I can confirm that this also works for the flashback 12 gold (same as the 50th, just had a better firmware, and a few extra games) And honestly, just go with the A.T.A.R.I. package. There might be one, maybe 2 games you can't find in that, but I seriously doubt it. It's totally worth the few extra easy steps.
I have a Flashback 12 Gold on the way. Can't wait to play it! I already have an OTG cable and a bunch of games on a micro sd card, ready to go, including the original 2600 Space Invaders.
I was able to upgrade firmware on my AFB 12 Gold no problem. Found roms and had to shorten every name, no spaces or symbols. Finally started working off USB.
The Flashbacks system's released in 2004 . Like wow you could seriously find yourself down a rabbit hole , because the first one was more like an Atari 7800 with some 7800 games on it , well it didn't go over very well , because the thing used different hardware or something, so now a second one was born with an option of modding it so you could have your own Cartridge port . Later on with each new Flashback you got things like SD card slots , hidden games , hidden features like the controller tester , wireless controllers and much more . Then you got Atari Flashback Blast, Flashback for current consoles , Flashback's also have different designs and features. On top all that you got different names like Flashback + to X to Gold and more . Atgames makes a bunch of other Flashback systems as well , like Sega , Colecovision, Intellivision , the Legends series and some more.
@@blackenedheart9592 none had a a cart port but the flashback 2 could be modded to add a cart port if you modded the case with one and wired it to the main board
Here you go Jon and thank you, found this video very interesting and useful. I am enjoying the home brew games from the link you provided. Some of the games were amazing!
Wow. Great step by step instructions! I just did this with my Flashback 12 Gold, and though it took it back a firmware version, from 1.1.1 to 1.1.0 (the updated version mentioned in your comment), having hundreds of games was well worth it! I had a bit of a problem when trying to write the rom folder from the download to the flash drive, but then remembered I hadn't yet unzipped it with 7-Zip. It worked fine after that, of course. I'm so glad I got this thing. The paddles it came with are not very good, as they're far too hard to turn to make them enjoyable to use, but I have a paddle pack coming for my 2600+, and from what I understand those paddles are really good. With this said, the ones that came with the FB may just need to be worn in.
Finally got the paddle pack for my 2600+. The paddles are most definitely better than what came with the FB12G, with just enough resistance when turning. I also checked to see if they might be made by the same company, and they still could be, but there are differences. The paddles with the AFB12G are, again, quite hard to turn, and when I pulled the round knob off the round pole it goes onto to has splines, whereas the ones for the 2600+ have that D like shape, where the round pole has that straight cutoff on the one side, like it's been ground down a bit, not splines. If I remember correctly, the original 2600 paddles were like this too.
I can confirm that using this firmware update on anything less that a 50th will essentially turn the device into a Atari 50th Gold FB. It will not however allow you to add art and roms as shown and also shuts off the SD access. I believe it is because the script includes only that option with the usb cable as used in the video and not the the built in SD slot. I have not confirmed this but I imagine the use of this cable with the FB 9 that I have would work the same way. As it stands now, I "upgraded" my Atari FB9 to a FBGold9 with 10 additional buitl in games and with the SD card option still intact. To which, there was much rejoicing!
I have a non-gold version of the 50th Anniversary edition, 3070. I presume I'd be safe flashing the latest custom firmware? I note on another forum, it says to install the official 1.1.1 firmware first, but there isn't any for the 3070, just the 3080 gold.
didnt work the first time but after reflashing 1.1 again and starting again it worked the second time ..thanks for the vids we would be lost without them
I finally got this working after a lot of trial and error. I ordered the drives and OTG cables recommended but the AFBG would not read the drives. I eventually found an old 512mb drive and used that and everything worked. I suspect the problem was formatting the recommended drives in Win 11 which doesn't have the same functionality as older versions as it wouldn't let me change the size of the drive and some of the other settings were different as well. I did use FAT32 but the allocation unit sizes seemed a little wonky. So... if you have problems it could be the format tool in Win 11 or maybe he drives I got were somehow different. I'm going to try formatting on my work PC which is Win 10 still. There may also be ways to get the Win 11 formatter to work but I didn't get that far, and some of the other partition tools I have didn't work either.
I saw “Space Shuttle” as you were flashing through the new Advanced library, and now I’m wondering how well it plays - if at all - since it used the VCS’ black and white switches.
Great informative video! Have my Atari 50th on its way - cheap! The USB splitter cable(s) and USB sticks are coming too, thanks for the links! Already bought 2 sets of new Atari Paddles from Amazon (they are incredible btw). Putting this all into a gutted 4 player sit down cocktail cab from the late 70s. Have an actual Atari 2600 in there now with a Harmony cart but it's kind of a pain to change games. This'll make it much easier.
Stumbled into your channel while looking into the Flashback Gold 50th. I already have a Flashback X Deluxe, and have it loaded with games, but it didn't come with paddles. So, I just ordered this solely for the paddles, 😂. I've been in the mini console modding scene for awhile now, among my collection are the NES mini with every NES and SNES game, Sega Genesis mini with every Genesis, 32x and a select few Sega-CD games, PSOne Classic with a few extra PSOne games, and TheC64 Maxi and a few games added. It can become quite the rabbit hole, but well worth it to relive different parts of my childhood. Now if they would only come out with a Magnavox Odyssey II mini, my first console.
My first console was also an O2, and on TWO different occasions, I had the rare and collectible KC Munchkin. Also spent MANY hours playing UFO and Pickaxe Pete!
@@GenXGrownUp I have a non-functional Atari 800 and a semi-functional 600 (keyboard doesn't work). ABSOLUTELY worth having as a strictly games machine, AND I have physical cartridges for ALL the games I would have contemporaneously regarded as "the arcade classics" except for Berzerk and Zaxxon. Would love a 'mini'....
i just got the atari 50 aniversity flash back with 110 game no paddles i just finish the hack plus the extra work i failed 1 sd flashed drive but i did it on another and wow too maney games thank you soo much jon majer props to you thank you.
1000 thanks for this idea and help! I have just ordered the appropriate cable, as well as a new USB stick, both should be in the mailbox tomorrow. I also think that I get everything else done. Otherwise I am very happy with the new 50th Anniversary console. Currently I switch back and forth between this and my Flashback 9 Gold (the one with the SD slot), which is of course also a possibility; I only ever have to change the cable to the game screen.
@@GenXGrownUp UPDATE: it worked!! 😁 However, I have copied an SD card, which already contains all Atar games, to the USB stick. All in all, it was a "job" of two minutes. Thanks again for the tip!!!
