+karri Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Next to a comic book store in Sannomiya (Kobe, Japan) central building I found a small computer shop that still had a Lynx I in good shape in the window. Nostalgic feeling... -- Karri 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjaukifa Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Next to a comic book store in Sannomiya (Kobe, Japan) central building I found a small computer shop that still had a Lynx I in good shape in the window. Nostalgic feeling... -- Karri Thats awesome! I've never used or played a Lynx I in person, thinking about getting one just to have one! -Grant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obschan Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Nice ! You got very lucky, that's a rare catch in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im_reg Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Cool. There's a feature in this months game about the Jap version of Klax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxman Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) How much? Any Games? Edited October 9, 2012 by Lynxman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 13000 yen with 2 games. I already have a Lynx I so I just walked by and took a photo. But the unit had no scratches and no paint peeled off like mine. -- Karri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael David Morsette Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 That is pretty cool, I have yet to see a Lynx in the wild . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Is there actually a contingent of Atari players in Japan? I've always wondered if there is much Atari stuff there, considering how jingoistic Japan is concerning video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxman Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 I found some Lynx games in a shop in Akihabara. If i remember right it was at Superpotato. It is amazing! If you stay in Tokio you should visit Superpotato! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) Overall the popularity of Atari was always pretty limited afaik. I'm not aware of any Atari system that ever had success over there. I'd find the japanese Lynx games interesting because of the packaging though. Edited October 9, 2012 by 108 Stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthulhu Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I found some Lynx games in a shop in Akihabara. If i remember right it was at Superpotato. It is amazing! If you stay in Tokio you should visit Superpotato! Either there or the one in Den Den Town in Osaka...I saw a Lynx I a couple of years ago in a shop near Super Potato there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Nice find, a bit pricey at £104 or $166. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Was there ever a Western console popular in Japan? XBOX? 3DO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 I don't think so... Xbox was not popular, neither is the 360 today. The 3DO wasn't even very popular in the west, so I doubt it was successful in Japan. It made sense for a long time too, because I'd say that between 1985 and 2005 Japanese games were the most popluar ones anyway, so there was little reason for Japanese to look elsewhere and for developers to support foreign consoles much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thund3r Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I can remember a webring of Jagfest pages around 2002/2003 around the world when Jagfest UK was starting off and there was a small obscure group of japanese atari fans that got together. Not sure what the website was now but I remember it was something pretty shoddy at the time so I doubt i'll be able to find any information on it. I know that the jaguar had a very limited release in Japan but i'm not so sure about the Lynx, so this could quite possibly be an import. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Stars Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 but i'm not so sure about the Lynx, so this could quite possibly be an import. The Lynx had a release in Japan, that's definite. Here's some new japanese Lynx games: And a TV report on the Lynx from Japan, it even shows an unknown game by the name of "Monster Demolition". This and more can be dound on rygar's website http://jeanphilippe.garin.perso.neuf.fr/reportage%20Japan.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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