I remember my now ex-girlfriend owning one of these and I played it while she was at work. The whole experience was absolutely painful for me. Go figure the difference between this and the far superior Flashback 2 was night and day. I only wish the current iterations, even the 8 Gold would go back to the actual hardware used in the 2 and 2 Plus.
Always appreciate your informed and fair reviews. I have a couple of plug n plays, and I'm always on the lookout for another good one. This, alas, does not appear to a good one.
I own a 7800 and love it (not so much the controllers; usually use a Genesis controller instead). But I had never picked up the original Flashback until I was walking past my local game store and noticed where someone had pitched one in the trash can in front of the store! So I took it (it included everything, believe it or not) and tried it out. Probably the game I was most interested in was Planet Smashers. I played that one but ultimately didn't get very far (due to the fact I was apparently playing it wrong). So I suppose it was worth the grand price of free, but not much more :)
The people behind it were only given ten weeks to complete it, well that is similar to why many original 2600 titles were not as good as they might have been back in the day due to crazy time restraints and pressure to get them done and rushed out asap.
I LOVE the Flashback 1's controllers. My mother got me this as a surprise gift when I was in college and it reignited my Atari love, so this system has a very special place in my collection. I spent many anhoir playing Haunted House, Solaris, and Saboteur on this system.
The Flashback 1 is an odd thing but kind of a special blip as an official Atari product. It's basically 20 NES versions of 2600 and 7800 games, intended to be faithful recreations, played with an Atari styled joystick. Of course, they could have been more faithful (that's being particularly polite to some games here) but these things are designed to replicate the game experience without replicating the hardware. There will always be compromises but emulating the real, original Atari games on later Flashback versions was a more authentic approach to start out with. I got most of these Flashback 1 games working on an original Super Nintendo yesterday. Here's my video explaining and showing that... th-cam.com/video/1sC0phsIqug/w-d-xo.html
It cannot be more stranger then this,why porting over atari 2600 games to a noac based system(they might as well just could make a nes cart with those ported atari 2600 games on it as well) And since they had only 10 weeks to port over those games,i would be not surpriced if they usef semi auto toolkits to quickly port over those games,also since those systems do have similar chipsets inside them , BTW am surprised that they also ported games from the more powerful atari 7800 to the noac chipset since the atari 7800 could view 34 more sprites on screen then the nes could but they did a nice try but it feels misleading,no actual atari 2600 & emulation,no clone or fpga based version of it,but just ports instead, maybe they did this to get rid off there dozens of noac chip,mmm haha, But what about next, making a master system classic based on a noac chip and port all those sms games to it or vice versa??? Or how about making a snes classic based on a noac chip and then port over those 16bit games,BUT to fake 16bit graphics & sounds they could use all kinds of tricks along with using those mapper enhancement chips such as the mmc5 chip, to make that happen 🤣
I know this is an older video, but I just found it. I wasn't impressed with the first flashback Atari. I did however get a flashback 2. I wasn't impressed with the selection of games on it either, but I have the intentions of adding a cartridge port for that real Atari experience
Do you remember whether its Adventure port is different than the Adventure port on the Atari TV Games Plug N Play System? :) OFFTOPIC: I got this one back in 2004, finding this stuff in my country (Holland) was unusual and I simply had to pick it up. Later I bought a real Atari 7800. Thanks for this review, I fully agree with it. What I particularly like about your reviews is that they are thoughtful and you do not shout cheap insults every few seconds (and imitate being angry) like *so many* other TH-cam reviewers, therefore I've been a Patreon for some time.
Bueno, si así parece utilizar tecnología del NES, me imagino que alguien puede sacar de ese sistema Atari flashback 1 ESOS juegos para poderlos jugar en Cartuchos SD para NES y FAMICOM, mi opinión personal. Saludos
I remember buying this new at Target and being very excited about it. But once I played it....BLECH! Terrible. It actually made me angry. I had to get rid of it to get my blood pressure back down. Thankfully, the Flashback 2 was just about the most awesome thing ever, and it mostly cleaned away the bad memories of this hot mess.
I'm sorry. I liked both the ATARI 2600 and the ATARI 7800. And I wouldn't even buy this. If it's a 7800 Flashback, it should just be ATARI 7800 games. If you want to have ATARI 2600 games, but an ATARI 2600 FLASHBACK.
this isnt a "plug and play". plug and plays are a small controller hooked up by only composite rca cables. this uses rca cables, a plug in controller, AND a DC jack. So it is not a plug and play but I feel like they could've really removed the dc jack. it seems unesssary
Great stuff man! These retro systems they keep coming out with seem pretty crappy overall. I've got a Sega Genesis one and it works pretty damned well.
