Feralstorm

That was true for the Kangaroo Arcade game as well. Too bad the 2600 version doesn't have the boxing gorilla from the arcade version, as that would make a fine DK stand-in. The main difference overall between DK and Kangaroo is that Kangaroo was as much about punching as jumping.

True enough. I'd love to see a 7800 Qix, Berzerk, or especially Defender for that matter. But then again, We got Food Fight, Donkey Kong & DK Jr. Commando, Rampage, Crossbow, Galaga, and others. It ain't a competition though. the 5200 wins arcade ports on volume.

Thanks to our programmer friends, the 7800 has even more excellent arcade ports (here and incoming) than it used to, including Pac-Man (and varieties), BeefBurgerDropiTime, Q*bert, and Frogger.

Time Pilot Gyruss Frogger (ewwps! )

I've heard it said that a format is a success if the porn industry embraces it, as seen in VHS tape and DVD. Kinda doubt UMD will take off the same way if everything has to be licensed thru Sony though.

early six-swich VCS (heavy type I think) 2600 jr. 7800 Add a couple Flashback 2's to that list when they become available.

Pitfall 2!! Catchy! It's got the happy music, the sad music, and the balloon music!

Ladybug is kinda like Pac-Man, right? just hack it! (yes, I am kidding)

It definitely looks like a near-exact copy of the arcade graphics. Only thing that stands out to me at all is that the lady frog looks the same as the player's frog. Impressive to see all that stuff moving around at a higher resolution than (what seems like) 99.9% of all other 7800 games.

Nifty - Frogger uses the 320-pixel-wide mode!?!?!

I'd imagine Pac Jr. or Super Pac Man probably requires far more than a hack of an existing game. While we're at it, how about bringing Pac'n'Pal to the 7800 (or 2600, though that may be tough) It's the Pac-Man game relatively few are aware of, and I haven't seen a home version of it for anything.

Everyone says you got the cutest eyes (so fun to say out of context)

Not necessarily. Haven't seen any specs on the 10-bit machine, but number of bits does not necessarily equate to greater power. It surely oudid the 2600, and probably the 5200 and Intellivision, maybe the Colecovision as well, but it's a fair bet the 7800 and NES would outperform the 3200, simply by having a couple years later technology in its development.

Unfortunate to lose Thrust, but at least we get a do-over for one of the games that sucked-out-unplayably-loud on the FB1. I keep hoping to see screenshots (or even reasonable mockups) of the new arcade conversions. I worry about games like Asteroids Deluxe or Space Duel running into the same limits as 2600 Asteroids, but then if done similarly to the Supercharger game Suicide Mission, much is possible. That game had a lot of independently moving objects in it. Which leads to an interesting question.. does the FB2 have the same 128 bytes of RAM as the original 2600, or is more RAM available to 2600 games, to enhance newmade games a smidge?

Personally, I like the eight-wide Bakasama-style ghosts best, but hey, dat's me.

Would be nice, but I'd bet the rights to all those games mentiones are currently wrapped up by Jakks and others for their "Arcade" TV joysticks. A classic Imagic game or three would've been kewl, and possible if Activision has the Imagic games, and a couple Activision games made it into the FB2 (.0)

Yeah, and how much would that cost in parts alone to make just one cart? Take about $250 (rounding up heavily for the cost of an MMC card), and divide that by the number of EVERY ATARI 2600 AND 7800 GAME EVER MADE (and hacks, and homebrews) and you get an idea of how reasonable the price actually is. Of course I'm not quite making the most of mine. I've only got a little under 300 games on mine right now.

Finally got to play this on my Cuttle-Cart, and must say I'm impressed. It's an extremely welcome filled gap in the library of 7800 arcade conversions, and near-identical to its arcade source, that differences. (mostly sound FX that I noticed) are mostly dismissed as nitpicking. It's times like this I kinda wished the 7800 used some slighlty bigger cart ROMs, and gave us two or more similar games as selectable varaitions on the same cart (Pac/Ms. Pac, Asteriods/Deluxe, Centipede/Millipede)

This is not a kids product! And those red little buttons look odd... Regards 861922[/snapback] Not a kids product? Better tell everyone to make sure to ask for I.D. before allowing purchase then. Ya know, I'd LOVE to see some screengrabs from Lunar Lander, Asteroids Deluxe, Space Duel, and anything else that's new on this bugger. (watch now as we see... a title screen! BWAAH!!)

I didn't remember the Jakks stick version saying it, but it really leapt out at me playing Rally X on MAME, and seeing the "CHARANGING STAGE"!

It could in a way, though being a stand-alone system (that needs to have a soldering iron taken to it at least to take carts), it's more its own beast. Open to interpretation. Would a Coloeco Gemini or a Brazilian TV-Boy thingy be considered "another production run of VCSs"?

I think the Ms. Pac stick is the best of the "arcade" sticks (that I've played) Others I've experienced first-hand: Atari Flashback (1): not worth the money, as most of the games on it are sloppy ports. Pac-Man 5-in-1: Games play pretty well, but sound is rather off (I like this version of Rally-X better than arcade in MAME) Atari Paddle (1 player) good ports overall. I like Arcade Warlords C64 DTV: Joystick itself feels a little off, but games themselves are true C64 code, if not everyone's favorite choices.

I think the implication is that a Star Wars game then might've jump-started the VCS's popularity. I wouldn't bet on it though, since the game would likely be 2K then, 4K tops (Atari Superman sold gangbusters, right? ) Actually the hack of Starship may well be on the nose, given Atari's penchant for re-adapting games to licenses on occasion (A-Team Saboteur, Dukes of Hazzard Stunt cycle)

I noticed this box lists it as the "Flashback 2" as opposed to the "2.0" we've been hearing. (even on the unit pictured on the box) wonder if it's just that box or there's been a change.