RARE 90s Game Console FOUND & BOUGHT!

[@retrorick]

Hope you all are well! I'm getting all packed up to head to SEGE in South Carolina tomorrow...hope to meet a lot of you there! Also, the first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/retrorick07211 ... Good luck out there hunting yall!

[@brianzamborski8680]

Are you going to SFGE in ATL in August?

[@rioncitylife1917]

Hi Retro, " I had a Atari Lynx when I was younger very cool", :)

[@steventouchton2508]

What time will you be there? I live sort of close

[@recademedia]

Planning on going on Saturday. Hope I have a chance to meet you.

[@a7xgirl278]

@@recademedia online it said he will be at the panel line up at 3pm

[@joebnco6617]

I had the atari lynx as a kid. System was awesome. California games, ninja Gaiden, batman returns, spider-man, and many more. Also you can turn the system and the screen rotates with it. They even had a TV tuner and am/fm radio tuner attachments for it.

[@willy7369]

That store you were in definitely takes some care of the items theyre selling the games in the poly bags look nice and makes them more appealing. Always excellent videos and your finds are always on point.

[@JosephFrietze]

As an old gamer guy, some of my fondest memories are of rolling the score over in Asteroids and Defender on my Atari 2600.

[@mikelawrence1620]

SNES Bubsy!!! That was one of my favorites! Good memories of my grade school buddy and me renting it every weekend from Family Video!

[@lawfullucyless6715]

Btw thanks for being honest about your experiences and knowledge. Ever gamer/collector is so full of themselves with their bs knowledge. "I've played this, I've played that" " My buddy had that" " I used to have that" " Oh yea I know what that is" Like FOLKS ITS OKAY TO ADMIT YOU DONT KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING

[@retrorick]

Oh gosh, there’s so much I haven’t played. I consider myself a game enthusiast not an expert!

[@lawfullucyless6715]

@@retrorick yes! Great thought!! Perfect

[@eriknakamoto2647]

That Sabrina Teenage Witch would be cool just to pick up and get signed since Melissa Joan Hart is doing a Con later this year.

[@RetroMoments]

Atari Lynx, that's so cool! Congrats man! The size of it is great. Fits an adult man's hand :D I definitely hope to get my hands on one in the future too.

[@RetroRalph]

Dude!!!! I love the Atari Lynx! I grew up with one! You have to get roadblasters for it! It’s a great console port and it’s a super fun game. Also California games is great! There are so many great games. I think you will totally fall in love with it. Anyway, so stoked that you got one! Great video man!

[@sleepyjaysounds7625]

I dont even own an atari lynx, and i have just recently bought a complete copy of steel talons for it for the box art alone! The game itself is also really good and definatley one to be on the lookout for.

[@PillsandSoap26]

Didn't know the Lynx was that rare these days, I have two perfectly working ones in storage lol. My brother and I got them because they ended up being discounted down to $30 brand new with a bunch of games at a local department store back in the 90s.

[@GoodUsedGoods]

I dont normally comment but have been watching for a while. And its amazing and well deserved how much this channel has grown for you! Great video as always! Thanks for sharing.

[@F.C.Sneakerfactory]

Great pick up with those NES and LYNX. Thanks for taking us on another journey finding some gems. That store looked really cool. Looking forward to the next video.

[@jojoorr877]

I had that Hanson vhs!!!! My cousin actually got it for me after she had gone to their concert when we were kids. I’ve seen it a million times, it’s like a documentary of then on tour, I loved it.

[@mnomic8371]

Whoever had that Lynx really looked after it, it was in immaculate condition.

[@clint125]

God bless this freaking channel guys !!! Honestly I enjoy this just as much as my favourite tv shows like Loki. Incredible content and always fun hanging out with Rick to get a little nostalgic. Road to 100k subs !! Let’s freaking go Rick!

[@wjpreslar]

The only time I ever saw a Lynx, was in the spring of 1991 at Discovery Place in Charlotte, NC. I'd gotten a Gameboy for Christmas and was blown away by the backlit screen of the Lynx. At the time I wanted to get one, but I never pulled the trigger. Very nostalgic to see it again.

