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[AtariLeaf]

HP Atari King of Michigan, on Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:24 PM, said:

WELL, I just bought mine today, and played it. According to Wikipedia, it's not the 2600-on-a-chip technology that Legacy did with the FB2 and FB2+; instead AtGames opted to use a ARM-based processor which makes the games function slightly different (though not to the extreme of the Jaks Pacific or the first Flashback with the NES-on-a-chip). Plus if you planned on hacking it and adding a cart port, you can FORGET IT! It won't work. However, like the FB2, you can use the joysticks on an original 2600. My final analysis: it's ok, but I lean towards my FB2. While the FB3 has more games, the emulation is off IMHO. The FB2 is an actual Atari 2600, but the FB3 is an emulator inside a 2600-looking package. Plus the sounds on the games sounds higher than in their original versions.

Thanks for the assessment. Based on the fact that its not Legacy and not 2600 on a chip I'll definitely pass. If I see a used one in a thrift down the road I'll probably grab it but I won't bother buying one new.

[garyd97]

I understand everybody likes Legacy Engineering products, I do too. But official Atari products are ok in my book too. I wish it would have had the SD slot, but the game selection is great, and the joysticks seem to be great. I also like how the menu is set up. I see this system doing very, very well in sales. It appears to be a pretty hot Black Friday item. They have been spotted with Walgreens, Toys R Us, Dollar General, Rite Aid...

[Atari Dogs]

Rite Aid has an ad for the FB3 for $29.99. They list one of its features as "MicroSD card slot for games downloads". I had to do a search to make sure the sd slot was not put back in.

As for the system Curt is working on for next year, it says 2600/7800 games. Why no 5200 games?

[HP Atari King of Michigan]

I will say this: I can't wait to see if Ben Heckendorn does a portable with this!

[Havok69]

HP Atari King of Michigan, on Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:13 PM, said:

I will say this: I can't wait to see if Ben Heckendorn does a portable with this!

I doubt it; he already made a bunch of real 2600 portables, why bother with this crappy clone?

The only thing it's good for is two new joysticks. Or maybe buy it for the case and put a real 2600 in there...

[Lentzquest]

Just got one at Dollar General in southern Ohio for $15. Sign said from Nov 20-23, so must be a pre-black Friday thing.

[TrekkiELO]

Lentzquest, on Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:41 PM, said:

Just got one at Dollar General in southern Ohio for $15. Sign said from Nov 20-23, so must be a pre-black Friday thing.

You must have got lucky or knew somebody there because their ad shows a Jakks Pacific Atari Joystick for $15 from Sunday, November 20th-Wednesday, November 23rd, while the Atari Flashback 3 is $25 only on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24th.

http://www2.dollarge...cular-HTML.aspx

Edited by TrekkiELO, Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:07 PM.

[Lynxpro]

Rite Aid is selling the Flashback 3 this week for $29.99.

[Lynxpro]

Curt Vendel, on Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:09 AM, said:

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

I wish they'd pack in some paddles. Paddles are hard to find for the 2600 and I'd love to play Warlords again. Love the 2600 version of that game; didn't care for the arcade version and the 2600 version isn't included in the Xbox Live marketplace "pack"...

[Asaki]

garyd97, on Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:51 AM, said:

I wish it would have had the SD slot...

Idunno, their Genesis clone had an SD slot, and still gets bad marks just for the bad emulation.

But maybe if it does well, they'll be more keen to give Curt another chance? FB4, save the good versions for the even numbers B)

[Battlezone]

If there will be a revision (or a new version) with the SD slot I will buy it immediately!

[pboland]

It's time for the Flashback unit based around the Atari 8-bit computer/5200 (that this thread was started for back in Aug 2005) to see the light. I know the boys at Legacy basically have/had this done. It's Atari that closed the door on it.

Please Atari, open the door to this idea again.

Heck, its probably been long enough at this point for a possible Jag Flashback unit. Think of that for a second. It would be the most powerful plug play on the market today!

Who I'm I kidding? It will never happen.

[kenjennings]

pboland, on Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:27 PM, said:

It's time for the Flashback unit based around the Atari 8-bit computer/5200 (that this thread was started for back in Aug 2005) to see the light. I know the boys at Legacy basically have/had this done. It's Atari that closed the door on it.

Please Atari, open the door to this idea again. . . .

Ohhhh, Yes. And put sio pinouts on the motherboard, so sio2sd can be installed internally. And add an interface for an external keyboard.

To dreeeeam the impossible dreeeam.

[Kittenmommy]

HP Atari King of Michigan, on Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:24 PM, said:

My final analysis: it's ok, but I lean towards my FB2. While the FB3 has more games, the emulation is off IMHO. The FB2 is an actual Atari 2600, but the FB3 is an emulator inside a 2600-looking package. Plus the sounds on the games sounds higher than in their original versions.

Kittendaddy bought me one for Christmas this past year, and I haven't noticed the emulation issue or the sound issue... and believe me, I'm very familiar with the games on there, having played them for 30+ years or so!

[jaybird3rd]

HP Atari King of Michigan, on Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:13 PM, said:

I will say this: I can't wait to see if Ben Heckendorn does a portable with this!

Eh. I must be the only one who thinks so, but for someone of his reputation, I find a lot of Heckendorn's stuff to be very amateurish. I thought his "Portable Jaguar" in particular looked like ass.

But anyway ... yes, I too would still love to see the real Flashback 3, the one based on the Atari 400/800 computer technology. I made my own humble attempt at a sales pitch to Atari over five years ago, but hopefully Legacy will someday find a way to bring it to fruition on their own, or perhaps through the newly-reformed Syzygy Company.

[Random Terrain]

jaybird3rd, on Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:24 PM, said:

. . . or perhaps through the newly-reformed Syzygy Company.

How do you pronounce that? Sigh-zee-gee? See-zee-guy?

[jaybird3rd]

Random Terrain, on Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:45 PM, said:

How do you pronounce that? Sigh-zee-gee? See-zee-guy?

It's pronounced /ˈsɪzɨdʒi/.

[Retro Rogue]

We're pronouncing it seh-zeh-gee.

[Cebus Capucinis]

So when will seh-zeh-gee be coming out with some twenny six hunnerd or fitty too hunnerd gear?