FB2 Questions

[Dastari Creel]

I'm moving soon and I'm finally going to get a workshop in the new house and I have some questions about mods as well as a general question. First off the general:

 

1.) I know that the FB has some alternate, unreleased, and new games on it. I also know that the FB2+ has more games on it than the FB2. Are any of the new games on the FB2+ that are not on the original FB2 alternate, unreleased, or new games. If they are just regular Atari releases then I can always buy them as carts but if there are some new games then it may be worth my while to purchase an FB2+.

 

Now to modding type questions:

 

2.) I've seen a lot of tutorials written up about modding the FB2 for cartridges or for a built in harmony cartridge. Has anyone added a pause feature of S-video capability? I know those things have been done for the regular 2600 and I'm wondering if Curt made provision for those kinds of modifications on the new system as well. Any other known types of mods done to the FB2 yet? I saw a post where Curt suggested that there are modifications to the reset circuit possible. Has anyone done this?

 

3.) Is there any known mod that gives the FB2 with cartridge connector the capability of playing games which require extra RAM?

 

I'm very interested to know what has been done with this thing by others before trying my hand at my own mods before moving on to real systems.

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

[pojr]

The following games are only on Flashback 2

 

Pitfall!

River Raid

Wizard

Caverns of Mars (developed specifically for FB2)

Atari Climber (homebrew)

 

 

The following games are only on Flashback 2+

 

Realsports Boxing

Realsports Soccer

Super Baseball

Super Football

Double Dunk

 

 

As far as I know, this list is complete. Therefore, they have the same amount of games. All of the unreleased games still remain on FB2+. In my opinion, I prefer FB2 because I could easily do without the sports games. Regardless of which one you buy, you will still be satisfied.

 

For the record, I own Flashback 2 but not Flashback 2+, so someone correct me if I'm wrong. I took the game list from Wikipedia.

 

As for the questions regarding modding, I have no idea, sorry.

[BrianC]

The following games are only on Flashback 2

 

Pitfall!

River Raid

Wizard

Caverns of Mars (developed specifically for FB2)

Atari Climber (homebrew)

 

 

The following games are only on Flashback 2+

 

Realsports Boxing

Realsports Soccer

Super Baseball

Super Football

Double Dunk

 

 

As far as I know, this list is complete. Therefore, they have the same amount of games. All of the unreleased games still remain on FB2+. In my opinion, I prefer FB2 because I could easily do without the sports games. Regardless of which one you buy, you will still be satisfied.

 

For the record, I own Flashback 2 but not Flashback 2+, so someone correct me if I'm wrong. I took the game list from Wikipedia.

 

As for the questions regarding modding, I have no idea, sorry.

 

FB2+ has one extra game that isn't on the FB2, Circus Atari. It's accessed the same way as the other hidden paddle games, Warlords and Super Breakout on the FB2. I think it's up 1, down 9, up 7, down 2, but I have to check to be sure.

Edited May 22, 2011 by BrianC