We hope everyone had an amazing Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Holiday as well as a safe and Happy New Year with family & friends!

As 2022 begins we wanted to provide you with a plethora of information and updates that occurred during Q4 of 2021 as we continue to work hard to get Amico to market. Although 2021 was a very challenging year due to continued manufacturing, component pricing/scarcity, shipping and supply chain issues; we are doing everything we can to navigate these unprecedented times while the entire team continues to push hard every day to build the best possible products.

As we progress and accomplish goals in the production phase of manufacturing, we want to share one of our recent achievements as we navigate our initial release date for 2022.

These are the pilot production plastics used for the final verification of mass production tooling setup for our Vintage Woodgrain edition. This tooling will be used in our initial run with our contract manufacturer, giving the manufacturing team an opportunity to validate various assembly and quality control processes in preparation for mass production.

Live Public Events & Reaction Videos
Salt Lake City, UT
Hundreds of people came out to play Amico for the first time in October at a big event we held in partnership with the Museum of Natural Curiosity at Thanksgiving Point in Utah. Thanksgiving Point is known to be one of the most popular hubs for families in the area and we were thrilled to work with them to put on such a successful event. It was great to see so many families instantly loving Amico! Some feel that this is the best video reaction yet!

https://youtu.be/Z0s9PgoxkM8

We also held a few events in the Boston, MA area in November.

Although smaller in nature, these events saw many families and popular gaming influencers trying out Amico for the first time and generated a lot of excitement for what we are doing. Here is one of our favorite in-depth reaction videos. If you are interested in getting a lot of detailed information about what Amico is like from a first time player, THIS is definitely the video to watch!

https://youtu.be/BfrZcTjPI1Y

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Deep Dive video series!
This winter we also launched our Deep Dive video series where myself and Chief Technology Officer John Alvarado walk you through an in-depth review of our games. Each Deep Dive video takes a comprehensive look at individual Amico titles, providing viewers with history, insight and tips and tricks about gameplay. Here are the first four that we released.

Astrosmash
https://youtu.be/3KwBd6TKdwg

Shark! Shark!
https://youtu.be/Eg0L2lN4wtA

Missile Command
https://youtu.be/isB5F86SpKI

Armor Battle / Tank Battle
https://youtu.be/6-VPGTj4o-M

The latest video we released at the end of the year was a new Sneak Peek video revealing our User Interface (U.I.).
https://youtu.be/oi8SoVv04Os

In Q4 of 2021 we also revealed our Limited Collector's Boxed Edition physical products which will be sold at retail and currently can be purchased as bundles directly from Intellivision. We have created a really unique and fun way for collectors to enjoy getting their games as well as giving us more in-store retail presence to consumers.

https://youtu.be/1c6y_-SQsqk

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One of our main goals at Intellivision has always been to build a platform and games that everyone can enjoy, no matter what your skill level or interest in video games. This fundamental goal has driven everything from our hardware and controller design, to our User Interface as well as the game graphics and gameplay experience. So it's always great to see fans of Amico doing reaction videos to our games with their non-gamer significant others. Here is a couple from the UK who give their in-depth reactions to our Amico Deep Dive games and videos.

https://youtu.be/bsObxsHo2es

https://youtu.be/xYCxnpM46oM

Intellivision Amico Club on Facebook!
We started a private Facebook group where thousands of fans have signed up already to have daily conversations about Amico. It's a positive, light-hearted, fun filled, drama-free group to celebrate anything Intellivision related (including the original system which turned 42 years old on December 3rd, 2021!). YOU CAN JOIN HERE!

Best Buy Canada Pre-Orders SOLD OUT!
This past October, Best Buy Canada announced pre-orders for Intellivision Amico on their website. The Best Buy author of the article stated on Twitter that the entire Best Buy Canada pre-order allocated stock had sold out within 48 hours.

Official Intellivision FAQ Updated
Unfortunately in this day and age of the internet and social media, there is a lot of misinformation out there about products and Amico is no exception. In order to ensure that all of the latest information and facts can be viewed in one centralized location, we have updated, expanded and added to the FAQ section of our website. You can check it out here: https://intellivision.com/faq


Press & Media
Here are some of our favorite press/media mentions from Q4 of 2021.

Here's a hands on first impression from Eurogamer and two of their German female reviewers. Eurogamer is one of the biggest gaming websites in Europe and Germany is consistently in the top five countries for video game revenue. This is the Google translated link from German to English. We made the front page of their website and the gals mentioned in their byline that "Anyone who misses the (Nintendo) Wii will make friends with the Amico".


In the fall and winter of 2021, we continued to be  highlighted on both the AARP website and in their magazine. For those not familiar, AARP The Magazine is the world’s largest-circulation magazine with more than 36 million readers.

Here's a really cool three page interview and feature in Old School Gamer magazine.

We had a great Italian GamePro magazine feature on Amico which was so well received that they decided to do an English version as well.

Italian version:

]Here's a nice write-up in ImagineFX magazine about our retro reimagined art for our Collector’s Boxed Edition games. Our super talented Intellivision Art Director Mike Dietz was also the Art Director for Disney's Aladdin (Genesis/MegaDrive), Global Gladiators, Cool Spot and of course Earthworm Jim 1 & 2!


Thank you as always for your support and patience. The team here is doing everything in its power to create a successful launch of Amico. As soon as we have a more firm release and shipping date we will make sure that you are all some of the first people to know. We couldn't have come this far without you and we look forward to a successful 2022!

Tommy Tallarico
Founder / President / Chief Creative Officer