Reviewing *ALL 71* Atari Lynx Games!!!

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Greg's Game Room

Greg's Game Room

9 ай бұрын

The Atari Lynx was an awesome handheld with, dare I say, the BEST collection of arcade ports from 1989-1995. It really is an underrated system and in this video, I play and review EVERY commercially released game for it! (Homebrews and later releases in a later video.)
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@JustMe99999
@JustMe99999 9 ай бұрын
The Lynx was way ahead of it's time... great system. I loved Gauntlet back in the day.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Definitely ahead of it’s time.
@leighdappa
@leighdappa 8 ай бұрын
Ahead of its time but now left in the past.
@FallicIdol
@FallicIdol 8 ай бұрын
The hardware was. The software philosophy is what also tanked the Sega Master System. They were still make Atari 2600-style games in a wold post Zelda and Super Mario
@Lierofox
@Lierofox 9 ай бұрын
5:34 - My uncle did the music for Crystal Mines 2! I still wish he composed more of it.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
That’s awesome!
@sie4431
@sie4431 9 ай бұрын
Lynx was my first console, I only bought it because it was easy to hide from my mum who forbid me to buy a console. Loved chips challenge
@therexbellator
@therexbellator 9 ай бұрын
I assume you never left the house with it and played with the AC adapter? Cause I remember mine ate batteries like popcorn. I think the Lynx was second only to the Sega Game Gear in battery consumption 😆
@sie4431
@sie4431 9 ай бұрын
@@therexbellator Had the car adapter
@janbarta1272
@janbarta1272 8 ай бұрын
What? ShadowOfTheBeast B?? I was able to finish the game in 25 minutes without getting hurt. Excellent port.
@apr2499
@apr2499 9 ай бұрын
Where Warbirds shines is in 2 player mode. It’s seriously fun taking down a friend’s plane!
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
I can see how it would be
@MurderMostFowl
@MurderMostFowl 9 ай бұрын
You forgot to mention the secret Mandelbrot generator “game” in Chips Challenge. I would play that for hours on end when I was a kid.
@richwilde6550
@richwilde6550 9 ай бұрын
Still amazes me just how good this system is, and was for its time. Such good games, such good graphics. Amazing
@stevew8513
@stevew8513 9 ай бұрын
Warbirds really shined in multiplayer. I had two Lynxes I'd take to work with me and I'd play against a guy who was an out-of-work cargo pilot, it was fantastic. Turns out I'm better at dogfighting than an actual pilot.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Yeah it seems like it would be better multiplayer. Like the biplanes in Combat but 3D.
@preacherjustplayin4408
@preacherjustplayin4408 8 ай бұрын
I was bought this as a Christmas gift and it blew my mind. I was so happy that year and I still have it to this day :)
@Pai3000
@Pai3000 9 ай бұрын
Wow. The scaling capabilities really made the difference with this system. I chose Gameboy back in the day but I'm pretty sure I would have been really happy with this one.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
It was big and expensive, but I loved it.
@CFWhitman
@CFWhitman 9 ай бұрын
@@GregsGameRoom It really chewed through batteries, and I remember playing it with the power adapter a lot. I still remember playing S.T.U.N. Runner and Hydra on road trips quite a bit though.
@JuNoKun1
@JuNoKun1 8 ай бұрын
I regret I didn’t get the Game Boy instead
@Jolt7800
@Jolt7800 9 ай бұрын
I have a new respect for the Lynx. I had a GameBoy and this Atari handheld was totally off my radar. I definitely didn’t realize how good these games looked.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
It’s great if you love arcade games (which I do!)
@JamesPickett1977
@JamesPickett1977 8 ай бұрын
Ahh that took me back. First console I ever bought with my own money! I had 3 friends with them too and we lost hours duelling in WarBirds. Happy days…
@philojudaeusofalexandria9556
@philojudaeusofalexandria9556 9 ай бұрын
Wow! The 3d games are mind-blowing for a handheld in 1989. Very similar to what I was playing (and I remember the crappy framerates well!) on a 32-bit 386 PC! (Hard driving, test drive 3, A10 tank killer)
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Was definitely mind-blowing!
