Where can I find Lemmings for the Lynx?

[+Pac-Lander]

I've been hunting this title down for quite some time now, to no success. 

 

Does anyone know where I might be able to find Lemmings for the Lynx for anything less than the $180+ price tags on eBay? I realize it's a rare one, but there has to be a copy out there somewhere at a (semi) reasonable price...

 

Many thanks in advance!

 

 

Edited October 30, 2020 by aaron1677

[unoclay]

I was able to snag one (cart only, no box) many months back by buying an auction lot of games that included Double Dragon as well.  I basically ended up with 5 duplicate carts and maybe 10 new carts total, since my collection is small (20-30), it made a "sort" of sense.  Breaking it down per cart estimated value, i paid about????  $100--120 for Lemmings, if i recall correctly--and if you accept the idea of cost-assessing each cart's value via ebay sales.  And the math is squishy, since value fluctuates and the lot auction cost wasnt per-cart, so i was just guestimating the value of each item after the fact, per ebay records.  So, thats my recommendation--buy a full lot with it included, and then resell the others for a fair price?  

 

Or just buy a rom cart and enjoy......

 

But i get it. I like collecting originals.

[+davidcalgary29]

There's an eBay vendor in France who sells many titles for the Lynx, including this one, for about twenty bucks. You do have to be careful, though, as he sells a number of current games, including those from Songbird, and I doubt he acquired the legal right to do this. He also has a number of homebrews up for sale, and that seems to be pretty fishy. He is, however, the only current seller of such delights as Lynx Invades Japan, and is a nice guy to deal with (I bought another slide show from him). You're not in a great place with this: you can either buy a cheap pirate cart or download the ROM -- and I am not recommending either of those options for ethical reasons -- or put out a call in the Wanted sub-forum and be prepared to pay a pretty penny for this game. It's unfortunate, as Lemmings is one of the best games on the Lynx.

[LordKraken]

They are definitely pirate reproductions. Interesting enough he's not using the recent PCB programmer but old fashion ones.

 

@Fadest Not sure what the license you published the first version of a bug's lynx, but it seems there is a physical version out there

https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Atari-Lynx-Lady-Bug-cover-for-VHS-box-game-card/203124201631?hash=item2f4b25589f:g:r5QAAOSwKKpepB59

 

He's also selling Yastuna:

https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Atari-Lynx-Yastuna-v1-4-games-game-cartridge-cover-for-VHS-Box/203124201351?hash=item2f4b255787:g:iU0AAOSw1T1ew~8w

https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Atari-Lynx-Yastuna-v2-4-games-game-cartridge-cover-for-VHS-Box/203124201128?hash=item2f4b2556a8:g:eFQAAOSwPhFfMjUJ

 

@Songbird you might want to check on his auction too

 

 

Edited October 31, 2020 by LordKraken

[Fadest]

I wrote all this many times in french or english but :

 

Yastuna 1 & 2, it is OK, the licence was made for this kind of sale.

 

A Bug's Lynx, it is a steal. It is the version I made in 24h in 2008.

It was not intended to be sold, but it is for 12 years. This is why I have put on ice the game for 10 years (between 2008 and 2018).

This is also why I reduced my coding activity to a week-end per year (during the AC convention for the coding contest) during so many years...

 

I guess his Teenage Queen is also Teen Dance, a poor technical demo of digit sound I made in 2 hours in 2004...

 

I won't tell about other silly things I saw/heard years ago... 

Or speak for other coders he stealed the games, but my opinion is

Don't buy anything from him, I don't see anything legit in these Lynx sales, apart both Yastuna (even slideshow made with sage tool use copyrighted pictures I guess).

But if you want Yastuna 1 or 2, I guess you can still find them in other shops that really support Atari Lynx fans and coders.

Or you can contact me, I can produce some curved lips version on demand if you want.

 

If you want "A Bug's Lynx", just wait for Songbird's "A Bug's Trip Redux" version. It will far better than this one, and better that the one freely available on itch.io.

Edited October 31, 2020 by Fadest

[Nop90]

On ebay there is a Uk guy selling a lynx in working condition with carry case and 7 games, included Lemmings.

 

You could try to get it at a reasonable price, keep the lemmings cart and sell again the other things.

 

[unoclay]

on this topic, is there an easy way to tell if one's copy of a given game is a reprint (non original) lynx cart?

Anything other than the label looking TOO shiny, or something else?

 

With NES, i know how to take the rom cart and look at printing on the chips, etc.  Obv not the case with Lynx cards.....

 

I now worry that i never "checked" my Double Dragon or Lemmings carts to be sure they're real, because it didnt occur to me that people might be faking these, given the lower price point for rare Lynx (vs. ninty).

[LordKraken]

If the repro cartridge is made using injection mold, I fear it's going to be difficult. You see Lynx cartridges age well; for instance all my original vintage cartridges still look brand new, sticker included. You would have to check the pcb to be sure... so please dont

 

No, where you can definitely spot a repro, it's with the box. If the box is brand new and not sealed this is likely a repro. Also note that over time, my original boxes who are still sealed have a tendency to bend a little bit. Not much. But enough to see the action of time. So yeah if the box looks brand new, and is perfectly squared, you dont have to look at the material, it is probably a repro.

 

Ps: note that double dragon seems to have a much more official reprint, so that would be the exception I guess.

 

Edited November 3, 2020 by LordKraken

[+karri]

The easiest way to spot a repro is to put it in a programmer HAT and read the factory ID of the chip. All the hobby carts return the chip manufactorer and chip type. If the chip was invented after the Lynx went out of business I am pretty sure we are talking about a repro.

[unoclay]

2 hours ago, karri said:

The easiest way to spot a repro is to put it in a programmer HAT and read the factory ID of the chip. All the hobby carts return the chip manufactorer and chip type. If the chip was invented after the Lynx went out of business I am pretty sure we are talking about a repro.

I'm somewhat ignorant, and i dont think i know what a programmer HAT is.  Im guessing its some sort of technology used by homebrew programmers....in any case i dont have one.

 

My Lemmings cart looks very shiny and new, but, many of my older less valuable cards look very good as well.   I got my Lemmings and Double Dragon loose, no boxes. I went back and looked at the auctioneer who sold it to me (ebay) and his transaction history looks fine---nothing leaps out as inauthentic or fake, seems legit.  But its possible the vendor got it elsewhere and was passing it along, not even knowing...

 

this raises a comical question, if a tree falls in the forrest.....if your game cart is such a good fake that you can never even tell....is it even less valuable?

 

 

[LordKraken]

you should not worry too much, the lynx market has not been flooded by repro as far as I know. There are a couple of sellers selling homebrews or unreleased games, which is not ok in most of the cases, but they havent cross the border of completely illegal activity. But ok now if lemmings is getting a 200$ price tag, it might start...