Atari, Lynx up my heart!
 

IT IS THE NINETIES AND THERE IS TIME FOR KLAX. AND LYNX.

So once upon a time Atari launched a handheld, a year after the Game Boy and two years before the Game Gear. Which would put it somewhere! An absolute beast, featuring sexy pantsu full colour backlit graphics that put the Game Boy's green and black display to shame and made it look like some kind of garbage truck that'd fallen over and spilt garbage in your eyes. The sound was just as impressive, it could go ultra loud and pump out some pretty addictive bleeps and bloops. It even had a weird option for left handed gamers that confused me. It'd let you flip the screen upside down so that you could use the dpad with your right hand and buttons with your left. I'm left handed, and this is the most awkward thing ever. TOO BAD THE MACHINE WAS DOOMED TO FAILURE. So sad.

Possibly had something to do with virtually no third party support, I think there were like around seventy games released for it in its lifetime, most of them by Atari themselves. Or maybe! MAYBE! Maybe it was because of its crazy hunger for batteries. Chewed six of those bastards up quicker than the Game Gear, you'd be looking at around an hour of battery life if you were lucky. IF YOU WERE NOT LUCKY YOU MIGHT HAVE WALKED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. But who cares, the Lynx was still chock full of awesome! Due to the whole Atari/Midway arcade thing going on, the bulk of its library was made up of awesome arcade ports.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...ap/lynx002.jpg

This is my lover. It's the smaller (yes) redesigned version, because the original was ultra gigantic ugly. When I got my Lynx it came with Shanghai packed in, but I lost it in a move years ago. What an ultimate crisis. What have we got here, there's uh, Kung Food. You fight carrots and stuff in a fridge. HAHA GET IT? KUNG FOOD. The game is awful. The story is that you've stolen some shrinking ray from work, then it accidently zaps you because you've decided to set it up right in front of your face and then pressed the button (ACCIDENT), then you somehow end up in the fridge. THEN like magic, the fridge gains like fifty shelves.

Paperboy, Double Dragon, Xybots and Dessert Strike are all pretty great conversions. Xybots even has the fake 3D effect thing happening. And a two player death match, TAKE THAT 1950'S SOCIETY. Hard Drivin' however, just shouldn't have existed on the poor little guy. It's ALMOST UNPLAYABLE, stuttering around slower than a dead cat glued to a skateboard in a sand trap.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...Klax_front.jpg

YES. This is STILL the greatest portable version of the game. It broke your hands a bit though, you'd have to play it holding the Lynx on its side (because of the loooong display needed). Pretty much arcade perfect, including the award winning WUUUUAAAAAH noise when you lost a block. The only thing it's really missing is two player, but I don't think anyone on Earth actually owns the Lynx multiplayer cable anyway.

One day I hope to come across these three titles;

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...iden_front.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...ings_front.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...nner_front.jpg

AND CONSUME THEM. Apparently the Lynx version of Ninja Gaiden is unique to the system. Maybe they just mean it's retarded, but who knows? DO YOU? It's the unofficial Lynx appreciation thread of the entire internet, so go forth! Appreciate! Or not! And so on!

SO BIG~

I saw an original Lynx going for like 10 bucks at a "tianguis" (which is like a garage sale, only every sunday) and I was tempted to buy it, but the guy had no games for it so I was like NHHHAAAAHHH.

This pic is exclusive to RABicle's post as it was taken by RABicle and hosted on RABicle's webspace
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...ap/lynx004.jpg
GUNNA CRUSH YA DS ES KIDS

Except I linked to it in my first post. http://img105.exs.cx/img105/9195/j5bmutantbaby.gif

And that's a pity, Luxo! Lynx is still a lot of fun with no games!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y13...ap/lynx001.jpg

Interesting stuff. I considered getting one at one point, but a friend told me it ate through batteries like mad, which is definitely one factor in it failing (aside from the lack of games too).

I think if it were released today, using today's technology, it probably could've stood a chance if it garnered enough 3rd party support (or it better have some really kickass games that can stand to the gameboy games). Alas, it was released before its time, and helped to add another notch to the gameboy's list of victories over its competitors.

Haha I dunno, the terrible state the new age Atari's in, if they were to release a modern version it'd probably do worse than the Virtual Boy and N-Gage combined. ;__;

Someone should figure out a way to combine all three. Imagine sidetalking with your virtual boy COMPLETE WITH LEGS while somehow playing KLAX at the same time. AWESOME OVERLOAD.

The Lynx was from a time period when I was a kid and had no money. It was so exotic compared to the ho-hum Gameboy. I mean, it would be like if Atari now released a handheld that displayed 1080p, ran off Blu-Ray discs, and needed a tiny gas generator to power it. :D I have thought about picking up a Lynx and also a Gamegear actually off Ebay, but the pull on my wallet just has not been great enough up to this point...

It has a port of Lemmings? =o

GREATEST GAME EVER. MUST PIRATE BUY NOW.

A few weeks ago on eBay I saw a Lynx with three games for about $30. I think I may invest in this brilliant machine as it is likely to be a classic for many years to come. (That, or I just want to play Klax.)

Yes! It's Klax value will just continue to get higher as they continue to bugger up other portable versions! Since the Lynx release, Game Boy, Game Gear, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and PSP have all had Klax, broken Klax!

Maybe it could project KLAX WAVE holograms!

I remember playing the Lynx several years ago when I went camping. I think my dad's friend and his son were in the same area coincidently, or perhaps they were just strangers, I don't remember. Either way this kid had a Lynx and I was intrigued about it as I've always read about it but never seen it. I played it and it was alright. I think the games I played were California Games some side scroller involving slime and Blue Lightning I believe. Not too bad, but not mind blowing neither. I was a Nintendo fanboy back then though.

Who was looking for Lemmings?!?
 

I've put my Lynx and games for sale.
It's on a dutch website regrettably.
For whoever is interested?!
Check:

http:
//koopjes.marktplaats.nl/
display_item.php?ad_id=43135986&adcode=ef13266c2fd 202147c21385576ff87e5#bids

Try contacting me via my email if you're interested.

Don't sell separately.
Only as one package.

Cheers!
Bart

If it's on a dutch website and you have your flag set to US then um what? Oh. Oh I get it. OH I GET IT.

So tempted to call advertising ban on you right now. This actually might benefit someone though. Guh, I dunno.

You useful to this place besides being some kind of merchant? =o

God, that original Lynx is a beast. It's a triple-bagger.

Also, 6 batteries for an hour of gameplay? Jumping jiggawatts! What size batteries are we talking about here?

AA batteries. It's crazy. ;_; I suspect a CAR BATTERY or something might bump the playtime up by another half an hour.

Package deal, Bart? No dice!