@pinebarrenpatriot8289
@pinebarrenpatriot8289 8 ай бұрын
"Awesome Golf" really is impressive for a 90's hand-held console. As a retro collector I'd like to find an Atari Lynx before they get even more expensive.
@apr2499
@apr2499 9 ай бұрын
For anyone who has a Lynx and wants to experience these games, Stone Age sells the Lynx GameDrive. It’s basically an Everdrive for the Lynx. The entire game collection fits on less than a 8gb microSD
@rdson1621
@rdson1621 7 ай бұрын
i guess that 98% of that sd card is empty 😅 Those games were kilo bytes big ^^
@jasonnunya3875
@jasonnunya3875 8 ай бұрын
Thank you!!! I've never owned a Lynx but there are at least a dozen or so A+ games in this video that I would enjoy. Shadow of the Beast reminds me of Shinobi III, which I still play from time to time.
@pw1169
@pw1169 8 ай бұрын
Spent some time recently coding for this system. Wow, it's so powerful! Not only does it have the sprite scaling / tilt features, but a hardware multiply and divide. Absolute insanity!
@teddym2808
@teddym2808 9 ай бұрын
BTW Ninja Gaiden arcade came to Amiga and others, so Lynx certainly not the only home port. The only home console port or handheld port though.
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 9 ай бұрын
Lynx version sadly lacked the arcade intro and 1 level, cartridge limitations I suspect.
@teddym2808
@teddym2808 9 ай бұрын
@@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 I had it and it played well. I must admit I don't remember about the first level missing but I believe you. I had that, Blue Lightning and Rygar and I was 16 when it came out and I managed to convince dad to buy me one whilst we were on a family vacation in Hawaii. I actually bought it there in Honolulu and barely left the hotel room lol. Once a gamer always a gamer. I can't stand playing Lynx games in modern times on anything but a small screen. The best way to play them today is a small handheld with a GBA aspect ratio, just something dedicated to Lynx and GBA since they are the two that look really bad when enlarged. The good old Anbernic one from about 2 years back (RG351) - it can play up to PS1 but really I only have it for Lynx and GBA.
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 9 ай бұрын
​@@teddym2808if my memory serves me correctly, it was a couple of acts missing, I said a level last night, my apologies. Acts II and IV have been removed I believe..
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
I meant only console port. I've seen a Genesis proto though.
@teddym2808
@teddym2808 9 ай бұрын
@@GregsGameRoom Ok you didn't say console for that one, you categorically said only home port, but that's fine. No biggie!
@TenguTalks
@TenguTalks 9 ай бұрын
I have made it to the end of Rygar so many times and yet have never been able to beat the final boss. But kudos to Xenophobe- it IS the best port of that game, and probably my favorite game on the system. I still play it when I have enough AA batteries to lock myself in the spare bedroom for an afternoon.
@joshoshea3194
@joshoshea3194 9 ай бұрын
I distinctly remember a trip to Edinburgh Scotland and playing Batman Returns for the first time in a Dixons store and being absolutely blown away by the graphics. Fond memories. 🦇
@pixelsncreatures
@pixelsncreatures 9 ай бұрын
Awesome vid. I have 30 of these. I'm so sad it's been 36 years since RoadBlasters came out, no sequel, update, remaster nothing :(
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Not even sure who owns it now.
@Nick_Nightingale
@Nick_Nightingale 8 ай бұрын
I think Midway has the rights to Roadblasters.
@ryanmckenzie7149
@ryanmckenzie7149 9 ай бұрын
It's really impressive that graphics on a handheld from 1989 could look this good. I went with gameboy and game gear, but wish I got one of these.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
I know right? GB and GG owners didn't know what they were missing out on.
