There can be a lot of joy in collecting retro systems that aren't necessarily Nintendo or Sega and hopefully this video can open people's eyes up to something a little different... and often much cheaper!
@jeffroberts9693
6 жыл бұрын
MetalJesusRocks I think the system had power but the programmers just weren't there. No Japanese support in the 80s and early 90s was a death wish. I like seeing your opinion on the system though.
@movienerd202
6 жыл бұрын
Youko Aoshi Thank God that's not the case anymore. I'm sick of Japanese games.
@jeffroberts9693
6 жыл бұрын
Movie Nerd Western developers found their way and kick ass now. I still love my Japanese games though!
@OnlyEpicEmber
6 жыл бұрын
Movie Nerd Fair enough, but I think it's not all that different today it's just that we have more American and European developers to choose from. But even back then you had plenty of non-Japanese games.
@KGRAMR
6 жыл бұрын
@MetalJesusRocks now do one for the Atari Jaguar :-D
@PixelGameSquad
6 жыл бұрын
Gotta say, In a day and age where the internet is filled with clickbait, you bring titles that say what your video is, and the content is GREAT! This is just one reason you will always be respected in the gaming world
@MetalJesusRocks
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!! Appreciate the nice words :)
@XYtoTheDoubleG
6 жыл бұрын
Mad respect!
@tom11zz884
6 жыл бұрын
Amen...extremely refreshing in this " Click bait" age from those internet losers.
@COOLDUDERBALD
2 жыл бұрын
Plus! MJR’s got the legendary hair wig!
@mungofish81
6 жыл бұрын
Who needs commercial television when you have KZitem creators of this calibre?! MetalJesus please never stop!
@vagamer522
6 жыл бұрын
mungofish81 tv is dying at this point
@I_Am_The_Social_Reject
6 жыл бұрын
I haven't had cable since 2009
@aussieguy1012
6 жыл бұрын
Interesting thing about the lynx is that its actually a 16 bit machine which in 1989 was pretty damn crazy.
@TheJeremyHolloway
6 жыл бұрын
Like the NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, it has a 16-bit graphics chip. The CPU is a very fast 6502 though. The 6502 was cheap and the Motorola 6809 or 68000 weren't available with a decent licensing deal like the 6502 was at the time.
@frankbaugh6718
6 жыл бұрын
Hi Metal Jesus- I'm the guy that sent you that model 2 Lynx a few years back. Just wanted to say that I loved the video and I'm happy to see that you are finding some of the gems on the system. Keep up the good work!
@deg6788
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for that bro❤
@Sjoerd001
3 жыл бұрын
I picked this up with my sister back in the nineties. Loved it! My fav games were: Viking Child, STUN runner, California Games, Slime World, Shadow of the Beast, Batman Returns, Chips Challenge, Basketbrawl, Bill & teds excellent adventure, Klax, Paperboy, Switchblade and i have probably forgotten one or two... Really appreciate these kind of videos! Thnx!
@bra1nc417d
6 жыл бұрын
I've noticed that, on average, your Like/Dislike ratio is very good. Its obviously because you're never biased, you don't often use puns, aren't sarcastic and you speak very well. Thanks for the vids, and jam on dude!
@djlowtek
6 жыл бұрын
Yea MJR is real & down to earth which is why I've remained a fan.He's totally relatable and seems cool to hang out with.
@sunnohh
6 жыл бұрын
He occasionally uses puns and sarcasm but nothin wrong with that if used rarely. However sarcasm is good for you.
@DeckyStrikesBack
6 жыл бұрын
I havnt owned a console or played a game in about ten years but watch everything MGR uploads. He really does rock.
@xugiua
6 жыл бұрын
3:16 I added "No pun intended" in my head lol.
@Tombombadillo999
6 жыл бұрын
bra1nc417d also remember theres allot of shitheads out there.. dislikes r not always justified
@LonSeidman
6 жыл бұрын
I remember being impressed by the Lynx when a friend of mine got one upon its initial release. Hardware scaling on a handheld! Crazy!
