Atari Flashback 8 Gold and Sega Genesis Flashback preorders open soon

AtGames has announced that they will start taking preorders for their Atari Flashback 8 Gold and Sega Genesis Flashback retro consoles July 28th. Both consoles arrive in September as the primary competition for the Super Nintendo Classic Edition. While both the Sega and Atari consoles offer far more games than Nintendo's console--85 and 120 games respectively against the SNES Classic's paltry 21--ultimately it will be the quality of the hardware and game emulation that wins the day. Here's hoping the Atari Flashback 8 Gold and Sega Genesis Flashback give Nintendo a run for their money this year.

-       The all-new Atari Flashback® 8 Gold features 120 built-in all-time favorites. Games include legends like Activision’s Pitfall! and Taito’s Space Invaders, as well as many other all-time Atari 2600 classics like Kaboom!™, River Raid™, Centipede™, and Millipede™. Two all new, high performance 2.4ghz wireless controllers, styled after the Atari 2600 originals, are included, as well as two legacy controller ports for optional wired joysticks or paddles. Other all new features for the Atari Flashback® 8 Gold include 720p HDMI output, scan line filtering, and a save/pause/rewind feature for every game.

-       The all-new Sega Genesis Flashback has a stunning new design, reminiscent of the original console, and features 85 built-in games as well as an integrated cartridge port that plays almost all of your favorite Sega Genesis and Mega Drive original cartridges. Built-in all-time favorites include the Sonic™ series, Mortal Kombat ™series, Phantasy Star™ series, and Shining Force™ series games. Two new high performance 2.4ghz wireless controllers, styled after the Sega Genesis originals, are included, as well as two legacy controller ports for optional wired gamepads. Other new features for the Sega Genesis Flashback include 720p HDMI output, scan line filtering, and a save/pause/rewind feature for every game.