So I retired this on my Atari Flashback 12 Gold. I used file listed in this video. It now comes up with 901 games with pictures. Amazing! Have to recheck firmware. Got a little squirrely when changing pages. Not sure it it would still work if I reflashed it with 1.1.1. Thank you for this video Peace.
As you said, make sure you have a "Good" flash drive. I purchased a new 16g flash drive and started over with update. After that I can now seemlessly scroll between pages without any hiccups. I can also play any game without locking up or freezing. Works like a charm. Thank you for all your work making this video!!@@GenXGrownUp
I have 1 question: Can I skip the part where you copy a handful of rom-files into that "game" folder? And by not doing that will the "Ext. USB Drive" option not show up in the menu? I would rather don't have that option there. It is just a couple of games and I will do the next step where I get 1000 games.
It would be neat if someone came up with a way to flash this entire game library to the Flashback as if it came with the games, as in not having to keep the USB flash drive connected if you want to play them.
That's not going to happen without a hardware modification to actually give the devices enough flashable memory. As it stands, there's just no space to put this volume of data.
@@GenXGrownUp Good point. It's unfortunate that they're so stingy with things like that, giving very little room for expansion. It reminds me of PSUs in some prebuilt desktops, especially older ones, where you were lucky if you could add even a single drive, as many of them didn't even have 10 watts to spare.
Yes, good tutorial here. I take it this little guy is running on Android, too? Seems like a whole lot of these novelty devices have a little green robot under the hood.
I tried two different usb sticks but both of them didn't work. The boot menu on the Atari Flashback Gold just booted normally. Will get a brandnew usb stick and try one more time. Is it important how the usb stick is named when fomatting?@@GenXGrownUp
Just picked up one of these and tried out the new firmware. It works great. But, the paddle controllers still aren't as good as the originals, right? There's a bit of lag on them?
i didn't grow up with the atari though , my gaming journey started with the O.G nes entertainment system then the sega genesis but this was an interesting video much props for the respect to the viewer ( me ) giving me the confidence to do it you sir earned yourself a new sub .
I'm not aware of any limitation, but I knew that 4GB was way more than enough to hold every 2600 ROM ever, and I wasn't going to use the drive for anything else.
Excellent video. This one convinced me to take the plunge. I bought both the flash back and the cable using your links. As you stated in the video, I hope they send you your three cents for each of my purchases. ;). Thanks again!
By chance on the advanced renamer could you please do a tutorial on having to change a26 to bin. Reason I ask I have the rca composite Atari flashback 9. The a26 doesn't show only if I type bin to replace a26. Thanks!!
this is awesome. I had been using Brad From the 80s custom firmware with my 50th Gold console with a build called Nexus Slim but it kept freezing the system after 10 minutes of play. This build will hopefully allow me to use my system for more than 10 minutes at a time. I plan on getting a Flashback X this week to get the Nexus Slim working.
@Draxxon Lives It works fine with the Atari X and custom firmware 1.21 from Atari age but it runs sluggishly with the custom firmware from Brad from 80s. I tried all kinds of usb sticks. Happy to have a system that works with Nexus and also happy to have a reason to keep the 50th Gold Console from this video.
Nice how-to but worth noting that you don't have to update to the custom firmware to add your own few games (like you did in the first step) I was able to do that right out of the box.
Each time you fire it up with the upgraded memory stick plugged in, it will take a while to boot. It's not awful, but on the order of maybe 20 seconds or so.
Question: After doing all of this, do I still need to keep the expansion USB drive connected in order to view all the additional games plus their boxart, or does the final process update the device itself to run them straight from the device?
That's a good question and not entirely obvious from my video. You will need to boot with that USB connected anytime you want to play the full list of games. What's happening is, the FBG is looking at that drive as it if were the internal storage. If you boot without the drive plugged in, then your FBG will behave just as it did before the upgrade.
Stupid questions....to play all 900 games that are added to they actually copy to the Atari flash or do you have to have the USB drive connected with the OTG cable all the time?
Not stupid at all. The flash drive via OTG cable must stay connected. All the media stays on the flash drive, and this custom firmware sort of tricks the Flashback into operating from that storage rather than the internal storage.
@@GenXGrownUp so I also updated The firmware but now see I don't get the box art. To roll back to you simply rename the ROM old folder back to just ROM?
@@markcossman200 You updated the firmware to which version? If the newer 1.1.0, I detail in my latest paddle update video that this new firmware doesn't support this expansion.
@@GenXGrownUp Thank you - yes I updated to 1.1.0. That makes sense - it's all working except of course no box art for the games on the USB. But thank you again for the information and the great videos they were very helpful!
And another question (got a ton of 'em today). The "Just Atari games" category. is that populated with the updated games too? Or is that category hardwired to have what shipped in the box?
No problem, Joe. 😀 If you've booted to the expanded USB drive, Atari games will make that filter so long as they're tagged correctly in the metadata of the ini file included with the Nexus bundle. At least that's how I remember it - I'm not sitting in front of my FB right now to verify. The file is all-games.ini and I believe the variable is "Genre=atari" where the value can be comma delimited to meet multiple criteria. (i.e. Genre=atari,paddle) Maybe Draxxon will see this and straighten me out if I've missed anything or misremembered.
Does this system come with paddle controllers ? Kaboom and Breakout are meant to be played with paddle controllers,... or a computer-mouse would do as well.
Now what you need to do is find a really small (physically) flash drive, open up the console, wire up a USB socket in parallel to the existing one, place it in the cartridge port, then make a mini cartridge shell to fit around the small USB drive, so that you can plug it in by plugging a mini-cartridge into the cartridge slot. Sure, it would be a lot of work, but how cool would it be? :)
Great instructions. One thing I noticed is that after the firmware update, the Space Invaders Arcade game that is included with the base console becomes unplayable and the display image no longer shows up. It displays and plays as normal once the USB is unplugged. Does anyone know why this is?
I noticed that as well, but didn't mind because, as you noted, unplugging the USB stick restores it, and with the upgrade I can play the proper Atari Space Invaders! 👾
@@GenXGrownUp Indeed, the proper 2600 version is a classic! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one experiencing that. Thanks Jon, terrific channel and content.
Hi... Really looking forward to trying this but where did you get the files from to populate the game folder? At first i thought it was those from the new rom folder but that then turned out to be your more advanced section. Thanks. eil
Was wondering: if they (ATGames?) ever "patch" the Paddle's problems will it mess up the patch needed for these USB Games? I would think a OTG cable would be REQUIRED to install the patch, since there's no microSD port. Would we be able to have both patches at the same time? Something to look forward to...
It seems to me that once you use the dongle and create a new ROM folder, you have to always use it. You cant just go back to just using the power adapter with the original game list. Is that right? and why cant you jsut take the games you like from the downloaded rom folder and put it in the game folder.
