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I wanted one as a kid, I was somewhere around the age of 8, my best friend's brother had one, he use to let me play Playboy. Parents were skint and saved for ages for an Amiga for me so it was no go. And from that day, i always wanted one, and acquired two last August in 2015, specifically for some long haul flights. Still play on it daily even though i've an Xbone. I add to my game collection monthly.

Thanks for putting my name on the list Saint, I definitely want at least one if not two at this point, please PM as you say when you work down the list. I dont have much time to get on this forum but shall have an alert of a PM when you get to me so please don't skip over me if i dont get back to you instantly. Great job mate, hope you make enough dosh to get a holiday out of this, think you deserve it!

I have a retropie setup that is literally just sat on beside my xbox all open to the air that i play various emulators with. By sticking with shoulder buttons and a four way buttons for x/y wouldnt limit your game choice and make the handheld a great platform. I was also thinking about building the whole thing into a mk1 gameboy case, it fits, but damn its tight. I think the Lynx is a better platform, but it's a bit of a shitter to tear it up with the a/b/x/y, shoulder button pads. I'm not very graceful at rework like that!

I've been planning on doing this with a dead lynx 2 that i've had for a while and started ordering the bits to have a go. Glad you've gone with a composite screen, i was reading that spi versions just can't handle the FPS required for a decent game. A good idea would be to add buttons on the back for shoulder buttons, which is where i'm currently at. I don't want to mess up the aesthetics of the Lynx by doing so and for that reason have shelved it until i can figure out how i best want it configured. Good going!

Saint, you are teasing us! Great work sir, looking forward to being able to buy one or two!

Fantastic, thanks for the reply. Are these likely to sell out? As i'm away for a month, funds shall be tight and net access will be sketchy as heck. So are you likely still to have stock in October, or do they sell off the shelves as it were? Cheers mate

Hello mate, i'm keen on one of these new modded lcd's, when do you think they shall be available? Is postage to Australia available? On a side note, if any other Aussies would like to do a group buy, and save on postage, I'd be game for that. Also, do you have any estimation on the power consumption of a Lynx 2 with one of these screens? Cheers!

Hmm, interesting. Thankyou for the reply. This item https://www.adafruit.com/products/2465is a step-up dc-dc regulator, with a built in Lipo charger circuit. It also includes a low battery light, charging light combo. I've got one of these at my place in the UK that i intended for building a Raspberry-Pi RetroPi system based on the size of a gameboy, but that's a different story. So until that comes into fruition then i can use that charger. I'm good at SMD soldering, so shall remove the LED and see if i can relocate it. So to elaborate on your post, you think i could just feed the 5v straight into the points that you've used for your regulator? I can't see why not. A decent soldering iron is everyone who plays with electronics best friend, i hate the cheap stuff, especially if someone uses a low wattage iron and lead free solder, what a fucking mess. I haven't even thought about a TurboExpress in over twenty years, I'm liking this forum!

Yea, i'm still wondering what a McWill LCD and SD cartridged Lynx 2 would pull, as obviously space can be an issue and these regulators get a bit hot. It's been years since i've used my Lynx, what is battery life like with standard AA's? Couple of hours? So it wouldn't need a particularly large lipo to match that, and with the aid of usb charging would make life extremely easy. I've already got a 1A charger from a retropie project, so maybe when i get some time i'll knock it up. I need a friend with a 3d printer to make a battery door that i can have a usb plug in. Save chopping it up.

Edit, I lost the original charger link i meant to use, it was suppose to be this one, http://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/powerboost-500-charger-rechargeable-5v-lipo-usb-boost-500ma which doesn't then need the step up.

Hi there, great idea in replacing the dodgy reg! I recently dug out of lynx and found my batteries had leaked in the compartment, whenever i put the thing away 20+ years ago i guess i didn't think about batteries leaking as a ten year old. So I did some digging and found this thread, and this forum, hoorah! There is still love for the Lynx. I can't find the charger, so this got me thinking. Okay, i'm now wondering about updating the thing, i found McWill's LCD, and the flash cart that's in testing, and this got me thinking. So how much in total would a Lynx 2, with a new lcd, and flashcart(sd) pull, probably, 600mA? What do you reckon? So I'm thinking of replacing the horrid idea of AA batteries with lipo's, either several in series or one larger one and then using a usb charger to charge them and supply enough voltage to the Lynx to power it whilst it's on charge. So this way you could sit on a flight with the usb plugged in charging and playing away. I've had a look at the schematics that i've found here http://www.retroisle.com/atari/lynx/Technical/Hardware/Lynx-Schematics.php and can't see that the 9v is used anywhere, it's simply stepped down to the 5v. It's been over ten years since i've touched or looked at schematics and my mind is fairly sketchy. So I'm thinking on installing one of these http://core-electronics.com.au/usb-liion-lipoly-charger-v1-2.html and then output to a 5v step-up Pololu reg or one akin to the one you used. I found your thread when best working out where i would plug the thing in. What do you reckon, would it cause any hassal to the Lynx overall would you have thought? I don't like the idea of hacking up the Lynx but may knock up something to make it sit in the battery box with a 3d printer. Think anyone else would be interested in using it?