BenjaminStevens

It turns out that I was right about the reason why you made the comment, and you still obviously don't understand what I was asking.

I’m not sure why you made this comment, but I wanted to know if the person or persons who made this slideshow already have an established reputation for developing and making games for the Lynx, or if this was made by some person who was unknown until the making of this. Thus, I think “programmer” was the best word to use in my concise question. If I had simply said “person,” then that could have referred to any user on this site, whereas “programmer” would refer to those who are known to have made and released games in some form for the Lynx, many of whom make their appearance on this site.

Oh... thanks for the info. So the maker isn't a known programmer on this site? (Or if he is, perhaps he wants to remain anonymous, due to the nature of the slideshow )

Can someone please give me more info about this "Lynx Invades Japan" slideshow cartridge? Who made it? I'm having a hard time finding any info on it on this forum or anywhere on the web for that matter.

I have a copy of the manual, so I scanned it and added it to my gallery.

Well, from that list, I would have to pick Gordo, since he was my second choice anyway among the licensed games. Although, if the "awesomeness" of the game is to be taken into consideration, perhaps Todd should be the pick of choice. I think most Lynx fans have "Todd's Adventures in Slime World" in their top 10 Lynx games list. I guess the main reason why I like Toki is because his platforming game is so awesome and has a lot of elements in it similar to the Super Mario Bros. games and Donkey Kong Country games, and to me, those games are the kind of "mascot" games that I love. Way back when I first got the Lynx while the system and games were still on regular store shelves, I was hoping to find a game like Mario, and Toki always stood out to me as "the Mario game" for the Lynx.

Most mascots that I am used to are found in platform games, and of all the options among the licensed games for the Atari Lynx, I would have to say that Toki is the best option for a mascot. However, if I expanded the options to the unreleased/canceled games, I would have to agree that Pounce would be the best choice for a Lynx mascot.

I always get so stuck in this game. It's a real tough one in my opinion. Thus, I've never beaten it either.

I have to put my vote in for Awesome Golf. I never play golf in real life, other than mini-golf on occasion, and I almost never watch it on television, so I definitely cannot be called a "golf fan." Actually, I almost never enjoy any kind of sports games on video game systems. But Awesome Golf was and is highly addicting to me. I found myself going back to play it over and over again. The controls are easy enough to get into the game quickly, but the game still offers a great challenge to play it over and over again and try to master the game and get the best possible scores. Of all the Lynx games I've played, this is by far the game that I have gone back to playing the most. Awesome title indeed.

Hey high voltage, Your comment about what happened with Wikipedia makes me curious. With my last reply on this thread, it was the first time that I consulted the instruction manual for "Dirty Larry--Renegade Cop." I never bothered to check the spelling before because I always assumed it was correctly spelled in the lists because the lists follow the normal rules of English. However, while the normal rules of English would demand a colon to be placed between "Larry" and "Renegade" in order to separate the two, the game makers chose to use two dashes as the official way to separate the two words, and I can prove this by citing the official instruction manual as a source. Therefore, I am going to try to edit the spelling of the title in the Wikipedia article and mention my authoritative source and see if my change gets removed in a short time. This will be interesting.

Hi 108 Stars, To answer some of your questions: 1. In the case of writing a word within a paragraph, you are correct. If a compound word has to be broken at the end of a line within a paragraph, there must be a “-” at the end of the first part of the word where it splits in two, and the “-” must appear after a complete syllable of the word. So in the case of BattleWheels, it could properly appear at the end of one line of a paragraph and at the beginning of the next line as follows: Bat- tleWheels or as Battle- Wheels Any other case would be incorrect, so if one cannot split the word in such a way when writing it within a paragraph, the entire word should be written on the next line alone. However, this is only the case when writing a word within a paragraph as the proper means of demarcation. This rule does not have to be followed in the case of a title created for cover art. With titles that appear also as art, the creator can take some liberties in demarcating the words within the title, in place of the typical symbols that would have to be used otherwise, such as the colon “:”. For instance: with the game “Dirty Larry--Renegade Cop,” when writing the name within a paragraph, demarcation is necessary between “Larry” and “Renegade,” and one should normally use a colon between “Larry” and “Renegade” because this is the best way to demarcate these two words that don’t smoothly flow together otherwise. However, the makers of the game chose to use two dashes in the instruction manual, so that is the "official" way to make the demarcation. “Larry” is his name and “Renegade Cop” is what he is, so these are two different things that must be demarcated by some means, and the normal rules of English would say that the colon is the proper means to do so within a paragraph, but the designers took the liberty to use two dashes. However, if you look at the box art, you will see that no colon and no two dashes appear after “Larry.” Demarcation is still necessary for the title on the box art, but it has occurred in a different way. “Dirty Larry” appearing on the first line and “Renegade Cop” appearing on the second line is sufficient to distinguish between the two. Since the demarcation has already occurred by “Renegade Cop” appearing on the next line, there is no need for the colon or the two dashes to be used to create a demarcation. This readily applies to “BattleWheels.” “Wheels” appears on the second line, and demarcation has already been created thereby, so there is no need to include the typical “-” used to distinguish “Battle” from “Wheels.” 2. It is true that for standard words, there cannot be a capital letter in the middle of a word. However, this does not apply to proper names. When creating a name or title, the creator can come up with whatever he wants. He can choose to deliberately misspell words within the title or name, and it is perfectly okay to do so. There are many titles for many works where deliberate misspellings appear. In the case of “BattleWheels,” the developers chose to come up with a somewhat unique style for their name. Both words contained in the compound word are spelled correctly, but the “W” was capitalized by them in accordance with their style of choice. There are also many other titles of games where this occurs, and I’ll list some NES titles as examples: 3-D WorldRunner BreakThru BurgerTime DuckTales KlashBall MagMax RoboCop RollerGames StarTropics Concerning your comment: “in the end, it really doesn’t matter at all anyway” I was under the impression that when high voltage started a forum thread, asking for how BattleWheels should be spelled, he was hoping to find out the correct answer and perhaps also receive an explanation as to why it is the correct spelling. That’s what I was hoping to give him with all of my explanations. Thus, for those who truly want to know the correct way to spell BattleWheels, it would matter, but for those who don’t care how it is correctly spelled, it truly doesn’t matter. They are free to spell it however they like.