@barbahuub
@barbahuub 8 ай бұрын
I played this handheld a lot back in the day. California Games, Warbirds, Slime World, Ninja Gaiden, Toki, Klax, Rampage and Rygar. All great games! I also really enjoyed multiplayer Warbirds and Slime World, wandered around those slimy caverns for hours and hours. Great times 😊
@stunthumb
@stunthumb 9 ай бұрын
The Lynx has such a ratio of good games to bad... I mean that little machine could do so much. For me, it's an ideal collector machine, small library but some greats. For me, I love Xybots and Gates of Zendocon... total classics for me, the reason I got a Lynx.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Exactly. So many good games!
@noahboat580
@noahboat580 9 ай бұрын
I didnt even know there were that few games in the Lynx library, really i should get a game gear and a lynx in the future
@FrameRater
@FrameRater 7 ай бұрын
Great video! I'm finishing up my own Lynx library video now after contemplating it for years. Gonna mention yours in the script, hopefully that sends even more views your way. Keep up the good work! 🙏
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 7 ай бұрын
Appreciate it! Been watching & enjoying your stuff for ages. Love it!
@MurderMostFowl
@MurderMostFowl 9 ай бұрын
Slime world and Chips Challenge were my favorites by far… and the funny thing is that I didn’t expect either game to be any good and they both were so much fun! ( especially slime, world multiplayer.)
@Nezuji
@Nezuji 9 ай бұрын
It looks like the Lynx versions of APB and Ninja Gaiden may have been the only home versions of those games released in North America, but there were plenty of other home versions released in Europe and Commonwealth countries.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Oh cool. Which systems?
@welliben
@welliben 9 ай бұрын
@@GregsGameRoom Ninja Gaiden is Shadow Warriors in some countries. There were ST and Amiga ports as well as the Speccy, Amstrad CPC and Commodore. I think APB was out on all those as well.
@kenwheeler3637
@kenwheeler3637 9 ай бұрын
@@GregsGameRoom It's strange that, for a US Arcade game, we only received the Lynx port, as far as consoles went, but there was a PC/DOS conversion here as well. Like welliben mentioned, there were European ports on the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga and also a DOS version there too.
@alexojideagu
@alexojideagu 8 ай бұрын
I had the Lynx 2 as a kid, and I loved it far more than the Game boy I sold years earlier. The graphics and audio were amazing. Toki, Ninja Gaiden, Hockey, California Games,
@discostu333
@discostu333 8 ай бұрын
A what a trip down memory lane. This was my very first console and I had 10 games for it and the same carry case you show at the start of the video. My dad always used to steal it to play Awesome Golf.
@Mrshoujo
@Mrshoujo 9 ай бұрын
The Lynx was essentially a scaled down Amiga handheld. The irony was you needed an Amiga based devkit to create games for an Atari product.
@cleverwink8262
@cleverwink8262 9 ай бұрын
Hoping to buy some of the Lynx games on Steam when the autumn sale is on.
@jsttv
@jsttv 2 ай бұрын
Great reviews. My wife just got me the Atari Lynx 1 plus 4 additional games brand new from an Atari reseller in San Jose California. Lynx was so much ahead of its times, always wanted the Lynx when it was launched in 1989.
@FuckYourFeelings88
@FuckYourFeelings88 9 ай бұрын
At the time, the Lynx was shockingly good. As a kid, I was a huge arcade fan, so the Lynx was my kind of system. It's one of my top 3 favorite systems of all time.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Like 75% arcade ports which is why I love it so much.
@craigdavidson5613
@craigdavidson5613 9 ай бұрын
I'm a huge fan of the Atari Lynx. I happened to find a Model II console at a local Charity Shop a decade ago. It came in a good carry case, with two games packed in with it. And it only cost $5AU! Those were the days when Charity Shops carried great deals. Sometimes they do, but most of the time, its overpriced to a major extent. Where's the charity?