There's no accessible storage available to place the hundreds of games & their artwork, so the USB serves as external storage when you want to play those. However, as I mention in the video, at any time you can remove the OTG cable and the unit will function just the way it did before any modifications.
Will this look ok on "new" LCD or LED Tv's? What I mean is are teh graphics made for the newer TV's now? Sorry I don't know what that's called, but I think the Super Nintendo flashback has updated graphics to look better on LED TV's.
@@GenXGrownUp Great! I don't recall your saying anything about a "Favorites" section, I don't suppose that folder could serve that purpose. NVM - saw the Favorites selection on the menu on re-viewing your video... so I guess this isn't an issue...
@@GenXGrownUp just a quick fix here. Space Invaders, frogger and Pac-Man are NES roms and do not work in a real 2600 vcs. The hardware here is some kind of raspberry pie, the only Atari Flashback with real Atari 2600 vcs hardware was the Flashback 2. In theory it could run all 16 bits games but never found a patch or firmware to do it. You can buy the Atgames Legend console to do that, even if it's probably the same board inside.
Sorry for the (stupid probably) question... but once you overwrite the firmware, is it possible to go back to the original in case something goes wrong? No chance of bricking the console?
Hi, Tails. Like any firmware update, there is always the risk of an interrupted process causing a problem. I've done this particular update at least a dozen times (during filming, as you might imagine), and hundreds more have done so and commented on my videos, and no report of getting a bricked unit. Additionally, with this upgrade, you can just unplug the USB stick and your FBG will act just like it did before the upgrade (I mention this at the end of this video).
Thanks so much for the instructions!! The paddle games for my atari 50th flashback gold dont work too accurately with the original firmware. when i turn the controller knob to the right the paddle on the screen slows down and you have to turn the controller knob more to compensate. it makes the paddle games rough to play. im wondering if this issue still happens with the updated firmware?
I've heard this described, and I have noticed it just a bit as well. To the best of my knowledge, this firmwae doesn't have any impact on controller performance; just update to allow for adding games.
@@GenXGrownUp oh well. either way i will be updating it and still giving it a shot. I ordered the part off amazon and used your link so enjoy the 3 cents! LOL. thanks again for the tutorial!
@@GenXGrownUp UPDATE. I got the cable (amazon shipped it overnight with no extra charge) and the same paddle issue is happening. bummer. hopefully this can get fixed somehow. BUT HEY, at least i can play 9873249162347861238746 atari games now on the flashback! LOL
Hey Jon, I saw your video about the Atari flashback portable and I remembered that there is also a version of the atari retro handheld which has a micro sd card slot, and I saw that you only reviewed the first version, could you make a video about the one that does have an sd card? it also includes atari 7800 games and you can actually emulate them in .a78 format.
No Kung-Fu in the 130, but it is in the upgrade. Thanks for asking, but I don't sell the upgrade kit. If you're worried it's too complex, it really isn't. In the description of this video are Amazon links to the cable and known-working USB sticks. Give it a try - I believe in you, Grant!
i was able to update the firmware to version 1.1.1 with no issues but whenever i try to flash the atari it nevers pops up with the update firmware screen, just the regular boot up screen, i have no clue what im doing wrong
Each instance of this problem has been resolved by a different USB stick. I wish I could tell you what the FBG doesn't like about some sticks, but try a few others from different manufacturers.
Does it copy the content of the usb stick to the internal memory of the flashback 50th or you have to always use it with the otg dongle to play the added games
Success! Got it all on there. Works great. Danke. Is there any way to get art and descriptions and whatnot for the ones under "Ext. USB Drive?" I realize it would take some manipulation of files on my end, but I wonder if that would work at all.
Awesome! No, you can't easily get clean art/names for the Ext Drive, but it's not very tough to bring those into the rom folder and edit the .ini file to include them in the main menu.
Hey Jon, great video! Not sure what went wrong here, I have the Atari 50th Anniversary Flashback Gold from AtGames and followed all steps from your video, including the advanced, but after that none of the games running, any clue on what happened and how to fix?
Not something I heard of happening before, but your best bet is to re-flash the firmware, unplug the OTG cable, and verify you're back to good. If games aren't working in the default state, the expansion won't matter. Once you're back to good, try walking thru the steps again, ensuring to leave plenty of time for the initial copy-over than the script does.
Hey Jon, everything is good and working now, I did everything again, and then it worked fine, I have all the games now and they are working pretty fine! thanks for the video and your reply!
You're quite welcome. No, the Flashback doesn't have any storage to speak of where all of this data could live, so it's required to keep the USB stick plugged in.
i did buy this and I didn't really enjoy it due to the controls on joystick didn't respond properly, and I decided to return it. I am sure if the joysticks were better for me i'd keep it.
Question: So I know you mentioned that AtGames has updated the firmware for the paddle controllers, better to update the firmware first and then add go through this? Thanks in advance...
@@GenXGrownUp If I understood correctly, it seems the original author of the CFW is working on a updated release for this week. So maybe I will wait for that before doing this upgrade.
@@RedHorseAdventures Did you see my firmware update video? If not, give it a peek to temper your expectations. v1.1.0 isn't a panacea for all paddle problems. It's certainly better, but still pretty far from "right." ruclips.net/video/IZ_BUVZMzHY/видео.html
@@GenXGrownUp I actually did, but as they say, something is better than nothing haha. I do enjoy your channel (love the cheat short videos, wish I knew some of those back when they were eating my quarters lol). I'd like to update the paddles and then go through with the updated CFW. I appreciate it!
Without the custom 1.0.0 firmware, you're unable to play from the new & expanded rom folder on the memory stick. If you install the stock 1.1.0, you will lose access. I cover this in the firmware video here: ruclips.net/video/IZ_BUVZMzHY/видео.html
Thanks. Sure. If you used the full two-part upgrade, all of those already have artwork. You cannot add art for items in the game folder, but those in the rom folder support that through the all_games.ini file.
@@GenXGrownUp gotcha- now I have to slog through (I think) 44 pages of one thread.. lol can do that- seeing that I may have to update the orig firmware on my FBX.. don't see at games supporting that really on their website- ehh- it's still early in the idea process!
Hi, I’m thinking of getting a 50th just for the Atari games from my childhood. Would the VCS be a better way because it has more games available? I’m very interested in your way to expand the amount of games via a USB. Im not as good with computers as your self would you sell a ready to go USB/cable pack so just plug and play. Thanks Grant
If you are looking to primarily play the 2600 games from your childhood without a lot of computer tinkering, a unit like this (with expandability) is a better path than the modern VCS.
