Damon Plus Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I can get Hard Drivin, sealed, for 15$. Should I get it? I know it's a pretty bad game, but it seems to be pretty rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Gameplay wise - NO! They did a great job with the limitations os the Lynx but the game is just not that fun. Collecting purposes - sure, sealed for $15 is a great price. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 NO. I don't think it's all that rare, and it's a terrible game because of the lousy controls. Do yourself a favor and avoid it except perhaps for the sake of a "complete collection". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 As one of the lowest rated Lynx games I'd say no. Unless you're just trying to complete your collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyBuddies Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 just buy it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I agree with just buy it too. Just because it's rated low doesn't mean you won't enjoy it. Look how low Tournament Cyberball is rated and it's one of my favorite Lynx games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckrtech Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I don't own a Lynx and have never played it on a Lynx....but for the record I just wanted to say the arcade version was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I agree with just buy it too. Just because it's rated low doesn't mean you won't enjoy it. Look how low Tournament Cyberball is rated and it's one of my favorite Lynx games. wow, I am surprised. Cyberball on the Lynx is pretty bad compared to other systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari5200 Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I agree with just buy it too. Just because it's rated low doesn't mean you won't enjoy it. Look how low Tournament Cyberball is rated and it's one of my favorite Lynx games. wow, I am surprised. Cyberball on the Lynx is pretty bad compared to other systems. if you play it like real football your fine, oh and don't run the ball. if you let the receivers run their routes passing is a breeze, and running the ball with the QB is fine too, especially to the left, if the blockers do their job and don't let the defense through, you can easily run for 5-10 yards but only certain plays will your blockers allow you to do this. Playing defense is easy too, just go into long defense every play, choose a corner as your defender and hope you picked the side the offense is throwing too, then pass interfere like it's nobodies business, their's no penalties so any pass you interfere on will either go incomplete or for short gain. Great game in my opinion, all in how you play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 From a technological standpoint it's pretty neat to see Hard Drivin' run on the Lynx. Playwise, if you tap the D-pad left and right you'll have a much better chance at controlling your vehicle. Also, keep an eye on that little ball on the steering wheel that tells you how far you're turning the wheel. I have he game on one of the Midway comps for PS2 and it doesn't control much better on that. Well, maybe a little...but nothing compares to the arcade steering wheel. Yeah, for $15, just get it. Of, course, I'm a sucker for any late-80's Atari arcade games ported to the Lynx. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogcorn Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I know the topic is Hard Drivin but...this is just too freaky on the Cyberball thing. if you play it like real football your fine, oh and don't run the ball. if you let the receivers run their routes passing is a breeze, and running the ball with the QB is fine too, especially to the left, if the blockers do their job and don't let the defense through, you can easily run for 5-10 yards but only certain plays will your blockers allow you to do this. Playing defense is easy too, just go into long defense every play, choose a corner as your defender and hope you picked the side the offense is throwing too, then pass interfere like it's nobodies business, their's no penalties so any pass you interfere on will either go incomplete or for short gain. Holy COW. Atari5200, have you been opening my brain and studying it when I'm not looking? That is my EXACT strategy from top to bottom! Great game in my opinion, all in how you play it. I'm with you here too. T.C. for the Lynx is NOT a great conversion from the arcade original. But I do think it's fun. Hard Drivin...now, that is neither a great conversion nor fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHarrisMaine Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 It may be worth it just to have, but I wouldn't suggest actually playing it. It's about near impossible. You'll play awhile, go off the road for no real reason, die, and end up seeing "game over" then you'll be like "WTF?" and play again, and then 2 hours are gone, and you'll still be annoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legeek Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I actually got pretty good at Lynx Hard Drivin' back when it came out. On the speed track I could do lap after lap. Doubt I'd do as well now... Cheers, Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannesmutlu Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 There are better versions, but from a technical standpoint it's worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 The way you are going we can probably expected 25,000 more old threads brought back whilst you reply to each and every post since the beginning of time itself. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trew Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Who knows, after sevens years since opening the thread, maybe the OP still hasn't made their mind up yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamer Deluxe tm Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) I'm one of the few people who likes Hard Drivin', it is indeed hard, but rewarding once you get the hang of it. I completed the stunt track a couple of times and it helped me to be pretty good at the arcade version right away. It runs much better on a 24Mhz lynx BTW. EDIT: Oh man, another necro bumped thread :^( Edited June 11, 2015 by Lamer Deluxe tm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Speed track is very easy. I can do multiple laps without taking my thumb off the gas. Just don't mash the steering wheel, tap it and generally one can stay on the road multiple laps without crash or stopping. Did you know? When you do a one lap race in the final, you can ignore sign and do the speed track and beat the CPU easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Speed track is very easy. I can do multiple laps without taking my thumb off the gas. Just don't mash the steering wheel, tap it and generally one can stay on the road multiple laps without crash or stopping. Did you know? When you do a one lap race in the final, you can ignore sign and do the speed track and beat the CPU easy. Yeah! I like Hard Drivin on the lynx for what it is (a choppy but impressive 3d game on the lynx). I discovered the one lap race trick to go around the signs, which works fantastic in the lynx version. On some of the other ports, it does not work, b/c the cpu will finish the stunt track before a well run lap through by you through the speed track - I suppose either due to slight alterations in how the track is laid out in other ports or the speed Phantom Photon drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 If this game was only a little smoother. I wonder how much more they could have squeezed out of the Lynx. This was a contract job and I don't think NuFX was looking to do much more than fulfill a contract. I've often wondered what could have been done to motivate these developers. Perhaps do like Core did with the Tomb Raider team and give them a percentage of the profits. I doubt cheap Atari would have been willing to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) The programmer who did hard drivin on lynx was a very skilled guy and I get no impression that he slacked off on this game. I looked him up years ago and he actually still mentioned lynx hard drivin on his LinkedIn resume! Indicating that he single handedly developed a custom 3d engine for the lynx, a system that was not designed with 3d graphics in mind. I am extremely impressed with hard drivin on lynx. I do not think it could have been done better on this hardware, and at the time, the rare games that did have 3d graphics on other consoles also ran at like 10 fps, so I don't think the lynx port is that awful in the framerate department by the standards of the day. I believe the programmer also did the ninja gaiden 3 port, which involved him programming his own NES emulator in order to extract game graphics from the NES rom. I remember this also being mentioned on his LinkedIn profile. Edited September 26, 2022 by sirlynxalot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 4 hours ago, sirlynxalot said: a system that was not designed with 3d graphics in mind Was Hard Drivin' ever released on a system "designed with 3d graphics in mind", though? 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str0m Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 The original arcade isn't exactly that smooth. I got to play on it at the weekend, love how it has a real key to start it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 7 hours ago, roots.genoa said: Was Hard Drivin' ever released on a system "designed with 3d graphics in mind", though? 😅 Good point Apparently Race Drivin' got a PS1 and Sega Saturn port in Japan, but the game was long in the tooth by that time and imo it really deviates from the arcade game source material quite a bit in terms of graphics and gameplay. With respect to all the other ports, just goes to show you the jump in tech the arcade cabinet was compared to the consoles of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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