Atari Flashback® Portable Handheld Gaming System

I have a considerable collection of classic video game systems. When I heard that AtGames was making a portable Atari 2600 with 60 built-in games, I was sold. With a 20% coupon, this blast from the past cost about $30. The screen is excellent, the controls feel solid, and there is a built-in SD card reader so you can load your own Atari 2600 compatible roms to play. Wow! Not only that, but you don't have to purchase batteries since it come with a built-in rechargeable battery. Double Wow! The only negative is that some games, like Breakout, really need to be used with a paddle controller, not a joystick controller, and therefore not very playable. Thus a one star deduction. If the next version comes with a built-in paddle type controller, it would be perfect and worthy of 5 stars. Don't worry though, plenty of great and very playable games, like Space Invaders and Frogger, dwell within. Buy it!

Very nice:) little disappointed it did not contain space invaders which was pictured on the cover but overall a nice little gaming system:)

I ordered one from bedbathandbeyond a week or so ago. I received mine yesterday, and loaded up an old SD card with a few favorite ROMs while waiting for the unit to charge. I haven't played it much, just a minute or two each with maybe 15 or 20 different games. Pro: + Emulation seems pretty good. I've read some grumblings about the sound, and although it's not perfect, I find it's not bad, especially if you keep the volume relatively low. The cheap little speaker has bad distortion at high volume. + I found it very easy to get ROMs loaded into it via SD card. No problems there. + I tried some third party games such as Enduro, Donkey Kong, etc. No problems. Con: - The D-pad is a bit stiff. I think for games that require deliberate throws to the four cardinal directions it works OK. For games that need good diagonal input, such as Missile Command, the control is not good. I am hoping that the D-pad will loosen up with a bit of usage. - One of the first games I tried was Berzerk, one of my top faves for the 2600. I found that although the game runs and you can move without issue, the fire button would not work! - Is the monochrome switch not supposed to stay on? I found that if I hold it down, the screen is B&W, but as soon as I release, the Color setting returns. It did this with more than one game.