I got an Atari Lynx!

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I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby MrKite » Tue Oct 2, '12, 5:27 am

It's a model 2 unit, and from what I see in the photo, it looks like it doesn't come with a battery cover, which stinks, so I had to buy a battery cover separately, but the guy I bought it from says his offices are closed until the 8th of the month..... Anyway, I managed to also score 4 games to play on it. They are:


S.T.U.N. Runner
Toki
Ninja Gaiden
and KLAX
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Re: I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Wed Oct 3, '12, 11:06 am

Congrats MrKite, that sounds like quite a find. Hope you enjoy it! :)

I wasn't too familiar with that system so I did a search on it and found some interesting information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Lynx

I wonder if anyone else here has one of these gaming systems???
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Re: I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby myau56 » Thu Oct 4, '12, 12:07 pm

Excellent ! Even if this console (and the games !!) isn't very great IMHO, good acquisition !
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Re: I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby MrKite » Fri Oct 5, '12, 5:00 am

Isn't very great?! There were so many great games on this console including the arcade ports.
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Re: I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby myau56 » Fri Oct 5, '12, 12:28 pm

I've tested a lot of games on this device and like I've said before it's only IMHO !!! But I'm happy that you find there is so many great games :)
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Re: I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby Lucas » Sun Oct 7, '12, 11:39 am

My uncle had one a long time ago. The only game I remember playing on it was Pac-Land. I also remember it took like six AA batteries to get the thing running as well.
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Re: I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby MrKite » Mon Oct 8, '12, 4:04 am

I have even MORE Lynx games on the way!

Ninja Gaiden III:The Ancient Ship of Doom
Pit-Fighter
RoadBlasters
Rygar:Legendary Warrior
Hydra
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Re: I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby myau56 » Mon Oct 8, '12, 10:03 pm

Always interesting to have a growing collection like that ! :)
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Re: I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby Thoul » Thu Oct 11, '12, 7:07 am

I remember wanting to play the Batman game for that system back in the day. In the magazine advertisements, it always looked so much better than the various console versions.
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Re: I got an Atari Lynx!

Postby Heikabuchi » Wed Oct 24, '12, 1:13 am

Heey, a Lynx! Great system! Congrats!
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