SwedenLynxer Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 One copy of Warbirds and one of Checkered Flag was just sold on E-bay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3002200205&rd=1 and http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3002199871&rd=1 Does anyone know something about these strange CD-boxes? Why have they Telegames name on them? Is this just as replacement for old missing boxes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitch Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 I don't believe either game was released in a CD case at any time (or any official Atari release for that matter). It is possible that Telegames is repackaging them if you order them from their site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariX Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Ya, I saw these a few days ago on ebay. I had never seen these Telegames re-releases of Atari Lynx games before. I thought that maybe it was part of the Raiden and Fat Bobby deal. Maybe Atari gave Telegames to pemision re-release other Lynx games under the Telegames label. Who knows, maybe these are new releases and Telegames just recieived permision from Infogrames to re-release some Lynx games. Does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 It's my understanding that Telegames received permission to reproduce some games before Atari was completely sold off to Hasbro a couple of years back. I've seen these games at their booth in Vegas at CGE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cx2k Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Actually from my discussions with terry, I believe Telegames actually owns the rights to these titles. John It's my understanding that Telegames received permission to reproduce some games before Atari was completely sold off to Hasbro a couple of years back. I've seen these games at their booth in Vegas at CGE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Here's a response from Telegames, which essentially reiterates a few earlier posts in this thread: Warbirds, Casino, and Checkered Flag were licensed from Atari before they sold to Hasbro. All non-licensed Atari-brand Lynx products are in original boxes. We only sell new products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenLynxer Posted February 5, 2003 Author Share Posted February 5, 2003 Thanks for the info about the status of Warbirds and Checkered Flag. But I supose Telegames do own the rights to at least some more Atarigames apart from Hyperdrome. I remember a few years ago Telegames promised they wolud release Rolling Thunder the same way they did with Hyperdrome. But I guess Hyperdrome did not sell well enough I wonder how many more new games it would be posible for Telegames to release, technically speaking, if they just had the will to do so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 5, 2003 Share Posted February 5, 2003 At 07:59 AM 2/5/2003 -0700, you wrote: I have heard rumours that you acquired rights to "Rolling Thunder" for the Lynx - just unfounded chatter...the product was never developed Regards Note: Telegames responded within minutes of my initial query! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedenLynxer Posted February 8, 2003 Author Share Posted February 8, 2003 Maybe they responded a bit TO fast. No doubt this game was developed. I do not think screenshots like these are fake. http://www.atariage.com/catalog_page.html?...¤tPage=24 But the game of course may not have been completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin42 Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Dunno, there's always been something about the Rolling Thunder shots that looked fake to me (even in the original ad, which I have around here somewhere). The graphics look very different to "normal" Lynx games, with all the horizontal lines and such. The main character's graphics look too detailed for it's size. (hard to see in the webpage, easier to see in the full catalog) Plus, it looks very little like the RT arcade game. Methinks it looks like some concept shots made early in the project and never got farther... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatdan Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Looks to me like the NES version of Rolling Thunder from Tengen... But who knows. From what I remember of Hydra (the reason I bought a Lynx in the first place) was that it didn't look that good either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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