maxdrive Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Do you think at games would ever give us a portable flashback finally would love that with ad slot like the sega one has or at flashback with cartage slot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Dunno. But if you're going that far so as to include cartridge capability that would then imply a long-life is necessary. And that means more premium components. Higher cost. Might as well just build a repro of the original console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) They already made portable Genesis clones with SD card slot for ROMs. It should be easy to make portable 2600 clone with SD support. Hi-res graphic mode for company logo and game logo plus menu. Then switch to classic low res after selecting built in game or game off SD card. Maybe a standard 9 pin port for second player if they are using TV-out feature. Pitfall 2 for example is the only one with extra chip for sound feature. Some games like Quadran also used extra hardware for speech although those extra should be easy to implement because there's so few oddball 2600 games and coding behavior rules for extra hardware and funky bankswitchers won't take up much of the main ROM space for the main CPU chip that handles 2600 emulation. EDIT forgot Activision still owns the game and they probably won't let them be included in competitor's system so AtGames may not bother to include Pitfall 2 sound support. Edited February 10, 2016 by 7800fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdrive Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Dunno. But if you're going that far so as to include cartridge capability that would then imply a long-life is necessary. And that means more premium components. Higher cost. Might as well just build a repro of the original console. The sega genisis at games system has a slot and they are not much more then a flashback 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokovec69 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I use micro-sd cards in my projects all the time and I don't see how it could significantly add to the cost per unit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdrive Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 My last post was about the at games genisis with the cartridge slot saying those don't cost much more then the flashbacks do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 A portable Atari doesn't seem as practical to me as many other systems. Others have controllers that could already transition well to portable like with D-pads for an example. That is much different than joysticks and paddles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowe221 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 A portable Atari doesn't seem as practical to me as many other systems. Others have controllers that could already transition well to portable like with D-pads for an example. That is much different than joysticks and paddles. Haven't you ever played your 2600 with a SEGA Genesis controller? It works surprisingly well for joystick games, so I think a D-pad or thumb-stick set up would work. I don't know what they would do for paddle games though. I would buy a portable 2600 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Atari portable would be an instant buy for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yar_2084 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I'd buy one as long as you can play ROMs from SD. I currently use StellaDS on my 2DS for some 2600 on the go, but it struggles with some games like Pitfall 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Haven't you ever played your 2600 with a SEGA Genesis controller? It works surprisingly well for joystick games, so I think a D-pad or thumb-stick set up would work. I don't know what they would do for paddle games though. I would buy a portable 2600 though. Yes but haven't had as much of success as I have with a good quality joystick. Atari games have more of a quick moving of the wrist type of joystick design to them instead of a slower thumb pressed D-pad design. Playing Atari games with a D-pad feels as off as playing paddle games with a D-pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 The Atari VCS joystick is just 5 buttons with a big handle and a fire button. I'm fine with D-pad control for Atari 2600 games, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 I've played enough vidyagamez over the years to be able to use most any controller with any game as long as the scheme jibes.. Like you wouldn't want to play "A Game of Concentration" with the driving controller! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxdrive Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 I personally would not care if they would use a d pad I think the games would work ok if they went thumb stick some paddle games might work ok like breakout or kaboom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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