Atari Flashback Blast! Vol. 3, HDMI dongle and wireless paddles, now available for pre-order!

September 25, 2018 Posted by Bill Loguidice News, Sale 4 Comments

This Walmart exclusive, which includes a small HDMI dongle with 20 built-in Atari 2600 games and matching wireless paddle controllers for authentic play, is now available to pre-order for just $19.99. Here’s the link!

Official press release for entire Blast! product family.

The wireless paddles work with the HDMI dongle.

You’ll have a Blast! with this third volume of legendary Atari 2600 classics. Grab the wireless paddle controllers and experience these amazing games the way they were always meant to be played. Stage your own Video Olympics with a classic game of Pong and its many exciting variations. Move the paddle to hit the ball and smash the bricks in Super Breakout. Use your seesaw to launch and catch clowns as they pop balloons high in the air in Circus Atari. Protect your castle and warlord from flying boulders in Warlords. Or race for the best score in Night Driver. You can do all that and more with precision. It’s maximum fun for up to two players in one tiny package!

Game list:

1. Backgammon

2. Blackjack

3. Breakout

4. Canyon Bomber

5. Circus Atari

6. Demons to Diamonds

7. Night Driver

8. Steeplechase

9. Street Racer

10.Stunt Cycle

11.Super Breakout

12.Video Olympics (Basketball)

13.Video Olympics (Foozpong)

14.Video Olympics (Handball)

15.Video Olympics (Hockey)

16.Video Olympics (Pong)

17.Video Olympics (Quadrapong)

18.Video Olympics (Super Pong)

19.Video Olympics (Volleyball)

20.Warlords

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Brian White
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September 26, 2018 at 2:38 PM

Nobody tell Atari, but I’d pay $20 just for Kaboom! on a paddle controller. Where the HELL is it?
- Bill Loguidice
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  September 26, 2018 at 2:42 PM
  
  You can always move up to the Atari Flashback 9 or Flashback 9 Gold, which both offer paddle support (but only with a new type of AtGames paddle).
- Ben
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  November 15, 2018 at 8:09 AM
  
  I was thinking the same thing. As soon as I saw this paddle Atari first thing I said to myself was Kaboom with a working paddle. FINALLY!!!!! And lo and behold. Nothing. Lame Atari.
Sean
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October 22, 2019 at 10:55 AM

Atari doesn’t own kaboom, it’s Activision

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Atari Flashback Blast! Vol. 3, HDMI dongle and wireless paddles, now available for pre-order!