They released a new UPDATED CFW this week for the updated paddle rom which restores box art. I tagged you on Twitter with it. I don't want to put the link in here, as URLs in comments tend to end up in spam.
@@GenXGrownUp Jon, are you going to do a video on this update to the 1.1 update? It's just dumb luck that I found it buried in this discussion. And, yes it works great!
Sadly, no. This just adds a bunch more games. I'm in contact with AtGames and they're aware of the problem and my paddle videos. If something changes I'll post a further update.
@@GenXGrownUp Did you find out anything, I tried the joystick and the games do not work very well with the controls... The controls is very terrible.. is same it the same for you? The menus are fine with controller but then when it comes to the games.. that's when I noticed nonresponsive controls.
As far as I can tell, it's only cosmetic. I just got a FB12 Gold, and other than the emblem on the front of the unit, everything appears to be exactly the same. I followed the instructions, using the more up to date firmware mentioned and linked to in his sticky comment at the top of the comments rather than the version discussed in the video and linked to below it, and everything worked perfectly. Now it's got hundreds of games on it. 🙂
There's a new community firmware which includes the 1.1 firmware and still supports the 1000+ game USB expansion. t.co/bfoN7v4edY
The rom folder link is gone ? why that
All links are still in the video description.
Now that is what I call a great complete Atari 2600 for everyone reliving their Atari 2600 moments.
Same link but now we're waiting for the 1.1.1 update...
the 1.1.1 update is up
Waited for this video before pulling the trigger. Just ordered my flashback and OTG cable. Hyped to get this going!
I can confirm that this also works for the flashback 12 gold (same as the 50th, just had a better firmware, and a few extra games)
And honestly, just go with the A.T.A.R.I. package. There might be one, maybe 2 games you can't find in that, but I seriously doubt it. It's totally worth the few extra easy steps.
I have a Flashback 12 Gold on the way. Can't wait to play it! I already have an OTG cable and a bunch of games on a micro sd card, ready to go, including the original 2600 Space Invaders.
I was able to upgrade firmware on my AFB 12 Gold no problem. Found roms and had to shorten every name, no spaces or symbols. Finally started working off USB.
The Flashbacks system's released in 2004 . Like wow you could seriously find yourself down a rabbit hole , because the first one was more like an Atari 7800 with some 7800 games on it , well it didn't go over very well , because the thing used different hardware or something, so now a second one was born with an option of modding it so you could have your own Cartridge port . Later on with each new Flashback you got things like SD card slots , hidden games , hidden features like the controller tester , wireless controllers and much more . Then you got Atari Flashback Blast, Flashback for current consoles , Flashback's also have different designs and features. On top all that you got different names like Flashback + to X to Gold and more . Atgames makes a bunch of other Flashback systems as well , like Sega , Colecovision, Intellivision , the Legends series and some more.
Which model could use a cartridge port?
Im curious about the one with the cartridge port too
@@blackenedheart9592 none had a a cart port but the flashback 2 could be modded to add a cart port if you modded the case with one and wired it to the main board
Just got this and added the games. MAN! This is really a gem. Being a BIG retro gaming guy I give this a 10/10. It really is an easy process.
Love hearing success stories. Thanks for popping back by and reporting your experience. 😀
Here you go Jon and thank you, found this video very interesting and useful. I am enjoying the home brew games from the link you provided. Some of the games were amazing!
You're so welcome, Alan. Thanks for watching, commenting, and coming back to give Thanks! I hope you have an absolute blast! 🥰
Wow. Great step by step instructions! I just did this with my Flashback 12 Gold, and though it took it back a firmware version, from 1.1.1 to 1.1.0 (the updated version mentioned in your comment), having hundreds of games was well worth it! I had a bit of a problem when trying to write the rom folder from the download to the flash drive, but then remembered I hadn't yet unzipped it with 7-Zip. It worked fine after that, of course. I'm so glad I got this thing. The paddles it came with are not very good, as they're far too hard to turn to make them enjoyable to use, but I have a paddle pack coming for my 2600+, and from what I understand those paddles are really good. With this said, the ones that came with the FB may just need to be worn in.
Finally got the paddle pack for my 2600+. The paddles are most definitely better than what came with the FB12G, with just enough resistance when turning. I also checked to see if they might be made by the same company, and they still could be, but there are differences. The paddles with the AFB12G are, again, quite hard to turn, and when I pulled the round knob off the round pole it goes onto to has splines, whereas the ones for the 2600+ have that D like shape, where the round pole has that straight cutoff on the one side, like it's been ground down a bit, not splines. If I remember correctly, the original 2600 paddles were like this too.
I can confirm that using this firmware update on anything less that a 50th will essentially turn the device into a Atari 50th Gold FB. It will not however allow you to add art and roms as shown and also shuts off the SD access. I believe it is because the script includes only that option with the usb cable as used in the video and not the the built in SD slot. I have not confirmed this but I imagine the use of this cable with the FB 9 that I have would work the same way. As it stands now, I "upgraded" my Atari FB9 to a FBGold9 with 10 additional buitl in games and with the SD card option still intact.
To which, there was much rejoicing!
Excellent. Thanks for the data, James. Very valuable for other viewers.
I have a non-gold version of the 50th Anniversary edition, 3070. I presume I'd be safe flashing the latest custom firmware? I note on another forum, it says to install the official 1.1.1 firmware first, but there isn't any for the 3070, just the 3080 gold.
Thanks!
You are very welcome, Tales. Thanks for watching and especially for your kindness! 😀
just got mine for christmas and had to do this. Thank you very much & merry christmas.
Happy holidays!
didnt work the first time but after reflashing 1.1 again and starting again it worked the second time ..thanks for the vids we would be lost without them
Glad I could help.
This is GREAT! It made me buy this 50th Anniversary console :-)
I finally got this working after a lot of trial and error. I ordered the drives and OTG cables recommended but the AFBG would not read the drives. I eventually found an old 512mb drive and used that and everything worked. I suspect the problem was formatting the recommended drives in Win 11 which doesn't have the same functionality as older versions as it wouldn't let me change the size of the drive and some of the other settings were different as well. I did use FAT32 but the allocation unit sizes seemed a little wonky. So... if you have problems it could be the format tool in Win 11 or maybe he drives I got were somehow different. I'm going to try formatting on my work PC which is Win 10 still. There may also be ways to get the Win 11 formatter to work but I didn't get that far, and some of the other partition tools I have didn't work either.
Did you format to max size. One variable is that I formatted my drive to just 4GB. the AFBG might have a drive size limitation.
Thank you so much for this. I'm playing games I haven't played in almost 40 years. My brothers are going to be coming over to play Atari soon.
