Hi Brian, The Atari Flashback is a system which emulates old Atari 2600 and Jaguar games.
There are currently I believe, 6 or 7 generations / variations of this system which each have varying numbers of built-in games. • Atari Flashback (20 games) • Flashback 2 (40 games) • Flashback 2+ (40 games - different than FB2) • Flashback 3 (60 games) • Flashback 64 (64 games) • Flashback 4 (75 games) • Flashback 4 (different version - 76 games) These are all plug and play systems and the 2 has actual Atari 2600 hardware so it can be modded to accept original Atari cartridges. There are also Atari 2600 junior systems which are meant to run original Atari cartridges which do not have built-in games. Additionally, there are joystick versions of these plug and play emulation devices for the Atari 2600, which have smaller numbers of games in them. There are also other emulation systems which emulate other consoles from the 80s and 90s as well. It's really amazing to see these older Atari games making revivals after so long. While these were way fun to play visually, for myself, I'm just not sure how well / fun these would carry over just listening to the rather well, older audio for hours on end. lol! Thanks, Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On May 22, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Bryan Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: Atari Flashback? Oh freddled gruntbuggly, thy micturations are to me as plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee. GroupI implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes, And hooptiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles, or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't! -----Original Message----- From: Cara Quinn Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:39 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] game taste was: Re: regarding temporal disturbance Am curious myself! :) I have been considering getting an Atari Flashback 4 and possibly a 2 and have a 60 inch 3D plasma screen so am wondering how games like Tempest etc would come off. Tempest was originally done in color vector graphics so looked absolutely amazingly cool in the arcade. I'm sure the legacy version on the Flashback is different though. It would be an excellent game for 3D. The TV itself is active 3D but also has a mode where it will take 2D content and create a pseudo 3D appearance so am just wondering if it might render some games nicely? I agree! Space Invaders, or any game for that matter, on a 78 inch screen would be quite something to see! Actually this brings up another point I'm curious about. My screen is a wide screen (as are pretty much all TVs now) and the older Atari games I'm sure were for full screen viewing so I wonder how they would render in a wide screen format?… It would be pretty funny-looking if all the invaders were in a little clump in the center of the screen! lol! Any ideas Thomas or others?… Thanks, Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On May 22, 2014, at 1:23 AM, dark <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Tom. Wow! I bet original space invaders on a 78 inch projector was cool. I currently have my snes, Pc and gamecube plugged into a 42 inch flatscreen, which is pretty awsome after years of playing on standard sized tv screens, but I'm still jealous! :D. Back when we had the atari 2600 we were on a 15 inch tv, so no, I don't imagine the invaders were very clear. I also however do wonder if there was a different version of space invaders. The one we had on the Atari 2600 had the invaders in rows and columns, but if I remember rightly the invaders were yellow, and the shields between you and them were orange while your gun was green. it also had a two player option with one green gun and one purple gun. I have played a version with red invaders and blue shields on one of those multi game consoles that have hundreds of games on one machine and you just plug into the tv. I suppose though just like Packman and several other games at the time, there were various different versions of space invaders around and it's entirely possible that the first one I played wasn't the original. All the best, Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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