Binding: Video Game Brand: Atari EAN: 0742725265196 Format: CD Label: Atari Inc. Manufacturer: Atari Inc. Model: 26519 Platform: Electronic Game Publisher: Atari Inc. Release Date: July 11, 2006 Sales Rank: 1682 Studio: Atari Inc.
Product Description: The Atari Flashback 2.0 delivers the classic gaming sights, sounds and action that introduced so many people to the world of video games. It features the same wood grain paneling and look of the Atari 2600, and will capture the feel through two classic joysticks for multi-player competition and vintage controls. The system comes pre-loaded with over 30 classic games -- no new purchases are required, just connect it to your TV and play! The system that brought you hits like Asteroids, Breakout, Centipede, Lunar Lander, Millipede, Missile Command, Combat and Pong now has them all collected on one handy system. Expereince the start of the gaming revolution!
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - this product does not work. Atari should be ashamed!!
The Atari Flashback2 product does not work.
Many of the games do not work at all.
For the games that do work, they do not work correctly.
The Atari company should be ashamed for putting such a
bad product on the market.
And for the people who gave this prudct a rating 4 or 5
you should be ashamed of yourselves. Why would you want
to mislead people like that.
Please do yourself a favor and do not buy this Atari
product.
Rating: - a riot
So much fun to play the old games! My only issue is that you have to turn it off and then back on to change games. And where's Frogger????
Rating: - Incredible little device
Ah, the things they do with technology these days. The Flashback 2.0 isn't just an emulator - these aren't half-hearted recreations of the games you remember. Inside this device is an actual miniaturized Atari 2600 - the entire hunk of circuitry from 1977, squeezed onto a single chip. So when you plug in the Flashback 2.0, you're playing the actual games on actual hardware. Incredible, no?
I love this thing. For half the cost of a modern console game you get an entire game system, 42 games, and two controllers for some serious head-to-head action. Never mind that the graphics and sounds are 30 years old. This system delivers pure, unadultered, score-driven 1980s nostalgia.
Unfortunately, I don't remember most of these games. That's because the library is about half classics, and half unreleased/homebrew/prototype games. Too bad, because I'm really missing out on my favorite Atari games here: where's my Pole Position? I would have much preferred to see more classics and less novelties. (The included secret Paddle Games are a nice touch, though.) On this basis I'll give 4 stars for Fun.
The real reason I love the Flashback 2.0, though, and why I give it 5 stars: Crack it open, and you'll notice a silkscreened table showing pin connections to solder pads. These are handy instructions on how to add a cartridge slot to your game system! Now, the circuitry isn't perfect, so there are some 2600 games that won't run, but compatibility lists are available online. It's a great way to play all your games again without fiddling with crusty old technology and RF hookups.
In short: Buy one! The old classics never die, and what better way to experience them again than by playing them on real hardware? For under $30, 40+ games is a steal. And if you're handy with a soldering iron (or know someone who is), it's a great and inexpensive way to add a new game system to your collection.
Rating: - DO MOT WASTE YOUR MONEY,PLEASE
NOT WORTH THE MONEY ,,IF YOU WILLING TO PAY MORE THAN 25 DOLLARS OR UP ,FREEZES UP SOMETIMES, YOU CAN'T BROWSE BACKWARD THROUGH THE GAME LIST,,EVERYTIME YOU CHOOSE A GAME AND DECIDE TO SWITCH TO OTHER ONE YOU HAVE TO TURN THE WHOLE THING OFF AND ON AGAIN TO GET TO ANOTHER GAME
,,180 DOLLARS FOR SUCH A THING ,,MAKE YOU FEEL ASHAMED OF YPURSELF WHEN YOU PLUGG INTO TV ?????
Rating: - Brings back the 'good old days ,,,
.. when Atari games were easier to operate and play yet still be challenging for the entire family.
- this product does not work. Atari should be ashamed!!
- Incredible little device