👆 This is exactly the kind of thing I love to hear. Thrilled for you and your brothers - time to get your Atari on! 😁🕹️
I wished we could figure out how to add Atari 5200 & 7800 games to it. Maybe Coleco Vision Games Intellevision Games etc.
I saw “Space Shuttle” as you were flashing through the new Advanced library, and now I’m wondering how well it plays - if at all - since it used the VCS’ black and white switches.
Yeah, I'm sure it's going to suffer from the missing switch. 🥲
Select plus up is b&w switch.
I hoped that the extra section will be installing SD card slot on place of the dummy one to use SD cards like a mini Atari cartrage.
Great informative video! Have my Atari 50th on its way - cheap! The USB splitter cable(s) and USB sticks are coming too, thanks for the links! Already bought 2 sets of new Atari Paddles from Amazon (they are incredible btw). Putting this all into a gutted 4 player sit down cocktail cab from the late 70s. Have an actual Atari 2600 in there now with a Harmony cart but it's kind of a pain to change games. This'll make it much easier.
Stumbled into your channel while looking into the Flashback Gold 50th. I already have a Flashback X Deluxe, and have it loaded with games, but it didn't come with paddles. So, I just ordered this solely for the paddles, 😂. I've been in the mini console modding scene for awhile now, among my collection are the NES mini with every NES and SNES game, Sega Genesis mini with every Genesis, 32x and a select few Sega-CD games, PSOne Classic with a few extra PSOne games, and TheC64 Maxi and a few games added. It can become quite the rabbit hole, but well worth it to relive different parts of my childhood. Now if they would only come out with a Magnavox Odyssey II mini, my first console.
Welcome. I'm holding out hope for a mini Atari 8-bit. 😀
My first console was also an O2, and on TWO different occasions, I had the rare and collectible KC Munchkin. Also spent MANY hours playing UFO and Pickaxe Pete!
@@GenXGrownUp I have a non-functional Atari 800 and a semi-functional 600 (keyboard doesn't work). ABSOLUTELY worth having as a strictly games machine, AND I have physical cartridges for ALL the games I would have contemporaneously regarded as "the arcade classics" except for Berzerk and Zaxxon. Would love a 'mini'....
i just got the atari 50 aniversity flash back with 110 game no paddles i just finish the hack plus the extra work i failed 1 sd flashed drive but i did it on another and wow too maney games thank you soo much jon majer props to you thank you.
Glad it worked out, Nicholas. Enjoy! 😁
1000 thanks for this idea and help! I have just ordered the appropriate cable, as well as a new USB stick, both should be in the mailbox tomorrow. I also think that I get everything else done.
Otherwise I am very happy with the new 50th Anniversary console. Currently I switch back and forth between this and my Flashback 9 Gold (the one with the SD slot), which is of course also a possibility; I only ever have to change the cable to the game screen.
You're quite welcome. I hope you have a blast! 🕹️
@@GenXGrownUp I bet I will, thanks! 😉
@@GenXGrownUp UPDATE: it worked!! 😁 However, I have copied an SD card, which already contains all Atar games, to the USB stick. All in all, it was a "job" of two minutes. Thanks again for the tip!!!
@@BIBO_67 Fantastic!
I'm getting one of these for Christmas. Can't wait to add on the files! Thank you!
Hope you enjoy it!
So I retired this on my Atari Flashback 12 Gold. I used file listed in this video. It now comes up with 901 games with pictures. Amazing! Have to recheck firmware. Got a little squirrely when changing pages. Not sure it it would still work if I reflashed it with 1.1.1. Thank you for this video
Peace.
Very nice!
As you said, make sure you have a "Good" flash drive. I purchased a new 16g flash drive and started over with update. After that I can now seemlessly scroll between pages without any hiccups. I can also play any game without locking up or freezing. Works like a charm. Thank you for all your work making this video!!@@GenXGrownUp
I have 1 question: Can I skip the part where you copy a handful of rom-files into that "game" folder? And by not doing that will the "Ext. USB Drive" option not show up in the menu? I would rather don't have that option there. It is just a couple of games and I will do the next step where I get 1000 games.
Sure you can, SNUIF. If that folder is absent or empty, the "Ext. USB Drive" option just won't appear.
It would be neat if someone came up with a way to flash this entire game library to the Flashback as if it came with the games, as in not having to keep the USB flash drive connected if you want to play them.
That's not going to happen without a hardware modification to actually give the devices enough flashable memory. As it stands, there's just no space to put this volume of data.
@@GenXGrownUp Good point. It's unfortunate that they're so stingy with things like that, giving very little room for expansion. It reminds me of PSUs in some prebuilt desktops, especially older ones, where you were lucky if you could add even a single drive, as many of them didn't even have 10 watts to spare.
Will it also play the Starpath games like Phaser Patrol and Escape from the Mindmaster (which was a multi-load game)?
Yes. Both are included in this upgrade. 😀
Thank you for showing us how to do this. I appreciate it.
You are so welcome!
Yes, good tutorial here. I take it this little guy is running on Android, too? Seems like a whole lot of these novelty devices have a little green robot under the hood.
That was really insightful, thank you so much. My Atari Flashback 50th Anniversary is being delivered tomorrow!
Yeah! Time to expand that bad boy! 😁
I tried two different usb sticks but both of them didn't work. The boot menu on the Atari Flashback Gold just booted normally. Will get a brandnew usb stick and try one more time. Is it important how the usb stick is named when fomatting?@@GenXGrownUp
Alright, UPDATE: new usb stick works! This is so cool, I am beaming like a 10y old on christmas eve. 901 Atari Games - yay, happy days!@@GenXGrownUp
This is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this! I add the games and I am having a blast.
Fantastic!
Just picked up one of these and tried out the new firmware. It works great. But, the paddle controllers still aren't as good as the originals, right? There's a bit of lag on them?
Bought a few of these over the yrs, though you still cant beat OG Hardware
100% agreed!
i didn't grow up with the atari though , my gaming journey started with the O.G nes entertainment system then the sega genesis but this was an interesting video much props for the respect to the viewer ( me ) giving me the confidence to do it you sir earned yourself a new sub .
Thanks for watching and for the kind words! 😀
I didn’t grow up with Atari either but I’ve been going back and exploring the games
Great video! Thanks to the great instructions, my new Atari Flashback 50th is filled to the brim with awesome 2600 games! Kudos, man!
Glad I could help. Enjoy! 😀
2:42 - Is there a particular reason you formatted it at 4Gb? Is that a limitation of the system? Can it not read larger drives or something?
I'm not aware of any limitation, but I knew that 4GB was way more than enough to hold every 2600 ROM ever, and I wasn't going to use the drive for anything else.