@MrKroogur
@MrKroogur 9 ай бұрын
Great video! Would love to see the homebrews covered!
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
There’s quite a few incomplete ones.
@BURRITO44
@BURRITO44 9 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you ! Please produce the other releases !!
@joeyblack7623
@joeyblack7623 9 ай бұрын
cool video, i owned a gamegear and am impressed with the graphics pulled off the Lynx!
@outlawscar3328
@outlawscar3328 8 ай бұрын
I had no idea there was a handheld with built-in scaling. Great video. Lynx Homebrew video please.
@IntyMichael
@IntyMichael 9 ай бұрын
Great review, gave me some ideas of what games I should give a second try.
@miketate3445
@miketate3445 9 ай бұрын
The thing about the Lynx is it could scale graphics in a way that wouldn’t be matched outside of the Neo Geo. It was ahead of even the consoles a generation ahead of it in some ways.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
It was comparable to the Genesis IMO.
@FantasyVisuals
@FantasyVisuals 9 ай бұрын
Lynx scaling was limited , if you wanted full scaling you had to write your own routines. It was literally another version of the Amga chip set, the sound was slightly inferior ( five octaves not nine ) but the sprite hardware chip was more advanced. And 64kb of RAM !
@bigbabatunde1218
@bigbabatunde1218 8 ай бұрын
The SNES could do scaling better and smoother than this, so don't know where you got that 'Neo Geo' nonsense from.
@FantasyVisuals
@FantasyVisuals 8 ай бұрын
@@bigbabatunde1218 actually he's referring to the Lynch sprite system which is superior to everything else.
@bigbabatunde1218
@bigbabatunde1218 8 ай бұрын
@@FantasyVisuals I doubt it. Lynx games only look decent on a small screen. Imagine those games scaled up to a TV sized screen then say that. The Mega Drive and SNES still look great even to this day on whatever screen of your choice. Been playing Super Star Wars on the Legends Flashback a few weeks ago and was well impressed with the Death Star getting scaled up and down at the end. Couldn't imagine any smoother scaling. The Lynx looks jerky by comparison.
@mflexx3280
@mflexx3280 8 ай бұрын
Nice overview good video👍
@btr3k
@btr3k 9 ай бұрын
Lynx was so much fun in its day - fun original games and a lot of good arcade ports as well. Though it was a handheld system, I played most of the time at home! Played a lot of STUN Runner, Robotron, Rampart, APB and of course California Games - I seem to be the only person that actually understands the half pipe event. It makes total sense to me!
@off1k
@off1k 9 ай бұрын
Ya, Half Pipe on Lynx is a rhythm based game, pretty easy really.
@btr3k
@btr3k 9 ай бұрын
@@off1k Interesting, I never thought of it that way. Next time I play I’ll see if I’m following a rhythm with all the up and down pressing.
@Reaperman4711
@Reaperman4711 9 ай бұрын
S.T.U.N. runner was my killer app BITD. They did a respectable job--maybe didn't get as close to the source material as Roadblasters did, but still way better than expected.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
It’s so freaking good! Much better than the slow wireframe Atari ST version.
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 9 ай бұрын
The decision to build the environment out of sprite rings, thereby utilising the hardwares abilities and capturing the essence of the arcade (the sense of speed), where as the home computer versions tried to replicate the polygon 3D of the Arcade Game, featured sloth-like speeds,was a very wise one.
@RaviDuvvuri.
@RaviDuvvuri. 8 ай бұрын
STUN Runner was faithful enough that the first time I saw it in the arcade, I completed it on one quarter thanks to the muscle memory built from playing the Lynx version.
@TychoVan
@TychoVan 9 ай бұрын
I take my dads old lynx on vacation every year and have a blast! Its so much fun to still see videos being released about the console! Im currently also on vacation so havent watched the full vid yet but I will def use this to see which games Im buying next :)
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
I was looking to fill in some gaps in my collection and those games are getting expensive!
