sirlynxalot Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Here we have a video that seemingly has a playable demo of Vindicators on the lynx. Something I've never heard any mention of. Is this a genuine atari product? And what is up with this vindicators stand? Was this a promotional display for a store - or is it homemade by this fellow who demonstrates numerous other lynx hacks in his videos and is notorius for having an extensive lynx collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 appears to be a cancelled project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atari_Lynx_games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 (edited) Yes, Vindicators was an announced but canceled game for the lynx. I have never heard of any prototype or beta being discovered, much less a cardboard advertising stand. So I'm asking if anyone knows what the items in the video are and whether they are actual atari items, or something fan-created Edited April 5, 2014 by sirlynxalot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Probably legit. Why not ask him directly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
im_reg Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 As far as I'm aware Rygar (Jean-Philippe) creates these fan set ups himself. He's done quite a few, including pinball table and even a motion controlled lynx. He's a clever guy and I love seeing what he does next. His Lynx collection is probably the best I've seen. He even has a handy prototype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 My understanding is that the source code was lost before the game was finished due to an accident and all that's left is the demo you see there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 (edited) that stinks I have a Vindicators machine and would love to have seen this on lynx.if it was as good as stun runner it would have been a great addition Edited April 6, 2014 by atarian63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Dragon Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Humble apologies for necrobumping but I didn't feel the annoucement warranted a seperate thread. For those interested in the back story of Lynx Vindicators.. I am pleased to annouce that having passed on the Atari corp documents Scott Stilphen kindly gave me detailing the Lynx version (and Lynx Rolling Thunder) Frank Gasking of GTW carried out lengthy interviews with the coders of both and the results (which I myself are yet to see) will be appearing in his forthcoming publication (May 2020): https://mailchi.mp/6f0f8bd57e2e/bitmap-books-crpg-1703525?fbclid=IwAR2MjfMZqmIE0GP1Ea6nygOryTX3fDT0UawaoK2VLqF5No9xM_kxeLDWEmU 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Dragon Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 The full story is detailed in the GTW book.. https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/the-games-that-werent But contrary to popular belief, David Kurensky DID NOT hand over his Lynx Vindicators code nor Lynx development kit, to Atari when Vindicators was pulled, he passed them onto Chuck Ernst,along with printouts of the arcade source code. Currently the development machines won't boot ?, so work would be needed to recover anything. As for the demo etc .. David is sure press shots were from his version of the game, not mock-ups. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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