Atari Flashback 2.0

I remember attending one of the Philly Classic shows, and saw the 2600 S-video mod on a nice flat monitor, next to a normal 2600 using RF. Good Lord, how did we ever find RF acceptable? The interference ruins the picture, compared to S-Video's sharp clean image. It does make a difference.

I look forward to the hacks and homebrews. One is Atari Climber, which is Dennis Debro's Climber 5 homebrew which he released last year. Climb up ladders avoiding moving lines ("Girders", hee hee) to get your baseball. There are various fun options such as falling stuff to avoid ... if you remember the LAME 2600 Donkey Kong, this game will probably impress you. The Yar's Revenge sequel is interesting too. I had a bit to do with "Adventure II". It uses Warren Robinett's Adventure engine, but bumps up the memory (I think to 32K, from the original 4K). The designs are a port of my own Atari 5200 homebrew (still not finished yet), which I also call "Adventure II". (another engineer and an artist also are part of our informal team fyi). I have the ROM for it already since I was allowed to test it. Because of my involvement, I'm getting a free Flashback 2 but I think I'd buy it anyway even if not, because it is a 2600-on-a-chip.

Yar's Revenge 2 isn't programmed by Warshaw so my expectations are very low -- especially considering that the original is one of my favorite games ever.

WISE FWOM YO GWAVE!

A new line of consoles is coming out, including the Flashback 5.0 (100 games!), and Colecovision and Intellivision (new overlays for each game!) machines! No word on game lists for them so far, but I'll definitely be getting the Coleco one. I've been looking for a machine for some time, and they're insanely priced online. Plus, the controllers from this machine can be used with the original hardware!

ColecoVision Flashback Classic Console


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Intellivision Flashback Classic Console


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They need cartridge slots or at least a way to play roms.

I wonder what the Colecovision one will include. I can picture the Sega stuff because they have licensed to clone machines before and maybe Universal's games but I doubt we will see Nintendo, Activision, and Sierra games. Almost everything on the system was owned by someone other than Coleco.

I think I'm going to have to grab the Coleco as well. It was my first system, but I don't want to get into collecting for it.

But yeah, like Zeed said, cart or sd slot pls.

That's true. A Coleco machine without Donkey Kong and others wouldn't be the same. This thing better have Venture!

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

They need cartridge slots

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What, so you could play famiclone carts on them?
In all seriousness, I hope these are clones of the actual hardware they're marketed as and not just bootleg famicoms like the last atari clone I had.

I checked the TRU site and zoomed the image, and the first game shown on the box is Venture!

Sold.

If I ever see that Coleco one in the $20 zone out in the wild I'm sure I'll end up grabbing it.

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Originally Posted by Melf

I checked the TRU site and zoomed the image, and the first game shown on the box is Venture!

Sold.

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Venture is way too easy on the console. I remember playing the game on my friend's CV and getting bored with it, because I was plowing through the levels like a hot knife through butter.

If it has that Smurf game and Donkey Kong, I'll definitely pick it up.