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Also because of Realsports Volleyball being the TV game exclusive in this unit and I paid $16.99 plus tax for mine, it was worth every penny, except that Adventure easter egg blunder, doh! Signed, Rick

Gravitar was on the original Atari 7800 style Flashback in 2004, Realsports Volleyball is an exclusive TV game here! Signed, Rick

I to love frogpond, it's one of my more favorite games on the system. Yeah, it's fun and funny as hell, has the setting sun, and actually has an end (where most games just end) Cool to here I'm not the only one that likes this game. Count me in on this too! Signed, Rick

This is exactly why it's called Super Football as it absolutely blows away both Football and Realsports Football with its revolutionary 3-D scrolling graphics for a sports game at that time on an Atari 2600! Rick

Thanks for your story! You're one lucky guy to find a woman like that, does she have a twin sister? http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=thevnaguy&ftab=AllFeedback So what was the bonus cart you got? Signed, Rick

And it's now ten bucks more @ $39.99 with no free Atari 2600 t-shirt. Signed, Rick Vendl II

It sold this morning for $87.67 plus $24.70 shipping!

Bought mine from QVC when these first came out, then another from KB Toy Works because I thought those intitial ones were defective until reading this article, runs alright for a few minutes without any distortion until they warm up, though that also bothers me, I've still kept the one in my collection and play it sometimes! Signed, Rick Vendl II

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 130370871257 The same guy who is auctioning a Flashback 2+ which now has 1 bidder at $24.99, also has the Atari 2600 XL T-Shirt up as a separate auction and his shipping charges are outrageous at $24.70 and $7.50 respectively! Signed, Rick

Figures. This is because Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell bought them from Warner Brothers, but Starcade in Tomorrowland at Disneyland blows everything else away as it's the biggest arcade I went to back then, two levels jamb packed full of classic game machines. Indeed on both counts. I am envious. My grandmother at the time kept receiving time share seminar offers. The first she received was for an Atari 800XL. Of course, she didn't go to that one; she went to the seminar the month later and was rewarded with a Commodore Plus4. This was around circa 1985. That made me rather cross. I had another year to wait before the parents bought a computer [a 1040ST]. Would've been nice to have had the 800XL to mess around with. The cousins had TI's Defender clone called Parsec. That was nice with the speech synthesizer. I think I picked up Picnic Paranoid from Federated for it [for them] and a couple of other titles. It was actually a Timex Sinclair 1000, not TI99/4A, sorry about that. Also, Commodore 64, then Amiga, more affordable and better than Macintrash were my computers before PCs! Yep, another trademark, smashing televisions. Thanks again, Rick

Are those still around? Their pizza, chicken and mojos were to die for, Chuck E. Cheese by Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell was also an awesome arcade/pizza place, but not anymore! January 1986, my parents bought me one shortly after at Toys R Us in San Bernardino, California that still had its original 1984 expansion port underneath. Got mine as a time share open house free gift, then Commodore's Vic-20 from another, no longer have either though. I remember Silo, they came on the scene when Circuit City did, similar building designs too. Sounds cool, will check it out, thanks. Signed, Rick

You know, now that I look at mine again, it almost looks as if the TV switch is broken or stuck somewhere in the middle: The artist must have based the drawing on a system sold on eBay. that doesn't bother me to much....but it is funny that the left controller has the cord come out the top (proper) and the right controller has the cord come out the right side (I know, it's for symmetry, but still ) Speaking of cords, anybody else notice that the actual Atari Flashback 2+ audio/video cable is longer than its predecessor, so you now have more slack! Signed, Rick

Speaking of trustworthiness, one might consider how Commodore originally [allegedly] acquired MOS Technologies back in the day. But that is covered well elsewhere on the net. Or maybe a nice chat with Ted Hoff could shed some light on that trustworthiness too. Or maybe you could ask an old [Greater] Sacramento [Metropolitan Area] Atari dealer - computers and game systems - about how Sam Tramiel tried to hit him up to sell a Sony Playstation to Sam's friend at wholesale when it debuted. But maybe you are right. Shadoe Stevens must have liberated the sword when Atari Corp. fired him as "Fred Rated" during their wildly successful ownership of the Federated Group. Man does that bring back some memories, from 1986-1988 my friend and I rode bikes 4 miles one way to the local Federated in Redlands, California just so we could buy their cheap Atari games with our allowances for all their systems we owned. Wonder if he still has his look alike ventriloquist doll, "Fredrated, uh huh, uh huh. Fredrated, uh huh, uh huh." It was meant to be a joke. Doh, got it. Signed, Rick Vendl II

Well, the shirt is printed in black and white, so I guess that makes sense. That is exactly what I was going to say until I'd saw mine set on color. Signed, Rick Vendl II

My t-shirt's picture has it set to color, interesting. Signed, Rick Vendl II

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 130370870137 Signed, Rick Vendl II

If you are talking about the mini 7800 original Atari Flashback from 2004, I'm also proud to have it in my collection along with an Atari Flashback 2/2+! Signed, Rick

There's no point in offering the "Sword Quest" games because no matter how well you play, you still won't be able to win the $25k sword because playa hatin' Jack Tramiel has possession of it. That didn't stop Atari from including all 3 on "Atari: 80 Classic Games in One" for the PC and "Atari Anthology". Signed, Rick

Glad to hear. There are 2 items I know of that didn't make it in YR because this was an early build but I'll let you guys find them Thanks! Signed, Rick

Indeed, along with Dennis DEBRO! Signed, Rick

Seconded, you guys can't say that enough! Rick

Yep, for these occasions, I save 'em all the time! Signed, Rick

Right, it does in fact say 2+ on it but someone say, shopping for someone else might not notice it, but the black themed box is easily discernible, even when you're in a hurry. That's really awesome that your name is in the manual, along with Wgungfu and Albert The packing slip to me is a part of my Personal Atari History Oh good, I'm not the only one who saved the packing slip. Same here. Signed, Rick Vendl II

First use the joystick to enter this code 1-UP, 9-DOWN, 7-UP, 2-DOWN (Atari's birth year), then select from Super Breakout, Warlords and Circus Atari, now plug in your paddles for play, you can also use them on Arcade Pong. Hope that helps! Signed, Rick

Over an hour ago via UPS to my front door where I met the driver for it. It's real, a Flashback 2+ exactly like those pictures posted by Curt earlier in this forum with its box, old ATARI logo, manual, XL 2600 T-Shirt, Sports Arena games Double Dunk, Realsports Boxing, Realsports Soccer, Super Baseball, Super Football, also, both Yars' Return and Lunar Lander are no longer out of adjustment or flicker. Circus Atari is that new "Top Secret" menu game. Thanks again Curt, Marty et al at Legacy Engineering! Rick Vendl II