Wow. If they're gonna do something like this, it ought to be a real emulation of the original ROMs or go home. I guess they eventually learned that, though.
So what did they do, get the games from a cheap chinese NES clone, that turned out to have bad versions of Atari 2600 games on it? Or is that just how bad these Flashback consoles are? 😆
EWWW the original Atari flashback, I seriously wouldn't bother with it outside of perhaps for the novelty and I got it for pretty much the next to nothing or was given to me. I do have a flashback 2 which is pretty great and I haven't bothered with another Atari flashback since and I'm good quite frankly.
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Something nice about your vids is I can watch something from 4+ years ago on YOUR channel and the quality and style isn't garbage. =)
Thanks for the rundown on the games. I do like plug and plays but recently acquired a real 7800. Also have a Retron 77.
Atari flashback 1 is a NES based system but uses NES-On-A-Chip Chipset
Nice Review!!
But will these controllers work on a Mega Drive/Sega Genesis?
My great grandma gave me this! I feel kinda bad though, I’m only a fan of it because it was from her.
Keep it man. its a nice little thing to remember her :)
You got an awesome great grandmother. 👌 treasure it please
Atari Flashbacks will be remembered
Thanks man, i was about to waste $40 on one these things then watched your video and saw how rubbich these are. Thanks for saving me $40
That Solaris made me sad.
I remember my now ex-girlfriend owning one of these and I played it while she was at work. The whole experience was absolutely painful for me. Go figure the difference between this and the far superior Flashback 2 was night and day. I only wish the current iterations, even the 8 Gold would go back to the actual hardware used in the 2 and 2 Plus.
I’m rooting for Team Atari Flashback to win against the Team Fantastic Four!
I have a Atari Flashback!
I used to have one of these as a kid. I wish I still had mine as my childhood one's lost.
Always appreciate your informed and fair reviews. I have a couple of plug n plays, and I'm always on the lookout for another good one. This, alas, does not appear to a good one.
I own a 7800 and love it (not so much the controllers; usually use a Genesis controller instead). But I had never picked up the original Flashback until I was walking past my local game store and noticed where someone had pitched one in the trash can in front of the store!
So I took it (it included everything, believe it or not) and tried it out. Probably the game I was most interested in was Planet Smashers. I played that one but ultimately didn't get very far (due to the fact I was apparently playing it wrong). So I suppose it was worth the grand price of free, but not much more :)
You should have left it in the trash :)
Eh, I got my money's worth :)
i wish they add mouse trap one of theses system i have Atari flashback 8 Gold and just got AtGames Atari ASTEROIDs blast! comes with 20 games
Fascinating device
Any chance you will review the other atari flashbacks?
i bought an NES Mini and modded it using Hackchi, um glad i bought that instead
I had this as a kid and really liked it
The people behind it were only given ten weeks to complete it, well that is similar to why many original 2600 titles were not as good as they might have been back in the day due to crazy time restraints and pressure to get them done and rushed out asap.
Fyi, you can probably use these controllers on other Famiclone systems that have 9-pin controller ports.
I LOVE the Flashback 1's controllers. My mother got me this as a surprise gift when I was in college and it reignited my Atari love, so this system has a very special place in my collection. I spent many anhoir playing Haunted House, Solaris, and Saboteur on this system.
Thanks for the review appreciate it
the ingines ist is nice code
Interesting... I am happy to see some 7800 games (kind of) on there. I always thought it just had the same games as the AtGames one.
The Atari 7800 Pain Line Controller, only on the Atari Flashback 1! wait, what?
Does something needs to be plugged into the wall?
So Atari cloned their own system?
It's about time someone posted some gluten free content on TH-cam. Thanks for another great classic game review, good stuff indeed!
planet smashers is my favorite one!
The Flashback 1 is an odd thing but kind of a special blip as an official Atari product. It's basically 20 NES versions of 2600 and 7800 games, intended to be faithful recreations, played with an Atari styled joystick. Of course, they could have been more faithful (that's being particularly polite to some games here) but these things are designed to replicate the game experience without replicating the hardware. There will always be compromises but emulating the real, original Atari games on later Flashback versions was a more authentic approach to start out with.
I got most of these Flashback 1 games working on an original Super Nintendo yesterday. Here's my video explaining and showing that... th-cam.com/video/1sC0phsIqug/w-d-xo.html
Nice video dude
It cannot be more stranger then this,why porting over atari 2600 games to a noac based system(they might as well just could make a nes cart with those ported atari 2600 games on it as well)
And since they had only 10 weeks to port over those games,i would be not surpriced if they usef semi auto toolkits to quickly port over those games,also since those systems do have similar chipsets inside them ,
BTW am surprised that they also ported games from the more powerful atari 7800 to the noac chipset since the atari 7800 could view 34 more sprites on screen then the nes could but they did a nice try but it feels misleading,no actual atari 2600 & emulation,no clone or fpga based version of it,but just ports
instead,
maybe they did this to get rid off there dozens of noac chip,mmm haha,
But what about next, making a master system classic based on a noac chip and port all those sms games to it or vice versa???
