Coming in time for the holiday
season, Atari Flashback is a stand-alone, plug-and-play unit filled with 20 classic Atari
games, including Asteroids, Centipede, Breakout and the never-before-released Saboteur.
Atari Flashback, a hybrid of the classic Atari 2600 and 7800 consoles, is modeled to
resemble a smaller replica of the 7800 and plugs directly into the TV, for easy access and
instant gratification.
Flashback is one of the many retro steps Atari is taking,
including the release of Atari Anthology, a round up of 85 vintage Atari games being
released for the first time for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The popualrity of retro games
has been proved repeatedly, with the latest success belonging to Nintendo and the move of
many classic titles to the GBA. This latest trend is bound to further fuel recent
speculation that the industry may be facing the equivalent of writer's block with new,
original IPs becoming a rarity and game franchises and movie tie-ins becoming the
norm.
Today's huge universe of video games fans got its start with these vintage
Atari games and the old Atari consoles, said Wim Stocks, executive vice president of sales
and marketing. For those gamers, Atari Flashback is a rush of nostalgia and retro fun; for
younger gamers, it's a chance to see where it all began and try their hand at gaming
old-school style. It's a must-have gift for the holidays.
Returning 20 years after
the introduction of the Atari 7800, Atari Flashback is a smaller replica of the original
Atari 7800 system and comes with two joystick controllers, power supply and a TV cable so
gamers can quickly and easily connect to their TV and start playing. Atari Flashback
features 20 classic games that defined a generation of players, as well as one previously
unreleased game, Saboteur.
The complete list of games found in Atari Flashback
includes:
- Adventure
- Air Sea Battle
- Asteroids
- Battlezone
-
Breakout
- Canyon Bomber
- Centipede
- Crystal Castles
- Desert Falcon
- Food
Fight
- Gravitar
- Haunted House
- Millipede
- Planet Smashers
-
Saboteur
- Sky Diver
- Solaris
- Sprintmaster
- Warlords
- Yar's
Revenge
Atari Flashback will be available in November for a suggested retail price of
USD 44.95.
