Atari Flashback 6 Retro Console w/Batteries! - $30 FS

[poofyhairguy]

Ok to get this deal you have to follow these instructions exactly:

1. Add one of these to your cart:

http://www.dollargeneral.com/product/index.jsp?productId=15702686

2. Add two or more (at least two) of these to your cart (not the case):

http://www.dollargeneral.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11787124

3. At checkout use the coupon code SAVESHIPDEC to get free shipping. It will probably charge you tax.

For people not familiar with these they are officially licensed ARM emulation boxes that look like old Ataris that come with 100 games and wireless Atari controllers. They don't have every popular game (some big ones like Ms. Pacman and Pitfall) but they do have a lot of games for $30 (including big ones like Adventure, Asteroids, Breakout, Combat 1/2, Millipede, Missile Command, Solaris, Space Invaders, Tempest, Yars’ Revenge).

 

[Elixer]

In case someone wants to make an actual cartridge adapter for these things... http://www.atarimuseum.com/fb2hacks/

 

[mikeford]

Showing as $40 right now, maybe special is over?

Checked Amazon, 64% 1 star due to controllers being digital instead of analog, which doesn't work with about half the games.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Showing as $40 right now, maybe special is over?

Yeah it's dead.

 

[BenJeremy]

We got that Sega Genesis portable a while back when it was on sale, and I have to say, it's pretty slick. I haven't even populated an SD card with Genesis ROMs yet.

 

[alaricljs]

Checked Amazon, 64% 1 star due to controllers being digital instead of analog, which doesn't work with about half the games.

It is compatible with Paddle controllers (little wheel plus a button) and they even sell a version that comes with a pair of them. I didn't find a source of paddles separately on Amazon tho.

 

[Mike64]

Fwiw, these are also going for $30 at Rite Aid drugstores, at least brick & mortar. I don't know what it's selling for on their website, if it's available there...

ETA: Anyone know if the "Asteroids" it comes with is the same version that was on arcade machines back in the 70s? It had totally bare-bones graphics with little triangular ships... I might actually buy the thing if it is. I've tried a couple of re-engineered versions/simulations I've found randomly on the web, but either couldn't get them to work at all or was completely underwhelmed by their performance.

 

[BenJeremy]

Fwiw, these are also going for $30 at Rite Aid drugstores, at least brick & mortar. I don't know what it's selling for on their website, if it's available there...

ETA: Anyone know if the "Asteroids" it comes with is the same version that was on arcade machines back in the 70s? It had totally bare-bones graphics with little triangular ships... I might actually buy the thing if it is. I've tried a couple of re-engineered versions/simulations I've found randomly on the web, but either couldn't get them to work at all or was completely underwhelmed by their performance.

Ah.... no. The only reason to buy an Atari 2600 Retro is if you enjoyed the Atari 2600 versions of those games. Like the Pac Man adaption, the Atari 2600 is considerably different from the arcade game.

The Asteroids arcade machine used vector-based graphics. By the measure of the time, it was incredibly more advanced than what the 2600 could display.

That said, the Atari 2600 version of the game was entertaining for what it was.

 

[Mike64]

Ah.... no.

That said, the Atari 2600 version of the game was entertaining for what it was.

I'll see what sort of description of that I can find on the web. I remember playing the home version of "Pong" when it first came out (kind of cool at least for the first 15 minutes, even at 12 years old<lol>), but video games/home video games weren't really that big among my friends, so I'm not familiar with the home version of Asteroids.

The Asteroids arcade machine used vector-based graphics. By the measure of the time, it was incredibly more advanced than what the 2600 could display.

Yeah, I definitely remember that. I didn't have a computer at the point in my (teenage) life, but had already been "following" the industry for several years via Byte and other mags and remember laughingly telling one of my friends as we played it that "believe it or not, the technology behind this game is incredibly advanced" - his response was "uh-huh" as his eyes glazed over, so I didn't bother trying to explain why, but personally I was more impressed by the tech than by the game quâ game. Although I did think it was pretty fun to play, unlike most of the other games that came out around the same time or soon followed... I really never got into the the likes of PacMan, Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, etc ...

 

[mikeford]

Emulators that run on a PC or whatever may be the best for retro gaming. Where to spend the money is on a good set of arcade controllers.