sirlynxalot Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) Seriously impressive! What games are covered in the Lynx magazine (batman cover), was this a 1 off mag? Edited February 12, 2014 by sirlynxalot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmillortoni Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I've got some advertisements published in the spanish videogame magazine "Micromanía", from 1991. I came across with them, because I collect this magazine. Micromanía was very large, and the Lynx advertisements were spread page form, so their size is like a newspaper. Here in Spain the Lynx had very low sales, so I think these advertisements are quite rare. Wikipedia refers to them as a part of its commercial launching here: Presencia en España[editar · editar código]En España la Lynx tuvo una buena campaña de lanzamiento, con anuncios a doble página en Micromanía (In Spain the Lynx had a good launch campaign with full-page ads in Micromanía) y soporte en grandes almacenes y tiendas especializadas. Pero, como ocurrió en EEUU, el gran fallo de Atari fue no dar cabida a muchos desarrolladores: solo 3 casas entraron inicialmente, y aunque hubo juegos de calidad que la arroparon inicialmente, la aparición de la Sega Game Gear la echaron de la competición ante la avalancha de juegos (no olvidemos que viene con toda la biblioteca de la Master System). Acaba tercera, con la Gameboy como ganadora, seguida de la Game Gear, y tras la Lynx la Nec Turbo Express. Tras el cierre de Atari España, se saldan los restos de la Lynx en El Corte Inglés. Here you are two pics of them (obtained from the internet) I hope you'll find this info interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX.NET Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 That is really cool. I hadn't seen those. Keep them coming. Was it a particular edition of Micromania? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Amazing collection!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Seriously impressive! What games are covered in the Lynx magazine (batman cover), was this a 1 off mag? That Batman thing was what made me want a Lynx as a kid, I'm pretty sure mine came bundled in an issue of EGM or a similar magazine of the time. I spent hours looking at the photos and write ups, but unfortunately I don't have a copy here at my house to tell you what's in it. I'm sure LX can, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX.NET Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 And LX certainly can and will. Give me till the weekend and I will put up a lot of scans of the folders and magazines and brochures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmillortoni Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 That is really cool. I hadn't seen those. Keep them coming. Was it a particular edition of Micromania? No, it was the standard edition of Micromanía "second age", sold between 1988 and January 1995, in newspaper format. This magazine was focused on 8-bit machines such as Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad... and 16-bit machines (Atari ST, Amiga, PC), but it had a small section focusing on Atari, Sega, Nintendo,,, I'll grab one of these advertisements and I'll give it to you, if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX.NET Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Please do. I might have something that interests you in return. Let's PM for details. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX.NET Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Here's the scans for the press materials: And the four brochures that were inside it: PressMaterials1.pdf PressMaterials2.pdf PressMaterials3.pdf PressMaterials4.pdf I will also put them on my website later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX.NET Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 BTW, it is kind of hard to see the embossed Lynx logos on the front cover. I was reading through the first PDF again. They mention that California Games surfing using "thousands of sprites" for the realistic wave. I kinda doubt that, but never checked. Maybe someone at AA knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g40rocket Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Impressive Alex. Congratulations really. I'd love to see your pins collection too. Really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) Very nice collection indeed. I got a UK sticker which was only issued to computer and video gaming shops. I also own (and worked on with Ed) all UK Lynx fanzines Edited February 18, 2014 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX.NET Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 Cool sticker. How big is it (compared to an A4 page)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX.NET Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 As promised some more scans, this time of the Grey Matters magazine. It was already shown in http://atariage.com/forums/topic/27214-grey-matters/, but I thought the scans there were pretty small. Here are some larger scans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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108 Stars Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 OMG... so many screenshots of unreleased games. Some of those I thought were only rumors, but this makes it official. Rolling Thunder Cabal Daemonsgate Blood & Guts Hockey Guardians: Storm over Doria Heavyweight Contender Ninja Nerd Full Court Press Eye of the Beholder 9 games from their upcoming list were not released; EotB eventually found in finished state, and Daemonsgate at least in a 30% version. The other 7 are lost... I wish there were developers noted, someone seriously needs to try and dig those people up. I bet much of it is still resting on old HDDs and floppies. BTW, anyone notice that Caal totally rips off Lynx OPS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Cool sticker. How big is it (compared to an A4 page)? 1/3rd of A4 page, at a good guess (all my Lynx stuff is packed up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_Dodgson Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Do you have the T-shirts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LX.NET Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 I have one t-shirt with the brains and the list at the back. Are there other ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I bought Bubble Trouble on release day from Telegames, came in the generic Atari VCS plastic clamshell box with a red cover (instructions on the back, just like the VCS HES stuff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael David Morsette Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Oh how I would love to relieve you of that heavy burden. If ever I can help you out, just say the word and I will open my home to your trouble, Bubble Trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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