[@stevecraigretrogames]

Great video man! I have 2 Lynx consoles and I love them. I have around 20 games for it and it’s honestly a fantastic little system. Awesome pickups Retro!

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

That's an awesome find with the linx! I've seen a few out and about in the wild but they were priced accordingly of course. Great pick ups Rick! 👊

[@stevew8513]

I've had a Lynx since a few months after its release in 1989. I have the majority of the library, and a couple of each version of the Lynx. It was a great little machine that the Tramiel family who owned Atari at that time were too cheap to support. I have many fond memories of playing Warbirds with two units and a Comlynx cable linking us up, battling against a co-worker who was an out-of-work cargo plane pilot. We'd end up playing throughout our entire lunch break and completely forget to eat. Such a great machine.

[@snoleygames]

Ah man, "No One Can Stop Mr. Domino" was that game man... a slight learning curve but worth it when you master it.

[@craigdavidson5613]

I happened to find the exact type of Atari Lynx at a local charity shop several years ago. It came in a nifty carrying case with two games, and it only cost $5AU. Not bad for a good deal!

[@danielnichols7817]

Very nice find man on the Atari Lynx! I had one I picked up and the sound didn’t work. The guy tried to repair it and no luck! So I’m still without one. Glad yours worked out man.

[@candyeye416]

I literally live so close to the this store, its so crazy to see Rick there!

[@budd.8060]

Please, where is the store located? I live in Florida & would like to visit & shop there. Thanks .

[@DannyGPro]

Great video, that Lynx was super clean. The store looked pretty good too, I would spend hours in there. Keep up the great work Rick!

[@kellymurray5598]

woohoo just home time to chill and watch my fave channel everrrrr!!!!retro hunting yassss

[@lawfullucyless6715]

Nice profile picture 😆

[@dantraellbenjamin4807]

So who all got happy when Ro was singing the wild force power rangers theme song 🤗🤗

[@retrorick]

haha he sings it all the time!

[@dantraellbenjamin4807]

You definitely have him watching the classics

[@GamerNisha38]

Great stuff Rick and thanks for sharing your video with me thanks again 🙏🙏❤️🤩😱👊👊

[@lazyPawdy]

OMG, dude, I used to play with a Super Scope for Bazooka Blitzkrieg. Totally brought back memories. Wow!

[@blitzkrieg1174]

Have fun at SEGE. The Lynx was a nice find and it was an expensive purchase. The screen on it looked clean in the video and it seemed to play well.

[@markschneider1271]

@9:11 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, good title to look out for as you can tell in the price in the video. Fun game too.

[@ThrowbackGames_]

Really great find, Rick!!! I’m glad you enjoyed your time in Florida! I live in the Bay Area. And I’m pretty sure $100 for a super scope is a good price. Their usually $140 in box! I got mine CIB for $20 in December on market place.

[@Mutato-]

I'd say the Nomad was more rare than the Lynx. I never see a Nomad.

[@retrorick]

surprisingly ive seen the Sega Nomad a handful of time...really cool console as well!

[@jaminSVT]

I’ve seen like ten of em

[@Vintagetoysandcollectables]

Defo in UK anyway. Never seen the nomad

[@dmac7344]

Bought a Nomad at a garsge sale this year. So from personal experience Lynx is more rare

[@hjalmarjohnson5846]

I found a Nomad at value village a few years ago, and I managed to haggle them down to 45 bucks. I pretty much never use the damn thing but it's one of the prides of my collection these days...

[@JewelKnightJess]

That Sonic & Knuckles was in such good condition, it's so hard to find a boxed copy like that over here in the UK. That would have been my main pickup if I visited this place!

[@Calcifer34Va]

Sadly the one i got from a little retro shop the box was damaged a fair bit

[@midnightpanthora]

Pretty awesome finds Rick! What a cool shop. I've never seen an atari lynx before. It's not bad at all especially like u said it came out when the gameboy came out but it was backlit. I wonder how expensive they were at the time.

