chapter in the Ammico saga at the very least.
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# ? Jul 28, 2022 06:13 |
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Time Extension, a retrogaming spinoff of NintendoLife, reached out to the head of Stainless Games (and the creator of Carmageddon!), who've been working on a couple of Amico games, to get his perspective on matters:quote:In terms of what’s happening with Intellivision, I did actually talk to their CEO Phil Adam only last week. He confirmed that everything is still set to happen, despite all the setbacks and problems.
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# ? Jul 29, 2022 14:25 |
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Something, something, path to hell.
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# ? Jul 29, 2022 18:29 |
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The Kins posted:Time Extension, a retrogaming spinoff of NintendoLife, reached out to the head of Stainless Games (and the creator of Carmageddon!), who've been working on a couple of Amico games, to get his perspective on matters: There is no reason to not just switch all development of these games to other consoles.
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# ? Jul 29, 2022 18:31 |
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I said come in! posted:There is no reason to not just switch all development of these games to other consoles. If they had signed an exclusivity agreement, then they may not be legally able to switch them to other systems as long as the Amico is still "coming out". It definitely reads like they either want to switch the games to other systems though, considering his line about "Obviously nothing is ongoing at the moment for the Amico as we need to see if Phil & co. manage to pull it off. If they do though, then yes, the intention is to do further work."
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# ? Jul 29, 2022 19:19 |
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 02:51 |
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Randalor posted:If they had signed an exclusivity agreement, then they may not be legally able to switch them to other systems as long as the Amico is still "coming out". It definitely reads like they either want to switch the games to other systems though, considering his line about "Obviously nothing is ongoing at the moment for the Amico as we need to see if Phil & co. manage to pull it off. If they do though, then yes, the intention is to do further work." Man, I hope Tommy gets completely destroyed in court.
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