Ze_ro Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 As you probably already know, lots of Lynx games were never finished... but are there prototypes of any of these games?: Rolling Thunder Vindicators 720 Geo Duel Guardians: Storm Over Doria Blood & Guts Hockey Full Court Press Heavyweight Contender Cabal Daemonsgate Ninja Nerd Guardians and Daemonsgate looked awesome! The only prototypes I've seen word of were Alien Vs. Predator (Which is surprisingly good!) and Eye Of The Beholder. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 16, 2001 Share Posted August 16, 2001 I have a catalog that clearly shows 720, Rolling Thunder, and Vindicators, plus it also has title screens for Geoduel and Cabal so I'm guessing they exist somewhere. I think I heard that Vindicators does indeed exist as a prototype somewhere (I'd love to get my hands on it) and that Eye of the Beholder was finished. I think Harry Dodgenson has that prototype (or did about a year ago). Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted August 16, 2001 Author Share Posted August 16, 2001 I found these all in a catalog... which happens to have in-game screen shots of all the games I mentioned. The shots for Blood & Guts Hockey looks very preliminary (and crappy, unfortunately) though, so I have my doubts that this game got very far in development. Also, the pics for Eye of the Beholder aren't the same as the ones in the beta rom that's been floating around. It's really too bad these games weren't finished... some of them look awfully good! --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_Dodgson Posted October 1, 2001 Share Posted October 1, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Ze_ro: I found these all in a catalog... which happens to have in-game screen shots of all the games I mentioned. The shots for Blood & Guts Hockey looks very preliminary (and crappy, unfortunately) though, so I have my doubts that this game got very far in development. Also, the pics for Eye of the Beholder aren't the same as the ones in the beta rom that's been floating around. It's really too bad these games weren't finished... some of them look awfully good! --Zero Eye of the Beholder is finished, I think (I haven't progressed past level 9 myself). The graphics look just like the SNES version. Many of the other prototypes were available and privately auctioned by former Atari employees. I couldn't afford more than two of them as the price was rather steep. The 720 proto that I have isn't more than a 3-D rotation demo. I've heard rumors about Vindicators but the artwork I acquired would seem to indicate otherwise. Wasn't Ninja Nerd the same thing as Fat Bobby? Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted October 1, 2001 Share Posted October 1, 2001 Yes, AFAIK Ninja Nerd turned into Fat Bobby at some point. I actually found some Vindicators source code on an old Amiga floppy disk a few months ago! It wasn't for the Lynx version, though, but since it came from a Lynx developer system, it did make me wonder if this was source that could have been used for a port. There is no proto for Guardians. All demos and source code were lost several years ago (sigh). And Cabal would have rocked, I used to be really impressed by this arcade game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted October 1, 2001 Share Posted October 1, 2001 Vidicators is one of my favorite "forgotten" arcade games. I just like the pseudo 3D graphics. A Lynx version would have rocked... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genki Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 There was another game mentioned in the catalog that was never released under its original name... Grid Runner. I believe at one time it had a name change and is currently available from Song Birds Something like Hyperdome or similiar. [edited, found the right name for Grid Runner] [ 10-13-2001: Message edited by: wi1ykat ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 Don't forget about Loopz. This game seems complete and rather fun for a puzzle game, also rather difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genki Posted November 8, 2001 Share Posted November 8, 2001 A lynx proto just popped on eBay Raiden Proto It looks like the seller is Sean Kelly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted November 8, 2001 Author Share Posted November 8, 2001 While looking through Sean Kelly's other auctions, I came across this Game Gear Frogger prototype... good lord, why is the board so big?? Is this some evaluation board or something? It seems to be socketed after all... --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_ruck Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 quote: Originally posted by wi1ykat: A lynx proto just popped on eBay Raiden Proto It looks like the seller is Sean Kelly... Raiden was published by Telegames. While the eBay auction does appear to be a prototype, it is not an unpublished proto. Oh, on the subject, there is one other unpublished Lynx oddity I can think of, the factory test cart. I bought one years ago, and haven't seen one available since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genki Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 That reminds me of another thing: Blue Lightening Demo. I have seen 3 different flavors of that demo carts. The first version I've seen was waaaay back when Toys R Us just got Lynx, they had a demo set up behind the glass display and with the staff's permission I took a peek and saw a fat looking EPROM board. Also there were 2 more that looks like production version, one with gold label and one with silver label. I used to have the one with gold label but I lost them. Any of you know where I could find them? I'd love to get the EPROM version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted November 12, 2001 Share Posted November 12, 2001 I've got both the gold label version and the EPROM version... never heard of a silver label BL demo cart, though. This is a bonafide EPROM cart used in store displays and not a copy. I might be willing to sell the EPROM version, but this is the only one I've ever seen in the Atari community... definitely a rare item. Contact me if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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