Mappy/Dig Dug

[Mappy/Dig Dug]

Can you provide a link to the game in question? I did some searching, but couldn't find this particular game. TIA!

 

--Timster--

 

I think this is what you guys are talking about:

 

http://gear.ign.com/articles/526/526873p1.html

(although that must be a review of an earlier revision because my GameKey version does save high scores, although the review says it can't)

and another review

http://reviews.cnet.com/Jakks_Pacific_Ms_P...7-31581729.html

and finally, the site for the product:

http://www.jakkstvgames.com/products.html

 

I have one and find the twist control for Pole Position really nice.

[FB2 disappeared from Atari.com]

So, let´s talk numbers.

 

How many FB2 were produced and or sold in total?

 

Im curious to know.....

This post, 60,000 Rev C's on the water..., states that 860,000 were made in 2005 and that the final 60k from that run were shipped to the U.S. in June/July of 2006. I wonder how many were made in 2006? I guess at least revision C's would've been?

 

Yah, the problem is though that the pack in manual states to go to atari.com for the full manual. And I was having people that just purchased FB2's emailing me at CG.Com ticked off they couldn't find it where they were told it would be.

That bugged me too - going to a URL given in a paper manual (which is only about a year old) and finding nothing. It made me think the FB2 is discontinued. Had I not eventually found the full manual (with its picture of the "hidden paddle menu") - I never would've been tipped off that there were two hidden games - Go Warlords!

[Battery powering the FB2]

I remember reading somewhere's that the FB2 takes up very little juice, and it could be easily run on a 9 volt battery...

I tried the direct connection too and it worked. This raises an interesting question - how long does a 9V battery last when powering a FB2? If FB2's get good battery life, I wonder why Atari didn't go with an inexpensive 9V battery snap instead of a (presumably) more expensive AC/DC converter plug and jack... it would be one less wire to get tangled up but I guess they thought it would be better to be able to play it right out of the box without any batteries.

 

(OT: I wonder if an original 2600 be powered this way? I see the FB2's power brick outputs 200mA vs 500mA for my 4-switch 2600.)