[@aidetund6263]

There are a few online stores that make custom plastic cases to display on a shelf for Gameboy, GBC, and GBA, and other stuff. They also make custom covers that you buy with the cases so they properly fit in the case for a lot of the games. If you are interested, it might make displaying Gameboy stuff easier

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Didn't realize the Lynx had gone up in value that much. Glad I got one when they were still cheap.

[@keithjackson1180]

One of the unique things about the Lynx was the ability to play it from either side. So if you like to control direction with your right hand and hit the buttons with your left, you just set it up to do that. I had one years ago and got rid of it since I didn't play it much.

[@westleycombs5655]

The lynks is one of my favorite handhelds. Still play mine. Battle wheels is my favorite games for it.

[@treyprice04]

Got an Atari Lynx 2 weeks ago at an estate sale for $60. Has the box, and to quote you “a little sticker shock”, it’s covered in 90s Lisa Frank unicorn stickers.

[@nflhalowarrior]

Those shelves definitely came from a movie gallery store, that’s what it probably used to be. I managed one right when they finally went under and closed all their stores. One of the most fun jobs I ever had

[@Cecrcrctctc]

Some of the third party controllers that you passed up on are wireless and more comfortable than the official ones.

[@CryptidKeeperTCG]

Wireless is the worst. Battery always dead

[@retrorick]

oh nice, thanks for the heads up!

[@PatrickGotHands]

I have a wireless now never going back to original wire controllers lol 🎮

[@daneanderson2182]

Rick your sun is so adorable man! He honestly made me sad about him not finding power rangers!

[@boodro2122]

I just watched an intro that contained my childhood!!!!! Whoa! Definitely subscribing...

[@credehorton7017]

Thts bad ass my man. Awesome. Good ol Atari Lynx. Never had it, never had an opportunity to play it. Enjoy brother. Had the original Gameboy with the magnifying light. Also had the Turbo Express. Tht was koo, especially since all games were for the big console as well. Appreciate the sharing my man. Lovely adventures with ya

[@rschmidt9495]

I used to have a Lynx when I was younger. It was rad. But even back then the games were hard to find and expensive because it wasn’t as popular as other consoles. But I’m hoping to have one again some day!

[@reallyretro]

Man Florida is killing it with all these retro stores! An Atari Lynx for $165 Is a SCORE.

[@retrorick]

i know right...so pumped to have picked it up!

[@kingdavid644]

Lol I remember getting a Lynx when it first came out. Loved it but it took sooooo many batteries and devoured them hahaha

[@ericjaysmusicpromotion957]

Awesome video, nice game haul.love the Lynx it's super nice

[@retrorick]

thank you Eric..glad to have finally picked one up!

[@tripplikeidew]

I bought a Lynx and 6 games in 97. Still one of my favorite pieces of my vintage collection.

[@vonny10096]

Im a new subscriber and ive been hopping around your videos in no particular order, i knew you had a little boy, but when i saw the one shopping with you on this video i thought you had two and he was the older son, who must have been at school in the other videos. Then i heard his name and realised its the same little lad growing up...awww....and bless his sad face..he was a good boy tho.

[@steventouchton2508]

You're son is so cute omg. I have two boys and a girl myself. Keep up the awesome videos! Long time retro gamer here. Trying to raise my kids to take our place one day 🤣

[@monicamarquez2307]

New video today !

[@Alterbrap]

The Lynx is something I always knew about but have never seen before... I definitely need to get one lol. Great video as always!

[@chrisallen8783]

I had an Atari Lynx back in the day, Batman Returns is a great game for it. Hard but fun with good graphics. They used to say it was the first 16 bit handheld as it had 8 bit graphics and 8 bit sound. Plus that flip button meaning you could use the console left or right handed, what a great little extra.

[@PowerGlove79]

I have that same Crystal Pepsi shirt. Nice score with that Lynx. The prices on eBay are sometimes going for double what you paid

[@retrorick]

very cool! Yeah i think we did pretty well on the atari lynx in terms of price!

