Trew

It's only $50 mate, for a team that's delivered before. No one wants to lose $50, obv, but it's far from insanity.

I love platformers, but never really liked Scrapyard Dog. But, after reading this thread, I gave it another go, and might stick with it. It's not perfect, but interesting to know there's a bit more to it than meets the eye.

I'm not a huge fan of the game itself, but always loved the music for Electrocop: And Shadow of the Beast is both a great game and has good music: (In game better than the intro) Notable mention to the between-level music of Pitfighter too. It may divide opinions as a game, but love the moody bits after a fight finishes (the rest of the music is plop).

I guess it was more a limitation of the 160 x 102 screen resolution. You can't add more detail than what's available in pixels. The game gear might not have had the same graphics muscle, but at 160 x 144, you can draw much more detail. I was always jealous of the basic graphics of the GG. If the Lynx had had the same resolution along with its scaling powers etc, it would have been immense.

Makes me sad every time I see this.

My "fatty" D-pad Lynx 1 is also made in Japan: W2015021610 (PAG-0201) My "skinny" D-pad Lynx 1 is Taiwan: Y20A5008385 (PAG-0200)

The Lynx one can have one of two types of D-Pad. The slim one, I believe, is usually a black cross on a grey circle, and just the cross (up/down/left/right) is a moving part. The circle around it is fixed. The fat one is usually all one color? And is all one part, so the circular plate around the cross is built in. Not sure if that makes sense. Skinny: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/atari_lynx_1.jpg Fat: http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/3104/417046-atari_lynx_1.jpg

I hope not as easy for those being patient to end up way down the list (PS, but if it is like this, then add me etcetc).

Thanks! I guess it was too good to imagine R-Type was a playable game (I'm sure I'd have heard of it earlier otherwise). I also realised I misread the OP, skipping the word "tunes" completely.

R-Type and Splatter house too please!?

I actually like that Bill & Ted was something totally different. It's the nearest thing to a Zelda-ish RPG on the Lynx. Agree, it's probably not what most people were expecting, but glad it's there.

Now I'm sad about Guardians: Storm over Doria/Distant Lands never happening all over again. Would love to see that project revived.

Yeah, it's not a bad game in theory, just incomplete... but what's there is fun. The problem is it's so expensive. However, the weird collector in me likes that one of the rarest titles, is also quirky and fudged. Adds to the character of it.

Seems to work a charm. I'm not using previews at all, so can only speak of the menu lag issue, but this seems to have done the trick at least. Thanks!

Yep, like I say, it's a minor thing, but noticeable. When can we get full Netflix style menu implemented

I tried three different ROMs, and couldn't get any to work on either the SD card OR Handy... do you have a ROM that works on emulator?

I removed those Mac system folders via the command line, and makes no difference. As I say, it's still very usable, just a few more clicks to get a game loaded.

I thought that too initially. As I had all the ROMs in separate alphabet-based folders. But I moved all the ROMs to root. I can't remember explicitly deleting the preview folder, but I have since deleted everything on the cart, and re-added just with the games and the menu.bin/menu folder and it still does it. When I check via terminal, showing all system files etc, I don't see the preview folder either. Also, would the preview folder explain the A-button presses not always registering? Maybe something funky my Mac is adding to the root folder? Only seeing these, which I think are standard: drwxrwxrwx 1 trew staff 16384 29 Jul 10:10 .Spotlight-V100 [email protected] 1 trew staff 16384 25 Jul 19:44 .Trashes drwxrwxrwx 1 trew staff 16384 29 Jul 10:10 .fseventsd

Not sure if this is the right place to put this. I'm on menu 1.8, and find sometimes there's a bit of a lag when navigating files with the D-pad, and also pressing buttons. Sometimes I have to press down three times before it starts to move through files. And often the first time I press "A" to load a game, it's not registered. In games themselves, I get no problems at all, and the menu lag is the same on my other Lynxes. It's still very usable, just wondered if others had the same.

Just tried it here and it doesn't work for me. It looks like it's going to load, then I just get a blank screen and a continuous tone.

PUT ME DOWN FOR ONE. Kidding. (well, not kidding, but y'know). This looks great btw, really excited for it.

So... you're basically saying these are now collectable... how can I call myself a Lynx collector, until I have the super rare, 100-only, original "silver pin" edition? Bugger.

I have one here. Photo of it next to the one I bought off you for comparison The all grey is a PAG200, and the black/grey is PAG201 (FWIW).

I thought this was going to go more like: "The TSA will instantly pull you out of line and want you to start up the Lynx and want to play California Games Surfing."

Ah, not a bad shout! Best isn't great for non-US orders (shipping costs etc). But... I'm likely moving to the US soon, so can hook myself when I get there. I have a few of the large Lynx cases, but not boxed, and all shiny and new, so that's a good call.