NinjaWarrior Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 How good will the sound be on the Genesis Clone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 They make tweaks and improvements each iteration, so we'll see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenJ Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I reserved the Intellivision Flashback at Toys R Us...and will probably get the Colecovision after it's released. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari5200dude82 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) That is great news . intellivision and colecovision flashback, would be awesome.It will save wear are you old consoles There also should be a Atari 5200 and 7800 flashback also or 2600/5200/7800 all in one Edited May 6, 2014 by atari5200dude82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) What would they put on a 7800 one? The list of unlicensed 1st party titles isn't a long one. And for really strong entries, you're just left basically with Centipede, Food Fight, and Asteroids. Everything else is going to require licenses from additional companies. And even if you get Namco and a few of the smaller and less significant coinop sources onboard (and hopefully get some of the enhanced releases and homebrews like Space Duel from PacManPlus), it's still just all arcade ports on a forgotten Atari console. Unless their hardware can't handle arcade emulation, why not just deal with the real material instead? The only chance it has is if they could easily emulate the 7800 and were seeking out some of these licenses anyways such as to get the more popular 2600 versions out on a Flashback. Only Atari's 8 bit library has enough strength in the unlicensed department where I think there's a glimmer of hope based on the merits of that lineup alone to see it added to future Atari Flashbacks. They have enough content there and enough people that were exposed to these games back then where it might be justifiable to emulate. Edited May 6, 2014 by Atariboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Techno Source also got around this particular license by using "Crown of Kings" for their Intellivision 10 2nd Edition, so there is definitely hope that it will show up as an Intellivision Flashback built-in game! I know that Tron Deadly Discs was renamed for one of the plug-n-play clones too ... but it was an NES-on-a-chip and not very good. I would love to see all those games make a triumphant return. Both D&D games were beautiful crude examples of the era. I'd like this a million times better with the Imagic games (Demon Attack, Beauty and the Beast, Microsurgeon) and licensed games (Burgertime, Bump n Jump) on board, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I know that Tron Deadly Discs was renamed for one of the plug-n-play clones too ... but it was an NES-on-a-chip and not very good. I would love to see all those games make a triumphant return. Both D&D games were beautiful crude examples of the era. I'd like this a million times better with the Imagic games (Demon Attack, Beauty and the Beast, Microsurgeon) and licensed games (Burgertime, Bump n Jump) on board, though. Sadly, I think any of the Disney stuff will be excluded on all platforms, even with stripped licenses. We'll see, though. To me, the biggest loss on all of these is Activision stuff, simply because we not only lose their stuff, but also all the Imagic stuff. In fact, it slips my mind at the moment, but I think Activision has another publisher's catalog in their IP stable as well. I can't possibly imagine why Activision would care, especially since I'm not aware of their own such product, even a digital only one, but there you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Aww poop. Imagic on Intellivision was brilliant. Their stuff appears on the second CD-ROM collections. Activision was just OK, but The Dreadnaught Factor was brilliant on Intellivision. Tell me you got Tower of Doom? It doesn't affect these projects, but I suppose Disney also owns all the early LucasFilm Games such as Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus? Perhaps we should we do a Kickstarter to liberate these old properties from their neglectful owners? They're not doing anything interesting with the properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Hey, maybe if it sells well enough, it would open the door to pay Activision for the second one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Yeah, maybe, I guess .... it's a shame we have to go through such a wasteful cycle of mass-producing plastic toys though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeM_Intellivision Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I really believe that it will sell well - hope I'm not being to optimistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 man that stinks about Activision/Imagic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenJ Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Agreed...especially Imagic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberto Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I'll definitely get both the Inty and the Coleco. Next Xmas is going to be exciting... Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Keith Robinson posted this on Facebook. "Ray and Traci Roux test a prototype of the Intellivision Flashback. Traci was one of the official game testers at Mattel Electronics in the early 1980s. She and husband Ray dropped into the Intellivision Productions, Inc. office to test the upcoming Flashback release: a miniature Intellivision console with 60 built-in classic games. Scheduled for October 1, 2014." 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Great picture! According to the BSR site, after the problems that Matel had on some bugs in games in B-17 Bomber and Hearts, Traci was authorized for the final authority on all future releases. NOTHING got released unless she signed off on it...and by all reports, she was brutal. But the work paid off -- no bugs reported in games she signed off on. Hopefully she has the same life or death power here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxpressed Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Nice pic. I like the straight cords. I wonder how hard it is to install 9-pin D-subs on the original console ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+intvsteve Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Mahhvelous! Nice pic. I like the straight cords. I wonder how hard it is to install 9-pin D-subs on the original console ... I thought someone had posted here (grips?) about such a mod, challenge being choosing a location for the ports such that other mods like A/V could still happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I thought someone had posted here (grips?) about such a mod, challenge being choosing a location for the ports such that other mods like A/V could still happen. Someone probably has already done this, but if not, it would fairly easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DZ-Jay Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 To me, the news is that we have a release date. P.S. Great picture, yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Nice pic. I like the straight cords. I wonder how hard it is to install 9-pin D-subs on the original console ... very easy to do cut two holes solder 18 wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 If they get decent reviews, I will buy both this and the Coleco Flashback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Bouchard Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Do we know what stores this will be sold in? and if it will be available at the ATGames website with accessories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Do we know what stores this will be sold in? and if it will be available at the ATGames website with accessories? Toys R Us for sure, and likely any place that carries the Atari Flashback, though those are primarily sold online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Walmart, Target, and ToysRUs all carried the old Flashbacks. I expect all of these reproductions (Coleco, Intellivision, Atari #5) be in wide distribution before the holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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