It does not have a cartridge slot, and does not carry 3rd party licensed games like Bump-n-Jump (Data East), but it does deliver the classic Intellivision IP in a fast-to-play format. Most of the games are very functional and playable, with a lot of care taken by Intellivision Productions CEO Keith Robinson to make sure the same level of play and fun are included.Ī major standout for the system are the controllers, which very faithfully reproduce the look/feel/control of the original items. Unlike the previous handheld units, these are not ports but instead the actual Intellivision code running within a hardware emulator. Given the niche audience of those who'd be interested in using new controllers on old system, maybe it's just not worth worrying about.First available in Fall 2014 via Atgames, the Flashback is an all-in-one "plug and play" unit that resembles a minified version of the gold+woodgrain 2609 console. Unless there's some visual distinction, you'd have to just keep track of where the controller came from - or just test it out, I guess. True that for Intellivision I style connectors you'd need adapters - but the wiring of them would necessarily change. The adapters for the series 1 Intellivision Flashback would still be needed for those controllers. In terms of adapters, if this were to go ahead (still an if) and the wiring was corrected (a second if) to work with Intellivision II consoles like originally intended, then that's not really an issue either. There's always SOME point where you have to give up on some type of compatibility to move things forward. It's a simple entry in the included manual that previous wireless controllers won't work with the new models. We're making a clean break this year for the Atari and Sega products (wired controllers will still be the same). The controller thing is not necessarily an issue. There would be new manufacturing / engineering costs, too - either a "brand new" part or revision of existing.
If you make the fix but change the connector to prevent that problem, then you just changed the kind of adapter we old-timers would need to use."Why won't my controllers from FB1 work in FB2?" It would end up being a support nightmare for many in the customer pool: casual consumers.thread probably already covers that (too lazy to go check). Don't hold out for corrected control wiring, though.
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