Anyone get an Atari Flashback 2 yet?

[D. Monic]

I was wondering if anyone got an Atari Flashback 2 yet and has some impressions to share. I saw them at Target for $23.88 on Sunday. I was very tempted to pick one up, but I figured I should do some research first.

So what's the word on the street? Did Atari get it right this time?

[GizmoGC]

Its been out for like 3 months now. I have it, but never actaully played it.

[D. Monic]

Three months? Well, sort of. From what I could gather from the AtariAge forums, it came out in August, but had some sound probs in a few games, so the units disappeared from shelves for a while, and the ones out now are "revision B." They only started popping up on the shelves again in October, but I didn't see them around here until about Nov. 1. As of a few weeks ago, Amazon listed it as a pre-order shipping on Nov. 3.

So it came out, disappeared, and now it's back.

People are still reporting a few bugs and glitches, so maybe I'll wait for revision C.

[GizmoGC]

Three months? Well, sort of. From what I could gather from the AtariAge forums, it came out in August, but had some sound probs in a few games, so the units disappeared from shelves for a while, and the ones out now are "revision B." They only started popping up on the shelves again in October, but I didn't see them around here until about Nov. 1. As of a few weeks ago, Amazon listed it as a pre-order shipping on Nov. 3.

So it came out, disappeared, and now it's back.

People are still reporting a few bugs and glitches, so maybe I'll wait for revision C.


They went away? Ive seen them at Wal-Mart and Target for months.
Yeah, it came out in August...so its roughly 3 months. I heard of the sound problem, and I really don't care that much. Some people are way to anal about playing 25+ year old games.

[Scorch]

you have to hear the bloops and the bleeps or else its not authentic!!!