@mrdgenerate
3 жыл бұрын
Nothing can compare to my middle school mind seeing a PSP on the bus for the first time. That thing was nuts.
@__1201
Жыл бұрын
Same. I was so jealous of these kids that brought one in to my local barber shop. I always wanted one, but my parents weren't going to drop $180 ($445 adjusted for inflation at the time of this comment) on it, so Gameboy it was.
@schuerfer
6 жыл бұрын
Fond gaming memory of ca. 1992/93: Four (grown-up) guys, four Lynxes, four copies of Warbirds and three Comlynx cables. Then it was all sweaty palms until "last plane flying" -- huzzah!
@Guns7469
6 жыл бұрын
The atari lynx had one of the clearest, most brilliant screens of its time. The games were amazing with scaling effects and gameplay that outhoarspowered even some of the console games of that gen. Its such a shame it was overlooked by so many. This system was a beast.
@AlexOjideagu2
6 жыл бұрын
it's so annoying that Lynx games look terrible in videos. All these kids have no idea how amazing the scaling and other effects look on the hardware. For example California games the waves and scaling on the halfpipe.
@10072018
6 жыл бұрын
Even back in the day the screenshots looked HORRIBLE, but in real life the screen looked great. The scan lines disappeared and the sprites were usually so big that pixelation wasn't an issue.
@billysundownlegendcrafter
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy it was overlooked. It's so cheap to buy one the greatest video games and consoles of all time
@FantasyVisuals
4 жыл бұрын
Lynx had the lowest resolution of all handhelds at 160*102 , blocky visuals but once you saw it play ? Nice. Actually technically very impressive with 64kb ram
@hex1233
4 жыл бұрын
It was way pricier than the Gameboy, it's main competitor. Also, bulkier in design. And a paltry library (with some gems in it, admittedly). I guess that's why it wasn't an instant hit. Still, nice to look back on as an intriguing piece of hardware.
@jamaicanlovrboy
6 жыл бұрын
"ill put Lynx in the video description below" no pun intended i suppose lol
@jakescukobyte
6 жыл бұрын
I came here to write the same thing, but I felt that somebody already made that 'joke' :)
@chrispacheco8590
5 жыл бұрын
It's just so refreshing to have someone just tell it like it is and simply be themselves here,thank you sooooo much Metal Jesus you ruuuule!
@grayfox1471
4 жыл бұрын
One of your best buying guide videos. Thanks for all of the information and entertainment over the years.
@EposVox
6 жыл бұрын
I barely knew that the Lynx existed, so I'm grateful to get to learn so much from this video!
@10072018
6 жыл бұрын
Things people today need to know: 1. The scan lines are not visible in person. They are an effect of photography. 2. In most of the games the sprites were so large that pixelation wasn't really that noticeable. 3. The Lynx was extremely powerful, rivaling or surpassing some home consoles. It could animate polygons and run real 3D games (Hard Drivin'). The scaling capabilities are stuff of legend. Many of the games had parallax scrolling too, and again HUGE sprites. 4. It was very solid and sturdy, did not have the cheap feeling of the Jaguar. 5. Aside from battery life and game selection it was better than Gameboy in every way.
