GadgetUK Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Played Xenophobe today (again lol, ive always loved it and Lynx port is by far the best). Anyway, I noticed on the Lynx 2 it is stereo!?! With door sounds on each side coming from the appropriate speaker (on headphones). Now I realise the Lynx 2 brought stereo sound, but Xenophobe was one of the release titles that came out with the Lynx 1. So... How does my game support stereo on Lynx 2? The only thing I can think is that newer sales of the game were updated for Lynx 2 (ive seen multiple ROM revisions for most games, is this why?) or Epyx / Atari made it Stereo in the dev kit but not on the Lynx 1, so it was never heard in Stereo until Lynx 2 arrived? I thought you had to poke special value to a specific address to use panning and Lynx 1 didnt support it (ignored it)... Anyone shed any light on this mystery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isgoed Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Sorry, but I can't help you.... Interesting question though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_afternoon Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 but Xenophobe was one of the release titles that came out with the Lynx 1. I don´t think this is correct, it came later, it was no release title. True, only some Lynx games support the stereo of the Lynx II. Klax does, Roadblasters does... In which respects the different ROMS are indeed different as to stereo/mono - I have never heard of that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted April 15, 2012 Author Share Posted April 15, 2012 Thanks, true it wasnt a release title but it arrived well before Lynx 2... The dev kit must have been stereo, or the game must have been revised later. Why the different ROM revisions, bug fixes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimtene Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Some kits had the optional hardware necessary to support stereo dev., despite the fact that the Lynx I system did not support using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I included some simple stereo support in Ponx (ball bouncing f/x) and Remnant (laser cannon f/x). Very cool feature to utilize in the games! I always thought Klax used it best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Yeah, ive always liked stereo in games. It was one of cool things I liked about the Amiga and SNES. I would like to buy some of the songbird lynx games but prices are still pretty high and with postage to uk and customs tax... :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannesmutlu Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 They said that batman returns and the revision of rygar(wich i own) supported stereo but i haven't notice any lynx game to support stereo,also i first owned the game klax but i stupidly sold it, because i want to check out of that game is in stereo, why only a few lynx games are in stereo is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamer Deluxe tm Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) Dirty Larry also supports stereo. The cool thing about stereo on the Lynx is that you have variable stereo panning per channel, while the Amiga had hardcoded full left and right panning for all channels. Edited May 31, 2015 by Lamer Deluxe tm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 They said that batman returns and the revision of rygar(wich i own) supported stereo but i haven't notice any lynx game to support stereo,also i first owned the game klax but i stupidly sold it, because i want to check out of that game is in stereo, why only a few lynx games are in stereo is beyond me. Don't forget you only get stereo on the Lynx 2. The version of Alien I wrote is in stereo! Sounds better in stereo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange-Phantom Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Chequered Flag has great stereo sound in the game itself. You can hear the cars in your respective ear depending on which side they are. Handy when your playing a mate you can hear which side their car is coming from behind and try to block them, (that's if they don't then crash into you)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitari Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yeah, ive always liked stereo in games. It was one of cool things I liked about the Amiga and SNES. I would like to buy some of the songbird lynx games but prices are still pretty high and with postage to uk and customs tax... :/ Carl will post to UK in a flat rate box for cheaper postage (arrange with him via PM)- save up for a pack of all/most titles to save long term on postage. CM2BT is a must! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MacRorie Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Chequered Flag has great stereo sound in the game itself. You can hear the cars in your respective ear depending on which side they are. Handy when your playing a mate you can hear which side their car is coming from behind and try to block them, (that's if they don't then crash into you)! A friend of mine and I are CONVINCED the drones cheat! We have been playing it off and on for almost 25 years now and are routinely aggravated when some drones will seemingly intentionally hit your car so their buddies can get past you. I would LOVE to ask the programmer(s) if that was part of the code or just the result of years of frustration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzoff2000 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Carl will post to UK in a flat rate box for cheaper postage (arrange with him via PM)- save up for a pack of all/most titles to save long term on postage. CM2BT is a must! Is he a member here? What's his handle? Cause I'd like to order a couple too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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