Jakenut86 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I have been talking about the super gameboy recently and was thinking it would be cool to have this type of thing for the Jaguar, it would add alot of new games to play on it . Would it be possible to create a Lynx game adapter for the Jag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 (edited) I have been talking about the super gameboy recently and was thinking it would be cool to have this type of thing for the Jaguar, it would add alot of new games to play on it . Would it be possible to create a Lynx game adapter for the Jag? While I don't know so much about this, I still think it would be neat if you could wire a Lynx up as a controller for the Jaguar. There was talk of doing this in the past. Out of curiousity, the BJL link through the Joystick ports on the Jaguar, what lines use that? I wonder if that would interfere with Joystick movement protocals. Kinda getting me thinking. Edited November 30, 2008 by doctorclu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyBuddies Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I have been talking about the super gameboy recently and was thinking it would be cool to have this type of thing for the Jaguar, it would add alot of new games to play on it . Would it be possible to create a Lynx game adapter for the Jag? That would be bad-ass too! Ive started a few threads on JSII about this long ago. GREAT idea i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevincal Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I also have wished for this. It would be really cool to play Lynx games through your Jaguar on the big screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakenut86 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 I also have wished for this. It would be really cool to play Lynx games through your Jaguar on the big screen. Yeah I know, you were the one that made me wish there was away to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevincal Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Hmm... So I wonder if the Lynx hardware could be shrunk down to about the size of 2 Jag carts stacked on top of each other? That's basically what the Super Gameboy is. I think it could be done! And even more awesome, imagine if the Lynx games could use the Jag's color pallette! Or atleast some of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakenut86 Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Hmm... So I wonder if the Lynx hardware could be shrunk down to about the size of 2 Jag carts stacked on top of each other? That's basically what the Super Gameboy is. I think it could be done! And even more awesome, imagine if the Lynx games could use the Jag's color pallette! Or atleast some of it... That would be awesome. I wish someone develop these, I would definitely buy one of these if they where ever released Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Hmm... So I wonder if the Lynx hardware could be shrunk down to about the size of 2 Jag carts stacked on top of each other? That's basically what the Super Gameboy is. I think it could be done! And even more awesome, imagine if the Lynx games could use the Jag's color pallette! Or atleast some of it... The SuperGameboy is an amazing adaptor. If there is one trend I wish Atari had continued was the A/V leads like you have on the 5200. Then this would be "easy". Well, no... actually.. the Lynx handles video differently than standard A/V. Nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famicommander Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I'd love to see an adaptor to play ANY other Atari systems on the Jag. 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx, 8-bit... Anything to strengthen the library of my favorite massive commercial failure of a console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sauron Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I bet it would be possible to actually create a Lynx emulator for the Jag, but as to whether or not it'll ever happen...highly doubtful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorf Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I'd love to see an adaptor to play ANY other Atari systems on the Jag. 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx, 8-bit... Anything to strengthen the library of my favorite massive commercial failure of a console. Im trying to convince a few hardware guru friends of mine to do this. Film at 11:00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_J64bit Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I bet it would be possible to actually create a Lynx emulator for the Jag, but as to whether or not it'll ever happen...highly doubtful. You'll need a mad Jag programmer foaming at the mouth to pull off a Lynx emulator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari Dogs Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I'd love to see an adaptor to play ANY other Atari systems on the Jag. 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx, 8-bit... Anything to strengthen the library of my favorite massive commercial failure of a console. Im trying to convince a few hardware guru friends of mine to do this. Film at 11:00. Keep talking to them Gorf. In fact, don't stop until they agree to doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakenut86 Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 Keep talking to them Gorf. In fact, don't stop until they agree to doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I'd love to see an adaptor to play ANY other Atari systems on the Jag. 2600, 5200, 7800, Lynx, 8-bit... Anything to strengthen the library of my favorite massive commercial failure of a console. Im trying to convince a few hardware guru friends of mine to do this. Film at 11:00. Well, not to say things are IMPOSSIBLE, I'll say, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonner242 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Would be a dream come true if it ever happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I wish the Wizztronics Lynx-to-TV adapter had come out... That was