[@brianjorgensen1757]

I was just there 2 weeks ago. It's cool you were in the area. It was about 30 minutes from my house in Mobile.

[@80sfan4life]

Ric I'm all caught up on your videos...ima need you to get out there and shop so I can watch more k...k.... or so some old movie reviews or somethin! Love your vids man..

[@n0stalgiag4mes]

I don't know how a retail store can be considered the wild, but good pickups anyhow! I found a lynx at a pawn shop years ago for like $40 and didnt pick it up because that was barely a deal at the time lol.

[@readysetsleep]

Never seen a Lynx and I grew up in the NY Long Island area. As a kid I tried looking for the Neo Geo Handheld but nobody had it in stock either.

[@anthonyc7900]

Ric can you do a video one day where you show how you pack and ship the stuff you sell on ebay?

[@cemrko88]

that game store reminded me of our old local video store we used to rent movies and games from!

[@floydfix420]

That version of the Lynx was my first handheld as a kid! It was hard to see back then too! McWill that screen into something usable. So 😎

[@briand7381]

The Lynx came out a few months after the GB. You have the later 2nd version. Still cool, and it’s in perfect shape.

[@rickeyrankin8457]

Nice Pickups That Atari Lynx is cool I wanna get a Game Gear for the collection

[@SandyRitchie]

I have 2 Lynx originals and 2 Lynx II, 1 of each model is boxed too. Love the Lynx.

[@jomehi6863]

No hating on the Atari 2600. Had a really good game selection. When Activision started producing games it was great playing them..

[@jaminSVT]

Activision was the best developer for the 2600. And that is a fact.

[@jomehi6863]

@@jaminSVT amen to that. My favorites were Tiver Raid and Dragonfire.

[@MatSpeedle]

I picked up a Lynx 2 from eBay faulty for about £20, £2 to fix it. Whilst I agree the hunt is more fun I like to pick up faulty consoles and fix em, some real bargains to be had if your handy with a soldering iron :) They commonly blow the voltage rehulators which is a super easy fix. Great store but some of those prices were wayyyy too high!

[@joshnixon91]

I had that batman toothbrush and stand as a kid. I broke the batman off and used it as a action figure. I haven't thought about that thing in years. I would have bought that in a heart beat!

[@chain_sawyer7469]

Come to think of it,I never see an Atari Lynx in the wild either!!

[@vilesvengeance3796]

Atari was the second console i owned. Your son is so well mannered, mine would be bouncing off the walls wanting everything.

[@JohnSmith-nj4zq]

@:40 I still have that Ducktales book I brought when I was in 5th grade.

[@eriknakamoto2647]

You should’ve gotten the Sonic and Knickle game since the packaging was in great condition and Sonic games will be harder to find in wild just because it’s popularity but getting the Lynx is definitely a great trade off!

[@lostworldvideogames]

Picked up an Atari Lynx, Jaguar, NeoGeo CD and 3DO from a guy locally a few months back. All of them are rare for my area.

[@suejohnson5794]

Wow lots of stuff in that store. Saw you with Hairy Tornado

[@joshvgame]

Retrorick i have a question, how many switch games fit on a row of that big shelf you got from best buy??? Just wondering if I could fit mine on one case.

[@lawfullucyless6715]

Haha, do a rough measurement/estimate

[@MrSwindall1]

Great video retro! That lynx was a dope find.

[@Classic80sFanboy]

I bought an Atari Lynx when it came out in the 90's. I too had Batman and Xenomorph which was the first Lynx game that was made. All I can say is, prepare to replace the AA batteries on a fairly regular basis as the power needed will gobble up the battery life unless you can find a plug in mini power brick that Atari produced. The original carry case was cool too.

[@teemoleague907]

Did you get the phone part activated and use as a cell phone?

