Original Flashback2 Sighting... $24.99

[Original Flashback2 Sighting... $24.99]

I got one of these FAKE FLASHBACK 2 pirated consoles for Christmas. It was bought at a Smith's here in Las Vegas, NV. I am EXTREMELY disappointed, as I have been looking at these since they first came out. Having grown up with Atari as a kid, I had a 2600 console and a 5200 console. I must admit, it has been a while since I have thought of Atari and my old consoles are long gone. So I was very excited to get the flashback 2 for Christmas. The games on it are very buggy and Quadran has no voice. When you start it, it goes to start, then the thing makes a strange beeping noise, goes to snow and the the game comes up. The checkers doesn't work at all. I did play this thing all day Christmas, and most all the popular games work, but now, I question whether they added the actual games or pirated the game code as well. Also it is very disheartening that I can't modify it. The circuitry is different. I went to Smith,s to try to get our money back, but they said that all they could give me is in store credit without the receipt and since that can't be located, I am stuck with this thing. Since it is not real I will not play it. Sad thing is, these will be around a long time.

 

Sounds like you may just have one of the early revisions. Does the circuit board look like the one on this page?

 

http://www.atarimuseum.com/fb2hacks/page1.htm

 

 

No, it is fake. It was bought at Smith's here in Las Vegas, NV on DEC. 23, 2010. The games in it are very buggy most don't work very well or don't work at all. On the real controllers, they screw into each other. But on the fakes, the controllers snap together. Also the text on the face plate is all one color. I did not open it as, I did not want Smith's to claim I violated my warranty which would not have mattered as there is no warranty. It is a good fake until you do a little research which, I have been doing pretty much since, I got it. I have tried to return it and they don't want to take it back. The person who got it for me tried returning it, and they told her the manager needs to approve it. So we shall see tomorrow what happens. If I can return it for a refund, I plan to get a legitimate unit although, I am a little concerned on buying one off online from any other source than Atari and they only have the 2+ which is fine as that is a great system with some really cool added games. I really would like to keep the activision games. I suppose if I go the 2+ route, I can still mod that one for carts and get the old carts for river raid and pitfall ext....

 

 

Update to my Situation with this :

 

I was at Smith's on Flamingo & Jones here in Las Vegas tonight Jan 5 2011 and they had two of the Pirated Consoles for sale. so I guess Kroger is still selling them as well. I did get A refund for the one, I got for Christmas and they probably put it back on the shelf. Not sure what can be done to stop this fraud.

[Original Flashback2 Sighting... $24.99]

I got one of these FAKE FLASHBACK 2 pirated consoles for Christmas. It was bought at a Smith's here in Las Vegas, NV. I am EXTREMELY disappointed, as I have been looking at these since they first came out. Having grown up with Atari as a kid, I had a 2600 console and a 5200 console. I must admit, it has been a while since I have thought of Atari and my old consoles are long gone. So I was very excited to get the flashback 2 for Christmas. The games on it are very buggy and Quadran has no voice. When you start it, it goes to start, then the thing makes a strange beeping noise, goes to snow and the the game comes up. The checkers doesn't work at all. I did play this thing all day Christmas, and most all the popular games work, but now, I question whether they added the actual games or pirated the game code as well. Also it is very disheartening that I can't modify it. The circuitry is different. I went to Smith,s to try to get our money back, but they said that all they could give me is in store credit without the receipt and since that can't be located, I am stuck with this thing. Since it is not real I will not play it. Sad thing is, these will be around a long time.

 

Sounds like you may just have one of the early revisions. Does the circuit board look like the one on this page?

 

http://www.atarimuseum.com/fb2hacks/page1.htm

 

 

No, it is fake. It was bought at Smith's here in Las Vegas, NV on DEC. 23, 2010. The games in it are very buggy most don't work very well or don't work at all. On the real controllers, they screw into each other. But on the fakes, the controllers snap together. Also the text on the face plate is all one color. I did not open it as, I did not want Smith's to claim I violated my warranty which would not have mattered as there is no warranty. It is a good fake until you do a little research which, I have been doing pretty much since, I got it. I have tried to return it and they don't want to take it back. The person who got it for me tried returning it, and they told her the manager needs to approve it. So we shall see tomorrow what happens. If I can return it for a refund, I plan to get a legitimate unit although, I am a little concerned on buying one off online from any other source than Atari and they only have the 2+ which is fine as that is a great system with some really cool added games. I really would like to keep the activision games. I suppose if I go the 2+ route, I can still mod that one for carts and get the old carts for river raid and pitfall ext....

[Original Flashback2 Sighting... $24.99]

I got one of these FAKE FLASHBACK 2 pirated consoles for Christmas. It was bought at a Smith's here in Las Vegas, NV. I am EXTREMELY disappointed, as I have been looking at these since they first came out. Having grown up with Atari as a kid, I had a 2600 console and a 5200 console. I must admit, it has been a while since I have thought of Atari and my old consoles are long gone. So I was very excited to get the flashback 2 for Christmas. The games on it are very buggy and Quadran has no voice. When you start it, it goes to start, then the thing makes a strange beeping noise, goes to snow and the the game comes up. The checkers doesn't work at all. I did play this thing all day Christmas, and most all the popular games work, but now, I question whether they added the actual games or pirated the game code as well. Also it is very disheartening that I can't modify it. The circuitry is different. I went to Smith,s to try to get our money back, but they said that all they could give me is in store credit without the receipt and since that can't be located, I am stuck with this thing. Since it is not real I will not play it. Sad thing is, these will be around a long time.