any mods for new atari flashback??

Clarkbar · Post by **Clarkbar** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:05 pm

I'm hoping someone figures out some way to flash it or add games otherwise. It's a neat little console.

Zealous zerotype · Post by **Zealous zerotype** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:16 pm

If you mean to play games? Their are cartdriges that you put in and burn your games to a cd. Then put in a cd player and play the track and ti loads the game up.

revengeofLaEternal · Post by **revengeofLaEternal** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:02 pm

umm... I don't know if you're joking or not, but the Atari Flashback is a new "all-in-one" video game device where it's a unit with two controllers and a bunch of games built in and all you do is plug it in and play.

As for adding games, I don't know. Most of these "TV Games" things are just low-end microcomputers with rom files and emulators built in. This pretty much kills any incentive to try and figure out how to solder a cartdridge slot to one because there's no way to do so when everything is all on one unit.

Personallly, I prefer the open hardware and cartridges over these things any day, but then I've also kept every game and system I've gotten over the years and taken damn good care of them, and fixed them if they needed it. Items like the Atari flashback are geared towards people who, for whatever reason, like retro gaming, but don't have the means to play older games, but want to, and don't feel like going hunting.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:41 pm

This guy's Exodus Genesis portable says otherwise

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:53 am

That Genesis is impressive. But he knows his stuff and was lucky that he could reverse engineer it that way

MetaFox · Post by **MetaFox** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:33 am

Nah, almost all of those can be modded to take cartridges. The NES ones can, but the Atari ones aren't even atari games. They use the NES-on-a-chip system with games remade for the NES, so it's a no-go for modding it to take atari carts, since it's not even an atari in there.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:20 pm

They use the NES-on-a-chip system with games remade for the NES

Wow, would be cool if there was a pinout or something so you could make a very tiny NES

Clarkbar · Post by **Clarkbar** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:37 pm

That would be quite cool.I was just curious....Thought I'd ask.

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 6:44 pm

I'd be interested in making a tiny genesis or NES, that would be freaking sweet!

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:15 pm

try that guys forum. They make portables there.

Umm, the flashback is just a nintendo with ported atari games. Sorry.

You could use a burner(for the roms). There is a topic on this in that guys forum under nes. Or you can just add a 72 pin connector, also at that guys forum.

Yes, it is sweet, and they sell crazily at flea markets. Ive sold three Nesp's for a 100 each at 50 dollars profit using donated nes's and psone lcds with combined shipping.

There is a pinout, try http://www.classicgaming.com/nestable/ . This guy made a working nes and put the beginings of it on his site. After that, you can check that forum, ben hecks.

later.

revengeofLaEternal · Post by **revengeofLaEternal** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:36 pm

einbebop44 wrote:This guy's Exodus Genesis portable says otherwise

It's sometimes nice to be proven wrong

Actually, that's the first time I've seen a "TV Game" thing modified to take cartridges (but it still seems I was right about the Flashback not being Atari hardware

).

dcmodder · Post by **dcmodder** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:10 am

that reminds me of the n64 lookin controller that has the 1 or 2 hundred orignal nintendo games on it. the funny thing is that it has the orignal mario and there's nothing nintendo can do about it cause there's only 5 levels of it.

arrowhead · Post by **arrowhead** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:38 am

ben heckendorn (benheck.com) had put together a book that will tell you how to portablize all of the portables he has made. The book is a step by step guide. you can alrewady preorder it on amazon. check out http://www.benheck.com

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 3:41 pm

thief. I posted about that already.

Anyways, what do you mean only five levels? Which one are you playing? I am playing an n64 type one with some fake gun(small) and a genesis looking control thats blue.

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 5:39 pm

I've seen those in the mall! i asked the guy if it was legal because it had liscensed games on it and he said he didn't know, he just sold em. Then he got pissed at me because he thought i was trying to get him in trouble,lol.