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Atari Flashback: The Essential Companion Paperback – 21 November 2017

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A Classic Console - 40 Years in the Making! - The classic Atari 2600 console has captured the hearts of gamers of all ages. This retrospective celebrates many of its greatest games. Travel back in time when a joystick and a single button were the only things needed for endless hours of fun!

Relive the Nostalgia - Includes original box art, full-color screenshots, classic advertisements, and more!

Covers Over 65 Classic Games - Includes Adventure, Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, and Yars' Revenge!

The Console - A look back at the history of the Atari 2600 in all its glory - all 40 years!

Plus Much More! - Packed with fun facts, tips and tricks, and details on how to play the games!

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Publisher : Prima Games; Pap/Psc edition (21 November 2017)
Language: : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 0744018862
ISBN-13 : 978-0744018868
Dimensions : 19.89 x 1.07 x 27.56 cm

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Prima Games, an imprint of DK and a division of Penguin Random House, is the world's leading publisher of strategy content for PC and console video games. Prima Games understands what gamers--both casual and hardcore--want and need from strategy guides. Every guide features in-depth content, detailed screen captures, quick-reference tips, and professional strategies. Prima Games is also a leader in the digital strategy realm, offering interactive maps, streaming video, searchable online guides and apps, and a full website at primagames.com.

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M J. Tucker

Ok(ish)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 December 2017

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This guide covers 65 games released for the Atari consoles, it provides a brief history of the game, along with control instructions, hints and tips.

It does not cover space invaders, tank command and probably many other popular games. Yes centipede, years revenge and dozens of games you have heard of are covered, ET? No not mentioned.

There are a couple of double page pictures but not enough, no single page game cover recreations either, which would of been nice considering how bad the graphics were the art work sold the games.

I have various iterations of the Atari classics. This feels like half a book. Hence half the the score. Bought the paper back did look for hard back version but couldn't find it. Would of preferred being disapointed in hardback.

There is Prima download code for tablets and smart phones included.

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Has marks .. looks second hand

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2019

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This was bought as a birthday present . It has some marks down the side , which I have tried to get off but cant ..
Very disappointed!

MAURICIO LOPEZ

Great Atari Flashback Guide

Reviewed in Mexico on 9 January 2018

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Goosebumps when you start to read this book-magazine kind. Provides great information about the games and it comes sortes by year of games launched. If you like atari age you'll love this one!

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Celestino

Libro

Reviewed in Mexico on 21 December 2018

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Me encanta libro

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Bradley Davis

The guide also goes into great detail about the different game modes and options (some ...

Reviewed in the United States on 3 December 2017

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Sometimes these guides or companions amount to opportunistic filler with lots of graphics but little meaningful content. This guide however is very well done and thoroughly researched. In addition to some history and information about Atari and the VCS/2600, as well as the newest Atari Flashback 8 mini consoles from AtGames (particularly the new Gold editions), this guide provides in-depth surveys of about 65 games. Now the new Flashback Gold consoles come with 120 or 130 games, depending on which version you get, but the focus here seems to be only on Atari first-party games. For each game their are about 2-4 pages of information including original box art, back story, game development history, objective, and basic rules of play. The guide also goes into great detail about the different game modes and options (some games having up to 60 or more), the effect of the difficulty setting switches, single and multi-player modes, controls, scoring and features. There are interesting historical "fun facts" and snippets of original game reviews scattered throughout, as well as tips and tricks for most games. This guide can really give you an appreciation for the intricacy and sophistication of some of these early video games in spite of their oftentimes primitive and austere graphics. There are also plenty of screenshots of game play graphics and what often appears to be original artwork from game manuals and early Atari marketing and magazine materials. I suppose a lot of this information could be searched for online, but the work done here to collect it in a single place and provide it in such an appealing presentation is well worth the modest price. Early Atari games are not always the most user-friendly and intuitive as to what their options are and how the game mechanics work, so this information can be very useful. It would be great if there could be a second volume covering some of the licensed Activision and M-Network games that appear on the Flashback consoles, but for what is here it is still voluminous and well done. Well worth it if you appreciate classic Atari gaming and want to re-experience or experience it for the first time on the Atari Flashback 8 series of mini consoles.

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