At Games Colecovision, Intellivision, 2600 Flashbacks Pre-order

[Greg2600]

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...uctId=35290526



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$39.99 (I assume that's the full price), and will come out on October 1. CV/INTV have 60 built in games, and overlays and look fantastic. The downside is the lack of an SD card-type interface, though the Atari 2600 At Games console didn't either. I've been told this is by request of the license holder. There will be a new 2600 Flashback, number 5. Sticks are wireless, and the bright spot is that the game library is now up to 100, the most ever. All three are composite video only.

[Greg2600]

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...uctId=35291136



Also a new Genesis flashback, this time in Model 2 flavor.

[Jorpho]

How many of these can they really expect to sell..? I would have thought anyone who wanted an Atari Flashback would have one by now, and the fans of the Intellivision and Colecovision are surely dwindling?

Clicking through reveals that the actual Colecovision console is a much sleeker design than what is pictured on the box, which is good, as I can't imagine that old behemoth as making much sense from either a sales or manufacturing position. But weren't the Intellivision's controllers always resoundingly unpopular?

[Akito01]

How many of these can they really expect to sell..? I would have thought anyone who wanted an Atari Flashback would have one by now, and the fans of the Intellivision and Colecovision are surely dwindling?

Clicking through reveals that the actual Colecovision console is a much sleeker design than what is pictured on the box, which is good, as I can't imagine that old behemoth as making much sense from either a sales or manufacturing position. But weren't the Intellivision's controllers always resoundingly unpopular?

Well, I can only say, as someone who has both an Intellivision II and ColecoVision, that I'm very excited about these flashbacks -the controllers being part of the reason. The Flashback 2, as you may recall, has wired controllers that were compatible with original Atari hardware, and were quite excellent apart from the benefit of not being 30+ years old. From what I hear, the controllers on the Intellivision Flashback are also detachable -which means, in all probability, you can use the detachable controllers from the Intellivison II on the Flashback, and much more appealingly, the Flashback controllers on the Intellivision II. I presume this may be the case with the ColecoVision as well. Having completely new controllers that can be used on the original console hardware almost makes these Flashback devices worth the price all on their own.

Yes, those controller styles were far from ideal, but they are so part and parcel of the experience of these machines that it would have been disappointing if they didn't try and replicate them. Having modern microswitches would be a great improvement to them all on its own even without messing with the basic design.

I'm really surprised and delighted by the inclusion of those arcade ports on the Coleco. Given how much of the Coleco library is filled with arcade ports, it probably wouldn't have been worth doing without those arcade titles included on the Flashback.

As with the Atari Flashback, part of the reason these Flashback's are appealing is that the built in composite video is cleaner than what I've been able to get with video mods on the original system (this is most especially the case with the Intellivision, which simply does not mod well to composite video).

[Melf]

I'm definitely buying the Colecovision one. I've been wanting the console for some time, but they're few and far between where I live and insanely priced online. This will be a nice holdover until I can find a real console, and I'll have new controllers to boot!

[Stringfellow]

I might need to get the colecovision one just for the controllers

[o.pwuaioc]

From what I hear, the controllers on the Intellivision Flashback are also detachable -which means, in all probability, you can use the detachable controllers from the Intellivison II on the Flashback, and much more appealingly, the Flashback controllers on the Intellivision II.

This has been confirmed, btw.

[bb_hood]

Id like to get a Colecovision one, finding a working colecovision is a huge hassle. As long as it has Mr. Do! I will buy one for sure.

[InsaneDavid]

How many of these can they really expect to sell..? I would have thought anyone who wanted an Atari Flashback would have one by now, and the fans of the Intellivision and Colecovision are surely dwindling?

Clicking through reveals that the actual Colecovision console is a much sleeker design than what is pictured on the box, which is good, as I can't imagine that old behemoth as making much sense from either a sales or manufacturing position. But weren't the Intellivision's controllers always resoundingly unpopular?

Oh you'd be surprised. I couldn't keep the Atari Flashback 4's in stock last holiday season and I thought we had pretty good replenishment. There was always demand and I had someone come in looking for one almost every day. Even after I explained to many people the shortcomings of what they were getting for $50 (granted, the current hardware revision isn't bad at all) compared to what they could pick up on craigslist at the time, they still wanted it.

That Genesis clone on the other hand, is complete trash and I had one being sent back as defective almost every day. The "new" version shown here looks like it just has more games on it but is the same crappy hardware. Best AtGames Genesis clone was that Sonic shaped one with the SD card slot and faux Wii remotes as it could be found for $10 at Walgreens and played most of the Genesis library pretty damn well for what it was. I still take mine with me when I'm going to be away from home.

That said, if the performance is decent, I really - really - really want that baby plug and play Colecovision. I miss playing Colecovision games but I had a long string of all my CV hardware becoming extremely problematic, tempermental, and eventually dying a couple years ago. I got tired of having to nurse and repair the hardware so much I decided to just sell off what I had left and get out.

The pictures on the product page are probably just renderings but it looks like the stick shafts are a little shorter, which would make using them as big thumbsticks (how I play CV games anyway) all the easier.