Excellent video. This one convinced me to take the plunge. I bought both the flash back and the cable using your links. As you stated in the video, I hope they send you your three cents for each of my purchases. ;). Thanks again!
Pennies, pennies, pennies! Yeah! 😉 Thanks, and glad you enjoyed the review.
@@GenXGrownUp 👍
By chance on the advanced renamer could you please do a tutorial on having to change a26 to bin. Reason I ask I have the rca composite Atari flashback 9. The a26 doesn't show only if I type bin to replace a26. Thanks!!
In the folder "emulator" is a file called "wireless". Would it be possible to use the Atgames remote controllers on this 50th anniversary console?
I suspect it's possible. Particularly because there's a warning about wireless controllers not being available anytime you plug in the paddles.
Any idea if this extension pack will be available to download on the upcoming Atari plus?
The 2600+ doesn't have any accessible storage, but if some clever user determines a way to add storage via an OTG cable - maybe.
this is awesome. I had been using Brad From the 80s custom firmware with my 50th Gold console with a build called Nexus Slim but it kept freezing the system after 10 minutes of play. This build will hopefully allow me to use my system for more than 10 minutes at a time. I plan on getting a Flashback X this week to get the Nexus Slim working.
@Draxxon Lives It works fine with the Atari X and custom firmware 1.21 from Atari age but it runs sluggishly with the custom firmware from Brad from 80s. I tried all kinds of usb sticks. Happy to have a system that works with Nexus and also happy to have a reason to keep the 50th Gold Console from this video.
Tried Nexus Pure on 50th Gold and also freezes after 10-15 minutes unfortunately (latest FW 1.1). Not sure if there's fix for that.
Thanks! I'm so stoked to be playing Midnight Magic pinball again!!!!! Awesome vid man! I'm in Atari heaven!
That's great to hear. Hope you have a blast! 😀
TIME PILOT... every time I watch another of your videos, I recall another game I consider essential !
Haha! Gotta love Time Pilot! 😀
Nice how-to but worth noting that you don't have to update to the custom firmware to add your own few games (like you did in the first step) I was able to do that right out of the box.
Thank goodness because it looked complicated with all he just did, thanks.
It was part of the instructions, so I didn't skip it.
Just bought one of these, thanks for putting all this information up :)
Glad I could help!
Hey, that long load time you talk about at 8:45. Does that happen every time, or just the first time?
Each time you fire it up with the upgraded memory stick plugged in, it will take a while to boot. It's not awful, but on the order of maybe 20 seconds or so.
@@GenXGrownUp Tkx. Didn't know if it was a first time cache build thing, or it's necessary every time.
I love the earlier models of the Atari minis that had the SD slot…Awesome vid
Thanks very much!
@@GenXGrownUp awesome thank you
Question: After doing all of this, do I still need to keep the expansion USB drive connected in order to view all the additional games plus their boxart, or does the final process update the device itself to run them straight from the device?
That's a good question and not entirely obvious from my video. You will need to boot with that USB connected anytime you want to play the full list of games. What's happening is, the FBG is looking at that drive as it if were the internal storage. If you boot without the drive plugged in, then your FBG will behave just as it did before the upgrade.
@@GenXGrownUp Thank you for that quick reply and confirmation! 🙂
Cool video thanks for the info!
You bet! 😀
Stupid questions....to play all 900 games that are added to they actually copy to the Atari flash or do you have to have the USB drive connected with the OTG cable all the time?
Not stupid at all. The flash drive via OTG cable must stay connected. All the media stays on the flash drive, and this custom firmware sort of tricks the Flashback into operating from that storage rather than the internal storage.
@@GenXGrownUp Thank you!
@@GenXGrownUp so I also updated The firmware but now see I don't get the box art. To roll back to you simply rename the ROM old folder back to just ROM?
@@markcossman200 You updated the firmware to which version? If the newer 1.1.0, I detail in my latest paddle update video that this new firmware doesn't support this expansion.
@@GenXGrownUp Thank you - yes I updated to 1.1.0. That makes sense - it's all working except of course no box art for the games on the USB. But thank you again for the information and the great videos they were very helpful!
Can you tell me if Sorceress Apprentice works? It doesn't work for me, it takes me back to the home page, while if I insert it externally it works
And another question (got a ton of 'em today). The "Just Atari games" category. is that populated with the updated games too? Or is that category hardwired to have what shipped in the box?
No problem, Joe. 😀 If you've booted to the expanded USB drive, Atari games will make that filter so long as they're tagged correctly in the metadata of the ini file included with the Nexus bundle. At least that's how I remember it - I'm not sitting in front of my FB right now to verify. The file is all-games.ini and I believe the variable is "Genre=atari" where the value can be comma delimited to meet multiple criteria. (i.e. Genre=atari,paddle)
Maybe Draxxon will see this and straighten me out if I've missed anything or misremembered.
@@GenXGrownUp It would be nice if one could hack the rom to have other categories too. "All Activision, M Network, etc..."
Does this system come with paddle controllers ?
Kaboom and Breakout are meant to be played with paddle controllers,... or a computer-mouse would do as well.
It does. See my review here: ruclips.net/video/2l3aZmghWsg/видео.html
I hope this kind of stuff - being able to play homebrews and all in the new upcoming 2600+
THANK YOU, JON!!!
My pleasure. Let me know how it works out for you.
@@GenXGrownUp OMG!!! All worked out perfectly!!! Sooooo many games!!! THANK YOU!!!
Now what you need to do is find a really small (physically) flash drive, open up the console, wire up a USB socket in parallel to the existing one, place it in the cartridge port, then make a mini cartridge shell to fit around the small USB drive, so that you can plug it in by plugging a mini-cartridge into the cartridge slot.
Sure, it would be a lot of work, but how cool would it be? :)
Great instructions. One thing I noticed is that after the firmware update, the Space Invaders Arcade game that is included with the base console becomes unplayable and the display image no longer shows up. It displays and plays as normal once the USB is unplugged. Does anyone know why this is?
I noticed that as well, but didn't mind because, as you noted, unplugging the USB stick restores it, and with the upgrade I can play the proper Atari Space Invaders! 👾
@@GenXGrownUp Indeed, the proper 2600 version is a classic! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one experiencing that. Thanks Jon, terrific channel and content.
Hi... Really looking forward to trying this but where did you get the files from to populate the game folder? At first i thought it was those from the new rom folder but that then turned out to be your more advanced section. Thanks.
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Those were just ROMs I had lying around. You can pull ROMs from the larger set into the game folder if you don't wanna do the full enchilada.
Was wondering: if they (ATGames?) ever "patch" the Paddle's problems will it mess up the patch needed for these USB Games? I would think a OTG cable would be REQUIRED to install the patch, since there's no microSD port. Would we be able to have both patches at the same time? Something to look forward to...
