If you look back on the days of playing the Atari 2600 with wistful nostalgia, you're in luck; this summer you'll be able to relive those bygone days with the Atari Flashback 2.0, modeled after the Atari 2600 and packed to the brim with 40 classics like Centipede, Missile Command and Yars' Revenge.Atari promise an authentic 2600 experience, right down to the joysticks, and a specially engineered modern chip technology has been used that allows use of the 2600 code exactly - so these are the original games you'll be able to play, not some updated port.
In addition, Atari are making the Flashback 2.0 "hackable", so users can run their own homebrew games on them.
The features:
# All in One TV compatible gaming system
# Modern update to the classic Wood grained console case, approx 2/3rd the size of the original 1977 Atari 2600 console
# 40 Atari Games - 20 original classic 2600 games (Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids, Centipede, etc.) & 20 new "from the vault" Atari games
# 2 Atari 2600 joysticks
# Power supply & A/V cable
# Single player and Dual player head-to-head
# Backward compatible with all numerous existing 2600 controllers (i.e.: paddle controllers, trackballs, etc.)
# Hackable console - true Atari fans can "home brew" new games or their old favorites
# Utilizes original game code from Atari 2600 games
Related:
Original Atari Flashback console: Atari 7800 experience
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