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

How many of these can they really expect to sell..? I would have thought anyone who wanted an Atari Flashback would have one by now, and the fans of the Intellivision and Colecovision are surely dwindling?

Clicking through reveals that the actual Colecovision console is a much sleeker design than what is pictured on the box, which is good, as I can't imagine that old behemoth as making much sense from either a sales or manufacturing position. But weren't the Intellivision's controllers always resoundingly unpopular?

Don't knock the Colecovision, that things badass, and has probably the best looking games of its time. I love mine and probably wouldn't prefer a flashback to it since you can replace the controller with an Atari 2600 joystick, which work better.

I do agree people have kind of started to lose interest in anything pre-Nintendo. In some groups. The 22 year old retro gamer isn't gonna care about Yar's Revenge or Dig Dug, he's gonna wanna play Super Mario RPG and Star Fox. Traditionally, anyway. These systems will always spark interest in some people, and always remain collectable.

Speaking of which, anyone want to sell me an Intellivision?

[Tanooki]

If anyone has a Meijer (www.meijer.com) near them up through the 27th they have the Intellivision, Atari #5, Coleco and that shoddy Genesis that takes carts all for $40 on sale down from $55. I never really looked into what they retail for so it's either a nice deal or they inflated the price to only give somewhat of an ok deal on it. I'm guessing it either really is $15 off or an inflated $10 off, but still a discount is a discount. I was tempted by the coleco one a bit but then realized looking at the back most of the coleco games I loved to pound away at on an emulator in the mid later 90s just weren't there unfortunately. :\

I hoped they would have had the portable Genesis at the same price cut but they didn't carry it.

[Leo_A]

Nothing special about the $40 price. That's pretty much their unofficial MSRP...

[YoshiM]

If the INTV one had voice, it better work unlike the DS compilation. Some speech worked, others like getting the number of aliens or the energy level in Space Spartans was absent. Now that I think of it, the sound wasn't quite working either-you couldn't getvan arrow count in Cloudy Mountain.


They fix that, I might be interested.

[Bill Loguidice]

For those interested, I posted the official game lists for all of the 2014 AtGames hardware products exclusively here: http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/taxonomy/term/3892

[synbiosfan]

I'm pretty sure I'll be grabbing the Colecovision one and if the controllers are backwards compatible with a real Colecovision a couple more.

This should be pretty awesome!

[InsaneDavid]

For those interested, I posted the official game lists for all of the 2014 AtGames hardware products exclusively here: http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/taxonomy/term/3892

Awesome, thanks!

REALLY surprised that Mouse Trap isn't on the Colecovision console! However a pretty nice mix that's only missing a few titles I was hoping for - Mouse Trap, Looping, and Carnival.

Excellent games included, quite a few that are pricey cartridges:

Bump 'n' Jump
Choplifter!
Cosmic Avenger
Dragonfire
Frenzy
Jumpman Junior
Jungle Hunt
Miner 2049er
Montezuma's Revenge
Mountain King
Omega Race
Pepper II
Space Fury
Squish ‘Em Featuring Sam
The Heist
Venture

Also, important as Donkey Kong on Colecovision was - who the heck really considers that a make or break deal on the hardware now days? This'll have Jumpman Junior, a much better take on the Donkey Kong formula for the Colecovision anyway.

This is going to be day one for me and I'm buying the first full shipping carton that comes in for myself and Christmas gifts.

[Greg2600]

CV controllers are 100% compatible. The INTV sadly were not due to a development goof. Keith Robinson said he hoped that could be fixed in the next round, perhaps even with potentially selling the controllers separately. To be honest, I don't personally need that for either.

Just make note of the slight exclusives. Dollar General has 1 extra game (1P Baseball on INTV, Antarctic Adventure on CV), while Sam's Club with have extra overlays for each.

The CV FB by nature would need many licensed games, and I was pleased with the list. Donkey Kong was never happening. Also, the Atari FB 5 will now have 12 M Network games included, all of which are excellent. On the Intellivision FB, Keith Robinson said that rather than put in the "generic" Tron games which were created a few years ago, he hopes to put a deal together with Disney for the next round.

[CRTGAMER]

For those interested, I posted the official game lists for all of the 2014 AtGames hardware products exclusively here: http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/taxonomy/term/3892

Look like a good set of games. Probably due to licensing a shame that Donkey Kong is not on there; that was the game that stood out! I see some 8 bit computer games on your Colecovision list. Miner 2049er and Jumpman Jr, wow!

[Greg2600]

http://www.retrogamenetwork.com/2014...hback-release/

Coleco mini-arcade line sounds like it is coming back.

[InsaneDavid]

http://www.retrogamenetwork.com/2014...hback-release/

Coleco mini-arcade line sounds like it is coming back.

$100 says they'll be crappy sun-lit transparent LCDs like when Frogger was "re-released" a few years ago. No way they would actually do these justice with VFDs.

Also love that they show the Coleco Donkey Kong Junior tabletop that was never released - way to do your research! Um.. I mean type "coleco tabletop" into Google Images. They should have posted pictures of the Omega Race tabletop mockup while they were at it.