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September 25, 2018
AtGames Announces New Legends Flashback Console!
AtGames® Announces Legends Flashback Console
Company to Deliver Value-Priced High-Definition Console Packed With Legendary Video Games
PRESS RELEASE UPDATED: SEP 25, 2018 07:00 PDT
LOS ANGELES, September 25, 2018 (Newswire.com) – AtGames® Digital Media Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment products, today announced their latest classic video gaming release, Legends Flashback. The Legends Flashback console features a legendary selection of 50 built-in games and is primed for maximum family fun with the inclusion of two six-button controllers. This new console will be available at major North America retailers everywhere on Oct. 1, 2018.
“This new value-priced console features a truly legendary collection of iconic games,” says Dr. Ping-Kang Hsiung, CEO of AtGames. “With its large selection of the best classic arcade and home games in glorious high definition, along with its two included six-button controllers, the family fun never has to end.”
The Legends Flashback features 50 built-in arcade and home games that have become legendary thanks to their timeless fun and endless replay value. These games include such hits as Tetris®, Galaga, 1942, BurgerTime, Dig Dug, Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, Mega Man, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers and so much more. Other impressive features of the Legends Flashback include high-definition 720p video output with scanline filtering, an intuitive menu system, save and resume game functionality and the ability to rewind a game in progress to recover from a play misstep. Two ergonomic six-button gamepads are included for one- or two-player action.
About AtGames
AtGames Digital Media Inc. (http://www.atgames.net) is a leader in innovative consumer-oriented interactive entertainment products. The company leverages the latest technology to develop and publish its best-selling classic video game products for worldwide distribution. AtGames is based in Los Angeles, with international offices in Taipei and Shenzhen.
Tetris® & © 1985-2018 Tetris Holding.
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The game list:
1. 1942
2. Act-Fancer Cybernetick Hyper Weapon
3. Astro Fantasia
4. Bad Dudes vs. Dragon-ninja
5. Break Thru
6. BurgerTime
7. Burnin’ Rubber
8. Champions World Class Soccer
9. Cluster Buster
10. Commando
11. Crude Buster
12. Darwin 4078
13. Dig Dug
14. Disco No.1
15. Edward Randy, The Cliffhanger
16. Express Raider
17. Fighting Ice Hockey
18. Forgotten Worlds
19. Galaga
20. Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
21. Heavy Barrel
22. Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja
23. Joe & Mac Returns
24. Judge Dredd
25. Lock ‘n Chase
26. Mappy
27. Mega Man
28. Mega Man 2
29. Meikyu Hunter G
30. Phelios
31. Pirate Ship Higemaru
32. Pro Tennis
33. Pro Bowling
34. Rally-X
35. Rootin’ Tootin’
36. Scrum Try
37. Sly Spy (Secret Agent)
38. Side Pocket
39. Shoot Out
40. Side Arms Hyper Dyne
41. Sky Kid
42. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
43. Strider
44. Super BurgerTime
45. Super Doubles Tennis
46. Super Pool III
47. Super Real Darwin
48. Terranean
49. Tetris
50. Tournament Pro Golf
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Bandai Namco Flashback Blast!, HDMI dongle and wireless controller, now available for pre-order! (Pac-Man, and more!)
This Walmart exclusive version (with Pac-Mania bonus game!) of the Bandai Namco Flashback Blast!, which includes a small HDMI dongle with 9 built-in games and a matching ergonomic wireless controller, is now available to pre-order for just $19.99. Here’s the link!
Official press release for entire Blast! product family.
This tiny HDMI dongle contains all of the games and interfaces with the wireless controller.Have a Blast! with the greatest arcade games of all-time. Play
Pac-Man, Dig Dug, or Sky Kid and take control of some real
characters. If a cat-and-mouse dash for stolen goods is more your speed, step into
the shoes of a police mouse in Mappy. Or better yet, blast into outer space
and take on attacking alien hordes with your Galaxip starfighter in Galaxian.
The fun is out-of-this-world with these timeless arcade classics!
The exclusive Walmart edition of this product
includes a bonus game, Pac-Mania!
Here’s the game list:
1. Dig Dug
2. Galaga
3. Galaxian
4. Mappy
5. PAC-MAN
6. Pac-Mania (Walmart exclusive)
7. Sky Kid
8. Tower of Druaga
9. Xevious
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Atari Flashback Blast! Vol. 3, HDMI dongle and wireless paddles, now available for pre-order!
This Walmart exclusive, which includes a small HDMI dongle with 20 built-in Atari 2600 games and matching wireless paddle controllers for authentic play, is now available to pre-order for just $19.99. Here’s the link!
Official press release for entire Blast! product family.
