380: The Intellivision Amico with Slope's Game Room - The Retro Hour EP380

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

We have a long-overdue catch up with Daniel Ibbertson AKA Slope's Game Room, including breaking down the ill-fated Intellivision Amico. Promising to bring back the classic brand, the Amico's repeated delays, leadership changes, and potential cancellation have left it shrouded in uncertainty. DJ Slope, renowned for his comprehensive gaming history content, brings his insight into this saga, discussing the console's initial vision, the issues it faced, the intriguing lineup of games that were slated for release, and what the Amico's journey means for the wider retro gaming industry.

Slope's Game Room - The Intellivision Amico Scandal: https://youtu.be/8BgAarlzVD4

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's show on limited Windows XP codes forever.
0:05.5	Play Tetris on a chicken mucknugget.
0:07.5	And we catch up with DJ Slopes from Slopes Game Room.
0:20.1	And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you every Friday with our great mates at Bitmap Books.
0:25.8	Now, something to look out for.
0:27.3	Coming very soon, PC Engine, the box art collection, the collector's edition.
0:33.1	Now, this comes in a gorgeous, sturdy slipcase, and features an exclusive cover illustration by the legendary Will Overton of rare and Superplay magazine fame.
0:43.6	And it also features Will's artwork in a protective dust jacket as well.
0:47.8	Now, the thing about this is, it's limited to only 2,000 copies and they will never print it again.
0:53.1	So you get full details of that and the rest of
0:55.1	their retro gaming collection at bitmapbooks.com. And with our friends, a PCB way. Now, if you're
1:02.1	working on a retro project over summer, they offer a fully featured custom PCB prototyping
1:07.5	service with low-cost, fast turnaround quality boards, and they offer services
1:11.9	like 3D printing and injection moulding, and they're massive supporters of the retro community
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1:23.3	Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 380, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood.
1:31.6	Me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox.
1:34.1	And very nice to have you joining us for our first podcast of June, of course, the show that every single Friday will take you behind the scenes on the world of retro gaming, bringing on guests on the podcast every week and the variety of people we bring you on this show.
1:48.0	Massive, anything from developers, company CEOs, artists, musicians, content creators.
1:54.1	Every single episode, we bring you a guest in the second half.
1:57.1	And of course, the first half of the podcast, that's when we basically save you a bit of time.
2:01.7	You don't have to follow all the blogs and Google around and check Twitter every day. We give you a little summary of all the big headlines and the stuff that's been happening in the world of retro from over the last seven days with our little expert panel of geeks. I think it's fair to describe as all as. and now that we're well into summer,
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