looking so cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLYonaire Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 (edited) MetalJesusRocks recently said it would be cool to see a Lynx game card adaptor to play Lynx games on a Jaguar. I think so too!https://youtu.be/qRl3KcgTbOU?t=612 Edited April 15, 2017 by BILLYonaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 (edited) Agreed. So thinking about similar adapters, the super gameboy comes to mind and the retrogen play genesis games on snes adapter comes to mind.The super gameboy is literally gameboy hardware inside a cartridge. It would be cool to be able to shrink down the lynx hardware, but the lynx had many proprietary chips and to recreate and shrink down the lynx hardware would probably be a bigger challenge than if someone went the same route retrogen did with the genesis "adapter". I believe the genesis adapter is simply a genesis emulator, perhaps running on an android cpu inside the cartridge. It takes controller inputs from the snes controllers plugged into the snes system, but the cartridge has its own video output and the snes processors/ram etc aren't really doing anything to emulate or process the genesis game. So basically, what we need to do is put a simple computer inside a jaguar cartridge that will fit inside the jag's cartridge slot, that would have a compatible lynx emulator running on it, and then clean it up with some nice looking plastic and optimize that cartridge computer to boot and load a lynx emulator as quickly as possible and be able to receive the jaguar controller commands via the jag's cartridge slot and process them as inputs for the lynx emulation. It would of course also be nice to have a lynx cartridge slot on this cartridge computer so it could load the rom from the lynx cartridge into the lynx emulator and play it that way.Of course you could simply wire up some small computer with a lynx emulator to your tv and play with xbox 360 controllers with much less cost and hassle, but we need to think of style over substance here Edited April 15, 2017 by sirlynxalot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Never gonna happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagosaurus Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I wouldn't say never with all the retro projects going on today, but I'd say compatibility for real carts & ROMS to run on something like the Retron5 or Retro Freak would be much more likely. It'll find a larger audience of buyers. Follow the money... Just a couple of years ago the Sega community was saying we'd never see GG games on a TV. I have a PC & oXbox hooked to my TV running Lynx emus. Even with the option to play those on my TV today with a controller, I still admit the novelty of playing these games on the Jaguar would draw me in. I imagine th original plans for the Lynx adapter were something like how the Neo Geo Pocket Color can communicate with the Dreamcast for games on both platforms for unlockables, etc. Does any one have further info on its original plans? Was it for sure a possibility via the extra pin outs in back on console? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LianneJaguar64 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 That would be AMAZING, but thoroughly difficult... Unless you are like me and you don't have an Atari Lynx, I guess you are ok regardless... I would get one and Lynx games if this came out, but I can't imagine the proprietary hardware of a 20+ year old handheld device being easy to replicate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I wouldn't say never with all the retro projects going on today, but I'd say compatibility for real carts & ROMS to run on something like the Retron5 or Retro Freak would be much more likely. It'll find a larger audience of buyers. Follow the money... Yeah, follow the money to the Atari Lynx. That's where the big dollars are. I heard SainT made $10 million off his Lynx SD card. Why not just use one of the readily available emulation solutions to play Lynx games on a TV? What would be the point of designing custom hardware to accomplish something that's already possible through much simpler means? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagosaurus Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Yeah, follow the money to the Atari Lynx. That's where the big dollars are. I heard SainT made $10 million off his Lynx SD card. Why not just use one of the readily available emulation solutions to play Lynx games on a TV? What would be the point of designing custom hardware to accomplish something that's already possible through much simpler means? The emu argument doesn't hold water to everyone. If that's the case, why do thousands of retro carts sell each day online? They could just use an emulator. That's a circular discussion. Most of us here do both, me included. Also add in flash carts and emulators on consoles to my mix. I currently use my oXbox and emu dedicated PC to play GG ROMs (and Lynx) on my TV, but someone was buying both these below. Including several folks in the same boat as me. These are linux/android boxes that can read ROM data off a cart slot. Assuming the female cart pins can be made, adding Lynx support isn't that crazy. Just because you wouldn't buy it, doesn't mean others won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 The emu argument doesn't hold water to everyone. These are linux/android boxes that can read ROM data off a cart slot. Assuming the female cart pins can be made, adding Lynx support isn't that crazy. Just because you wouldn't buy it, doesn't mean others won't. You realize those are emulators that just read the ROM off an actual cart, yes? An emulator is a emulator regardless if it reads carts or uses ROM files. I'm not sure which point you are trying to make here. Also, I said nothing about making an argument about carts vs emulation. My point is around trying to play Lynx games in a way they were not originally designed, that is on a TV instead of the Lynx. Apples and oranges. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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