Maarten Martens Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Hi, I bought my Lynx last year. At the moment I only have got 3 games for this great piece of hardware. What struck me when I recieved them, was the quality of the carton game boxes. Is it just me, or do other people also think these are pretty horrible to collect? Compared to the nice shiny quality of jag game boxes, or sega gamegear boxes. Maybe a stupid post, but I just wanted to check. Are there releases with better quality boxes? Greetz, Maarten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radfoo Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Unfortunatly, I beleive they are all the same (some even worse). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenLynxer Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Hi Maarten Martens! Thats right the quality of the carton game boxes is not the best. The latest games that Atari released: Battlezone 2000 and Super Asteroids/Missile Command has both boxes in better quality (made of white carton) But there is also variation among the old boxes. For example my Zarlor Mercenary box is a little different: Better quality and has a thin plastic cover. And of course newer games from Songbird Productions and Telegames has CD jewel cases and no carton game boxes. And the games from Germany has their special orange plastic boxes Is it just me, or do other people also think these are pretty horrible to collect? It wouldn't matter how bad the quality of the carton game boxes was. Don´t know any people that thinks it is horrible to collect Lynx games. Lynx collecting is a great hobby. And playing Lynx games is a wonderfull experience every time (even if it is World Class Soccer you are playing ) I realy hope for your own sake that you have more then 3 games for yor Lynx now? The Atari Lynx is one of the best things in my life. NO I am not a nerd and YES I have a girlfriend and a very rich life apart from the Lynx. But I just love this little handheld thing very much :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Martens Posted January 15, 2003 Author Share Posted January 15, 2003 No, no, don't get me wrong, I love the lynx and its games! Its a top system, I just don't like the carton boxes, and I think they won't last as long as the other mentioned boxes for other types. That's what I meant with "horrible to collect" ... But maybe I'm exagerating ... doesn't matter cheers, Maarten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenLynxer Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 How well did the Atari Lynx sell in Belgium? I know it did quiet well in the Netherlands. I think a lot of the game manuals was writen in Dutch also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Thomas Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 Well, the boxes themselves might not have been very good, the box illustrations were really great. Whoever Atari hired to draw the box art did a great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBizDude Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 The Lynx boxes are alot more durable than the Jag CD boxes, that's for sure! Anyone know of anyone making reproduction boxes for games that don't have them (songbird releases, etc), or re-released games that don't have them (Raiden, Casino)?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 I'd agree, the Lynx boxes are light and flimxy compared to just about anything else. Unfortunately, that means they're easily damaged, but as for collecting them, that makes a new challenge. How to store them without being crushed. And should (technically) Make them more valuable as collectors items in the long run, seeing as they're easily damaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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