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The Green Meanie
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 218 Location: The New Wave
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 1:37 am Post subject: Atari to release (semi) new console |
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(Boring, non-related stuff taken out)
Atari wants to take you back in time, and to get there, you can ride a "Centipede" or an "Asteroid," or bounce back and forth between the pixilated paddles of "Pong."
The video game company told The Associated Press on Tuesday it plans to reissue scores of its classic titles from yesteryear on a single disc that can be played on the game consoles Xbox and PlayStation 2.
"Atari Anthology" will feature 85 games and is scheduled to go on sale in November at a cost of about $20.
But it's only one of the nostalgia projects Atari will push into the market then. The second is Atari Flashback, a slightly miniaturized version of the old Atari 7800 from the mid-'80s. It will have 20 games built into it, including "Breakout," "Solaris," "Crystal Castles" and "Battlezone."
Flashback will sell for $45 and include a pair of old-school joysticks.
Besides its array of classic Atari 2600 and 7800 titles, the Atari Flashback console will include one previously unreleased game: "Saboteur."
Wonder which joystick they're going to go with. |
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narc
Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 128 Location: Krak street
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:22 am Post subject: |
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the 7800 joypads from what i read |
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TheRedEye The Internet's Frank Cifaldi
Joined: 26 Aug 2003 Posts: 4192 Location: Oakland, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 4:57 am Post subject: |
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If this was an actual 7800 with a cartridge port, I'd be all over it. As it stands, I'm not paying $45 for what is probably a Famiclone with ported games. |
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narc
Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 128 Location: Krak street
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe someone will do a tutorial to add a cartridge port easily, but im speculating because it would depend on the guts of the system and probably isnt possible. |
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BMF54123 Staff
Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 743 Location: Henderson, NV
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Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 8:01 am Post subject: |
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TheRedEye wrote: | If this was an actual 7800 with a cartridge port, I'd be all over it. As it stands, I'm not paying $45 for what is probably a Famiclone with ported games. |
I only paid $5.99 for my TV Play Power Intellivision doodad, and still feel like I got ripped off. I've never played an actual Intellivision, but I know it can't be *that* bad.
Maybe if I can figure out how to wire a cartridge port to the thing, it won't be a total waste... |
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