Xot Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Having previously picked up one of two on clearance for $5, I discovered today that my local Wal-Mart was closing them out for $1.00 each. Only two left, but I got them both, obviously. I've now bought five of these things, and spent $22.00 total over the course of the last year. They've made excellent birthday presents. Check your stores, mine might not be the only one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Salamon Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I bought one of these for the father in law last Christmas and he enjoys it. Maybe for $1 I can get a couple for some other gifts! Maybe the Flashback 1.0 will drop to a cheaper price soon! I'll get one for the heck of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feralstorm Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Never saw the paddles going that cheap (sold out before the heavy clearances), but I'd be willing to get five or more at a buck each. The Atari paddle set is one of the better of the "NES on a chip trying to look like something else" TV games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Rose Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 (edited) Never saw the paddles going that cheap (sold out before the heavy clearances), but I'd be willing to get five or more at a buck each. The Atari paddle set is one of the better of the "NES on a chip trying to look like something else" TV games. 894094[/snapback] The two player one is especially nice, since most paddle games are really fun with an intelligent opponent. I got one of the two-player sets for my sister, who loved Circus Atari as a kid (she can still crush me in that game). The port of that game is very close, or else I would have returned it. The only real deficiency is that there's apparently only one voice on the NES-alike hardware (bizarrely, or maybe the coder just overlooked this?), because when you get a bonus life at the same time you clear a row of balloons, you only hear one sound, which makes the audio a little less dazzling (the original sounds a bit like a pachinko machine going crazy, and is distracting enough that I often lose my new life right away *grin*). Hmm, Atari should offer a paddle controller add-on for the Flashback 2. Of course, that would warrant including more paddle games... (maybe the FB3?) Edited July 19, 2005 by Jacob Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Wow. Almost worth driving 30 miles one way to get a few. Almost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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