Retro News: The Games That Defined a Generation

Today while going through my mountains of E-Mails, I discovered a small bit of news from Atari. Atari is releasing a new version of it’s popular Atari Flashback mini console system. The introduction of the Atari Flashback 2+ Classic Gaming Console is available on the official website for $39.99 plus $15.00 s/h. The console has been beefed up substantially from it’s previous console and will offer new gamers to retro gaming the opportunity to play the Atari 2600 in an almost identical form factor as it’s predecessor. Check out the detailed specifications after the jump.

Flash back to the 80′s! New Wave is in, neon is hip and the Atari craze is everywhere! Relive the Atari revolution. With the Atari Flashback 2+ Classic Game Console, you can play some of the most popular video games of the 80′s, groundbreaking back then, just as much fun today.

Shoot through the chaos of Centipede. Hyperspace through the galaxy in Asteroids. Do it all again with the legendary games that set the standard for the future of video games.

Features:

All in 1 TV compatible gaming system, plug it in and play!

Wood grained updated console case, approx 2/3rd the size of the original 1977 release of the Atari 2600 console

Backward Compatible with all existing 2600 controllers

20 original classic 2600 games (Pong, Missile Command, Asteroids, Centipede, etc.) & 20 new Atari games including sports games like Real Sports Boxing, Real Sports Soccer, Super Football and Super Baseball

2 Atari 2600 joysticks capture that classic feel for multi-player competition and vintage controls

Power supply & A/V cable

Single player and Dual player head-to-head

This is how to bring original classic gaming up to current technologies with out actually changing it’s original roots. Check out the crazily perfect ports below, via screenshots.

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