@hfield07
@hfield07 9 ай бұрын
i like the lynx just for that chips challenge port. played that nonstop on dos as a kid.
@GadgetUK164
@GadgetUK164 8 ай бұрын
Fantastic video! Very balanced unbiased review scores there too!
@neilthomas8070
@neilthomas8070 9 ай бұрын
An interesting list; it's one of my all time fave consoles. Best game Crystal Mines 2. I spent hours and hours thinking, "Just one more go!". Made a list of all the pass codes to each level; discovering all the hidden secrets and bonus levels. I rate Batman higher, even though I can find platform games difficult. I like puzzle games and place Ishido higher. The feeling you get for placing all the stones is great.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Just a good thing there’s a blaster
@Videogamelover58
@Videogamelover58 8 ай бұрын
Awesome video. I love the atarii lynx so much!
@user-jj1kf7hu1y
@user-jj1kf7hu1y 8 ай бұрын
Electro cop is a good one. Always wanted to see Predator as well.
@SkiBumMSP
@SkiBumMSP 9 ай бұрын
Interesting. I still have my Lynx, in the original box. I have the original large one as I remember buying it not to long after it come out in the early 90s. I think I remember paying some $180 for at the time, which was a lot of money for a poor college student with a small Army salary. I'll have to bust it out as I cannot recall all the games I've had for it. I'll have to go look to see how difficult it would be to get more of these games for it as there are some on here that I recall seeing back in the day, but never having actually gotten. I may have to explore the homebrew scene as well.
@johneygd
@johneygd 9 ай бұрын
For what i,ve readed,the lynx does have builtin flatshade polygonal features but being very slow,but still it was very forward thinking for it’s time,also while it’s cpu is only 8bit but since it’s cpu runs at 4mhz,it runs more then twice as fast as the nes cpu and games such as lemmings,steel talons,hard driving and shadow of the beast etc,,, really do show what the lynx is capable off compared to those 16bit home consoles, It simply is an amezing machine with lots and lots of untapped potential😁
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 9 ай бұрын
Sadly Lemmings lost the frantic nature of the original, with the icons now on a pause screen, but otherwise a great port, they wanted to do Lemmings 2 on the platform as well, but the Lynx just wasn't commercially successful enough to see it happen 😭
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Atari should have kept on the handheld tract instead of going with the Jaguar. (I still love the Jag though.)
@teddym2808
@teddym2808 9 ай бұрын
This was amazing, thank you.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Boogie_the_cat
@Boogie_the_cat 9 ай бұрын
Oh snap, you even put the guy from Food Fighter on the thumbnail. The box of that game taught me my first spanish words: "comida mutante" Mutant food indeed. My brother also had Scrapyard (Junkyard?) Dog and the Batman Returns game. Batman Returns was the most rage quit inducing game ever. At least until i played Cannon Fodder on thr PC. But Cannon Fodder at least had the excuse of being fun. The only thing Batman had going for it was we had to squeeze $40 worth of blood value out of that dry stone.
@auritone
@auritone 8 ай бұрын
Just a minor correction: Ninja Gaiden was converted to 8- and 16-bit computers just under a different name - Shadow Warrior (which I think was the European title for the arcade).
@jessragan6714
@jessragan6714 9 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'd like to see more Lynx reviews, particularly the homebrews. Zaku was a game I really wanted to like, but compared to its obvious inspiration Air Zonk, it just doesn't measure up. It's got that annoying Euro-shmup design where popcorn enemies take a billion shots to kill.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
That was in development a long time as I remember.
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 9 ай бұрын
Only thing worse than Euro-Shump design? Euro-platformer design.
@SegaCDUniverse
@SegaCDUniverse 9 ай бұрын
Had a game gear at the time and also wanted one of these, always looked like such fun with unique games
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Some exclusive games just not enough of them!
@briangleeson1528
@briangleeson1528 3 күн бұрын
I loved Gates of Zendacon, and it was one of the few games I beat. I also loved surfing and BMX for California Games. The Lynx was the first system I bought with my own money. I wish I still had mine.