@thatwasprettyneat
6 жыл бұрын
thank you for including/recognizing california games!!! i have such fond memories of playing this, and for the lynx it had great graphics and an awesome "louie, louie" intro. also i don't know how the hell to even play halfpipe, even after 27 years
@TheGunmanChannel
6 жыл бұрын
Lynx in the description
@hungrybartender6388
3 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHAHA
@ThatBaldGamer
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! I've always wanted to see an in-depth video about this portable system that slipped through the cracks of the majority of gamers (including myself) everywhere. Great quality stuff. Always a treasure to watch your work. - TBG
@Xilefian
6 жыл бұрын
Minor technical jargon thing; the original back-light is not a "back-light", it's a "front-light". It's the same difference between the AGS-001 and AGS-101 GBA SP. EDIT: Correction, the Lynx does indeed have a "back-light", however it is a giant CFL bulb that is stuffed into the console! Most solutions at the time would have had a smaller pair of CFL bulbs at the side of the screen acting as a front-light, rather than a big one at the back sucking up all the battery life. If you want more detail about this (for the technical curious): Old LCD displays had a reflective surface behind them. Light would reflect off that surface and the colours would get filtered out (or blacks, in the case of the monochrome Game Boy). This is why you need light to see these screens (the old sun-light issue, or playing Gameboy during a road trip by street light). A front-light still uses the same reflective surface, but shines light inside the device itself so you don't need an external source of light to see what the heck is on the screen. The problem is, it's still heavily affected by surrounding light (still has the same reflective surface) and the actual front-light produces glare. A back-light replaces the reflective surface with a light-emitting surface. The lowering costs of the blue LED allowed manufacturers in the early-mid 2000s to use a single white LED panel rather as a back-light, so rather than reflecting external light (or front-light) through the LCD the white LED panel will shine light directly at you, through the LCD display. Means that far less external light reflects off the display. It seems like a small thing, but the back-light on a AGS-100 GBA SP is a milestone that shows exactly when white LED panels became cheap enough to replace the white LED strips that typical illuminated displays used prior. Seems rather cool to have been alive during that threshold in technical achievement, now that practically every single device we have use white LED panels for illumination. OLED is the next milestone, which will replace white LED panels with actual RGB LEDs.
@Anthonybrother
6 жыл бұрын
Xilefian that was fascinating
@Xilefian
6 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks, but I must correct myself that I was actually wrong; the Atari Lynx DID indeed have a "back-light" - but it did not use LED panel for it (being a 90s device) - it used a giant CFL bulb! I couldn't believe this when I found it out. It seems absolutely ridiculous to have a handheld game-console that has a full-on light-bulb stuck inside it just so you could see the screen. It would have seriously killed the battery life - most of the energy consumed would have been powering that fat, beefy, inefficient CFL bulb!
@TampaTec
3 жыл бұрын
I bought a broken Lynx on ebay and made a video repairing it. My Favorite is California games, "as good as James" i wish that game had championship mode though. Surfing was the best and music awesome too.
@sgraaaaaa
3 жыл бұрын
Agree i tattooed the jacket on my arm 😅
@sgraaaaaa
3 жыл бұрын
Can become crazy as well on bmx mode. I never never understand how to play skate! And love the music of footbag.
@luisbadolato
6 жыл бұрын
Finally the Lynx Buying Guide! Double Dragon, Toki and Ninja Gaiden are good ports in my opinion, though might be a bit tougher to find. Dracula The Undead is a nice graphic adventure, not common for a handheld. Thanks for bringing attention to this system.
@CasperTheGhost64
6 жыл бұрын
This is so amazing. I am 22 and my first system was a Nintendo 64. One of my first memories is playing Mario Kart on my Dad's lap. Your videos have gotten me back into retro games. I have a ton of emulators and all I've played the past week are retro games. I am going to buy a real NES very soon and I am really excited. Thanks for such great videos, it's really inspiring and has sparked a new passion in me. I plan to buy an NES and Bionic Commando because that's my favorite game on it.
@u4n_332
6 жыл бұрын
'Gates of Zendocon'. Loved it.
@BaronMARTo
5 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, one of the best game I had at the time on this machine, a machine that no one liked. I do not forget either Robot Squash and Rygar that I also loved so much.
@crowningchristopher8273
5 жыл бұрын
That's the game I play the most on this system! It's something psychedelic!
@parrastaka
4 жыл бұрын
The music and sound effects of that game are still in my head.
@jonathanfiel6215
6 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was a kid my uncle bought me the lynx for my bday fall of 1990. We were at FAO Schwarz in SF at the time where he bought it. Road blaster and paperboy were the only games I owned besides california games that came with the system. I remember I was the only kid in my class that had or even heard of the lynx when everyone else had a gameboy. The memories...
@Stuart-Grant
6 жыл бұрын
there is a lot of hate out there for the Lynx, i loved it as a kid and still today have the full 72 commercially released titles plus a few home-brews. Cheap games mostly but under-rated back in the day.
