Atari Lynx - Todd's Adventures in Slime World - Level 3: Action

Todd's Adventures in Slime World - Epyx for Atari Lynx - 1990

A spectacular action-adventure game for Atari Lynx, designed by M. Peter Engelbright at Epyx, the famed software studio that created the color handheld. Slime World is a technical showcase that was light years ahead of anything seen on a home games console at the time.

I've written about Slime World as part of my ongoing Videogame Classics series on my blog, Daniel Thomas Vol 4, and this is probably my favorite Lynx game. It's often a tossup between Slime World and Electrocop. All of the early Epyx titles are spectacular.

This video was shot using the Handy emulator on PC. I used the "LCD" filter to simulate the look of an Atari Lynx.

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Gaming

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• atari
• lynx
• epyx
• slime
• world
• classic
• video
• gaming

[kevinsvideogameworld]

? was the lynx true 16 bit grapics?

[gamesDAMNED]

@kevinsvideogameworld The Lynx used a 65C02 CPU, which was part of the 6502 8-bit family. But it also used a 16-bit graphics chip to achieve all the super-cool scaling and sprite effects. When it came to actual performance, the Lynx gave the Genesis and Turbografx a serious run for their money. The Atari Games coin-op conversions were stunning. And a game like Slime World really couldn't be equaled anywhere else.

[RocMegamanX]

It's too bad that this handheld has such a short battery life, or else I'd get one and this game, since people say that it's good.

[gamesDAMNED]

@RocMegamanX If you wanted to get a Lynx today, I say go for it. You'll have a lot of fun with the early Epyx titles and the arcade translations. Battery life was horrific, though. You were lucky to get 3 hours from a set of good batteries. One time, on a school trip, I grabbed a pack of cheap, generic AAs for the Lynx. Drained those buggers in 40 minutes flat. So basically my Lynx was always plugged into a wall socket.

[PlutoChild]

I adore Slime World. I got a Lynx back in the day when they were new. Slime World is my favorite Lynx game that I own. I really love all the fabulous arcade ports on this system as well. It was light years ahead of Game Boy. My friends were stuck with spinach while I had color!

I certainly remember the horrid battery life as well. I used mine at home plugged in most of the time. My rechargeable batteries make it worth it to haul it outside again. They get me about 3 hours of play.

[MikeAM78]

Still have my Lynx and a few games, including "Slime Word." It was a terrific hand held system.

[Joepopa12]

Love this game, recently have been playing a pc game called "Capsized" which is somewhat like it.

[kevinsvideogameworld]

thanks for the info i started to get intrest in the jaguar and lynx,

Lynx looks pretty cool

[Nachovidal3600]

Yesterday I bought a couple of games for my Lynx. To my surprise Slimeworld was one of them.

I played this sucker as a child. And to be honest. It's even better now..

It's such a magnificent game.

[RyomaSakamoto79]

Oh, how I used to love playing this game & I completed all the missions!!!!