WINTER GAMES - Atari 2600 Game (Retro Fam)

This is a 180 reversal from VR gaming and needing the latest, most expensive graphics card! For those of us who had an Atari when younger this game brings back fond memories!The system comes with paddles which are needed for games like Breakout and Circus Atari (which was always my favorite game to play). I looked through the games available and it's going to take me a while to try them all out! Space Invaders is still a classic!This Atari is going to be an fun party game for people whether they have played before or not. Many games support two player mode, and if you buy an extra set of paddles games like Breakout can be played with four people.The graphics are definitely dated! Space Invaders looks good, but Circus not so much. Using the paddles takes some getting used to and they don't work as smoothly as I remember. The paddles were probably properly calibrated for old TVs. Now the calibration is probably just a little off.The one of thing that I was kind of disappointed by was that there really wasn't any "value add" done. It's like a huge box of cartridges and nothing else. (I don't know some of the "newer" games and whether they maintain state between plays or not.) I would have liked to see the system capture and report my high score from the game. Let me enter my name or initials. Let me family compete for the high score list like we did on the old arcade video games.All in all a fun video game! I look forward to going through and trying all the games t.

At first, I experienced the same problem as many of the other reviewers, that is the controller not being able to move side-to-side in the games, but I found that if you just unplugged the paddles and reset whatever game you were playing it worked fine.

This product absolutely brings me back to my childhood. I grew up with the Atari system among all others systems from that day and this is by far a fun system to have and to share with my kids now. My 10 year old enjoys going through all the games. My 2 year old even enjoyed the old Centipede game. Overall this system is great and especially with the wireless controllers. The only thing that happens often is that the buttons on the main controller get bumped during play and causing you to exit the game during play. Also, what I was impressed with was the fact that some of the games are new and have been developed in the 2000’s like YAR’s Return, Atari Climber, Return to Haunted House, and more.

Purchased as a Christmas gift for my family. Works great...no issues. My only wish is that Pacman was part of the bundle.

I'm very happy with my product and my son is enjoying his new Atari flash back 8 gold . Me and my son love playing . Thanks atgames.