Prosystemsearch Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) Datel inc. was already in full swing by the late 80's/early 1990s. What made them tip their noses toward the Lynx?? Was it too hard for them to work own?? Also, why not even a fan-made cheat device, like a Pro action Rocky, or a Codebreaker?? :_( Edited July 2, 2014 by Prosystemsearch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 First of all the Lynx was not a big seller. They did not release one for the TurboGrafx either, and that machine probably sold the same if not a little more in the west as the Lynx. And secondly, especially for the Lynx model 1 such a device would have been impossible with the card slot on the side. You couldn't hold the Lynx to play anymore because the game card would stick out so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 First of all the Lynx was not a big seller. They did not release one for the TurboGrafx either, and that machine probably sold the same if not a little more in the west as the Lynx. And secondly, especially for the Lynx model 1 such a device would have been impossible with the card slot on the side. You couldn't hold the Lynx to play anymore because the game card would stick out so far. The Sega game gear managed to get both a game Genie and an action replay., and it sold just above 10 million units. Why not the Lynx. as well?? Also, a cheat device for the Lynx 1 would be possible if made correctly, such as parts of it made to be a pass-through machine. Just take a look at the original North American and European NES. it loaded through a direction other than the top, and it had both a game genie, and action replay devices. It would have been best to have made a cheat device just for the Lynx 1, and another one just for the Lynx 2, just like they did with the sun visors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 guesses from 500,000 to 5 million still dont come close to the 11+ million game gears, and as far as the NES, well you didnt have to hold the console where the cart port stuck out to play it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Oh enough of these stupid post, why, why, why, because they didn't that's why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Oh enough of these stupid post, why, why, why, because they didn't that's why. If you don't like why threads leave them! Simple as that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) If you don't like why threads leave them! Simple as that. WHY threads? If you don't want my comments stop making these stupid threads! Simple as that. Edited July 3, 2014 by OldSchoolRetroGamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 guesses from 500,000 to 5 million still dont come close to the 11+ million game gears, and as far as the NES, well you didnt have to hold the console where the cart port stuck out to play it Not mention that the Lynx wasn't sold at as many places as Game Gear. I remembered the Lynx wasn't being sold at Kmart, Target, Walmart for sure where I lived. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 WHY threads? If you don't want my comments stop making these stupid threads! Simple as that. Why don't you just ignore the threads, oh smarty pants?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Why don't you just ignore the threads, oh smarty pants?? Admittedly it IS a personal defect of mine, like staring at a car wreck you are driving by........I wish they didn't happen but if I happen to come across one I am drawn to it......... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxpro Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Not mention that the Lynx wasn't sold at as many places as Game Gear. I remembered the Lynx wasn't being sold at Kmart, Target, Walmart for sure where I lived. I didn't go into Kmart or Walmart but I swear the Lynx was sold at Target, KayBee Toys [later KB Toys], Montgomery Ward, Sears [catalog], Toys R Us, The Good Guys, etc. I don't ever remember seeing it at Circuit City or any Atari Corp products for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) Why didn't Datel make anything for any Atari? They could've made one for A8, ST, 7800, VCS. Stupid company. Toys 'r' Us sold Lynx, my co-worker bought it there Edited July 3, 2014 by high voltage 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyChris Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 They were afraid of Jack Tramiel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 They were afraid of Jack Tramiel. Didn't stop Datel from making Action Replay for Amiga 500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyChris Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Didn't stop Datel from making Action Replay for Amiga 500. Good point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Not just the amiga 500, but also the commodore 64 in cartridge form!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Didn't stop Datel from making Action Replay for Amiga 500. What does Tramiel have to do with the Amiga 500? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 aye Jack was in with atari by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzumaki Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 My bad, I was a bit off with the history. Tramiel left Commodore before Amiga came around and bought Atari about the time Commodore bought Amiga. Tramiel wanted a deal with Amiga but wasn't happy and made Atari computer line to compete with Amiga in revenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Rogue Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 My bad, I was a bit off with the history. Tramiel left Commodore before Amiga came around and bought Atari about the time Commodore bought Amiga. Tramiel wanted a deal with Amiga but wasn't happy and made Atari computer line to compete with Amiga in revenge. Regarding the Amiga no that's not what happened at all, that's actually the myth that spread. First, Jack bought a division of Atari Inc. not the entire company itself, and used the assets from that to form a new Atari company called Atari Corp. Second, the ST (or RBP as it was initially known) was 95% planned out before he even formed Atari Corp. and was never planned around any Amiga technology and had zero to do with any sort of revenge. Likewise, Jack had no idea about Atari Inc, and Amiga's dealings with each other until the end of July when his son Leonard discovered the cancelled check from the bridge loan that past March. (Even then Amiga's immediate deal with Atari Inc.was for a game console only and usage in coin, nothing was allowed with computers until '86.) Additionally, the Amiga deal stayed with Warner as just like with GCC, their actual contract was through Warner. Where the "revenge" story came from is a twisted version of what actually happened: Commodore filed a suit against Shiraz Shivji and several other ex-Commodore engineers now working for Jack, claiming theft of trade secrets. That included injunctions against them which effectively stopped them from doing any computer work for Jack for the entire month of July, delaying them being able to wire wrap the prototype until August. At the end of July, Leonard discovers the check and then in the beginning of August Jack negotiates with Warner to get the Amiga contract and uses it to launch a countersuit mid August against Commodore via it's new subsidiary Amiga. Bottom line, the ST had nothing to do with losing Amiga technology and creating the ST in revenge. Completely made up myth. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Wow, Atari (all of them) has the best history, could write a book about them. Better than talking about rice cookers and love hotels (eg Nintendo) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Wow, Atari (all of them) has the best history, could write a book about them. Better than talking about rice cookers and love hotels (eg Nintendo) Oh you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Wow, Atari (all of them) has the best history, could write a book about them. Better than talking about rice cookers and love hotels (eg Nintendo) What does nintendo have to do with love hotels, oh, hv?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosystemsearch Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Wow, Atari (all of them) has the best history, could write a book about them. Better than talking about rice cookers and love hotels (eg Nintendo) suit yourself, HV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 What does nintendo have to do with love hotels, oh, hv?? One of Nintendo's lesser success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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