[@Ecwfan]

I have that Nintendo , Three Stooges game. I remember getting it as a kid for Christmas back in early 1990's. Not the worst game ever made as the intro is funny with some fun things. Never knew they made Skate or Die 2 . Things you learn. Never played an Atari Lynx before. Its nice to see they did a good deal for you on it.

[@SegisSwedubs]

Played alot of Califonia games on the Atari, in sweden at the time of the realese they hade it up for play in alot of stores. But now you have see them anymore. A few can be sold but you really need luck to get hold of one. Happy for you geting it!! :D

[@SuperNicktendo]

Atari Lynx is my favorite handheld. I have two. One with a modified screen and one original. I also have the box and a soft carrying case.

[@retrorick]

FLEX…next you are going to tell us you have the first intellivision Amico prototype too

[@SuperNicktendo]

@@retrorick lol. No prototypes. If you're looking for games to play, I suggest picking up a Game Drive because there is a ton of homebrew available for it.

[@lespaulpanhead025]

Your son is so cool. May the power protect you 😎

[@zombiederekfarris]

'No One Can Stop Mr. Domino' was such an underrated game. I wasted HOURS upon HOURS of my life as a kid playing that game.

[@mintynuggets]

My local retro games shop has lynx consoles for 100$. They have rev 1/2 for the same price

[@retrorick]

sounds like a pretty great price!

[@shopepicgifts9468]

That is a really cool store. Could spend a lot of time in there.

[@atomsbudgetreviews8713]

I love my atari lynx's.. have the gen 1 and 2. I did the LCD mod on my Gen 2 and added the bennvenn SD card reader (self explanatory..) it's an awesome unit. I "HIGHLY" recommend the LCD mod. Gives is a 21st century screen quality. Enjoy!!

[@stevemarshall7943]

Thanks so much all great videos Rick

[@coryvb3056]

That Lynx is pretty sweet for an older system, nice pickup Rick!

[@CassiusSobo]

Watching in a hotel right now, love the vids

[@therunawaykid6523]

Ooh fancy 🏨

[@NessieMay]

Wow! That store looked awesome. Wish I lived close to there! 🤩

[@GeeksOfRage1]

daaaaaaamn, $82 for mario party 7!? I bought all my MP games over 5 years ago, and i think for my gamecube versions for 30 a piece at the time. also your son cracked me up, you got him excited for for nes turtles game. when you asked him "do you like turtles?" and he said "yeah" you should have followed up with "ya might not after playing this game!" hahaha. lord knows that game will cause all kinds of anguish to the youth!

[@stashmerkin9576]

Rick: I just can't get into Atari collecting. Also Rick: Buys Atari handheld. 😃

[@retrorick]

I’m a confusing creature

[@Sindvs1234]

The lynx is more on par with the sega game gear than the traditional Atari.

[@Drgames999]

Lol a few years back my dad bought a lynx 2 cib with a cib kit case and cib power supply for the lynx

[@kkacperowski]

I saw Cobra's Triangel in NES, Loved that game. Like a boat racing/ shooting game.

[@jaminSVT]

Lynx is so underrated. It had quite a few good games. It was just held back by the fact that it had a terrible screen and that Atari as a brand was just dead in the water at that point.

[@meganblasiman8038]

If you ever find your way to northeast Ohio, we have stores called “The Exchange” it’s a buy, sell and trade store. They always have old games, toys and whatever.

[@jackofallgamesTV]

There was even a retro store on Memphis in Cleveland proper called "Video Game Connection". My first transaction there was a ColecoVision in 1994

[@DannyC723]

Hey Rick what an amazing pickup from that entertainment center, super excited for you that you got a good deal on Linx noticed when you were showing off NES game Hook kind of shocked seeing Sony produced that game and to think Sony and NES were going to put a plan in place to create a system together than Sony decided to go on their own

[@Miggylocz]

Hands down best video game store you've been to. 😍

[@theclyd3]

That Atari Lynx is badass! Never played on but oh how I want to. Great find and video bruh.

[@LadyBraven]

Sweet find!! Congratz on the Lynx pick up!!