Intellivision Amico
Growing up in the ’80s, Tommy Tallarico’s favourite console was Mattel’s Intellivision. It was a passion that never really went away, to the extent that many years later he pulled a Victor Kiam (ask your parents) and bought the company. The result is that now, in 2021, a new Intellivision console, Amico, is preparing for lift-off.
Having worked as one of the most prolific musicians in games, hosted fan-favourite TV shows including Electric Playground, and toured his acclaimed Video Games Live concerts around the world, Tallarico has a track record of delivering the goods, so if someone was going to resurrect one of the most fondly remembered brands from gaming’s formative years, why not him? His starting point was to create something for a “forgotten” gaming group: the family.