@bruth6138
@bruth6138 9 ай бұрын
The lynx was awesome. I still have mine. Bought it new the week it came out. Probably played 20 times. Still works like a champ/
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Very underrated
@N64Gamer77
@N64Gamer77 9 ай бұрын
Excellent video! I really like Paperboy, I would have given it an A as it is such a good port. You were right about Shanghai, it's a great game.
@d4ve587
@d4ve587 9 ай бұрын
Had a lynx was in the days of easy credit cards otherwise I couldn't afford 🤣awesome days living for the tech
@game-editor2
@game-editor2 Ай бұрын
Great review!
@PapiNewGunie
@PapiNewGunie 9 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this video, I think it is great. A Grade!
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@android01978
@android01978 9 ай бұрын
For me, steel talons, dinolimpics, toki and lemmings were the best. When I started uni, I stacked 8 static ram chips to make my own cart and, not sure if it was just because it seemed forbidden but road riot seemed really fun (if too easy) to me… such a shame it was never finished and released.
@shaky6669
@shaky6669 9 ай бұрын
Great video! Never had one back in the day. I got a Gameboy and my brother got a Sega Game Gear. So My parents said that's enough! lol! But love exploring the Lynx via emulation over the years. Some great ports for the system. My Fav. that I played is Chips Challenge. That one took me by surprise.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Yeah I didn’t hear anything about it before I saw it in the store.
@TheNajSD
@TheNajSD 20 күн бұрын
I was babysat in a pawn shop for a long chunk of my life. It was my favorite system to jam to.
@FantasyVisuals
@FantasyVisuals 8 ай бұрын
Double dragon was painful. The cart was so stripped , the boss had literally one move and on level two a large section of the map was literally just one pipe in the background. E - F grade
@disconinja108
@disconinja108 9 ай бұрын
We want more games on Lynx
@FatNorthernBigot
@FatNorthernBigot 9 ай бұрын
I loved the Lynx more than the Lynx loved batteries. 👍
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
I always used the AC adapter. I guess that makes it less than portable though.
@alexojideagu
@alexojideagu 8 ай бұрын
@@GregsGameRoom Yes buying the AC was essential. Batteries I kept for holidays and school trips.
@portnawak
@portnawak 8 ай бұрын
Had this this double LAMP work battery with a cable that came out of my backpack
@plaurens
@plaurens 9 ай бұрын
the Lynx was such a great console... and it has a few gems. too bad Epyx didn't do more games for the system, theirs are among the best.
@mattm7798
@mattm7798 9 ай бұрын
Had a Lynx in the early 90s and loved it. Yes it has less great games than the game gear and gameboy, but the ones that were good were fun.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Very true!
@Kindlesmith70
@Kindlesmith70 9 ай бұрын
21:01 I beat this several times. One of the best games my bro had, not that he had more than 2 games on the machine. Sega Game Gear was a little better in terms of games, but both had a very short life span. Probably due to their price tag. Joust was one of my faves on the Atari 2600.
@DrJ3RK8
@DrJ3RK8 9 ай бұрын
Nice video! Loved my Lynx when I had one. On Rygar, I'm pretty sure that you can swing the weapon, but it's a powerup. I could be mis-remembering, but I played it quite a bit back then.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Good to know!
@syncrow76
@syncrow76 2 күн бұрын
Hi, you mis-remember unfortunately. The game is missing this swing shield from the original. Also these cameleons in the vertical sections with the long tongues are sadly missing. Apart from that it is a pretty good port for a handheld system of that time!
@dhall888
@dhall888 9 ай бұрын
Rampart looks like a game I would have and still would play now!! Looks bad arse!!!
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
I put in a lot of hours. Almost beat it.
@shaggy791
@shaggy791 5 ай бұрын
Dirty Larry has a nice little throwback to The Warriors! Nice cameo!!!