All great questions that only apply if a patch is issued.
@@GenXGrownUp Baby Boomer's still got game...
It seems to me that once you use the dongle and create a new ROM folder, you have to always use it. You cant just go back to just using the power adapter with the original game list. Is that right? and why cant you jsut take the games you like from the downloaded rom folder and put it in the game folder.
There's no accessible storage available to place the hundreds of games & their artwork, so the USB serves as external storage when you want to play those. However, as I mention in the video, at any time you can remove the OTG cable and the unit will function just the way it did before any modifications.
Do the paddle controllers work for these additional games?
Absolutely yes.
Good stuff. Nicely explained.
Much appreciated!
Will this look ok on "new" LCD or LED Tv's? What I mean is are teh graphics made for the newer TV's now? Sorry I don't know what that's called, but I think the Super Nintendo flashback has updated graphics to look better on LED TV's.
I think it's straight 720p, and graphics don't smoothing, but retain their original blocky appearance.
@@GenXGrownUp Thank you very much!
Do Supercharger or modern homebrew games (like Champ Games releases) work on this unit?
A few do, yes. Some Supercharger and early Champ titles are on the new romset I install in this vid.
If I do Step 2, do I really need an External USB Folder from Step 1 (named "game")? Will it run without it?
No, game folder isn't required at all if you're only interested in the new ROM folder.
@@GenXGrownUp Great! I don't recall your saying anything about a "Favorites" section, I don't suppose that folder could serve that purpose. NVM - saw the Favorites selection on the menu on re-viewing your video... so I guess this isn't an issue...
@@GenXGrownUp Think Sonor and Snark would be good to put there... until box art is available
Well that answered my questions about the Atari Space Invaders ROM...
Glad to help clear that up. 😀
@@GenXGrownUp just a quick fix here. Space Invaders, frogger and Pac-Man are NES roms and do not work in a real 2600 vcs.
The hardware here is some kind of raspberry pie, the only Atari Flashback with real Atari 2600 vcs hardware was the Flashback 2.
In theory it could run all 16 bits games but never found a patch or firmware to do it.
You can buy the Atgames Legend console to do that, even if it's probably the same board inside.
Do the paddles still work with games you add yourself?
They do.
Can you add 7200 games to this?
Not to my knowledge. If that changes, I'll try to let you now.
Sorry for the (stupid probably) question... but once you overwrite the firmware, is it possible to go back to the original in case something goes wrong? No chance of bricking the console?
Hi, Tails. Like any firmware update, there is always the risk of an interrupted process causing a problem. I've done this particular update at least a dozen times (during filming, as you might imagine), and hundreds more have done so and commented on my videos, and no report of getting a bricked unit. Additionally, with this upgrade, you can just unplug the USB stick and your FBG will act just like it did before the upgrade (I mention this at the end of this video).
That's all I ever wanted! I'm buying one right now.
Thanks so much for the instructions!! The paddle games for my atari 50th flashback gold dont work too accurately with the original firmware. when i turn the controller knob to the right the paddle on the screen slows down and you have to turn the controller knob more to compensate. it makes the paddle games rough to play. im wondering if this issue still happens with the updated firmware?
I've heard this described, and I have noticed it just a bit as well. To the best of my knowledge, this firmwae doesn't have any impact on controller performance; just update to allow for adding games.
@@GenXGrownUp oh well. either way i will be updating it and still giving it a shot. I ordered the part off amazon and used your link so enjoy the 3 cents! LOL. thanks again for the tutorial!
@@HMansion999 Yeah! 💰 Haha!
(Thanks. 😉)
@@GenXGrownUp UPDATE. I got the cable (amazon shipped it overnight with no extra charge) and the same paddle issue is happening. bummer. hopefully this can get fixed somehow. BUT HEY, at least i can play 9873249162347861238746 atari games now on the flashback! LOL
The mad atari genius at work
Hey Jon, I saw your video about the Atari flashback portable and I remembered that there is also a version of the atari retro handheld which has a micro sd card slot, and I saw that you only reviewed the first version, could you make a video about the one that does have an sd card? it also includes atari 7800 games and you can actually emulate them in .a78 format.
I'm not sure I have that one. Can you email me a link?
@@GenXGrownUp sure, which is your e-mail?
@@AtariYMas_008 jon@genxgrownup.com
Glad I found your channel. 1977 here! Subscribed---keep making videos! Thanks
Welcome aboard! Glad to have you. 😀
Great follow up video Jon! Keep up the awesome work :-)
Thanks a ton!
Can you do this upgrade with a Mac or do you have to have a PC?
As long as you can extract zip & rar archives, you're set. There's no software to install or run on the computer, so a Mac should be no issue.
Is Kung Fu master in the 130? Or is that in the upgrade down load.
Do you sell the upgrade kit?
Thanks Grant
No Kung-Fu in the 130, but it is in the upgrade. Thanks for asking, but I don't sell the upgrade kit. If you're worried it's too complex, it really isn't. In the description of this video are Amazon links to the cable and known-working USB sticks. Give it a try - I believe in you, Grant!
Does the Atari Flashback Gold also play 7800 roms?
No, not at the moment, anyhow.
i have an atari flashback 12 gold and tried this and now i start it up and it boots up right into the word error on the screen can anyone help?
www.atgames.us/pages/contact-support
How you games get dont know wat pls help thx
Just email emceemur.fans@gmail.com
Great content and information! Thank you and thank you for the links to all the "goodies" to make this even more awesome!!
You're very welcome!
@@GenXGrownUp my Atari unit is suppose to arrive tomorrow - and I ordered the OTG cable from your link. Great to know how to update the firmware!!
@@markcossman200 Thank you!
i was able to update the firmware to version 1.1.1 with no issues but whenever i try to flash the atari it nevers pops up with the update firmware screen, just the regular boot up screen, i have no clue what im doing wrong
Each instance of this problem has been resolved by a different USB stick. I wish I could tell you what the FBG doesn't like about some sticks, but try a few others from different manufacturers.
I have Atari Flashback Gold 8 are any other new games on it i on one I have. Is worth it getting it
I'm afraid I don't have the 8, but you can compare against the list of games included in my review of the FB50Gold.
Does it copy the content of the usb stick to the internal memory of the flashback 50th or you have to always use it with the otg dongle to play the added games
I explain this during the summary of the video. With the USB unplugged, the FB Gold will operate just as it did originally.
Success! Got it all on there. Works great. Danke.
Is there any way to get art and descriptions and whatnot for the ones under "Ext. USB Drive?" I realize it would take some manipulation of files on my end, but I wonder if that would work at all.
