Blacknin

Picked up an AtGames Sega Genesis Flashback HD (late 2018 model), the one with the SD card slot on the right side near the rear, and with the AtGames logo molded into the top case plastic (front right area on the case). Got it from a Labour Day sale at Best Buy Canada, in store, this past weekend. In addition, it now has a volume control switch (just for looks, doesn't work) the menu button is now square instead of the last version with rounder edges, it now says 'Sega Genesis above the 16.

1. Sega Genesis Games For Sale

AtGames has produced a large amount of Sega Genesis plug 'n play systems officially licensed by Sega, these systems usually include a large amount of built-in Genesis games and some of them even allow the user to use proper Genesis cartridges and play them via emulation, or even slots for classic Genesis controllers. While they may seem like promising products, they are very notorious for poor quality and always having the same problems.

Examples

• Sega Genesis Classic Game Console
• Sega Genesis Flashback
• Sega Genesis Ultimate Portable Game Player

Why Most Of Them Suck

Sega Genesis Games For Sale

1. Many of them (such as the 35th Anniversary one) have very poor build quality, in fact Luigitehplumber (an Admin on this Wiki) managed to destroy one of the models with no effort at all.
   • Many of them are also made out of very cheap plastic, with the 35th Anniversary one being the cheapest.
2. Absolutely horrendous off-pitch and ear-bleeding sound reproduction in all of the games. Fortunately, the HD version doesn't suffer from this problem.
3. They often include shovelware for no reason other than to increase the amount of games included.
4. Poor emulation. Using actual Genesis cartridges doesn't fix this.
5. Random game breaking bugs.
6. Frame rate drops are very frequent.
7. Often the systems use frame skipping to try to hide the framerate drops but it's just as jarring.
8. The Wireless controllers tend to be cheaply made and are often unresponsive due to using infrared technology. Fortunately, these were replaced with wired ones in 2017.
9. Bland interfaces with clunky navigation.
10. The handheld ones often have horrible screen resolutions.
11. Some of them have RPG games, yet still have no save states or internal batteries, making them almost unplayable. This is unacceptable because the RPG games included take at least 20 hours to complete. That's why they invented the save feature in the first place, so you can shut down the console and resume playing.
12. The pre-2017 systems only included composite video output, meaning they could fail to work on modern HDTVs unless you connected them to an upscaler, which typically cost several times more than the system itself.

Redeeming Qualities

1. The consoles still have many great games like Sonic the Hedgehog, Ristar,Vectorman, and Mortal Kombat.
2. The 2017 Sega Genesis Flashback HD improved the sound emulation compared to previous models, somewhat better controllers, and added save states.
3. Some of them do allow you to play actual Genesis cartridges.
4. Most of the newer ones include controller ports, allowing you to use actual Genesis controllers in place of the crappy stock controllers.
5. The portable versions have a slot on the top that you can put SD cards containing ROMs in. You can also install the Neto Boot Loader onto the SD card to fix the sounds.