+pboland Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I know, I know... just can't give out too much right now, heck the hardware wont even exist in proto form till about Jan-Feb, so we're getting a little ahead of things, but I think everyone is on the right track and I think you'll be pleased with some of the solutions to some age old previous console shortcomings that will be put into the new design on the next console, and this will be a console and not a TV plug and play, this unit will actually come with its games off-board on a card, which means that "More Games, More Fun" certainly will be the slogan to go with on the next Flashback. Curt How I wish it was still a go. :sad: :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 I was asked to review the product and correct some things with it, it is already done, there were some issues with audio and actual games installed that needed to be addressed, because it was 99% done when I was brought it, certain things will be addressed with later release revisions. Again, can't say very much and this is about all I can say. I will be contacting several reviewers so that they can receive review units to examine.... Curt Don't ask anything else, I can't say anything as I'm under a very tight NDA. Are you involved with this Flashback 3, then? Or does that information fall under the NDA too? =| 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Ah. Well that's cool that you get a lot more input this time, as opposed to those Basic Fun keychains >_< 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinChargers Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I was asked to review the product and correct some things with it, it is already done, there were some issues with audio and actual games installed that needed to be addressed, because it was 99% done when I was brought it, certain things will be addressed with later release revisions. Again, can't say very much and this is about all I can say. I will be contacting several reviewers so that they can receive review units to examine.... Curt Don't ask anything else, I can't say anything as I'm under a very tight NDA. Are you involved with this Flashback 3, then? Or does that information fall under the NDA too? =| I understand that you might not be able to answer this at this time, but would this be a product that you would endorse to people who already own the prior two Flashbacks? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd97 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 We can all hope that one of the later release revisions will contain an SD card slot. I was asked to review the product and correct some things with it, it is already done, there were some issues with audio and actual games installed that needed to be addressed, because it was 99% done when I was brought it, certain things will be addressed with later release revisions. Again, can't say very much and this is about all I can say. I will be contacting several reviewers so that they can receive review units to examine.... Curt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 No, it will not, later revs will address game corrections and changes recommended... no hardware changes or SD slot. Maybe if they do an FB4, but not in the FB3. As for my recommending/not recommending... I can't make any comments, instead reviewers have been contacted, they will get review units and publish reviews for people to read and decide on their purchase or not of the product, but its not my place. Curt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 If and when anyone sees a review on the web, please post the link... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmode-ky Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I was asked to review the product and correct some things with it, it is already done, there were some issues with audio and actual games installed that needed to be addressed, because it was 99% done when I was brought it, certain things will be addressed with later release revisions. Again, can't say very much and this is about all I can say. I will be contacting several reviewers so that they can receive review units to examine.... Curt Curt, was it Atari or AtGames who asked you to review it? It doesn't seem like it should be Atari, since they're just the licensor in this case, yet it also doesn't seem like it should be AtGames, since their track record with Genesis plug-n-plays doesn't show much interest in correcting obvious bugs. onmode-ky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekkiELO Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 This Flashback 3 is basically Atari: 80 Classic Games in One minus the arcade game versions, making it 60 2600 games by Atari on a plug and play system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2KFREEKER Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 This Flashback 3 is basically Atari: 80 Classic Games in One minus the arcade game versions, making it 60 2600 games by Atari on a plug and play system. Seriously? Man, you'd think that AtGames would have at least tried to put this into a portable. It really is what we all have been waiting for for so long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekkiELO Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) This Flashback 3 is basically Atari: 80 Classic Games in One minus the arcade game versions, making it 60 2600 games by Atari on a plug and play system. Seriously? Man, you'd think that AtGames would have at least tried to put this into a portable. It really is what we all have been waiting for for so long. Indeed, I am always serious, except they added... Adventure II Aquaventure Backgammon (PS2 and Xbox Atari Anthology only) Championship Soccer (original name before they changed it to Pelé's Soccer) Combat 2 Fatal Run Frog Pond Hangman (PS2 and Xbox Atari Anthology only) Realsports Basketball Saboteur Save Mary Secret Quest Wizard Why didn't they add Atari Video Cube?! And took away... A Game of Concentration BASIC Programming Blackjack Breakout Casino Codebreaker Crystal Castles Football Math Grand Prix Millipede Quadrun Radar Lock Slot Machine Slot Racers Star Raiders Stellar Track Street Racer Swordquest: Waterworld Video Olympics Warlords Edited September 3, 2011 by TrekkiELO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2KFREEKER Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 This Flashback 3 is basically Atari: 80 Classic Games in One minus the arcade game versions, making it 60 2600 games by Atari on a plug and play system. Seriously? Man, you'd think that AtGames would have at least tried to put this into a portable. It really is what we all have been waiting for for so long. Indeed, I am always serious, except they added... Adventure II Aquaventure Backgammon (PS2 and Xbox Atari Anthology only) Championship Soccer (original name before they changed it to Pelé's Soccer) Combat 2 Fatal Run Frog Pond Hangman (PS2 and Xbox Atari Anthology only) Realsports Basketball Saboteur Save Mary Secret Quest Wizard Why didn't they add Atari Video Cube?! And took away... A Game of Concentration BASIC Programming Blackjack Breakout Casino Codebreaker Crystal Castles Football Math Grand Prix Millipede Quadrun Radar Lock Slot Machine Slot Racers Star Raiders Stellar Track Street Racer Swordquest: Waterworld Video Olympics Warlords Is there a list of all 60 games releasing on this somewhere? