Flashback 2 Online Manual?

[mvigor]

I've been hearing about an Online version of the FB2 manual for a while. What is the progress on that?

 

I was a bit disappointed but not too surprised to see the quick paragraphs in the printed manual that don't say one thing about game select options. I'm glad I have 80% of the original instruction manuals but what about everyone else?

[atwwong]

I've been hearing about an Online version of the FB2 manual for a while.  What is the progress on that?

 

I was a bit disappointed but not too surprised to see the quick paragraphs in the printed manual that don't say one thing about game select options.  I'm glad I have 80% of the original instruction manuals but what about everyone else?

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The online manual has reportedly been completed and sent to Atari, so it's up to the Atari web site master to post it.

[Flojomojo]

From www.atari.com:

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Doesn't look like the manual got posted yet.

 

Between their inability to maintain their front page and all the negative business news swirling around the company, does anyone want to put odds on ATARI's long-term survival?

[+Atari_Warlord]

The manual is now online:

 

http://www.atari.com/us/images/games/FBK2/manual/main.htm

 

I noticed the Bonus Online Content index item wasn't linked to anything? Also, they may want to check the second paragraph on the Combat instructions.

[Flojomojo]

Neat, glad to see it. The Combat description is bugged.

 

Is this the right version of Asteroids?

The high score of the game appears at the end of the game and is updated as higher scores are tallied in later games. The high score remains on the screen until you turn off your Atari®Flashback 2 Classic Game Console.

This is in the included paper manual, too, but I haven't seen where it shows up.

 

Ditto this. It sounds more like the 7800 version.

Game Variations

Standard Play

 

This variation is for one player, or two players alternating.

Competition Asteroids

 

Two players appear on screen at the same time. Your ship is vulnerable to shots fired by the other player. You benefit by helping the other player stay alive.

Team Asteroids

 

Two players appear on screen at the same time and share reserve ships.Your photon torpedoes pass through the other player’s ships without disabling them.

Asteroids really needs a Game Select Matrix, too. Is it missing from the online manual because there's no scan on AtariAge?

[Retro Rogue]

Is it missing from the online manual because there's no scan on AtariAge?

 

 

If at all possible, scans were not taken from Atari Age and were done from my personal collection of manuals, boxes, and catalogs (and it took a lot of hours to scan everything). In fact, maybe about 1-2% of the artwork came from Atari Age scanned artwork.

 

The decision to not include as much graphics as I would have liked (including more Game Select Matrixes) was because the delivery method and other restrictions were unknown and/or constantly changing. For example, I designed it in non-centered 800 x 600 because I thought they were going to fit it in to their own template (their top border and side menu). There were other prepared graphics for some of the homebrew games as well that I was given that did not go in either.

Edited September 13, 2005 by wgungfu

[supercat]

The Adventure 2 manual refers to a dragon guarding the (non-existent) black key.

 

Part of the Secret Quest manual (near the end) reads like a cut-and-paste from a wall-ball game (forget the name).

[atwwong]

Good look to the manual, Marty. It gives me that retrogame feeling.

Edited September 15, 2005 by atwwong

[Retro Rogue]

Just wanted to let people know that the print version (text only except for the cover) of the manual is now up, as is some of the material in the bonus section.

[A.J. Franzman]

The manual is now online:

 

http://www.atari.com/us/images/games/FBK2/manual/main.htm

 

I noticed the Bonus Online Content index item wasn't linked to anything?

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The "Bonus Online Content" text isn't linked, but the "Fuji" logo beside it is.

 

Also, the second page of Missile Command instructions contains a paragraph from the Centipede instructions. There's a typo on the MC first page too, "Rytolians" instead of "Krytolians" in the first paragraph.

 

I take it this stuff was assembled very slapdash with no proofreading whatsoever. These errors plus the bugs in the console itself do not instill me with confidence in the "new" Atari.

Edited September 20, 2005 by A.J. Franzman

[swandy]

Just wanted to let people know that the print version (text only except for the cover) of the manual is now up, as is some of the material in the bonus section.

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Uh, where is the printable version? If it's at the same link, I can't find it.

Thanks

[compacho]

If only there was a pdf version

[Retro Rogue]

It is a pdf version. Both manuals are accessible through the main FB2 page. I wouldn't advise linking directly to the print manual.

[atwwong]

It is a pdf version.  Both manuals are accessible through the main FB2 page.  I wouldn't advise linking directly to the print manual.

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... because the pdf manual weighs in at 110 pages and 1.7 Mb. Imagine if it had more pictures and photos...