@tsuobachi
5 жыл бұрын
I got my first Lynx as a birthday present (I had to "cash in" my Christmas present as well that year to talk my parents into getting me a Lynx) in 1989. It was my favorite thing on planet Earth, even though I only had California Games to start out. People used to come from all around to watch me play it because it was so amazing for the time period. Seriously, strangers would walk up to me and just watch me play at gas stations, mini golf courses, the mall, wherever. That's the only time I've ever owned anything that made me the center of attention wherever I went just from owning it. As a shy kid back then, I was not a fan of the attention, but it was worth it for the sweet sweet gaming, color screen, etc. It wore out from "normal" wear and tear (I played it A LOT) after only a year or a year and a half or so. I got another one for Christmas/birthday immediately and that one lasted 2 years. At that point I decided to move on to other systems since I couldn't stand to pay all that money for a 3rd Lynx. As the years passed, I couldn't stop thinking about some of my farvorite Lynx games, so I bought another one about 10 years later and still have it to this day, despite a cracked screen. I did lose one of my favorite games, but otherwise have all of my original accessories and games and I bust it out several times a year to have some nostalgic fun. Thanks for the heads-up on the screen mod, I plan on getting another lynx soon and a few more games and the screen mod looks like a must. I always thought the 2nd lynx model looked like garbage compared to the 1st one, so I hope I can find a model 1. Btw, my favorite game was Gates Of Zendocon and I still have the entire game memorized because I played it so much. Thanks for the great video. :)
@Mystemo
6 жыл бұрын
Some other Lynx games I'd recommend: Switchblade II, Dracula: The Undead, Robotron 2084, Pac-Land, Shadow of the Beast, Ninja Gaiden
@KevinHollandAllison
6 жыл бұрын
I bought my Atari Lynx in 1991. I still have it, the carrying case, manuals and all of the games and their manuals too. I had hoped it would increase in value by now, maybe in 20 more years.
@ninjamaster3453
6 жыл бұрын
Oh man if you like your shooters, gates of zendocon was one of the best on any platform. The lynx is one of the best Atari systems and handhelds ever released. Way ahead of its time.
@radracer8889
6 жыл бұрын
There is no denying the fact, the lynx was way ahead of its time. Great video, and I don’t even like handhelds much.
@topchief1
6 жыл бұрын
I was going to express my disappointment that you weren't going to bring up the greatest lynx game of all time, but then you restored my faith with all your slime land awesomeness. So I'll share a little pro tip. Atari lynx games fit perfectly in game boy cases.
@openskiesmedia
4 жыл бұрын
Two of them, at that. And three of them fit in Game Gear cases :)
@SweatPantsJoe
6 жыл бұрын
When this showed up in my email from Patreon I thought, theres no way I am ever going to get into Lynx collecting. Then I watched this, now I want to go out and buy a Lynx!
@justinandrews520
6 жыл бұрын
I've wanted a Lynx for awhile now...this video has me super sold on the system!
@Hetkanookanders
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you reviewing the Lynx. A great underrated system
@declanmcquay3476
6 жыл бұрын
It's great to see you do a video on the Lynx. I have two second gen Lynxes, one with a fairly busted screen and the other with a perfect original screen in it. One day I'll get around to getting the busted screen replaced with one of those newer LCDs. I've currently got around 30 games for it, however the Lynx was pretty rare in Australia so can be tough finding games. Got 5 original boxes for the games as well.
@braikingboss9137
2 жыл бұрын
Did you ever get around to fixing the screen on the busted lynx????
@declanmcquay3476
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, got a BennVenn replacement LCD screen. Required no soldering
@joseotero9197
6 жыл бұрын
I like your style, fun yet professional. Very informative videos and your guests are a good addition that complement your style. Also, you sound exactly like Will Ferrell.
@HatHole
6 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop, Dracula, and Kung Food for the Lynx. Also the Lynx version of Rampage is, in my opinion, the best Rampage port ever.
@TheJeremyHolloway
6 жыл бұрын
4-player at that with the inclusion of the Rat character.
@HatHole
6 жыл бұрын
Larry the Rat!!! YES!
