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[Prab]

Hey guys,

In my gaming room i'm thinking of getting a flashback, as much as i love my 2600, i just feel its effort to boot up the carts sometimes, I do have it set up on one of my small portables but figured a flashback would be a good compromise for my Trinitron TV.

So my question is, which version of flashback would you say is the best and why

Prab

[jaybird3rd]

Definitely the Flashback 2. Of all the versions of the Flashback, that was the only one to feature the real games running on the real hardware (or at least a modern re-implementation of the original hardware), so outside of using a real 2600, the Flashback 2 offers the most accurate presentation of the original 2600 games. The Flashback 3 that is currently available is a simulation of the original 2600 hardware and is not completely accurate, while the original Flashback was based on a Nintendo chipset and featured "re-creations" of the original games, which again are not completely accurate.

[save2600]

Best flashback I always get is when I reminisce about the 70's and 80's. You know, back to a time when kids didn't consider popping a cartridge into their system too much effort.

There's no real substitute for a real 2600. Especially if you already have one. Just get a Harmony cartridge, load a bunch of games on your SD card and enjoy selecting games from its onscreen menu. Doesn't get much easier than that...

[bomberpunk]

i prefer the Sega Genesis version myself, although I haven't played the PC version, that one could be better.

[Prab]

Yes but you see my trinitron can't tune the 2600 properly! and i don't want to butcher my 2600 for the AV mod, which is actually more difficult on a Pal machine then NTSC machine

[save2600]

Prab, on Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:36 PM, said:

Yes but you see my trinitron can't tune the 2600 properly! and i don't want to butcher my 2600 for the AV mod, which is actually more difficult on a Pal machine then NTSC machine

I see! Said the blind man.

Well, what country are you from? I'm sure folks in Germany, Poland, Australia and U.K. (at the very least) are willing to perform this mod for a price. Depending on where you live and if it's economical to do so, maybe you could simply send them your 2600 to have it done?

[Prab]

I'm in the UK

[brojamfootball]

Flashback 2. Duh.

[JohnBuell]

I'm casting a vote for the 2+ if you can get one. But you'd have to modify it. Why? More Atari-original titles (and a third bonus game for paddle controllers).

[cd-w]

The Flashback 2/2+ was never released in a PAL version, so that may cause you problems. However, you can run PAL titles on it if you mod it to take a Harmony cart.

Chris

Edited by cd-w, Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:59 PM.

[Prab]

Right guys, i'm going to get myself a +2 from the states on ebay.com, but does anyone on these forums offer a service to mod or can anyone here mod one with a cart port for me? i could ship it from the seller to said person then pay for them to mod and ship it to the UK

Prab

[Curious Sofa]

And just in case you can get one...
I prefer the 2 to the 2 + as the 2 has River Raid and Pitfall!, and I believe the 2+ does not, and replaces them with sports titles.

[Prab]

Yeah i'm not getting a +2 would rather have river raid and pitfall