Tommy Tallarico Interview Highlight: Tommy's Gaming Background

In this episode, we take a snippet out of our recent interview with Tommy Tallarico of Intellivision Entertainment to discuss his history and the video game industry, and how that translates to his purchase of Intellivision.Show more

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In October of 2018, while attending the Portland Retro Gaming expo, I had gotten word that Intellivision was coming back under the leadership of veteran video game musician and producer Tommy Tallarico. Tommy had worked on one of my favorite series of all time, Earthworm Jim, so I was quite intrigued when I heard that he was purchasing the rights and trademarks regarding Intellivision.

Fast forward to February of 2021 where we had an opportunity to sit down and talk about all sorts of things with Tommy. One of the things we were most interested in was Tommy's background in the video game industry. Like I say, I knew he was instrumental, pun intended, to Earthworm Jim 1 & 2, and his soundtrack for The Terminator game on Sega CD is widely regarded as nothing short of amazing. But I really wanted to delve into his history and what that meant to his future.

As it turns out, Tommy not only has a future within Intellivision and the Amico, but he also has a legacy and a past with it as well. As it turns out, his family had an intellivision, it was something they played quite frequently. It is that familial fun and passion he is looking to recapture with their new hardware.

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