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Review: Atari Flashback Classics (Nintendo Switch)

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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 5200

      34. 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 2600

      65. 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 5200

      94. 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 2600

      122. 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.

  • 8/10
    Graphics - 8/10
  • 8/10
    Sound - 8/10
  • 8/10
    Accessability - 8/10
  • 9/10
    Length - 9/10
  • 9/10
    Fun Factor - 9/10
8.4/10

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.

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Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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