Awesome! No, you can't easily get clean art/names for the Ext Drive, but it's not very tough to bring those into the rom folder and edit the .ini file to include them in the main menu.
Hey Jon, great video! Not sure what went wrong here, I have the Atari 50th Anniversary Flashback Gold from AtGames and followed all steps from your video, including the advanced, but after that none of the games running, any clue on what happened and how to fix?
Not something I heard of happening before, but your best bet is to re-flash the firmware, unplug the OTG cable, and verify you're back to good. If games aren't working in the default state, the expansion won't matter. Once you're back to good, try walking thru the steps again, ensuring to leave plenty of time for the initial copy-over than the script does.
@@GenXGrownUp just did what you said, but is still not running any games. the firmware version shows AR3080_V1.1.1
Hey Jon, everything is good and working now, I did everything again, and then it worked fine, I have all the games now and they are working pretty fine! thanks for the video and your reply!
@@MarcioBorges-z5i Excellent!
Oh snap, that old flip stick got tossed faster than a boring old instruction manual! 😂
Hahah! This comment literally made me laugh out loud. I guess I can store some cat memes on it, but it was worthless for this project! 😁
Thanks for the explanation
Is there an option to put games on the device?
After downloading it to USB
And remove the USB
You're quite welcome. No, the Flashback doesn't have any storage to speak of where all of this data could live, so it's required to keep the USB stick plugged in.
@@GenXGrownUp thanks
Lots of titles in there. Well played :)
i did buy this and I didn't really enjoy it due to the controls on joystick didn't respond properly, and I decided to return it. I am sure if the joysticks were better for me i'd keep it.
Fair enough!
Question: So I know you mentioned that AtGames has updated the firmware for the paddle controllers, better to update the firmware first and then add go through this? Thanks in advance...
At the moment the two are mutually exclusive. The 1.1.0 firmware is stock and will not read from the flash drive, save for the "game" folder.
@@GenXGrownUp If I understood correctly, it seems the original author of the CFW is working on a updated release for this week. So maybe I will wait for that before doing this upgrade.
@@RedHorseAdventures Did you see my firmware update video? If not, give it a peek to temper your expectations. v1.1.0 isn't a panacea for all paddle problems. It's certainly better, but still pretty far from "right." ruclips.net/video/IZ_BUVZMzHY/видео.html
@@GenXGrownUp I actually did, but as they say, something is better than nothing haha. I do enjoy your channel (love the cheat short videos, wish I knew some of those back when they were eating my quarters lol). I'd like to update the paddles and then go through with the updated CFW. I appreciate it!
Why is the firmware update (1st step) necessary? If I install the new update, will I lose the access to the external drive?
Without the custom 1.0.0 firmware, you're unable to play from the new & expanded rom folder on the memory stick. If you install the stock 1.1.0, you will lose access. I cover this in the firmware video here: ruclips.net/video/IZ_BUVZMzHY/видео.html
@@GenXGrownUp thanks!
Great video and really easy! Question- Is it possible to add artwork to the games on the USB stick? Thank you again!
Thanks. Sure. If you used the full two-part upgrade, all of those already have artwork. You cannot add art for items in the game folder, but those in the rom folder support that through the all_games.ini file.
@@GenXGrownUp thank you so much! Definitely did the second part.
I am intrigued! I have a FB9 and love it but I would love to have the box art for added games. I also see it works for the FB9!😊
i have Flashback 9 gold you can put all games with Box art for Atari 2600 atari 5200 atari 7800 atari 800 atari 400 etc on it.
does it slow down everything when you have box art?
No. It works great.
@@Vampire_born_in_2006
It does? Please tell me more!
@@DamienLeader
no if you have a 50th X or 12 then you need a powered usb dtive@@Vampire_born_in_2006
Wow!!! How awesome, I'm in!! Definitely going to do this!!!!!!
Thanks, Buck. I'm glad you enjoyed! 🕹️
Ok dumb question (probably).. Will this work with the Atari flashback X that came out a few years ago? or is specific to the 50th anniversary. edition
There is a variant of this that works on the FBX. A link to that thread can also be found on Atari Age.
@@GenXGrownUp same idea and functionality as this though?
@@fostersdf That's right. You'll end up with the same loadout of games.
@@GenXGrownUp gotcha- now I have to slog through (I think) 44 pages of one thread.. lol can do that- seeing that I may have to update the orig firmware on my FBX.. don't see at games supporting that really on their website- ehh- it's still early in the idea process!
@@fostersdf Start on the first link in this tutorial. The first page has a link to the FBX thread.
Do these work on tube tvs better than hdtvs?
Without a coverter, this is ONLY for an HDTV. The single output is HDMI.
Hi, I’m thinking of getting a 50th just for the Atari games from my childhood.
Would the VCS be a better way because it has more games available?
I’m very interested in your way to expand the amount of games via a USB.
Im not as good with computers as your self would you sell a ready to go USB/cable pack so just plug and play.
Thanks Grant
If you are looking to primarily play the 2600 games from your childhood without a lot of computer tinkering, a unit like this (with expandability) is a better path than the modern VCS.
They released a new UPDATED CFW this week for the updated paddle rom which restores box art. I tagged you on Twitter with it. I don't want to put the link in here, as URLs in comments tend to end up in spam.
Great! Thanks, Joe. I'll throw the link here and in the community, too. t.co/bfoN7v4edY
@@GenXGrownUp Jon, are you going to do a video on this update to the 1.1 update? It's just dumb luck that I found it buried in this discussion. And, yes it works great!
@@swolfarnold Indeed. ruclips.net/video/IZ_BUVZMzHY/видео.html
Does this fix the paddle analog/digital issues?
Sadly, no. This just adds a bunch more games. I'm in contact with AtGames and they're aware of the problem and my paddle videos. If something changes I'll post a further update.
@@GenXGrownUp Did you find out anything, I tried the joystick and the games do not work very well with the controls... The controls is very terrible.. is same it the same for you? The menus are fine with controller but then when it comes to the games.. that's when I noticed nonresponsive controls.
What is the difference between this atari 50 flashback gold to the atari flashback 12 gold edition?well both comes with 130 games…🤔
Unfortunately, I didn't received a FB12 for review, so I don't have any basis for comparison.
As far as I can tell, it's only cosmetic. I just got a FB12 Gold, and other than the emblem on the front of the unit, everything appears to be exactly the same. I followed the instructions, using the more up to date firmware mentioned and linked to in his sticky comment at the top of the comments rather than the version discussed in the video and linked to below it, and everything worked perfectly. Now it's got hundreds of games on it. 🙂
Thank you!
You're welcome!