Atari Flashback 2

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Atari Flashback 2
Atari Flashback 2
Manufacturer Atari
Type stationary game console
publication
United StatesUnited States July 24, 2005
EuropeEurope 2005
Main processor MOS-6502 replica
Graphics processor Stella replica
Storage media none (fixed games), game modules (when retrofitting a module slot)
Controller Joysticks
Online service none
Units sold 860,000 (USA)
predecessor Atari flashback
successor Atari Flashback 3

The Atari Flashback 2 is a stationary game console from Atari . It was launched in the United States in 2005, just a short time after the first console in the Atari Flashback series called Atari Flashback . After the first generation of the Flashback was tied to the Atari 7800 console in Asia and had a completely new design, Atari Interactive Inc. US brought a revised version due to displeasure in the fan base about the graphic errors and defective hardware (as well as the design) on the market, which was now based on the original shape (imitation wood) and hardware of the original Atari 2600 console . However, there are colored buttons instead of the original aluminum controls.

The system includes twenty original games from the Atari 2600 and twenty partly new games, including previously unreleased prototypes, various games by home developers and graphic / playful revisions of older VCS titles (hacks). An instruction manual with 110 pages is included. The most famous games are: Pong , Pitfall! , Missile Command , Asteroids and Centipede . The price was US $ 29.99 in the US in 2006. The game console has also appeared in Canada.

An expansion of the console by a slot for real modules is already planned internally - experienced hobbyists can easily turn the Atari Flashback 2 into a full-fledged VCS replacement.

Sales figures

In the USA alone, the Atari Flashback 2,860,000 were sold.

Specifications

  • Dimensions: approx. 11.4 cm × 5 cm × 7.6 cm
  • Connections: 2 controllers, 1 AV including sound (mono)

console

  • Original console, optically based on the 1977 series made of wood, approx. 2/3 the original size
  • Update of the operating switches to buttons (push buttons)

equipment

  • console
  • AV cable
  • AC adapter cable
  • 2 controllers (original controller of the first series, rectangular with red fire button on the top left)
  • Instructions (operating instructions with 110 pages, although almost 100 pages are allotted to the games)
  • Single player and two player mode compatible
  • 40 emulated module games integrated

construction

The games are already in the console and are divided into the following four categories:

  • Adventure Territory
  • Arcade Favorites
  • Space station
  • Skill & Action Zone

List of built-in games

"*" Means: also included in the Flashback 1 console (even if only "post-programmed" there)

Additionally two hidden games:

For these hidden games you need the original paddles from the Atari 2600 set . To unlock the games you have to move the joystick quickly 1 × up, then 9 × down, 7 × up and 2 × down. This represents 1972, the year the game Pong was released .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curt Vendel: The Escapist Interview | Editor's Choice | The Escapist. June 5, 2007, accessed June 29, 2020 .