Bill Loguidice Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Does anyone who has the Flashback 5 noticed if there is an improvement on the paddle performance and lag? It's exactly the same hardware and software, so if you noticed lag on the previous version, it will still be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateers69 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Try a different television. I think someone said it's better on the older models for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateers69 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Has anybody asked Sam's club management what their price would be on the deluxe model? I know some of them are showing up on the computers before getting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperboy Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 My Atari Flasback 4 Deluxe from Sam's was $38.88, I hope 5 is the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateers69 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I would hope it stayed the same. And thank you I didn't even know what AFB4D costed. I only seen what @games wanted and it was above that price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKE5200 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Seen one in Giant store today..I'll wait until the price drop to get one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifan88 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Has anybody asked Sam's club management what their price would be on the deluxe model? I know some of them are showing up on the computers before getting them. They told me it would be $39.99. The only thing they couldn't tell me is when they would get them in. So we wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateers69 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Thank you for the confirmation AtariFan88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 LOTS OF SLOTS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnusfalkirk Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Just got the Atari Flashback 5 in at work about a week or so ago. Was sort of surprised to see it's got 92 games. What I find amusing is they show 87 on the back but don't tell you what the other 5 are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmode-ky Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Just got the Atari Flashback 5 in at work about a week or so ago. Was sort of surprised to see it's got 92 games. What I find amusing is they show 87 on the back but don't tell you what the other 5 are. The other 5 games are homebrew releases from Good Deal Games: Chase It!, Escape It!, Miss It!, Shield Shifter, and Strip Off!. I'd guess they were left off the back of the box because the mainstream consumer has no nostalgia for homebrews--but then again, a number of the FB5's non-homebrew titles were unreleased back in the day and thus also come with no specific nostalgia value. Maybe they were just left off because 92 games can only be listed in either a 46 X 2 or 23 X 4 rectangle, and AtGames preferred a 13 x 7 rectangle whose last 4 slots were filled in with "and more" rather than any of the 5 remaining titles. onmode-ky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_mn Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I picked up one today at Walmart. I was suprised to see that it had wired controllers. The ones I saw at Toys R Us when I bought the ColecoVision and Intellivision consoles had wireless controllers. I don't remember seeing there were going to be differences for the Atari FB5 at different stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 ^ you 100% sure you picked up a FB5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I picked up one today at Walmart. I was suprised to see that it had wired controllers. The ones I saw at Toys R Us when I bought the ColecoVision and Intellivision consoles had wireless controllers. I don't remember seeing there were going to be differences for the Atari FB5 at different stores. There's a deluxe version of the 5 with wired paddles that's not supposed to be sold at Wal-Mart. Otherwise, all other versions just come with wireless joysticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_mn Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 This is what I bought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 This is what I bought. How funny. They must have created a new variation. Nice of them to let me know. Anyway, with that said, few people really like the wireless controllers, so I think you ended up with the better package with the backwards compatible controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Well I'll be dipped, nice! Would have preferred the wired controllers myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Forget the FB's. Just make us a $19 Harmony type cart with an SD slot. I mean, c'mon, how many *real* consoles do we all have already? OK, It would be nice to have an HDMI model, but that's probably never gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariVCS1977 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Hello, Where do they currently sell the Atari Flashback 5 Deluxe version?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyd97 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 This is what I bought. I wish I had known about this version. I got the junk wireless controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 More Homebrew, like the Coleco Flashback did! Also an SD card slot would be nice! Getting the clarity of modern hook ups seems good, but Atari isn't really as easy to emulate as it might seem. I'm a stickler for details. The Flashback 2 is my favorite so far, as they put the pin out on the PCB to mod in your own cartridge slot. I really like "Off the Wall" and "Fatal Run"! "Atari Climber" is an excellent homebrew and "Radar Lock" is basically "Afterburner" for the Atari! These are all on the FB2. Fatal Run was never released in NTSC! Like I said..MORE HOMEBREWS! Possibly an SD slot.. ..my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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