Sardonyx Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Hello! I held off buying one of these last year because my favorite game (Robot Tank!!!) was removed from both versions. However, I just came across a great deal on the Flashback 8 Gold, and I figured I'd go ahead and pick one up for the price. I decided to look at some reviews first, and among other things I noticed it doesn't have a Black-and-White / Color button. How does Starmaster work without that? Has it been changed to use another button? Is it one that's duplicated on the joystick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I think you can use the Difficulty Switches instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardonyx Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) Guess I'm not going to find out, at least not soon. Amazon delivered it today and somehow thought that slapping a label on the box and handing it off to a shipper was in some way acceptable. Immediate return. LPT: Don't buy these off Amazon, unless you want the box beat to hell and covered in shipping labels. Edited July 8, 2018 by Sardonyx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merowech Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Hi, they simply changed the assignment of the buttons. Difficulty is now beeing set with the new Select Button (on the P1 Controller) while you can call up Galactic chart with the difficult buttons on the console (instead of the BW/Color switch in the past) I hope that helped 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardonyx Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 I hope that helped Thanks for the screenshot, that's exactly what I was looking for Now I'm just waiting for the replacement Flashback to arrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I got an open-box one, I'm obviously less picky about some things than you -- that said, I think it's a nice little console and I'll bet you'll enjoy it too. Having a REWIND button on an Atari-style joystick is really a trip and it would have been amusing/amazing to have one as a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sardonyx Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 I got an open-box one, I'm obviously less picky about some things than you -- that said, I think it's a nice little console and I'll bet you'll enjoy it too. I wouldn't mind at all if I bought a used or refurb unit. But given I bought it new and it's a 40th anniversary edition and the box is a neat display item, this just wasn't acceptable: https://imgur.com/a/iIRoHWd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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