So first lets have a look at the console and the packaging. This works even to the point that one can modify a flashback 2 with a cartridge slot to actually accept and play original 2600 games, but we will touch more on that later. What this means is that the flashback 2 can play 2600 games as they ran on the original hardware with a few exceptions. Inside the Atari Flashback 2 is an actual single chip hardware reproduction of the TIA chip from the original console. The Atari Flashback was released in 2005 and what makes the Flashback 2 different from the other Atari Flashbacks and for that matter most of the emulation boxes out there? Well first off it’s not actually emulating and is in fact actually more like a revision to the hardware you would find in an actual Atari 2600. Therefore I guess it may come as a surprise that I should endorse and even dare I say like the Atari flashback 2 console. I recoil like a vampire from garlic at the site of Atari, Genesis and intellivision flashback consoles at the local Big Lots and even look on at the upcoming NES Mini console with indifference. I enjoy playing my games on original hardware so when clone systems come along I usually turn my nose up to them as a professional wine taster would a cheap wine in a box from the local grocery store. I’ve likely mentioned it before on the blog that I’m a bit of a purist.
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