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What'd be a real joy to see added to Handy, would be the option to log game music to the VGM format. This way people (such as myself) could log, trim and share complete soundtracks of Lynx games in a convenient format. According to Maxim, creator of the VGM format: I just red through some docs on the Lynx's sound chip (http://www.monlynx.de/lynx/lynx7.html) and it seems feasible. There are 4 channels with tone generators (ideal for logging), but any or all 4 can have the tone generator turned off and the CPU can feed PCM data into them (bad for logging). The PCM data can be dealt with in the same way as on the Mega Drive - some clever processing can strip it down to the basic sample set in use, and a few pseudo-operations can be implemented to do seeking and playing from buffers. The plus side is, as far as I can tell, the Lynx CPU is not so fast and the carts not so big, so the samples are likely to be quite small comparede to the MD. I looked through the Handy source and it'll be somewhat tricky to integrate its C++ code into in_vgm's pure C code. Ultimately what's needed is someone very familiar with the Lynx to partition off exectly what's needed (I think, just logging a range of the Mikey chip's addresses), modify an emulator to produce logs, modify in_vgm (or some other player) to play them, then figure out how to optimise samples similarly to how the Mega Drive optimiser works. This would be about 3 years' work for me given the amount of time I am able to spend on this stuff, hopefully somewhat less for someone more available and more interested in Lynx.

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...as well as on the PC (DOS) with lovely EGA graphics and featuring an AdLib soundtrack by David Whittaker which can be downloaded from the AdLib music archive. While we're on the subject, here's a funny short story about the Lynx version of Chip's Challenge: A couple of years ago, I was dating a girl who whose ex-boyfriend had been BIG into videogames. He had at one point introduced her to Chip's Challenge, a game which she had nothing but great things to say about. Since her experiences with the game had been limited to a stuffy Windows 3.1 version (blech!) of the game, I tried to surprised her one afternoon by brandishing a Lynx loaded with its much better port of this great game. Her responce? "Is it Chip's Challenge? Oh. Yeah." She played it for a few minutes, just to appease me, before handing the system back to me, never to touch it again. I guess, regardless of its awesomeness, the Lynx can't win everyone over.

My copy of Street Blaster (Street Fighter II clone) aka Jang Pung II for the Sega Game Gear is now up for sale on eBay. Street Blaster game for Sega Game Gear - Korean import http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=130072926355 Thanks for your attention.

Retro Gamer magazine (England) worked a rather lovely, 3-page Beggar Prince feature into their 28th issue. Though the magazine shipped in September, 2006, I just recently received high-quality scans of the feature. So, without further ado: Retro Gamer reviews Beggar Prince and interviews Brandon Cobb

Play Magazine (USA) reviewed Beggar Prince in their January, 2007 issue: Play Magazine reviews Beggar Prince Yes, we are still taking orders.

Yes, we are still taking new orders for Beggar Prince. Orders placed for the second production run will begin shipping this week (watch for your confirmation e-mail). At this time, we have sold through just over half of the copies produced for the second production run. If you are interested in the game but haven't placed an order yet, now's a great time to do so. Christmas has seen a mad rush on orders, as certainly expected. If you have any questions about the game, the order process or about your particular order, you're always welcome to contact me by e-mail using the link provided on the Beggar Prince website. Or, ask your question here, in this forum, and I'll do my best to answer it in a timely manner.

The Atari Lynx is one of the loves of my life, so I certainly hate to play favorites... however... I must admit that ever since I acquired my first Lynx II, it is the only model of the system that I ever choose to use. The Lynx I is much much too large, has the annoying paint rubbing problem that you mentioned, and it has always seemed very odd to me that this unit must be opened on the SIDE (and then closed up) in order to insert / remove a game card; a very poor design. The Lynx II, on the other hand, corrects these problems and then some. Like I said, I'll never use a Lynx I again, unless of course all of my Lynx II's decide to take a dive at the same time.

The website Retro Thing just published a review of Beggar Prince: Beggar Prince reviewed @ retrothing.com

Use the Gameboy Light. It's a Gameboy Pocket with a built-in backlight. So, you get the authentic experience of the b&w games, but without having to strain the hell out of your eyes. Of course, the Gameboy Light was a Japan-only release, but that doesn't matter too much - if I was able to pick one up at the Classic Gaming Expo '04 for $10, that should about tell you how rare they are in the USA.

