Atari_afternoon

PM sent, The_Laird. Asking can´t hurt I think

Thanks all for the first-hand suggestions! Rampart looks really interesting, too. Hard to get a decent impression with reading reviews only. I was originally somewhat "prejudiced" against Paperboy and also against Klax, I must admit; reason was, knowing them both from the Gameboy. The reviews, however, are ALL very favourable, that gave me some serious thinking. Plus your tips. I thought I have played enough riddle games in my life but now both Klax and Lynxopoly (and of course, Shanghai), I´ll look out for them. Don´t know where to get the latter from though; there are a few dealers (and fewer collectors) here in Germany but like with getting my copy of the Lynx, it might be more worthwhile to try get them from abroad for me (the Lynx itself I got from a dealer in Greece!). I have checked out the major addresses of dealers and suppliers mentioned throughout here already. Zarlor Mecerary also on my wish list. The more reviews I read, the more curious I get. And I have spent the past weeks doing righ that while me and my lonely Blue Lightning cartridge were waiting With NiMH rechargeables I achieve a decent playing time. So far I have not felt the need for the 220 Volt unit. Need the pouchbag though. It´s just the feeling that the Lynx is something very special! It´s not because it´s just "new" to me; it´s more because I know "wow, this was ahead of its time, for over a decade on top of that!" + "I could never have afforded the hundreds of Marks as a kid when I saw it at the shops". That´s the reason why after the 2600, I came to love the Gameboy first. It´s soo tempting to compare the Lynx with the GBA (many have done that...). Anyway, fits great in my collection of handhelds (next to the "Nintendo family" - they get along with each other!). I see lots of coffee breaks ahead.

The other day, after weeks of pain and negotiations, that Saturday finally my long-awaited Lynx II arrived in the mail! I have already had "Blue Lightning" waiting for 2 weeks to play it. So, the weekend I spent a good while with "Steel Talons" and "B.L." (I have a faible for all handheld flight simulators.). I must say the ergonomic is fantastic! The "preparation" to this moment involved testing all game roms I could find in the "handy" emulator. So my wishlist now includes: "Battlewheels", "Xybots", "S.T.U.N. Runner" and "Warbirds" < all in the mail as I type this, will arrive tomorrow :) The ones I think I´ll definitely be looking out for are California Games, Chip´s Challenge, Todd´s Adv. in Slime Words, Shanghai, Scrapyard Dog and Paperboy...which are, as I have seen it by reading lots of reviews, first address, of course, AtariAge, pretty easy to get...I´d also love Battlewheels 2000 soon after... ^^Just had the wish to let you know I´m glad I´ve joined the Lynx players club! [if there is a stickied thread for "newbies", feel free to move this thread to there )

Very good news, Albert !

Thank you very much for a wonderful game!

I´m glad you´ve made a blog and especially a video

Nice Maybe add a link to PC emulators like Stella? - The Youtube idea I have come across because for an unrelated-to-Atari project we have tried the same, and a few short "educational" 60-90 seconds videos with text-over do indeed contribute to solve a few FAQs there. So I thought it might work here, too kind of the advanced version to screenshots, which is always asked for it seems

I was regularly looking for new homebrews just on www.pdroms.de only (hope linking is allowed in this case...); this post http://www.pdroms.de/news/23021/ had actually led me to here! ^^No doubt there are other forums and non-English places that I might not know but that have an even higher Google rating. Do you have a personal Myspace/Facebook etc? A blog? It would give Ature a better Google exposure. And with Windows Movie Maker, you could do a short video with text over, for youtube or possibly archive.org; YouTube is accessed by many many people and "bypassers"...it likely would bring more people to here

Oh, on my DSlite it works very well. Slightly slower but 85% of all games I tried run very comfortably.

Have you also posted about it on other public domain + homebrew boards? Not the discussion, just about its existence and where to reach you for questions etc. I know I found your game (and this forum!) from a Germany PD Roms-Forum, so a short summary on other fora will certainly do some good Just my idea.

I cannot access Chuckster´s site any more. I had found it through the German homebrew side homebrewwelt.com some 2 years ago. Oops, no, found it, he has changed the sitename: http://www.charlesmoyes.com/index.php?id=19 Still, last update 03.05.06

Looks nice What will the objective of the game be? Something like Pressure Cooker? Looking forward to any updates!

Yes, it normally happens when the file name is too long. That´s the reason I have found at least.

Thank you so much for all your work, beoran !

I am proud to be one of the first happy ones to have seen it being developed. Beoran has created a great game!!

Almost got them for Pitfall 2 and Beamrider today. Almost. For H.E.R.O. I am only half-way. Not past level 7 yet.

A few of these badges are pretty easy to get...others I cannot even dream of Just looking it up right now on my cartridge... Patches I have only achieved for Chopper Command (was easy) and Pitfall (needs trying but if you could it 23 years ago you can it now). Not Keystone Kapers?? i have played that for ages! (too many medium sessions it seems) I feel it plays better in the GBAdvance but I´m having it in the GB Micro right now! Man, I wish you could come over for a beer or so (and get me a few more badges)!

Agree with you everywhere! Also un the gaming value of the GB Micro. The Activision Anthology for the GBA was what brought me into retrogaming and checking out emulators afterwards and the homebrew scene on this forum. Especially "Skeleton Plus" made me checkout homebrew forums and made me land here. If you can get the GBA cartridge, it is worth it. I am from Germany and I had to import it from the US, it is not common here. Had no luck on xxxx.de or even .co.uk at all. Also many games on there are ones I have hitherto not known. I had an Atari from 1986 til around 93 and my friends who had one, and I, have never heard of obviously very common games on there like Pitfall 2 or Keystone Kapers. So they were brand-new to me. I don´t necessarily GO for the badges...just take them as a side-effect. I´m more the "coffee-break" and "play-in-bed" gamer" and less of a "sports-gamer" (running for highscores).

Thank you for the new version, beoran As usual (for me), I´ll give it intensive treatment with Stella DS later accompanied by my bedtime tea 8-)

I like its simplicity more and more. I played it after a little FIFA football world cup party and the water shimmers like crazy if you had a few The water looks great!

Hehe. I like it. Thank you Works fine with Stella and I hope, with Stella DS.

Yes, it´s a nice game tried it out last night. Still have to figure out how to get beyond level 2, I´ll report back!

Damn, after 15 minutes the other day I played it over an hour yesterday (or more precisely, the equivalent of 3 coffee mug). It´s a lovely little game and I still have a long "way to go". Thanks once more. Work of over a year, wow

I played it some 15 minutes the previous evening via Stella DS, I like it. It is a nice little decent game for a coffee break to get away from stress. Much to explore, run around and much to "kill by sword". Thanks once more. I´ll play it regularly, that´s for sure. PS. http://www.pdroms.de/news/23021/ which is where I found it.

Thank you for your work I´m trying it out at the moment with Stella. Works great so far. Looking forward to later when I´ll be trying it on my DS, which is my favourite way to play Atari in bed now Again, thanks! Found you by the PDRom-site (pdroms.de, public domain collection)