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Atari Flashback - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Atari Flashback is a series of dedicated consoles marketed by Atari, Inc. At. Games in 2. 01. They are "plug and play" versions of the classic Atari 2. Atari 7. 80. 0 consoles with all games built in, and do not use ROM cartridges. The systems are powered by an AC adapter (included), come with a pair of joystick controllers, and use standard composite video and monaural audio RCA connectors to connect to a television. The Atari Flashback was released in 2.
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The console resembled an Atari 7. Atari 7. 80. 0 but were slightly smaller. The system had twenty games built- in, all originally developed by Warner Communication's Atari Inc. Atari Corp. for the 2. The games which originally required analog paddle controllers were made to work with the included joysticks. It was designed by Atari veteran Curt Vendel, whose company Syzygy Co.
REVIEW: Atari Flashback 4. it's difficult for this not to appeal to not only casual gamers but also avid atari fans. 75 games is a staggering amount of games. Another year, another Atari Flashback. But this year’s edition of the old school console has significant improvements from the Atari Flashback 3. The Video Game Critic's review of the Atari Flashback 4 system. Home. Bowling, Canyon Bomber, Centipede, Championship Soccer, Circus Atari, Combat, Combat 2. The Atari Flashback was released in 2004. The console resembled an Atari 7800 in appearance, and came with a pair of controllers which resembled those of the Atari.
Legacy Engineering Group)[1] designs other home video game and video arcade products. Atari Inc. gave Syzygy Co. Winter holiday season. The Atari Flashback was based on "NES- on- a- chip" hardware, not resembling either of the Atari systems which the Flashback was supposed to represent (this was solved with Flashback 2).
As a result, the games it contained were ports and differed in varying degrees from the original games, and therefore the Flashback was unpopular with some purists.[2]Included games[edit]One game, Saboteur (originally designed by Howard Scott Warshaw), was advertised as "unreleased"; though never part of the Atari lineup, it was sold at the Philly Classic 5 convention in 2. Atari Flashback 2[edit]The Atari Flashback 2, the successor to the original Atari Flashback console, was released in 2. It has forty Atari 2. A few of the included games are homebrews which were created by enthusiasts in recent years, and two of the games (Pitfall! River Raid) were originally published by Activision. The appearance of the Atari Flashback 2 is reminiscent of the original Atari 2.
It is roughly two- thirds the size of the original and is much lighter in weight. The Flashback 2 console has five buttons (power, reset, left and right difficulty toggles, and select); on the back it has a color/black- and- white slider switch and two ports for the included joysticks. The joysticks bear very close similarity to the original Atari 2. The Flashback 2 does not come with paddle controllers, but original paddle controllers can be connected to it and used with its paddle- based games.[3]Curt Vendel and Legacy Engineering returned to develop the Flashback 2. Unlike the original Flashback console, the Flashback 2 contains a single- chip version of circuitry designed by Vendel; it is a reproduction of the TIA chip used in the original Atari VCS.[4] As such, the Atari Flashback 2 runs games just as they ran on an original console. The Atari Flashback 2 project was codenamed "Michele", after Vendel's wife. Her name is printed on the motherboard.
Marty Goldberg, owner of the Electronic Entertainment Museum, was the technical writer for the packed- in manual and full design of the online manual. Because of changes in game content during the development and problems with the graphic design company keeping edit revisions straight, the manual which comes with the Flashback 2 has several errors in it including typos. For example, contrary to the manual there is no two- player mode in Centipede, and there is no connected- ship gameplay in Space Duel.
Likewise in the description of Save Mary "Barnaby just blew up the nearby damn" appears. Included games[edit]The available games are arranged into four categories selectable from an on- screen menu. Once a game is selected, the only way back to the menu is to use the power button to turn the console off and on again. The games listed below as hacks used other games' code as a starting point and modified their gameplay or appearance. Homebrews were written from scratch by Atari fans in the 1. Unreleased prototypes are games which were developed by Atari Inc. A few of the games listed are new and exclusive to the Flashback 2.
Adventure Territory[edit]Adventure. Adventure II, a sequel to Adventure that is built on its original assembly- based game code.
Haunted House. Return To Haunted House, a sequel to Haunted House that is built on the original Adventure's assembly- based game code combined with graphics from the original Haunted House)Secret Quest. Wizard (unreleased prototype)Arcade Favorites[edit]Skill and Action Zone[edit]3.
D Tic- Tac- Toe. Aquaventure (unreleased prototype)Atari Climber (homebrew), released in 2. Climber 5. Combat. Combat 2 (unreleased prototype)Dodge 'Em. Fatal Run (only released in Europe)Frog Pond (unreleased prototype)Hangman.