The wireless paddles work with the HDMI dongle.You’ll have a Blast! with this third volume of legendary Atari 2600 classics. Grab the wireless paddle controllers and experience these amazing games the way they were always meant to be played. Stage your own Video Olympics with a classic game of Pong and its many exciting variations. Move the paddle to hit the ball and smash the bricks in Super Breakout. Use your seesaw to launch and catch clowns as they pop balloons high in the air in Circus Atari. Protect your castle and warlord from flying boulders in Warlords. Or race for the best score in Night Driver. You can do all that and more with precision. It’s maximum fun for up to two players in one tiny package!
Game list:
1. Backgammon
2. Blackjack
3. Breakout
4. Canyon Bomber
5. Circus Atari
6. Demons to Diamonds
7. Night Driver
8. Steeplechase
9. Street Racer
10.Stunt Cycle
11.Super Breakout
12.Video Olympics (Basketball)
13.Video Olympics (Foozpong)
14.Video Olympics (Handball)
15.Video Olympics (Hockey)
16.Video Olympics (Pong)
17.Video Olympics (Quadrapong)
18.Video Olympics (Super Pong)
19.Video Olympics (Volleyball)
20.Warlords
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September 24, 2018
Pay what you want for Humble Book Bundle: Learn You Some Code by No Starch Press, plus Aspyr Publisher Sale (great Steam games!)
Here’s the link! Offer expires 2018-10-08 11:00:01 PDT.
Learn you a thing or three. It be time to learn you some stuff with this bundle from No Starch Press. Get ebooks like Python Crash Course, Learn You A Haskell for Great Good!, and Automate the Boring Stuff with Python. Plus, your purchase will support you the charity Code.org!
Pay what you want. All together, these ebooks would cost over $463. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read you the books anywhere. These books are available in PDF, ePUB, and MOBI formats, meaning you can read them anywhere at any time. Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support you some charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publisher and Code.org via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too! Bioshock Infinite, Mafia III, Civilization VI, and more!
The Humble Book Bundle: Learn You Some Code by No Starch Press
The Aspyr Publisher Sale just launched in the Humble Store on Monday, September 24 at 10 a.m. Pacific time! The sale will be live through Monday, October 1 at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
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September 19, 2018
Pay what you want for The Humble Book Bundle: Forbidden Books supporting Banned Books Week 2018!
Here’s the link! Offer ends 2018-10-03 11:00:01 PDT.
Banned together in a bundle. We’ve gathered an awesome group of publishers for a bundle of banned, challenged, or just plain controversial books. Get Bone by Jeff Smith, Crank by Ellen Hopkins, Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez, and lots more. And the banned played on!
Pay what you want. All together, these comics and ebooks would cost over $261. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read them anywhere. The ebooks in this bundle are available in PDF, ePUB, and MOBI formats. The digital comics are in CBZ, PDF, and ePub formats. And Tango Makes Three and ttyl: 10th Anniversary Edition come in PDF and ePub only. Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here (for books) and here (for comics).
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publishers, the National Coalition Against Censorship, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
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September 18, 2018
Pay what you want for The Humble One Special Day Bundle – Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Surgeon Simulator, Alpha Protocol, and more!
Here’s the link! Offer expires 2018-10-02 11:00:00 PDT.
Carpe diem. Seize the day. Make your lives extra-special with our newest bundle! Get games like Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, Surgeon Simulator, and Alpha Protocol. Plus, your purchase will support SpecialEffect!
Redeem on Steam. All of the games in this bundle are available on Steam for Windows, and some for Mac and Linux too. Pay $1 or more to access Steam keys. Please check out the full system requirements here prior to purchasing.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the developers and SpecialEffect via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like the bundle or like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
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LAYERS OF FEAR + >OBSERVER_ bundled together in advance of Halloween!
Layers of Fear + >observer_ is provided via Steam key for Windows, Mac, and Linux. For key redemption, a free Steam account is required.
DESCRIPTION
This bundle includes the following:
Layers of Fear Layers of Fear: Inheritance Layers of Fear Soundtrack >observer_ >observer_ Soundtrack
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September 17, 2018
Pay what you want for The Humble Book Bundle: Game Development by Packt!
Here’s the link! Offer expires 2018-10-01 11:00:00 PDT.
See what develops. Take your mental image and make it a real game with our new bundle from Packt! Get ebooks like Getting Started with Unity 2018, Game Development Patterns and Best Practices, and Practical Game AI Programming. Plus, score a selection of video courses to take your plans to the next level.
Pay what you want. All together, these ebooks would cost over $1467. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read them anywhere. The books in this bundle are available in PDF, ePUB, and MOBI formats, meaning you can read them anywhere at any time. The videos in the bundle come in MP4 format. Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publisher and the Electronic Frontier Foundation via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
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September 13, 2018
Big Steam game sale, plus name your own price for Ultimate Creative Design software and Trivia Champion books!
