Atari Flashback 3: 60 Retro Games for the Price of One New Game
October 21st, 2011
The Atari Flashback 3 is an officially licensed console with has 60 Atari 2600 games built-in. It’s a great gift for the old-school gamer who’s been nice. Or the young gamer who’s been naughty: “I got you a console! It’s just been released!” Then make your best troll face. Then watch ‘em weep when they find out that the console it’s based on is so old it didn’t even have a pause function.
Of course there’s always a chance that kids will learn to love at least one of the 60 games built-in, like the unwinnable Missile Command or the exploitable Asteroids. I wouldn’t be surprised if all of the games in the Flashback 3 already have mobile versions though. At least you get to play them using the iconic Atari-style joysticks.
You can order the Atari Flashback 3 from Amazon for $60 (USD). UK customers may want to head to Blaze instead, where it’s being sold for £50. Pause function included. No really.
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If it has ‘ADVENTURE,’ I’m in!
If you can help please ~ We cannot figure out how to get the ‘unit’ (Atari Flashback 3) to recognize 2 player games (ie. missle command). Can play all games singular but that’s not what we want. We want 2 player and cannot figure how to do this. Thanks so much!
Got it.
How did y’all figure out how to make the games 2 player?? We can’t figure it out either.
Marlon says:
November 24, 2011 at 8:39 am
If you can help please ~ We cannot figure out how to get the ‘unit’ (Atari Flashback 3) to recognize 2 player games (ie. missle command). Can play all games singular but that’s not what we want. We want 2 player and cannot figure how to do this. Thanks so much!
Press the ‘Select’ button (not press and hold) until you see both players. Have fun!
Hey Deb, Brittany and Marlon, I tried searching for a fix for your problem but I just couldn’t find one. I think you should try contacting the manufacturer, atGames. They should be able to help you.
Hi There! I’m all set – it’s working! Thnk you so much.
We got the atari for a Christmas present and can’t get it to 2 players. We pushed select as someone said above, but that is just starting the game…HELP!
can anyone tell me if galaga game is on the atari flashback 3 thanks.
As far as I know Galaga was never released for the Atari 2600, which is probably why it’s not built into the Flashback 3 as well. Blaze has a list of games included with the Flashback 3.