Lynx Prototypes

[Willard]

Does anybody know where to get any atari lynx prototypes that haven't been released publically yet (meaning not the ones from B&C or other largely-distributed prototypes). If anybody here has one, i'll pay/trade for one. THANX

[chris_lynx1989]

you might want to just wait till some of these are released(yes some are

still coming).mum is the word on what they are at the moment though.the

economy is holding off their release at the time.no one wants to take the

plunge or a bath in the lynx market for the time being.be patient.there are

some nice things that are still to come on the lynx proto front!!you all need

to hang in there!!if we could release them to you folks we would do it.no

lies being said there.when the economic climate is better there will be a few releases that will happen for the lynx.august 2003 is the earliest you

may see something happen.then again it may not be till spring 2004 when

the economy is better to warrant this move.we shall see.patience.we don't

control the wars happening and the falling of consumer confidence in the

u.s. and elsewhere with the marketplace for lynx and etc.patience folks!

--the ultimate atari lynxer

[+karri]

Hi Chris,

 

That was funny.

 

I did not know that digging up old Atari hard-disks had something to do with economic climate or consumer confidence . I thought it just had to do with how much spare time you can spend on this Lynx hobby.

 

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Cheers,

 

Karri

[eric_ruck]

Could also do with how likely cash strapped hobbiest will be to shell out for a new Lynx cart. I've certainly cut back lately. And strangely the hobby game biz is like the real thing, you sell most of what you're going to sell in the first few weeks. So if they're slow, you could be in for a loss, even if your expenses are low (i.e. just manufacturing a small number of carts, or maybe buying the rights off somebody).

 

Good luck, Chris. Maybe in my next life I'll be a big shot video game financier.

 

Eric

[TheBizDude]

And strangely the hobby game biz is like the real thing,  

Eric

 

You rang?

 

I'll be there with CC in hand when you release those games, Chris!

[bruce182]

So are there any lynx games up for release this year?

 

I was on songbirds page and he has a mystery lynx project, any know what it is?

 

Also any other lynxers in the UK, a quick question? Where is ther in UK to buy games from apart from Telegames? Any european compaines?

 

Cheers

Bruce

 

(Currently playing Rygar and Rampart)

[patters98]

Wow this is almost as exciting as the thread where someone said "I have a really neat idea for a homebrew but I'm not going to tell you what it is".

[cryptik76]

Wow this is almost as exciting as the thread where someone said "I have a really neat idea for a homebrew but I'm not going to tell you what it is".

 

LOL

[chris_lynx1989]

yes, there were four games for the lynx that were coming for in 2003.as i

said earlier,mum is the word at the moment on them.several great/good

titles are on hold at the moment because of the economic climate in the

u.s.,at least anyway.two developers of lynx stuff are sitting on them till

august 2003 or later.a press release/atari age post will be issued when we

feel confident enough to do it in the lynx world out there in general.consu-

mer spending is down across the board in the u.s.a. if someone else wants

to release a game for lynx now,let them.i'll buy a copy of it! i will not be a

release freak though.not yet.not now.--the ultimate atari lynxer

[Willard]

couldnt you release 1 now and 3 later?

[Clock]

It would be interesting to know what these 4 games were, if only to tease us.

 

I would also like to know roughly the cost of Lynx prototypes when newly released.

[chris_lynx1989]

i told you folks wrong,there were five lynx titles to come in 2003.four i

would have a hand in on and two of the four i would have had a definite

hand on.

as far as price goes,it looks like $49.95 was to be a starting point.this all

hinges on the development costs and such though.these are still in the"in

the works stages" though.the cost of releasing a lynx game to you guys is

in the thousands of dollars($3000-5000 usually).unless someone wants to

front that kind of money to us for you guys to see these to be able to buy

them you'll have to wait till next year.that is the word now from the lynx

front.2003 atari/lynx sales are at an all time low and things are being put

on an indefinite hold till 2004.we're looking at february or march as when

this might happen.

the war and all have halted the u.s. markets in a very substantial manner.

no matter what you may hear on the news or whatever.sales are way,way

down across the board in the u.s.a in the computer and software sectors.

many,many job layoffs and such are leading to very weak spending on the

luxury items we all take for granted here.some may be doing ok and all

but many folks are really hurting and feeling the pinch on this.the lynx and

jag and atari market is on indefinite hold until further notice.sorry,folks.the

writing is on the wall and we are going to read and heed what we are read

ing and seeing.facts are facts.sorry.--the ultimate atari lynxer

[Clock]

Well I just found this web page and I nearly wet myself... ELITE on LYNX

 

http://www.unspacy.demon.co.uk/games/lynx/lynx.html

 

I can quite happily wait for Lynx games if there of this quality, especially an Elite game....Take as long as you need, and when you're ready, I'm ready. I would very happily pay $50 for some of the games on these pages.

 

I also see a possible RPG on the way.... cool.

 

................but......look at the dates at the bottom, it's a couple of years now and some of the links don't work. Still a damn good read though.