Sabertooth Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Welcome to the official topic for Atari VCS Flashback Fridays Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) Did you think that Atari Vault was the beginning and end of retro gaming on the VCS? Think again! Atari recently launched its "Atari VCS Flashback Fridays" series of games. Each week a new retro classic is released for a price between $2.99 and $6.99. From Atari: Atari VCS is a modern system with the soul of the past. Atari has baked retro console, arcade and PC game emulators into the VCS operating system. Atari VCS Flashback Fridays introduce a variety of classic games from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, offering seamless gameplay on your TV, with new titles added every week! Edited February 28, 2022 by Sabertooth JustClaws, Gianna, RickR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) Atari VCS Flashback Friday Games (Released) 4th & Inches (MS-DOS) Adventure (2600) Alien Brigade (7800) Ancient Art of War in the Skies, The (MS-DOS) Asteroids (7800) Basketbrawl (7800) Breakout (2600) Centipede (7800) Crusade in Europe (MS-DOS) Dark Chambers (7800) Desert Falcon (7800) Dogfight (MS-DOS) Fast Break (MS-DOS) Fatal Run (7800) Food Fight (7800) Gravitar (2600) Harrier Jump Jet (MS-DOS) MicroProse Soccer (MS-DOS) Motor Psycho (7800) Ninja Golf (7800) Planet Smashers (7800) Realsports Baseball (7800) Scrapyard Dog (7800) Super Huey (7800) Edited April 15, 2022 by Sabertooth Justin, JustClaws and Gianna 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 This week's Flashback Friday title is Realsports Baseball for the 7800. Available in the store now. JustClaws and Justin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 According to this article from Bleeding Cool, Atari have finally announced retro DOS titles as a part of the Flashback Friday series. VCS owners know that DOSBox is integrated into AtariOS but so far there have not been any releases. Here's an excerpt with the DOS titles announced: Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) This week's Flashback Friday title is Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare on DOSBox. This 1993 combat flight sim from MicroProse is the first DOSBox release on the VCS. Tip: You'll need to use a USB keyboard or the VCS Companion app to start the game. Edited April 1, 2022 by Sabertooth Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 $6.99 is a bit of a higher price point maybe...gonna be a bit tough to drop that for a flight sim combat game I am not familiar with. 🙂 Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Mockduck said: $6.99 is a bit of a higher price point maybe...gonna be a bit tough to drop that for a flight sim combat game I am not familiar with. 🙂 I agree. This one is a pass for me as I'm not a huge fan of flight sims. I may pick it up during the next big sale but not until then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) I'll add that Atari just announced a bundle of its seven MicroProse flight sims on Steam for $29.82. That makes this even less appealing at $6.99. Edited April 1, 2022 by Sabertooth Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) This week's Flashback Friday title is The Ancient Art of War in the Skies, a 1992 combat strategy title set in WWI from MicroProse. Edited April 1, 2022 by Sabertooth Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) This week's Flashback Friday title is another MicroProse military title. This time it's Crusade in Europe. Edited April 1, 2022 by Sabertooth MaximumRD, datafry and Justin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted February 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) Courtesy of the Atari Weekly Podcast hosted by Brutally Honest Gamer there will be no Flashback Friday release today. The planned title was yet another MicroProse war Sim. In light of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Atari has decided to withhold the launch of a game this week. Personally, I applaud Atari and their sensitivity to current events. It shows their team is being thoughtful. Edited April 1, 2022 by Sabertooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted March 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) Flashback Fridays return with the puzzling release of three 2600 games that are already available FOR FREE to all VCS users via Atari VCS Vault Vol. 1. Adventure, Breakout and Gravitar are now available for God knows why. And just when you are ready to give Atari some credit, they go all "Atari" on you... 🤣 Update: Gravitar & Breakout now confirmed in the store for $0.99 ea. Adventure has not yet been pushed. Edited March 20, 2022 by Sabertooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted March 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 A week late but Adventure is now in the VCS store. Again, this is available in the Atari VCS Vault for free. Ballistik and datafry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) This week's Flashback Friday title is another DOSBox game from MicroProse: MicroProse Soccer! Available now in the VCS store for $6.99. Edited April 1, 2022 by Sabertooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2022 Another sports title is up for Flashback Fridays! This week it's 4th & Inches, originally by Accolade with the MS-DOS port handled by Sculpted Software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballistik Posted April 11, 2022 Report Share Posted April 11, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 2:58 PM, Sabertooth said: A week late but Adventure is now in the VCS store. Again, this is available in the Atari VCS Vault for free. I know it is.. I just had to download it again, I love this game so much 😉 "It's only a dolla!" hehe Sabertooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2022 Fast Break (1989, Accolade) for MS-DOS is this week's Flashback Friday game. Now in the store for $6.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted April 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2022 No new Flashback Friday titles for the last few weeks. Atari had two more announced titles, Conflict in Vietnam and Solo Flight. They put a pause on war related titles with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. With Fast Break they have otherwise reached the end of their list. No news on additional Flashback Friday content yet. Watch this space for any updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 The XP versions of Aquaventure, Saboteur and Yars' Return are live in the VCS store for $2.99 ea. Those who ordered XP carts will recieve a download code. RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockduck Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 Yeah, pretty nice actually. Great that people who want just the game roms can get them for $3. After just a couple minutes with them they do seem better than the versions in Vault Volume 2. I miss the online leaderboards of Aquaventure in Antstream Arcade, though, and the game is great there too. Sabertooth and RickR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabertooth Posted August 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 We'll need to wait for the carts to confirm but I believe that the Yars' Return ROM may be different than the ROM on the XP carts. It has none of the enhancements Dennis Debro mentioned in his interview. If this is a different ROM, it is not a "digital copy" of the game advertised for XP purchasers. That should be corrected. They do seem better than the Vault versions and they included the trailers, in addition to screen shots. The art looks great too. RickR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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