Time Machine - Atari Lynx

Wow...this thing sucks. You think the picture quality looks bad on camera? It looks equally bad in person. You can't really play it for more than 20 minutes without feeling ill.

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• atari
• lynx
• handheld
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[AvidAvarice]

Nice review, I had heard of the Lynx, but I'd never seen one being used until now. LOL they're so massive, and 6 AA batteries? if you ever went to a relative's house you'd have to carry a bag for your Lynx (cause it sure as hell isn't gonna fit in any pocket) and a bag for a shit ton of batteries, haha. And about the "load time" for booting up the lynx, the Game boy/GB pocket/ GB light had a similar load time. They just had the nintendo emblem glide down while it loaded to distract you :p.

[thelegomasteDevon]

your doing what alot of people do with the atari lynx your saying it sucks because the console is big! I hate when people do that, it had gread specs for 1989

[er10b]

I love the Lynx but I hate, hate, HATE the way the lines are arranged on the screen vertically, it really stuffs up the playability. You can really see it at 4:01...

[planetkeane]

I don't like this review. I think the Atari Lynx is a great console.

[masterfy24]

u actually got 66% percent and u had to get 65% percent or mor

[jerrylange]

this review was AWESOME!

[seretkeena]

(continued) With R-Type. The shield did not last forever in either hard or easy mode (Pressing and holding A for a long time would eventually drain the shield for a while, and as you went on it became less and less effective) but the laser does fire continuously in either mode. Basically, hard mode was easy mode but faster. As you move on to later levels, it gets progressively harder. There were a lot of good games like Chip's Challenge, AVP, among others. I used to love mine until it died. :)

[seretkeena]

The Atari Lynx actually was a pretty decent at the time. The Game Boy was 8 bit, like the NES, while the Lynx was a true 16 bit system like the SNES. So at the time it was like having a portable Super Nintendo, when at the time the alternatives were the Game Boy and the Game Gear, both of which did about as well as can be expected. The heavy size and battery useage of the Lynx were definitely a detriment. But there were some good games. Gates of Zendocon actually was a decent game, on par (Cont)

[rapthemonkey9]

on 6:54 looks like metriod having baby

[Duffy82076]

As for shit on design, check out the fact the Lynx NEVER overheated, and did offer a power pack with their four way interactive link, all included with the system. Large, but the design was for ease of holding after MANY hours. (The clips you don't know about are the straps so you can put the weight on your neck) Isn't it funny that the Game Boy Advance stole the exact LYNX design and button placement later? Sometimes, the other guys design can make your system better.

[Duffy82076]

Now, the Game QIX was an old Arcade game from 1981, when the most advanced game system was the Atari 2600. It is considered the FIRST puzzle game, like Tetris. You are right, not everything is up to what's advanced in your day, but then again, it was that or jump rope. Your right, the graphics were the draw, but the follow up was crap. Do remember, repetitive isn't always bad, as Chess and any shooter game is just that. Some info about QIX from Wikipedia will prove shit.

[Duffy82076]

Had both in your vid, + Sega Game Gear. The Atari had the BEST pic quality for the time. (The one you have is short, which means somebody enjoyed it for years.) The CA games game sucked, but it was one of the free 2 games you got with the system. Good games are Chip's Challenge, and Batman. They just didn't come out with enough as Atari was going thru a bad time and failed soon after.