My Last Intellivision Amico YouTube Video? Your comments!

 I’ve uploaded a new videoon the Intellivision Amico and how I just don’t care that much about itanymore. You can watch it HERE. I got some great comments on the vid, which youcan read below. Thanks to everyone for weighing in on such a fascinating topic!

 

@forcedfeedbackclassicgamer5499

Couldn't care less aboutthe Amico at this point, and Tommy's probably going to prison in the end, butthe one thing that really pisses me off about the whole ordeal is the limbothat Earthworm Jim 4 now finds itself in. I was genuinely looking forward to anew Earthworm Jim game hearkening back to the franchise's actual 2D roots withso many of the original devs attached to the project. I can only hope thatsomehow the game finds a new publisher, though if what I've heard is true, thegame never actually saw any substantial development to begin with (comparableto much of what was promised regarding all things Amico), so there's probablyno real loss there when all is said and done.

@SomeOrangeCat

The thing about RigidForce Redux is that it already exists on Android and iOS. No crappy Amicomiddleware required, and its a pretty fun R-Type clone. I probably paid threebucks. Why would I want to re-buy it for $15?

@OriginalGrasshopper

I also had onepre-ordered YEARS ago and have canceled it. I couldn’t care less about AmicoHome; I wanted an actual console that hooks up to our TV. Mobile games arealready oversaturated, so I certainly have no interest in them. The new Atariproducts are AWESOME (I own both the 2600+ and the Game Station Pro) and it’s ashame that Intellivision didn’t follow this path.

@koolaidbomber

To me, the system conceptseem very cumbersome. The Evel Knievel game seem cool, but the cost was toohigh. This was not well planned-out system.

@martinhelling7248

Good video! I was excitedabout the Amico at first, but I thought Tommy was full of it pretty earlier on, and when he started attacking Nintendo it was over for me.

@pttn975

Just a dumpster fire allaround. I think even if it did come out it would have been doomed based on theprice alone. Yes, older gamers and people into retro would buy it, but put itnext to a switch for $300, and no one is going to buy it over a Switch.

@puzzler4972

Totally understand Brett,but I'm sure most of us Supporters still like you and will welcome you backwhen you're ready.

The console was alwaysjust an Android based hub for the controllers, really nothing more, and it alsoturned into a nightmare to produce for a small company. Having said that, wenever needed it anyway, Brett. There are many, better Android boxes in MILLIONSof homes right now that the controllers will play on as a console. Many aredirt cheap, too.

Amico will actually be amuch better product now IMO.

I know you want aproprietary console, but an nVidia Sheild is more than capable, and it will bethe future of console gaming for the Non-Big Three. When this works out forIntellivision, look for Sega, Neo Geo, Atari, etc, to come out with"consoles" of their own on it.

@dynamicvoltage9765

I feel like they shouldhave gone the pure retro route. Make a console that's JUST for retro games, notthese low-end 3D games that look like mid 90s Mac games. That visual style isso unappealing. Give us pure retro gaming with a normal controller, not agimmicky one. It could have been a $50 console. Do achievements, onlineco-op/versus, leaderboards, etc. Something like that would have been great.