@donny121able
@donny121able 9 ай бұрын
Bull and Ted was awesome in my opinion.
@li-pinchang2157
@li-pinchang2157 9 ай бұрын
I had one Lynx and was impressed by the hardware capability of this handheld. However it seems that ATARI doesn't want to invest much into software titles... Many of the games are just like a summer project of college students. Not to mention this unit is a monster of draining batteries...
@Serpentandtherainbow
@Serpentandtherainbow 9 ай бұрын
I definitely want a lynx in my collection asap...I was born in 81 Atari I didn't get into...the nes I got the minute it dropped for Christmas..and Atari games I played were just not good Imo..but the lynx I need in my collection I'm a huge collector and this video was awesome they look really good the games
@Michael-sn4rk
@Michael-sn4rk 9 ай бұрын
APB on the lynx wasn't the only release of the game, as it was also on midway arcade treasures 2 for game cube and Xbox.
@jasonlee7816
@jasonlee7816 9 ай бұрын
if you own 8-bit computer Amstrad, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum or a 16-bit computer Amiga / Atari ST you could play APB before those versions existed
@thomaslau8806
@thomaslau8806 9 ай бұрын
I picked up a Lynx II 20 years ago at my local thrift store for $5 that came with a few games.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Dang, awesome deal!
@rachelannkrueger7638
@rachelannkrueger7638 9 ай бұрын
A Friend of mine friend had a lynx and stun runner was the game I know of he had. I played some of it. He let me played it was alright experience. That was only physical game of the Atari lynx I played and probably my last.
@mushihimesarna728
@mushihimesarna728 8 ай бұрын
Most impressive portable back in the day, but it lacked third party support and ate batteries like crazy.
@TheTenthArt
@TheTenthArt 9 ай бұрын
@2:35 MAAAAAAN!!!! YOU HAVE TO BE BEHIND THE MAIL BOX TO SURVIVE THE EXPLOSION!??? GOSH!!!!!! I never passed this part of the stage and never ocurred to me do this!
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Yeah I read that somewhere, probably in one of the Lynx promo magazines.
@markderoller7645
@markderoller7645 7 ай бұрын
Great video! The only 2 I liked better were Paperboy and Joust, both As IMO
@braveladder1682
@braveladder1682 9 ай бұрын
Imagine a lynx port of Elite
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
I think someone was creating a homebrew awhile back.
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 9 ай бұрын
Handmade Software had converted some of the Atari ST version, to show Atari it was possible to bring the game to the Lynx, using their solid 3D Battlezone 2000 engine, but Atari weren't interested and didn't want to pay the license fees for it 😭
@SegaCDUniverse
@SegaCDUniverse 9 ай бұрын
"It just seems unfair when everything is constantly attacking you." So true you said it twice! =)
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Oops
@MCastleberry1980
@MCastleberry1980 9 ай бұрын
Man, i wanted a Lynx so bad as a kid
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Parents would rather buy a $80 Gameboy.
@AyaneOfDeath
@AyaneOfDeath 8 ай бұрын
Iam kinda suprised what a graphical Powerhouse Lynx is that thing was way ahead its time
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 9 ай бұрын
Background info on Double Dragon: Knight Technologies Tom Schenck chatted to me and said: "The Double Dragon game was the third product I worked on for Knight Technologies (the developer of the product, published by Telegames). It was the first where we had put together a complete Lynx game engine to work with for products, and I only worked on the game directly in the beginning months - it was finished by another programmer Alex, along with a few other products. I went on to start with some of the other titles you mention below. It was based on the arcade and Genesis versions of the game, and developed without access to the original source code (but we did have the Genesis sprite source art). We wanted to showcase the Lynx graphics and used pretty big sprites - perhaps a little bigger than needed, but it worked pretty well. It was certainly better written and put together than my first project. I think it only really suffered from some controller/input issues based on how the input was read in - with what I know now (about two decades more experience), I would have run an input system at a very high rate to make sure to capture button presses properly for attack/defend, but that meant you had to be a little lazy on your button pressing. I would say that it was a reasonably good port from a couple of somewhat junior developers on a quirky platform."
