I want to wish everyone in Retrogame Land a very Happy Holiday Season!  The second half of 2014 was incredibly busy for me and there was just not enough time to keep up with this blog.  I have some down time between the holidays and hope to get a few posts done.

There has actually been a lot going on in Retrogame Land in the past few weeks.  Over at AtariAge, several new 2600 and 7800 games were released.  For the Atari 2600, Omnicrom, Pinata, and Flappy were released in November and just a couple of weeks ago Threes,  the 2014 Holiday cart ‘The Byte before Christmas’, and Stay Frosty 2 were released.  I have gotten my hands on Stay Frosty 2 and will have more to say about it in an upcoming blog.  For the Atari 7800, Astro Blaster and K. C. Munchkin have been released. These are currently sold out, but should be available again in January.

Several new 2600 games are also in development including Draconion by Darrel Spice and an amazing new version of Pac-Man by DINTAR816.  For the 7800, Bob DeCrescenzo is developing a scrolling zombie themed game called Rezolve and Schmutzpuppe is developing a version of Flappy Bird.

AtGames has released the Atari Flashback 5, the Colecovision Flashback, and the Intellivison Flashback.  The Atari Flashback 5 now comes with 92 built in games while the Colecovison and Intellivision Flashbacks each have 60 built in games.  They are available from many retailers including Dollar General, Toys R Us, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Sams Club/Walmart.  I have been able to get my hands on both the Colecovison and Intellivision Flashbacks and will have reviews of these units posted in the next few days.

Again, Happy Holidays and I will have some more posts in the next few days!

@Atarigameguy