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Check this out. ^^^ - Name change, design change, etc., but YES, the game is still in active development.

I'll be damned... the Game.com modem. That's the one, single, solitary Game.com item I don't yet own. Congrats!

Diner is a spectacular game indeed. I was already an Intellivision fan when my friend first showed it to me, but I never thought I'd find such a great, addicting game on the system. The first time I played Diner, I was amazed by the gameplay, the graphics, and even the layout of the mazes. We played it for hours that day, and I eventually picked up a copy for myself at the Classic Gaming Expo, boxed, for only $29.00 (NOT a common price for this rare game). It's worth getting an Intellivision for, definitely. The only unfortunate thing is, you'll be able to find an Intellivision cheap while the Diner game fetches high prices unless you get very lucky (like I did).

GamesTM magazine (England) featured Beggar Prince in this month's issue, as part of their retro section: Beggar Prince article in GamesTM magazine

Quoted from the Beggar Prince mailing list: "As many of you likely aware, we have successfully sold through our initial production run of Beggar Prince (600 copies). However, due to popular demand we have decided to produce an additional 300 copies of this amazing game - and are now happy to announce that we are taking pre-orders for this second run! Orders will be shipped in time for Christmas, 2006." The game can now be ordered @ www.beggarprince.com

Agreed 110%. A TV-out adaptor for the Lynx would be very useful for showcasing new demos/games to an audience; since such a device has been made possible (and built) for the Game Gear, and is long overdue for our beloved Lynx.

I was at one time collecting heavily for the Lynx; I had well over 80 games and most of the accessories. Eventually I had to condense my collection for space purposes ("space purposes" meaning free space in my living area, not meaning outer space like Asteroids Deluxe or something), so the vast majority of my Lynx collection (including the Blue Lightning demo, Fat Bobby, S.I.M.I.S., Alpine Games and a few uninteresting prototypes) went up for sale on eBay. Congratulations to whomever won those auctions. Now, I have only five games for the Lynx: Double Dragon, Ms. Pacman, Qix, Robotron 2084 and Toki. I'm still rather unhealthily obsessed with the Lynx, nevertheless... which can be a good thing... allegedly.

Perhaps, the prince should have a talk with the guards at the front of the palace. After all, they did tell him, "If you were the real prince, you'd have some proof to show us."

Lotek 64 in Austria writes 2 and 1/3 pages about Beggar Prince (in German): Lotek 64 review of Beggar Prince

Everything was produced brand-new from scratch for Beggar Prince.

600 were produced, under 50 remain available.

The website GamingTrend has posted a review of Beggar Prince: GamingTrend reviews Beggar Prince

The Supervision is the best handheld system of all time, plain and simple!! But, why? * The original, black & white Gameboy's screen was too hard to see, but the Supervision had a large screen display that was easy on the eyes. * The Super Gameboy, released in 1995, allowed Super Nintendo owners to play Gameboy games on their television screen and in pseudo-color. So... what!! The Supervision had the TV-LINK in 1992 which allowed Supervision games to be played on the television screen in psuedo-color, but *without* the need to purchase an additional games console! * The Gameboy Advance SP has a bendable neck, you say? The Supervision had a bendable neck in 1992! Finally... * Any successful game system is going to have a large load of [email protected] games in addition to the good ones. The Gameboy has been around since 1989, and although it has seen its fair share of decent titles, there's certainly been a HUGE load of [email protected] games made for it in all that time! Well, you know what? With the Supervision, EVERY GAME WAS [email protected], so you knew what you were getting ahead of time and didn't need to get your hopes up! With games like Happy Race, Popo Legend and Sonny X'Press just to name a few - THE SUPERVISION ROCKS. Wake up and smell the cheap Chinese plastic. If the Supervision doesn't win out in this discussion hands down, I'm going to fling myself down on the floor and weep softly into a pillow cushion.

Swedish videogame magazine Super Play ran a review of Beggar Prince in their July, 2006 issue. Beggar Prince reviewed in Super Play magazine Looks like the game is succ-swede-ing!