Human Cannonball. Space Station[edit]Paddle Games[edit]The console also includes two hidden titles which require the use of paddle controllers. The Flashback 2 does not come with paddle controllers, so these games cannot be played unless the user has an original set of Atari 2. To access the hidden paddle game menu, the user must press up on the joystick 1 time, pull down 9 times, push up 7 times, and pull down 2 times (this represents the year 1.
Pong first appeared). The code must be entered steadily and without pauses (enter it too quickly and it won't work). Test screens[edit]Controller test screens can be accessed by holding down the select and reset buttons while pressing the power button to turn on the console. With the color/black- and- white switch set to 'color', the joystick test screen will appear; with it set to black- and- white, the paddle test screen will appear. These test screens allow a gamer to test controller inputs as well as the console's colors and sounds.
On the paddle test screen, if joysticks are plugged in as opposed to paddle controllers, the game Off the Wall can be accessed and played by moving right with the left controller. Revisions[edit]There have so far been three revisions of the Atari Flashback 2. Rev. 0. X has a problem with the synthesized voice in Quadrun not working due to a problem with the emulation of the original console's audio output. When play begins, the game should speak "Quadrun" three times.) It also contains a prototype version of Millipede programmed by General Computer Corporation; [5] this version has problems with the display losing vertical hold and appearing to "roll", making the game unplayable. This revision had the early delivery data to the chip fabricator and was not meant to be run into production. While this is commonly called Rev.
A it is properly termed Rev. XRev. A Is the correct production revision of the chip which fixes the voice synthesis in Quadrun and also contains the Atari Inc. Millipede as well as a newer revision of Adventure 2 that is easier to see on certain TVs that experienced too dark a color palette.
This revision is sometimes referred to as Rev. B since it was the 2nd series of release.
Rev. C features a reduced- size PCB, which was designed to simplify installing a cartridge port (as described below). There are no changes to the unit's functionality; the Revision C chip corrected some Hmove incompatibility issues, but still lacked several 6.
Illegal Op. Codes and support for FE bankswitching. A few of the included games, such as Lunar Lander, exhibit some flicker. This is due to limitations in the original Atari 2. Flashback 2 reproduces accurately. Curt Vendel noted that the games exclusive to the Flashback 2 were programmed under a strict schedule, and later commissioned developers to tweak these games in order to reduce flickering.[6] Some of these revisions were included with the Atari Flashback 2+, released in 2. Rev. D is the Atari Flashback Portable with support for all games with the exception of Pitfall 2 and the Supercharger games. This new chip will also have built in LCD driver lines, and USB connectivity support and built in Flash RAM for games storage.
No official word on when Atari Inc. Adding a cartridge port[edit]While the original Atari 2. Atari Flashback 2 does not include one.
However, a hobbyist can easily modify a Flashback 2 to use Atari 2. The motherboard is printed with several solder points and a guide to what contact points associate with which cartridge pinouts.[7]In an interview with The Escapist, Curt Vendel remarked, "Flashback 2 did exceptionally well. U. S./domestic."[4]Atari Flashback Portable[edit]The Atari Flashback Portable was a proposed handheld version of the Flashback created by Curt Vendel and Legacy Engineering Group. The initial mockup was demonstrated in early 2. TFT screen running approximately 1. AAA" batteries. Games are loaded into internal 2. MB memory by use of a USB cable.
The release date was projected as early 2. Curt Vendel announced that the project was not going to be released by Atari and no further information was released since 2. Atari Flashback 2+[edit]In January 2. Atari announced pre- orders for the Atari Flashback 2+, to be released on February 2. General Mills simultaneously announced a giveaway sweepstakes for the console, along with other Atari related merchandise, in conjunction with its Honey Nut Cheerios cereal.[1. Included games[edit]The bulk of the included games in the Atari Flashback 2+ are the same. However, Pitfall, River Raid, Wizard, Caverns of Mars, and Atari Climber have been removed.
In exchange, a sports section was added that included the games Realsports Boxing, Realsports Soccer, Super Baseball, Super Football, and Double Dunk.[9] A third 'hidden' game, Circus Atari, was added to the 'hidden' menu that features the paddle- controller only games Warlords and Super Breakout. Console differences[edit]Aside from the games, the cosmetic differences between the FB2 and the newer FB2+ are that the latter console sports a plus (+) sign and larger text for "Classic Gaming Console". Also the 'fuji' Atari symbol on the original FB2 resembles the newer Hasbro- era fuji, whereas the FB2+ fuji resembles the original Atari fuji of the 1. Atari Flashback 3[edit]In 2.