{"id":2586,"date":"2015-11-29T16:13:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T21:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2015-11-30T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T23:14:48","slug":"review-atgames-atari-flashback-6-includes-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2015\/11\/29\/review-atgames-atari-flashback-6-includes-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: AtGames Atari Flashback 6 (includes videos)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I get into the detailed review, for those considering an upgrade or replacement, I thought I would start by describing the differences between AtGames’ 100 title Atari Flashback 6<\/a> <\/strong>(I provided the full list of original titles and newly created homebrews here<\/a>) and 92 title Atari Flashback 5<\/strong>. For everyone else, you’ll probably want to skip to the Introduction<\/strong> and read through the rest of the review before coming back to the Differences from the Flashback 5<\/strong> section for the extra detail.<\/p>\n

Differences from the Flashback 5<\/h2>\n

While the Flashback 6<\/strong> has the same hardware as the previous edition, the added value comes from including eight (8) more games. New additions to this release over the Atari Flashback 5<\/strong> are as follows (I’ve inserted a short video of each game being played on the Flashback 6<\/strong> after its respective\u00a0description):<\/p>\n

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  • Atari Climber<\/strong>\u2014An original homebrew from 2004 by Dennis Debro, based off of a type-in program for Atari 8-bit computers from a 1987 issue of COMPUTE!<\/em> magazine. The basic goal is to climb ladders and avoid obstacles to retrieve a ball. I own the cartridge version of this and always thought it was a great deal of fun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n