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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 16, 2023 11:48:34 GMT -5
I don't need it. But I want it. I'll probably end up getting it.
There's a new "Flashback" style system out too now, just in time for the holidays.
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Post by Ex on Nov 16, 2023 11:50:57 GMT -5
I like everything I'm seeing with the Atari 2600+ except that it only comes with ONE controller.
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Post by bonesnapdeez on Nov 16, 2023 15:33:47 GMT -5
Yeah that's dumb. But if it's anything like an actual 2600 you probably already have compatible controllers kicking around.
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Post by anayo on Nov 25, 2023 9:05:43 GMT -5
bonesnapdeez While it's not quite a full-size replica of the original, it looks and feels close enough, and the ability to use your original games and accessories is a massive boon. We also like the fact that Atari is releasing a series of physical cartridges – including all-new games, like Mr. Run And Jump – as it makes the hardware feel more alive than ever.
It would be cool if my Atari Flashback 2 had this capability. Word is that it has actual Atari VCS hardware inside it, which is cool, but it's held back by being confined to the games that come with it. Atari VCS came out about 10 years before my birth. After trying out what they had to offer in my teens and very early twenties, I decided that I like Atari's arcade games more than their games for the home market.
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Post by Ex on Nov 26, 2023 21:55:40 GMT -5
I decided that I like Atari's arcade games more than their games for the home market. That's understandable given how far the technology had advanced by the time you played them. I'm a fair bit older, and as a result experienced Atari 2600 when it was fresher tech. (The Atari 2600 was actually the first console I owned.) But my best memories of playing 2600 were multiplayer games, there were a lot of really fun multiplayer games on this console. Single player wasn't as engaging for me, and that's where Master System and NES pulled me in. Anyway I can understand preferring Atari's arcade games to their home games back in the 2nd gen. The arcade games had stronger aesthetics for sure.
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Post by anayo on Nov 27, 2023 1:07:11 GMT -5
I decided that I like Atari's arcade games more than their games for the home market. That's understandable given how far the technology had advanced by the time you played them. I'm a fair bit older, and as a result experienced Atari 2600 when it was fresher tech. (The Atari 2600 was actually the first console I owned.) But my best memories of playing 2600 were multiplayer games, there were a lot of really fun multiplayer games on this console. Single player wasn't as engaging for me, and that's where Master System and NES pulled me in. Anyway I can understand preferring Atari's arcade games to their home games back in the 2nd gen. The arcade games had stronger aesthetics for sure. I was a weird kid at age 14 because I got super interested in games from the early 80's. I had a couple compilation disks on Playstation full of Atari and Namco arcade games and would play them all the time. I especially liked Tempest, Battlezone, and Dig-Dug. As for Atari VCS, I remembering thinking that felt like the Super Nintendo version of Doom. Doom on SNES made sense when a 486 PC cost four figures, but it isn't the ideal way to play it today. I did enjoy Combat when I could persuade other people to play it with me, though.
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Post by Ex on Nov 27, 2023 9:53:20 GMT -5
Yeah Combat was THE Atari 2600 multiplayer game to have. It's still quite fun today with another person, too. I played a whole lot of multiplayer Joust back in the '80s as well. And about a dozen other 2600 multiplayer games quite often too. That's why it irks me this new Atari 2600+ console doesn't include a second controller by default. That's just blasphemous, especially considering the original Atari 2600 DID come with two controllers by default. I mean, they've got to at least meet the original standard here, right?
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Post by Sarge on Dec 1, 2023 15:09:42 GMT -5
Don't tell my brother, but I just ordered his Christmas present: a Retroid Pocket 3+. I honestly had a really tough time figuring out what to get, but apparently the RP3+ fills a nice gap between the beefier stuff like the Odin 2/Lite and the smaller stuff like the Miyoo Mini Plus. I don't love it being Android-based, but I think it will end up being fine from everything I've seen. And it gives him some options for N64/PSP or other systems that support analog sticks.
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Post by Ex on Dec 1, 2023 21:47:38 GMT -5
That's pretty rad but I thought your modern gaming bro wasn't into retro?
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Post by Sarge on Dec 1, 2023 23:15:26 GMT -5
He does play some, usually when he travels. He was eyeballing his friend's Miyoo Mini Plus that they found in the bin sale, and stipulated he has to be able to borrow it for travel. I have a feeling he'll use it more if he has something set up really nicely.
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