SeanXTC

Just wondering if any of the prototypes listed in the rarity guide are actually out there? Like in collectors collections? Do they ever show up on Ebay? There's not all that many games to have the full set for the Lynx (101 I think) excluding prototypes. I've been thinking about trying to get the whole collection for the Lynx (already have 7) so that leaves 94... and they seem cheap enough on Ebay. Not made my mind up weather I should try or not. I can imagine it being a nice feeling when you get the last few elusive titles to make it whole.

Free online gaming was the reason I choose PS3 over Xbox. I'm sure there will be an uprising, *if* they do start charging... which to be honest I can't.

Sorry for the late reply. Not been on here for a-while. It used to work fine. Been along time since there was 2 pads plugged into that though, so I couldn't tell you if it still does?

Don't know if this has been brought up... I didn't see a post about it so I thought I'd start one. Looks great! I will be buying a copy very soon. Do you think they went too far? I know people are saying it's a homage and some are saying it's down right theft. Personaly I think it looks wicked and long overdue. It was "A Link To The Past" that got me hook, line, and sinker and still 18 years on I play that game. If I go longer than a year I start getting withdraw symptoms and the Snes has to come out... or at the very least an emulator just to get me through those rough times.

OH MY GOD! I used to watch Bad influence!!!!!!! Damn that brings back good memories! I remember it's where I first saw uni-rally advertised/reviewed, damn good game that. When I first read your post I didn't realize what Bad influence was... just googled the scorpion 16 and it came up with a youtube link to watch a clip of it. So awesome. The woman with the short blonde hair and the 90's clothes, classic! That Scorpion 16 had a couple of things the real Mega drive didn't have, built in game, ability to play NTSC games... rather cool. (Sorry for the double post).

My Scorpion 8 Exact same thing as Kool kitty posted though, square-ish, black, rather ugly, the graphics are pretty good though! Cool, it's rare! Not worth much though (never mind, I had no intension of selling). On the site of famiclones I came across there was a HUGE list of 'em. I do live in England and from what I can remember this was the only famiclone I ever saw, infact not only the only famiclone but only scorpion 8 too. Dare I say, I think the graphics are better than the original?! I would like to see a scorpion 16 *starts googling*. Thanks!

Does anyone have any information on these systems, I searched the web and only came up with a couple of sites. The websites I found contained lists of famiclones (scorpion 8 being one of them). Theres no games list on wiki, no games or systems for sale on ebay. Which got me wondering, is this system rather rare... I am guessing so as I can't seem to find another person who owns one or is selling one, or any games. Another thing I came across was a game called Mel Gibsons safari 3 which was apparently a hoax, some comments underneath stating it was a hoax game for a system that they wasn't sure existed... well the system does exist and I own one (fully boxed with 2 controlers) and a game for it called Q-Boy. I would appreciate any information on this system as there is a complete lack of it. Do any of you own one? What games do you have? Any idea how many were released? Where did you purchase it from? I got mine from a video game shop in a small village where I used to live (long gone now). From what I can remember there was quite a few games on his shelfs for it...

Theres quite a few systems I haven't photographed yet, but here are a few that I have. Some of my collection.

Ahh, sweet... and yeh, you are right it was abit creepy! *note to self, must check out coleco version*

This was a game I played on the intelivision first... many years ago. I played it today on Stella, the atari version... From what I can remember the intelivison version was alot better. It was alittle bit of a let-down. I don't know if it was just because I was young and gaming has moved on since then. But the colours wern't as attractive and it seemed harder/more fiddly to play, perhaps thats because I was using an emulator and a usb controller, it's a decent joypad though. Having said that the intelivision controler was like nothing I have seen since and from what I can remember was pretty good with venture, was a long time ago so it's possible I'm wrong. The top left level in the first world has been the main cause of my stress today! When I get my new atari I will be buying this game even if it wasn't as good as the intelivision version.

I remember the first time I laid eyes on a C64 I was about 4/5 years old... It has a cool smell too it, the box was a very atractive blue/purple with other wicked colours on it and a pic of the light fantastic gun. My grandad and grandma love playing power poker on the ole beast to this day! I use mine for a bit of retro fun now and again. As for what else it can do... well it's rather straight forward to program on... I remember typing out the number guessing game in one of the "making the most out of your c64" books. There is also a full office suit avalible and a printer (I have the printer and office suit though the printer is dry). Oh, and theres a music maker thingy too with a piano style keyboard that goes over the qwerty. It is a very cool system. Loading times never bothered me, it is all part of the fun... really large games can take upto 15 minutes. To be honest I had never heard of fast loaders and the like till I read this topic, something I might look into though as anything that makes life easier and more enjoyable is a good thing. Some games you may want to check out are: Monty on the run. Dizzy the egg (all the dizzy collection are great). Cauldron 2 (never played the first one, read it was somewhat differnt, though. In my opinion the C64's was the best version of this game). Toy bizarre. Chucky Egg. Finders keepers. Power poker (don't know if this was released on its own, its part of a bumper collection I have called "big 100"). Flintstones. Theres many many more, but none spring to mind at the moment... and I guess I could list them all night long if I put my mind too it, though I am sure you wont wanna spend your evening reading my top 100 C64 games list!

I have about 5 I did have about 15, which were lost in house moves. My 2600 burnt out from playing chopper command constantly. So I am currently 2600-less. Keep watching on Ebay for one in the box... but I keep wrestling with the idea of how much I want to pay (obviously as little as possible). I will have one in the next few weeks for certain. I have also been looking out for games... though Ill be investing in the Harmony cart very soon.

Thanks for that. When the Snes does make a re-apperance I shall wedge the cart with cardboard... It was more when going to turn the system off that you could accidently knock it. It did it to me about a year ago when I turned it off... a good few hours of "Link to the Past" gone! I have had it since it first was released (I was about 8 then). It started doing it after a few years of owning it... I was still young and me and my brother could get into a fight over a game and knock it while it was turned on, deleting the save of the current game often causing a big fight! Ahh, good times.