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
That explains a lot.
@krunk9790
@krunk9790 8 ай бұрын
I remember me debating with an childhood friend of my who had an Lynx , about what was better , or Game Boy he always said lynx is better , i had an Game boy at that time and he loved gaming my friend but he didnt like Sega or Nintendo home consoles , all that time he did arcade etc and when the ps1 came out he got it and showed it to me he knew what was up about graphics etc
@JDazell
@JDazell 9 ай бұрын
I had this handheld console and played BATMAN all the time. I cant remember if I had another game
@unconbentional2044
@unconbentional2044 9 ай бұрын
Great video! The Lynx may have had a small library, but there's a lot of quality over quantity here. Kinda disagree on Turbo sub, and Warbirds, as these are two of my favorites. Also, was Raiden not an original release? I have a copy of it. I recommend plugging a strong set of speakers into the headphone jack. The Lynx audio really kicks a** when heard that way!
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Raiden was released afterwards. The ratio of quality games is very high.
@om-qz7kp
@om-qz7kp 8 ай бұрын
Basketbrawl is awesome!
@Yourmomgoestocolledge
@Yourmomgoestocolledge 9 ай бұрын
Jimmy Conner!? That SOB stole my grill off my porch! Used it for tennis target practice!
@JustinLeeper
@JustinLeeper 9 ай бұрын
Waited for Xenomorph, forgot about Xybots!
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
Both are awesome!
@bkalin35
@bkalin35 9 ай бұрын
I remember there was a way to change the ice color in Hockey, but it's been over 20 years since I've played it. Maybe press option 1 when the game is paused?
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
I think you’re right. But it should have been white to begin with!
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 9 ай бұрын
Shadow Of The Beast had some gameplay changes to improve the gameplay over the Amiga original but sadly lacked the flying section and a proper ending. Once you knew what you were supposed to do you could finish it in under half and hour. It joins Dracula as a technical showcase for the system, but poorly suited to hand held play.
@GregsGameRoom
@GregsGameRoom 9 ай бұрын
I wish SOTB had an invincibility mode!
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148
@thefurthestmanfromhome1148 9 ай бұрын
@@GregsGameRoom it's sadly always been more of a tech demo than actual game 😭 Batman Returns on Lynx was another, borderline unplayable without cheats..
@syncrow76
@syncrow76 2 күн бұрын
@@GregsGameRoom You should really spend more time with this game. It plays way better like the Amiga version and has some more graphic adventure elements. Go left and enter the cave. It's more complex then the other version with moving platforms. The soundtrack is pretty good. In my opition the best soundtrack is actually found on - believe it or not - the good old C64 version, the cave track in particular. I enjoyed the lynx version most as it is the most playable one. Enjoy and thanks for your video!
@emeraldgamecave679
@emeraldgamecave679 7 ай бұрын
Im on a mission. Currently at 47 games of 71 needed for the full set
@NALTOHQ
@NALTOHQ 4 ай бұрын
My first Evercade collections will be the Atari Lynx ones. Just ordered Collection 2, and will be buying Collection 1 tomorrow. Im so happy. Don’t, DON’T YOU DARE sleep on the Atari Lynx!
@TheSupersmash97
@TheSupersmash97 3 ай бұрын
Some are old and new games too 😊
@ROMBomb001
@ROMBomb001 17 күн бұрын
No "Bubble Trouble"? Still, great video! Though I don't agree with your opinion on many games, thank you for your hard work making this video :)
@marcodena4679
@marcodena4679 5 ай бұрын
C to Rygar! that was a KA game for the Lynx. Viking Child was very good as well.
@minantraXOX
@minantraXOX 3 ай бұрын
loved the Lynx2, wish i hadn't sold it all those years ago :-(
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