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[Figuremod73]

Atari Flashback 3: 60 Retro Games for the Price of One New Game - Technabob (http://technabob.com/blog/2011/10/21/atari-flashback-3-atari-2600/)
Ive been seeing alot of these lately. Heres a chance to get an atari for those who miss playing it on a television. They should make one with a cartridge slot though...Its like fourty, fifty dollars (the price of a new game)

[Werewolf]

From what I've read, it's not done by, Legacy Engineering, the people that did the previous Flashbacks. This one is done by ATGAMES. I think this new one is based on a NES on a chip design and not the 2600 on a chip the Flashback 2 and Flashback 2 Plus used.

That said, I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff and I would probably still pick one up for a good price.

[Figuremod73]

I still wish they would put a cartridge slot on it so atari games could be played. Maybe in a future version. Alot of people might say "so what, its just the Atari", but this is really the longest running of any system. It wont go away,lol.
I think its time Nintendo did something like this with a bunch of their popular games. Not some bootleg junk someone came out with, a proper official version.

[Werewolf]

I still wish they would put a cartridge slot on it so atari games could be played. Maybe in a future version. Alot of people might say "so what, its just the Atari", but this is really the longest running of any system. It wont go away,lol.


I love the Atari too and still play mine. Unfortunately, I don't see Atari/Infogrames ever releasing an actual cartridge style Atari system. I doubt they'd want to deal with the customer service nightmare of being flooded with emails and calls from people that can't get some 30 year old cartridge to work on their new system. Besides, I don't think Infogrames has an interest in keeping Atari alive beyond licensing and game copyrights.

I've read that Legacy is planning a new Atari compatible cartridge system though. It will be an Atari in everyway but the name.

[Werewolf]

Picked one up tonight a Dollar General for $40. Pretty sweet deal. Way cheaper than amazon or ebay. I'm gonna try it out tonight and then post my thoughts on it.

[Werewolf]

Okay, here's my thoughts on it.

It is really good.

All the games look bright, clean and sharp on my HDTV with no graphic glitches. I don't know what type of emulation they are using, but it's terrific. I had a lot of trouble with severe graphic glitches with the Flashback 2 on my HDTV. From the annoying, like dark and blurry graphics on games like Centipede and Missile Command, to absolutely unplayable, like on the two Asteroids games.

Only one game on the FB3 is glitched. Since the FB3 doesn't have the color/BW switch, there is no way to access your items screen in Secret Quest.

The FB3 Atari 2600 controllers are really nice. Not as stiff controlling as the FB2 ones. Some people might not like the looser control, but I rather like it. The FB3 controllers do work on actual Atari 2600 consoles. Ms Pac-Man controlled like a dream with them on my Atari Jr. Other pluses this has over the previous Flashbacks is front controller ports and the ability to reset to the main menu without having to turn the system on and off when you want to play a different game.

[Figuremod73]

thats good to hear. have you tried the kaboom style controllers yet? (assuming you have one handy) does it have those strange lines on the left hand side when playing missile command?
i think it would be better than sitting around playing emus on a computer.
i can wear a atari joystick out in a year :yes:

[weshightower21]

i bought Halloween for the atari 2600 at my local pawn shop. They have a ton of them,cheap too.

[Werewolf]

have you tried the kaboom style controllers yet? (assuming you have one handy)

The paddle controllers do work with the FB3 but unfortunately I don't have any to personally test.


does it have those strange lines on the left hand side when playing missile command?


The "comb" effect is still visible on some of the games. Same as the real thing.

[Figuremod73]

the flea market here has people selling atari's on occasion in various conditions. im still waiting for that prestine boxed one,lol.
awhile back i saw someone walking around with a commadore vic 20 and it looked like it had never been opened! of course, i wouldnt see it first....

[Werewolf]

awhile back i saw someone walking around with a commadore vic 20 and it looked like it had never been opened! of course, i wouldnt see it first....

That would have been an awesome catch. :yes:

[Figuremod73]

i even commented to them as they walked by that that was probably the best thing at the flea market that day.

[Werewolf]

Toys R Us is going to have the Flashback 3 on sale for $25 this Friday and Saturday. Good deal.

[Figuremod73]

i saw that this morning. the controllers alone are worth that!!! :D

[Captain_Mego]

I seen these the other night...I was going to get one for my daughter for Christmas...does it have donkey kong?

[Werewolf]

I seen these the other night...I was going to get one for my daughter for Christmas...does it have donkey kong?

Donkey Kong is a Nintendo game. The FB3 only has Atari created games.

[Figuremod73]

yea, it would be nice if it did. ms pacman, donkey kong, and frogger would be nice additions. (would never happen.)

[Werewolf]

yea, it would be nice if it did. ms pacman, donkey kong, and frogger would be nice additions. (would never happen.)

And Space invaders and Pole Position and Joust... A lot of the classic iconic Atari 2600 games people imediately think of when the think of the Atari 2600 are actually all licensed. Be amazing if they were included but I imagine all the license fees wouldn't be cost effective.

[Figuremod73]

you said awhile back there was gonna be a new atari compatible (bootleg?) cartridge system. do you know anymore about it? thats really what im looking for....
the best games, to me, were the ones done by Activision. this company was a group of former atari programmers who left in a dispute. David Crane, who is famous for Pitfall, was one of them.
Atari themselves did release some amazing games. Many of them were early on. I really like the ones that use the paddle. Breakout, superbreakout, night driver and circus atari all come to mind. (although kaboom was the best of the bunch).

[Werewolf]

you said awhile back there was gonna be a new atari compatible (bootleg?) cartridge system. do you know anymore about it?

I read about it a while back lurking Atari Age. It's supposed to be an updated 7800 from what I understood. Not sure if there has been any updates on it.

[Figuremod73]

Atari Consoles Computers, Pong, VCS, ST, Falcon (http://www.nikbull.co.uk/Angeldust/Atari.htm)
while i couldnt find information on that i did find this cool page.
memories here...

[Figuremod73]

i coulda bought the atari XEGS with light gun back in '88. got a sega master system instead.....

[ddgaff1132]

Back some time ago in the 90's. There was a Atari emulator for the Pocket PC. It was kinda odd. You would buy the emulator and they would tell you that you had to go and find/download the "ROMS" on your own. I thought it was a scam when I found this out. But It was legit. The only thing the emulator seller would state was that you should have ownership of an original cartridge before using the ROMs on your Pocket PC.