The Summer Sale Encore just launched in the Humble Store on Thursday, September 13 at 10 a.m. Pacific time! The sale will be live through Monday, September 17 at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
Here’s the link for the Summer Sale Encore!
The Humble Book Bundle: Trivia Champion
We are the trivia champions, my friends. Keep on reading till the end with The Origin of Names, Words and Everything in Between; Anime Impact; What’s It Like in Space?; How to Drive; and lots more from Chronicle Books and Mango Media!
Pay what you want. All together, these ebooks would cost over $400. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read them anywhere. These books are available in PDF, ePUB, and MOBI formats, meaning you can read them anywhere at any time. Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publishers, National Coalition Against Censorship, and 826 National via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
Here’s the link for the Humble Book Bundle: Trivia Champion! Offer ends 2018-09-25 11:00:00 PDT.
The Humble Book Bundle: Trivia ChampionThe Humble Software Bundle: Ultimate Creative Design by MAGIX
Do you believe in MAGIX? Work a little magic with applications like Xara Designer Pro X, PhotoStory Premium VR, Xara Photo & Graphic Designer, and more. Plus, your purchase will support ACLU, Girls Who Code, or a charity of your choice!
Pay what you want. Normally, the total cost for the software in this bundle is as much as $708. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Redeem your keys. Software keys can be redeemed according to the individual instructions on your download page. For more information, please check the full system requirements here.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the developers, ACLU, Girls Who Code, and, if you’d like, a charity of your choice via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like the bundle or like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
Here’s the link for the Humble Software Bundle: Ultimate Creative Design by MAGIX! Offer ends 2018-09-25 11:00:00 PDT.
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September 10, 2018
Review: Antank Nintendo Switch Battery Case
The Nintendo Switch is a fantastic hybrid game machine. It’s an amazing portable and a solid console. Unfortunately, one downside of its portability is its relatively weak battery life of 2.5 – 6 hours, and usually on the lower end of that scale.
Fortunately, there’s a product like Antank’s Nintendo Switch Battery Case to help solve the problem of having enough power for extended game sessions away from a charger or dock. Weighing just 8 ounces, the Antank easily clips onto your Switch when your main battery runs low.
The front of the package.
The rear of the package.
The drawstring case and instructions.
The kickstand and open dual game card holder.
You slide your Switch into place after you raise the top of the case.
The rear of the battery case.Included in the package is the battery case itself, a dustproof drawstring bag, and instructions. While no charging cable is included, the Antank can use the Nintendo Switch’s AC adapter or any USB-C cable. It’s the latter that I’ve been using to charge the battery without issue.
Aesthetically, the all-black, slightly rubbery battery case looks and feels nice enough, although a little bit of the finish on my particular unit did rub off on the rear two slot game card holder compartment. There’s a reasonable balance to the Antank when attached to the Switch, although you will feel the difference in the combined weight. On the plus side, the combination of the two units does make the Switch feel more substantial, and there is a built-in stand, so it’s easy enough to place on a flat surface for additional support if needed.
Although the 6500mAh (32.5Wh) battery is said to charge the Switch more than once, in my testing, with active play while running the battery, I was “only” able to add 100% more time to my play session for an effective 1x additional charge. That’s still double the normal battery life versus without use of the battery pack, and you can always charge the battery and use it at the same time should a USB-C cable and suitable power source be available. It’s far less picky than the Switch itself is with how it’s charged.
Operation is simple. When your Switch battery is getting low, you snap the Antank in place and press its power button. It’s then like your Switch is being charged through its normal charger. While the Antank does get slightly warm when attached to the Switch, it’s well ventilated, so it’s a minor issue at best.
Despite the noticeable weight, it’s still pretty well-balanced.
It feels good too, with a nice texture.If you’re looking to extend the battery life of your Switch, then the Antank makes for a fine choice. It looks and feels good, is easy to take on and off, and has nice design features like Switch function cut-outs and ventilation, as well as a built-in stand and game card holder. While it would be nice if you could extend the Switch’s battery life more than 100%, or one full charge, I think you, like me, will appreciate the savings in extra weight from not enhancing that particular feature brings.
Thanks to Antank for the discounted review unit.
Positives:
Extremely easy to snap into place and removeHas a USB-C port for charging, same as the SwitchLooks and feels good, with nice design featuresAdds at least 100% battery life to the Switch
Negatives:
Despite being well-balanced, it does add noticeable weight to the SwitchGets slightly warm when onSome of the finish wore off on the built-in dual game card holder
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