| Atari Flashback 2+ | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Legacy Engineering |
| Publisher(s) | Atari |
| Year released | 2010 |
| System(s) | Dedicated systems |
| Preceded by | Atari Flashback 2 |
| Series | Atari Flashback |
| Genre(s) | Compilation |
|---|---|
| Modes | Single player, multiplayer |
In January 2010, Atari announced pre-orders for the Atari Flashback 2+, to be released on February 22, 2010. General Mills simultaneously announced a giveaway sweepstakes for the console, along with other Atari related merchandise, in conjunction with its Honey Nut Cheerios cereal.
Included games[edit]
The bulk of the included games in the Atari Flashback 2+ are the same as the Atari Flashback 2. However, Pitfall, River Raid, Wizard, Caverns of Mars, and Atari Climber have been removed. In exchange, a sports section was added that included the games Realsports Boxing, Realsports Soccer, Super Baseball, Super Football, and Double Dunk. A third 'hidden' game, Circus Atari, was added to the 'hidden' menu that features the paddle-controller only games Warlords and Super Breakout.
Once a game is selected, the only way back to the menu is to use the power button to turn the console off and on again.
The games listed below as hacks used other games' code as a starting point and modified their gameplay or appearance. Homebrews were written from scratch by Atari fans in the 1990s and 2000s. Unreleased prototypes are games which were developed by Atari Inc. in the 1970s and 1980s but never sold to consumers; some of these games may have bugs or be incomplete. A few of the games listed are new and exclusive to the Flashback 2.
Adventure Territory[edit]
- Adventure
- Adventure II, a sequel to Adventure that is built on its original assembly-based game code
- Haunted House
- Return To Haunted House, a sequel to Haunted House that is built on the original Adventure's assembly-based game code combined with graphics from the original Haunted House)
- Secret Quest
Arcade Favorites[edit]
- Arcade Asteroids (hack) of the original Atari 2600 Asteroids with the sprites changed to outlines to more accurately portray the arcade version
- Arcade Pong (exclusive to the Flashback 2), a version of Pong which can use paddle controllers if attached
- Asteroids Deluxe (exclusive)
- Battlezone
- Centipede
- Lunar Lander (exclusive)
- Millipede
- Missile Command
- Space Duel (exclusive)
Skill and Action Zone[edit]
- 3D Tic-Tac-Toe
- Aquaventure (unreleased prototype)
- Combat
- Combat 2 (unreleased prototype)
- Dodge 'Em
- Fatal Run (only released in Europe)
- Frog Pond (unreleased prototype)
- Hangman
- Human Cannonball
- Maze Craze
- Off The Wall
- Outlaw
- Radar Lock
- Save Mary (unreleased prototype)
- Video Checkers
- Video Chess
Space Station[edit]
- Quadrun (originally sold only by mail order through the Atari fan club)
- Saboteur (unreleased prototype)
- Space War
- Yars' Return (exclusive sequel to Yars' Revenge built on its original assembly-based game code)
- Yars' Revenge
Sports[edit]
Paddle Games[edit]
The console also includes two hidden titles which require the use of paddle controllers. The Flashback 2 does not come with paddle controllers, so these games cannot be played unless the user has an original set of Atari 2600 paddle controllers. To access the hidden paddle game menu, the user must press up on the joystick 1 time, pull down 9 times, push up 7 times, and pull down 2 times (this represents the year 1972, in which Pong first appeared). The code must be entered steadily and without pauses (enter it too quickly and it won't work).