Or how about making a snes classic based on a noac chip and then port over those 16bit games,BUT to fake 16bit graphics & sounds they could use all kinds of tricks along with using those mapper enhancement chips such as the mmc5 chip,
to make that happen
🤣
That Food Fight makes me wanna Charley Upchuck
I know this is an older video, but I just found it. I wasn't impressed with the first flashback Atari. I did however get a flashback 2. I wasn't impressed with the selection of games on it either, but I have the intentions of adding a cartridge port for that real Atari experience
Do you remember whether its Adventure port is different than the Adventure port on the Atari TV Games Plug N Play System? :)
OFFTOPIC: I got this one back in 2004, finding this stuff in my country (Holland) was unusual and I simply had to pick it up. Later I bought a real Atari 7800. Thanks for this review, I fully agree with it. What I particularly like about your reviews is that they are thoughtful and you do not shout cheap insults every few seconds (and imitate being angry) like *so many* other TH-cam reviewers, therefore I've been a Patreon for some time.
How much does one of this cost?
Fantastic Four partnered up with Nintendo
Bueno, si así parece utilizar tecnología del NES, me imagino que alguien puede sacar de ese sistema Atari flashback 1 ESOS juegos para poderlos jugar en Cartuchos SD para NES y FAMICOM, mi opinión personal. Saludos
I remember buying this new at Target and being very excited about it. But once I played it....BLECH! Terrible. It actually made me angry. I had to get rid of it to get my blood pressure back down.
Thankfully, the Flashback 2 was just about the most awesome thing ever, and it mostly cleaned away the bad memories of this hot mess.
The first time I played Desert Falcon, I had a similar feeling. Fun Fact: The same group that made FB1 also made FB2!
The Atari Flashback 1 competed with the DS and PSP
I'm sorry. I liked both the ATARI 2600 and the ATARI 7800. And I wouldn't even buy this. If it's a 7800 Flashback, it should just be ATARI 7800 games. If you want to have ATARI 2600 games, but an ATARI 2600 FLASHBACK.
In other words, dont waste your money on buying one.
Atari Flashback 1 vs Fantastic Four
I always wondered, what game is more fun; 'Haunted House' or 'Adventure?'
How many versions will they release from this one and the other atari i see the other one so far 9
Well, this console is just a bad NES/ATARI
So I bought one for $15.00 at a Salvation Army in Ohio, and based on this video it was a waste of 15?
this isnt a "plug and play". plug and plays are a small controller hooked up by only composite rca cables. this uses rca cables, a plug in controller, AND a DC jack.
So it is not a plug and play but I feel like they could've really removed the dc jack. it seems unesssary
I have the Flashback 2 its great I will say they could have put way better games on it . But it does have some pretty cool ones
Would have been great if they packaged the console with the European controller or had a backwards compatibility with older controller's.
would this controller work on a famiclone that uses the 9 pin connector like the coolbaby hdmi mini console
Great stuff man! These retro systems they keep coming out with seem pretty crappy overall. I've got a Sega Genesis one and it works pretty damned well.
Hey I had one of those. It were shite! Raspberry Pi is the way to go if you don't have an actual Atari 7800.
Missing most of the best games.
Wow. If they're gonna do something like this, it ought to be a real emulation of the original ROMs or go home. I guess they eventually learned that, though.
So what did they do, get the games from a cheap chinese NES clone, that turned out to have bad versions of Atari 2600 games on it? Or is that just how bad these Flashback consoles are? 😆
This was very rushed, which is why the low quality. All the other FBs are much better than this.
BeatNoLogic the system is completely fine, so stfu
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Completely fine, can't even play 20 games meant for a system from 1977.
I dont mind i got it fr free 😊
So most every game is 2600 version. Why call it a 7800 at all?
The Atari 7800 was backwards compatible with 2600 games, and not every 2600 game had a 7800 version.
I bought this thing at goodwill thought it would be cool it sucked I only played centipede
EWWW the original Atari flashback, I seriously wouldn't bother with it outside of perhaps for the novelty and I got it for pretty much the next to nothing or was given to me. I do have a flashback 2 which is pretty great and I haven't bothered with another Atari flashback since and I'm good quite frankly.
Game looks weird af
Emulation is always superior to imitation.