Review: Atari Flashback Classics (Nintendo Switch)
The most comprehensive collection of arcade and home console classics comes to the Nintendo Switch system. Packed with 150 all-time favorites, rare gems, and unique homebrews.
Pros:
- In shocking news, the game has retro graphics.
- 368MB Download size.
- Touchscreen support.
- Tabletop supports so you can play with two Joycon.
- Has its own in-game achievements.
- 150 games! All three volumes.
- Game options- Bezel art-on/off, Scanlines-on/off and Atari 2600 flicker-Authentic or filtered.
- Can rebind controls for each individual game.
- Each game has its own set of game options like starting lives, Score to earn a life etc.
- Multiplayer-Host/join/invite settings.
- Can bring up a transparent virtual Atari 2600/5200 console with working buttons.
- Sensitivity slider.
- D-pad and analog support.
- Online leaderboards for the arcade games.
- Atari 2600/5200 games have their own original manuals.
- Simple controls, I mean you only had one button and a stick in the old days!.
- A decent collection of games.
- Full games list:
1. 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe 2600
2. A Game of Concentration 2600
3. Adventure 2600
4. Adventure II 2600
5. Air Raiders 2600
6. Air-Sea Battle 2600
7. Aquaventure 2600
8. Armor Ambush ™ 2600
9. Asteroids 2600
10. Asteroids Arcade
11. Asteroids 5200
12. Asteroids Deluxe Arcade
13. Astroblast 2600
14. Atari Baseball Arcade
15. Atari Basketball Arcade
16. Atari Football Arcade
17. Atari Soccer Arcade
18. Atari Video Cube 2600
19. Avalanche Arcade
20. Backgammon 2600
21. Basic Math 2600
22. Basketball 2600
23. Black Widow Arcade
24. Blackjack 2600
25. Bowling 2600
26. Brain Games 2600
27. Breakout 2600
28. Canyon Bomber 2600
29. Canyon Bomber Arcade
30. Casino 2600
31. Centipede 2600
32. Centipede Arcade
33. Centipede 520034. Championship Soccer 2600
35. Checkers 2600
36. Chess 2600
37. Circus Atari 2600
38. Code Breaker 2600
39. Combat 2600
40. Combat 2 2600
41. Countermeasure 5200
42. Crystal Castles 2600
43. Crystal Castles Arcade
44. Dark Cavern (Night Stalker) 2600
45. Demons to Diamonds 2600
46. Desert Falcon 2600
47. Destroyer Arcade
48. Dodge ‘Em 2600
49. Dominos Arcade
50. Double Dunk 2600
51. Fatal Run 2600
52. Final Legacy 5200
53. Fire Truck/Smokey Joe Arcade
54. Flag Capture 2600
55. Football 2600
56. Frog Pond 2600
57. Frogs and Flies 2600
58. Golf 2600
59. Gravitar 2600
60. Gravitar Arcade
61. Hangman 2600
62. Haunted House 2600
63. Holey Moley 2600
64. Home Run 260065. Human Cannonball 2600
66. International Soccer 2600
67. Liberator Arcade
68. Lunar Lander Arcade
69. Major Havoc Arcade
70. Maze Craze 2600
71. Maze Invaders Arcade
72. Micro-gammon 5200
73. Millipede 5200
74. Millipede 2600
75. Millipede Arcade
76. Miniature Golf 5200
77. Miniature Golf 2600
78. Missile Command 5200
79. Missile Command 2600
80. Missile Command Arcade
81. Monte Carlo Arcade
82. MotoRodeo 2600
83. Night Driver 2600
84. Off the Wall 2600
85. Outlaw 2600
86. Pong Arcade
87. Pool Shark Arcade
88. Quadrun 2600
89. Race 2600
90. Radar Lock 2600
91. Realsports Baseball 5200
92. Realsports Baseball 2600
93. Realsports Basketball 520094. Realsports Basketball 2600
95. Realsports Boxing 2600
96. Realsports Football 5200
97. Realsports Football 2600
98. Realsports Soccer 2600
99. Realsports Tennis 5200
100. Realsports Tennis 2600
101. Realsports Volleyball 5200
102. Realsports Volleyball 2600
103. Red Baron Arcade
104. Return to Haunted House 2600
105. Saboteur 2600
106. Save Mary 2600
107. Sea Battle 2600
108. Secret Quest 2600
109. Sentinel 2600
110. Sky Diver Arcade
111. Sky Diver 2600
112. Slot Machine 2600
113. Slot Racers 2600
114. Space Attack™ 2600
115. Space Duel Arcade
116. Spacewar 2600
117. Sprint Arcade
118. Sprint Master 2600
119. Star Raiders 5200
120. Star Raiders 2600
121. Star Strike 2600122. Starship 2600
123. Steeplechase 2600
124. Stellar Track 2600
125. Street Racer 2600
126. Stunt Cycle 2600
127. Sub Commander 2600
128. Super Baseball 2600
129. Super Breakout 5200
130. Super Breakout 2600
131. Super Breakout Arcade
132. Super Bug Arcade
133. Super Challenge Baseball 2600
134. Super Challenge Football 2600
135. Super Football 2600
136. Surround 2600
137. Sword Fight 2600
138. Swordquest: Earthworld 2600
139. Swordquest: Fireworld 2600
140. Swordquest: Waterworld 2600
141. Tempest 2600
142. Tempest Arcade
143. Video Olympics 2600
144. Video Pinball 2600
145. Warlords 2600
146. Warlords Arcade
147. Wizard 2600
148. Xari Arena 5200
149. Yars’ Return 2600
150. Yars’ Revenge 2600
Cons:
- Need Nintendo online to use the leaderboards.
- Slow reset button.
- Using analog no matter the sensitivity is too sensitive.
- No River Raid!…STILL.
- Cannot stretch the screen or mess around much with the screen ratio.
- The collection won’t be for everyone.
- Annoying menu music.
- No extras.
- Graphics - 8/108/10
- Sound - 8/108/10
- Accessability - 8/108/10
- Length - 9/109/10
- Fun Factor - 9/109/10
Summary
When it comes to collections like this, Gamers will look for a particular game or a particular set of extras or options. But here we have 150 games! as always some games will be missing for whatever reason but 150 is a solid number. It is easy to jump between games, The collection is alright. I mean it has no River Raid AGAIN but one day it will so I can retire my WW2 Call of duty game disc. But I digress, The games work really well and the d-pad is the definitive control method unless it is a paddle game, Then its the analog. I like that you can tailor each game individually but I also hate that you can’t do a blanket setting across all games. MP is fun when you finally found a game but its very quiet. This is a collection for local play more than online and it is fun just looking at the original box art of classic games. The tabletop mode really brings home the arcade feel. Being able to navigate the UI with the touchscreen is a welcome addition. In short, it is a collection that does what you want it to do and is the definitive version thanks to the huge list of games, Extensive local mp options and online. In conclusion, this is the version of the collection to get as it caters for everyone.