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wntermute Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 And took away... A Game of Concentration BASIC Programming Blackjack Breakout Casino Codebreaker Star Raiders Street Racer Video Olympics Warlords I can understand the removal of the paddle games if there are no paddle controllers included. Also, didn't Curt say there was some special electrical requirement for the keyboard/touchpad controllers that couldn't be met with the new hardware? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekkiELO Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) This Flashback 3 is basically Atari: 80 Classic Games in One minus the arcade game versions, making it 60 2600 games by Atari on a plug and play system. Seriously? Man, you'd think that AtGames would have at least tried to put this into a portable. It really is what we all have been waiting for for so long. Indeed, I am always serious, except they added... Adventure II Aquaventure Backgammon (PS2 and Xbox Atari Anthology only) Championship Soccer (original name before they changed it to Pelé's Soccer) Combat 2 Fatal Run Frog Pond Hangman (PS2 and Xbox Atari Anthology only) Realsports Basketball Saboteur Save Mary Secret Quest Wizard Why didn't they add Atari Video Cube?! And took away... A Game of Concentration BASIC Programming Blackjack Breakout Casino Codebreaker Crystal Castles Football Math Grand Prix Millipede Quadrun Radar Lock Slot Machine Slot Racers Star Raiders Stellar Track Street Racer Swordquest: Waterworld Video Olympics Warlords Is there a list of all 60 games releasing on this somewhere? Taken from http://red022.redmedia.com.tw/ezcatfiles/red022/img/img/934/AR2660_Atari_IMForATARIApproval_StandardOK-07082011.jpg 3D Tic-Tac-Toe Adventure Adventure II Air-Sea Battle Aquaventure Asteroids Backgammon Basketball Battlezone Bowling Canyon Bomber Centipede Championship Soccer Circus Atari Combat Combat 2 Demons to Diamonds Desert Falcon Dodge 'Em Double Dunk Fatal Run Flag Capture Frog Pond Fun with Numbers Golf Gravitar Hangman Home Run Haunted House Human Cannonball Maze Craze Minature Golf Missile Command Night Driver Off the Wall Outlaw Realsports Baseball Realsports Basketball Realsports Soccer Realsports Volleyball Saboteur Save Mary Secret Quest Sky Diver Space War Sprintmaster Star Ship Steeplechase Submarine Commander Super Baseball Super Breakout Super Football Surround Swordquest: Earthworld Swordquest: Fireworld Video Checkers Video Chess Video Pinball Wizard Yars' Revenge Edited September 4, 2011 by TrekkiELO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekkiELO Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) And took away... A Game of Concentration BASIC Programming Blackjack Breakout Casino Codebreaker Star Raiders Street Racer Video Olympics Warlords I can understand the removal of the paddle games if there are no paddle controllers included. Also, didn't Curt say there was some special electrical requirement for the keyboard/touchpad controllers that couldn't be met with the new hardware? But other paddle games are still included, ones easier for joystick control and you're correct about the keyboard/touchpad issue, I knew that was why those were not on there. Edited September 4, 2011 by TrekkiELO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 You Mean this? Shown to Atari back in 2006-2007??? A good friend and I are working on something, hopefully for the spring - it WONT be Atari branded, but it will be a portable and will be 2600/7800... Curt This Flashback 3 is basically Atari: 80 Classic Games in One minus the arcade game versions, making it 60 2600 games by Atari on a plug and play system. Seriously? Man, you'd think that AtGames would have at least tried to put this into a portable. It really is what we all have been waiting for for so long. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 This is running on an emulator, this is not real hardware. It does however work with paddle controllers for paddle games that are included on the console which by default map to the included joysticks. And took away... A Game of Concentration BASIC Programming Blackjack Breakout Casino Codebreaker Star Raiders Street Racer Video Olympics Warlords I can understand the removal of the paddle games if there are no paddle controllers included. Also, didn't Curt say there was some special electrical requirement for the keyboard/touchpad controllers that couldn't be met with the new hardware? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd97 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 This will be awesome. Being Atari branded isn't as big a deal to me as the AV out and SD slot. You Mean this? Shown to Atari back in 2006-2007??? A good friend and I are working on something, hopefully for the spring - it WONT be Atari branded, but it will be a portable and will be 2600/7800... Curt This Flashback 3 is basically Atari: 80 Classic Games in One minus the arcade game versions, making it 60 2600 games by Atari on a plug and play system. Seriously? Man, you'd think that AtGames would have at least tried to put this into a portable. It really is what we all have been waiting for for so long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 A good friend and I are working on something, hopefully for the spring - it WONT be Atari branded, but it will be a portable and will be 2600/7800... I hope the Harmony Cartridge will work with it. I also hope it will have a volume control and a place to plug in earphones. If so, I'll find a way to buy one as soon as they are available and being shipped out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Since it would have a FAT16 compatible SD Card slot and no cartridge slot, no the Harmony would not work with it. A good friend and I are working on something, hopefully for the spring - it WONT be Atari branded, but it will be a portable and will be 2600/7800... I hope the Harmony Cartridge will work with it. I also hope it will have a volume control and a place to plug in earphones. If so, I'll find a way to buy one as soon as they are available and being shipped out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Since it would have a FAT16 compatible SD Card slot and no cartridge slot, no the Harmony would not work with it. Nice. It will take up less room without a cartridge sticking out of it. My Harmony cart can stay safe at home in my Atari 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 You Mean this? Shown to Atari back in 2006-2007??? A good friend and I are working on something, hopefully for the spring - it WONT be Atari branded, but it will be a portable and will be 2600/7800... Curt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HammR25 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Hopefully that portable has been changed to add a second button since there are 7800 games that require it. It would be even more awesome if it could do 7800XM games as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd97 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Will it have AV out w/ joystick ports like the original idea? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wntermute Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 A good friend and I are working on something, hopefully for the spring - it WONT be Atari branded, but it will be a portable and will be 2600/7800... Since it would have a FAT16 compatible SD Card slot and no cartridge slot, no the Harmony would not work with it. My wallet is weeping at this news. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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