Clock Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Does anyone know what the launch titles were for the Lynx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_Dodgson Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 These are the ones I remember having to order from the Sears catalog along with my first Lynx: Blue Lightning California Games ElectroCop Gates of Zendocon Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidcalgary29 Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Yes, I remember seeing those four in '90. I think that "Chip's Challenge" might be included in that list, though, and believe that "Rampage" and "Zarlor Mercenary" followed soon after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBizDude Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Gauntlet and Bill&Ted were also released with the system (1989). In 1990 came APB, Blockout, Hard Drivin', Ishido, Klax, Ms, Pac Man, Paperboy, Road Blasters, Robo-Squash, Rygar, Shanghai, Slime World, Tournament Cyberball and Zarlor Mercenary. Rampage didn't come around till '92. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 To my knowledge, five games were released with the Lynx: Blue Lightning California Games Chip's Challenge Electrocop Gates of Zendocon These five games came in larger boxes than later releases, and also sported a flat cartridge style that's difficult to come across these days. I believe Gauntlet was the sixth game released. If you'd like to see the initial two cartridge styles (flat and ridged), check out these two pages: Lynx Cartridge Styles - Flat Lynx Cartridge Styles - Ridged ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 Thanks guys. I actually got a ridged Chip's Challenge, I didn't realise they were so much rarer. Never seen a flat cart before though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptik76 Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I see ridged Gates of Zendocon's on E-bay all the time (in those lots of 10 different games, usually). Either that or they're all just using the same picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I'm not sure about Gate of Zendocon, but the original boxes for the 3 other launch titles were much larger then the later boxes.... Curt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 My Chip's Challenge box is standard size, so I assume the flat cart is the one with the big box, or my ridged cart is in the wrong box. Never can tell when you buy off ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptik76 Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I bought my Gates of Zendocon from Multimedia 1.0, and it's a ridged card and came in one of those larger boxes. The only other ridged game I have, Electrocop, I bought without a box or instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I'm not sure about Gate of Zendocon, but the original boxes for the 3 other launch titles were much larger then the later boxes.... Yes, Gates of Zendocon also came in a large box. ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Thanks guys. I actually got a ridged Chip's Challenge, I didn't realise they were so much rarer. Never seen a flat cart before though. I don't really know how long the flat carts were produced versus the ridged ones. I just know that the ridged ones seem to be harder to come by, as Atari transitioned quickly to the curved lip style used exclusively by all later games (as well as the original releases). I would imagine that Atari produced the initial launch titles in fairly large quantities to help fill retail channels, and then the "ridged" design as a stopgap measure until they came out with the more refined curved lip style.. ..Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBizDude Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 I don't know how to explain these rarities. BZ2K was a '94 release and STUN Runner was '91. This picture is courtesy Harry Dodgson. Where the heck did these come from?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seamoon Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 I can't... look... at... that. The jelausy kills me! Aua! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian R. Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 I recently bought Gates of Zendocon for my Lynx and was surprised that I got an original flat style card. I wasn't expecting that. It's the only flat card I have, the rest are curved lips. Based on Zendocon, the box and manual reminded me of 7800 boxes and manuals. Could it be Atari had some blank 7800 box and manual stock leftover and used it for the early Lynx releases? Or did they just use the 7800 style until changing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_lynx1989 Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 harry got a bunch of these back in 1996 when don thomas was doing the online auctions to clear out the atari warehouses.harry has told me he is very partial to the flat carts when it comes to storage and all.back in those days harry won an auction for a pile of lynx flat carts atari had left, sans the game roms and sticker and stuff.he then pulled all his lynx carts apart and converted them all to the flat format.this should answer this question for all out there.i've never heard how many of these blanks harry got, but he told me he got them cheap! --the ulltimate atari lynxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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