NE146 Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 And more "Blast From The Past" EGM scans from bored worker here, this time with a sneak preview of the upcoming secret Atari handheld.. THE LYNX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergbros Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 Interesting. It is interesting to see some of the games had started with different names like Electrocop (Impossible Mission). EGM was perceptive with the ultimate downfall of the Lynx which was lack of third party support and the price. THey were off with the multiplayer as the most the Lynx could do was eight players and everyone needed the cart to play. It is important to note that EGM thought that the system compared favorably to CONSOLES on the market. It points out again how truly advance the system was and is today. They were concerned about arcade quality games which I thought was a strength of the Lynx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 EGM was a BIG supporter of the Lynx early on. I remember seeing several layouts within the magazine just on the Lynx. They generally gave pretty favorable reviews to Lynx games, too, until Atari somehow pissed them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 Also notice the screenshot for Rampage is totaly different and that the California Games cart has a different label. I like Gauntlet 3's original name: Time Quests and Treasure Chests. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenLynxer Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 More about EGM in this topic: http://www.atariage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3786 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Heh, does anyone remember the Lynx Adventure insert, which was written just like the rest of EGM but was in actuality an ad Sendai created for Atari? If that weren't bad enough, one of the writers snuck in a message proclaiming that GamePro sucked in an article about Championship Cyberball. JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 21, 2002 Author Share Posted December 21, 2002 Heh, does anyone remember the Lynx Adventure insert, which was written just like the rest of EGM but was in actuality an ad Sendai created for Atari? Yeah there were 2 if I remember correctly.. want me to scan those as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 Yeah there were 2 if I remember correctly.. want me to scan those as well? yeah, I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a scan today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zeptari Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Thanks for the egm lynx scan!!! Any full page Lynx ads for the system or games? Funny thing i don't remember any ads for the games back when the lynx came out.... I first saw one at an atari user group meeting in late 89/90.... Blue Lighting and Chips Challange was the first two games I saw.... more scans please!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted March 15, 2003 Author Share Posted March 15, 2003 Will do! I'll have to wait till Monday though.. as I do these at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K3V Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Man, that EGM article is a crazy childhood flashback for me. I remember flipping through the magazine at the grocery store and seeing that picture of California Games. I couldn't believe that was on a portable and I thought I would never have one. Well today I've got two Being grown up isn't all bad! -Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 that article inspired me to buy a lynx from the california test market before it even hit retail they had another article that had more shots of rampage, and the godzilla character looked even more godzilla like, and the graphics were MUCH better than the final version. I was so dissappointed when the rampage finally did come out for the lynx and it didnt have the detailed buildings, and godzilla got a flat face and lost his 'godzilla' look. still played really well tho. and i enjoyed it having the music from c-64 'movie monster game' which did have an actual godzilla license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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