Which cover are you talking about? I don't see "Battle Wheels" (written as two words with a space between them) written on the front cover of either the box or the instruction manual. On both the cover of the box and the cover of the instruction manual, I see the singular word "BATTLEWHEELS," where the second part of the compound word has been wrapped onto the second line. It seems that many are confused about the rules of English, so I will explain them for clarification: In accordance with the rules of word wrapping, when a singular word exceeds the character limit of a line, the remainder of the word must be written on the next line. In the case of BattleWheels, the developers of the game chose to give themselves a 6-character line limit for the title that appears on the box and instruction manual, most likely so that the title would appear larger and easily visible to the naked eye. Thus, the first 6 letters, "BATTLE" are written on the first line, while the next 6 letters "WHEELS" are written on the second line. While it is possible that a word on top of another word in a title can mean that they are two separate words that must be written with a space between them when writing the title in a paragraph, this is not always the case. It is very possible that it could be a singular word whose second part is wrapped onto the second line, so one must consult other sources to know how it should be properly written. In the case of "BattleWheels," consulting the instruction manual allows one to readily determine that the title on the box and the instruction manual is a singular, compound word that has been wrapped onto two lines, since the developers of the game wrote "BattleWheels" every single time it appears within a sentence of the instruction manual.

Perhaps I should clarify my statement further. I myself have thought thoroughly about the spelling of names for all Lynx games and have determined what sources are the best for finding the correct spellings, the primary source being the official instruction booklet for a particular game. After carefully reviewing all of the spellings of names on the list of the Wikipedia article, I have determined that all users have done a superb job of getting the spellings right, which is why I determine it to be an "authoritative source." Every time I have consulted an instruction manual for the spelling of the name and checked it with the Wikipedia article, the Wikipedia article was proven to be correct. I have not checked all the instruction manuals for all the names, but since the Wikipedia article never showed itself to be wrong for all the ones I checked, I do assume that all of them may very well be correct, with the exception of perhaps a few. The contributors obviously consulted the instruction manuals and perhaps other official writings to determine the proper spellings of the names. This is especially the case with "BattleWheels," which is only spelled as one word every time it appears in the official instruction manual. I would, therefore, have to say that the official way to spell the game's title is "BattleWheels." Thus, I did not say the Wikipedia article is the "authoritative source" just because it is a Wikipedia article. I have tested it and it shows itself to be authoritative. That is why I simply look at it and assume that all the spellings will likely match up with the spellings contained in the instruction manuals, etc.

The nice thing about Wikipedia articles, though, is that they are constantly reviewed and edited to be "more correct" by the people who usually care the most about the particular subject. I am sure that all of the spellings on there were carefully considered by Atari Lynx enthusiasts.

Beautiful graphics! Nice job so far!

I've had dilemmas with deciding how to spell certain names of Lynx games in the past, and I finally decided that the Wikipedia article for the List of Atari Lynx games is the "authoritative source," so I would go with "BattleWheels."

LX.NET, When you say that California Games comes in a big box or the weird flat box, is the above picture from MrBland's collection the big box or the weird flat one?

Okay, I managed to find one Ebay seller who is offering California Games in a standard game box: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 290814618290 The only problem is, a person would probably have to buy the whole lot to get the game in this box. California Games must be one of the hardest games to find complete in a standard game box from what I've found.

From what I heard, one can only get a cartridge of the game made from the original programmer in Germany. He no longer makes the manuals as I understand it. I am very interested to know the information in the instruction manual, and I was hoping to create an English translation of it to post online for all to read. High Voltage, would you be willing to send me legible scans of each of the pages of the P.I.T.S. manual, so that I can translate the information into English and post on this site for all to read? If so, send me a PM and I can send you my e-mail address if necessary. I would greatly appreciate it.

But in that case, wasn't it simply a loose cart inside of the large Lynx system box? Tempest2k actually has a box that looks like all of the other standard Lynx game boxes. I don't see any California Games online anywhere that come in one of the standard game boxes.

Okay, I am now in the hunt for collecting all CIB games for the Lynx, and as I look at most people's CIB collections, I notice that nobody seems to have a standard box for California Games, nobody except Tempest2k that is. What is up with California games? Did it never have a standard box made for it, and is the one in Tempest2K's collection simply a custom-made one? I don't even see California Games on the box list on this site, so I'm assuming it must not have an official standard box, is that correct?

Well, I sure hope that I can find someone who will send me scans of the manual, as I really am very interested to know the details of it. Yeah... that's the condition in which the Othello cart came to me from the Ebay seller. I don't know if I want to know what he did to it.