Fangorn81 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) I was at a vintage/thrift store this weekend and saw a Flashback 2 sitting on the shelf. There was no box or anything, and I already have two working 2600 consoles but I can't resist Atari stuff so I pick it up and give it the once over. I think it was marked at like $35-40 or something dumb so I was ready to move on.... Until I noticed this: Now, I'm no Flashback expert, but I've never seen a joystick with a green LED (or maybe just a light?) on the bottom. It doesn't look like a mod, the hole looks like part of the molded controller...The rest of the joystick had all the same traits as the Flashback joysticks I have at home, threaded removable stick, logo without the word "Atari" under it on the front, but this has me stumped. Plus I can't find anything about it on the forum, or in a Google image search. Is this some kind of unicorn or just a variant I missed in the past few years? Edited August 12, 2013 by Fangorn81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fangorn81 Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Haha, I think I just figured it out. It looks like that's one of the screw holes and it just has something jammed in there.... Duh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 a green Mike & Ike perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 We never manufactured any with LEDs in it. Also, be careful it's not one of the pirate FB2s released those consoles have a high failure rate and the games don't work right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Looks like a bead stuck in one of the screw holes, not an LED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooter Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Sorry to bring back an old topic. But isn't the green thing some kind of sealing? I don't know about U.S. joyticks, but the original Atari joysticks manufactured in Brazil by Polyvox all had a plastic sealing in one of the screw holes. I guess warranty would be voided if they were removed. Here is a picture: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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