@openskiesmedia
4 жыл бұрын
I hate Dirty Larry, but I agree otherwise.
@keving82383
4 жыл бұрын
Picked up my Lynx for the first time in years a couple days back, so naturally that led me to search KZitem videos for more games. This was like the 4th one I watched and it leads off with a game that no one else mentioned: Scrapyard Dog. Holy crap, that game looks awesome. Thanks for a great video. Subscribed.
@rugan0723
6 жыл бұрын
Played alot of Klax on the original LYNX. The soundtrack was awesome.
@mattnova18
6 жыл бұрын
Yas!! I'm pumped for your Lynx episode. I've had the lynx since 1990. Bought it new from babagges. I also recommend Xenophobe, Rampage, Road Blasters, Ninja Gaiden, and Desert Strike. Most games are cheap, but you will notice there are a few expensive ones like Lemmings and Desert Strike. Also, you can get a flash cart or emulate lynx on the psp or other emulators. Feel free to join our Facebook group "Atari Lynx Fans". Great video man!
@TheJeremyHolloway
6 жыл бұрын
The only problem with the PSP emulator is it won't do ComLynx with other PSPs or Lynxes. If that could get taken care of, the popularity of the Lynx would increase amongst retro enthusiasts.
@remykamermans5544
6 жыл бұрын
From a old skool lynx owner that owned and played the games way back in the day. Bad games / not worth it that are in this video : Slime world : its nothing like metroid , dont get your hope up this game is boring, repetitive and confusing. Scrapyard dog : Not a very fun game , its somewhat unclear what this game tries to be , its not really a platformer and the gameplay is just bad. Should add to your collection : (not showed in gameplay but some where in the last shot with the pile of games ) Toki : Best arcade port of a very fun action side scroller, my favorite lynx game. Fun gameplay , good graphics. Klaxx : A very fun adn addictive puzzle game with voice samples that blew my mind back at the day when i played it. Rampage : This game is on many platforms but the lynx version is sone of the best a great arcade port, fun game twhith great graphics and sound effects as well. Pac Land : Fun version of a old skool arcade game.
@aussieguy1012
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed as a kid I remember when these were about.The games were terrible vs the game gear and gameboy.I always wanted a gamegear.
@alexojideagu
4 жыл бұрын
Toki blew my mind as a kid. Blew everything away I'd played on the Game Boy. I used to show it off to friends and adults.
@craigdavidson5613
Жыл бұрын
I happened to find a Lynx Model II at a local charity shop several years ago, here in Australia. It came with a nifty carrying case, and two cartridges, which allowed me to test out the console at no extra cost. It works perfectly, and it only cost $5AU! And given how expensive the console is nowadays, I certainly was lucky!
@michaelstanton7840
6 жыл бұрын
Batman Returns and Roadblasters were my favorites that I owned.
@shaggy791
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Throw in S.T.U.N. Runner, and now you’re talking!
@jajabinx35
3 жыл бұрын
Batman returns was insanely hard. Best way to complete it is to continously jump until the end of the stage where you then fight the boss.
@markschmeits3702
3 жыл бұрын
@@jajabinx35 indeed crazy hard with only 1 life lol
@jonathanredford215
6 жыл бұрын
I was actually looking into getting a lynx about a month ago. The retro gamer fandom in me feels like i have to at least try every handheld from those days lol. This video's further reinforced my want to do so, like many of yours do. Thanks and keep up the good work MJ
@RodrigoSilva-ml1tk
6 жыл бұрын
2019? Theres still time for the apocalyptic racing game to be right!
@GarageLoot
6 жыл бұрын
Rodrigo João Camargo da Silva Then I'll place some Super Baseball in 2020!
@MVLGAMING
6 жыл бұрын
Neat system. I've been thinking of collecting Lynx for quite some time, but put it off to peruse other consoles. You may well have convinced me to finally chase after a Lynx!
@remykamermans5544
6 жыл бұрын
Love your channel but i dont agree that the lynx and Game gear are very similair. The Lynx and Game gear are different and not similar, outside that they both drain batteries and have a colour display. The lynx is based on the same tech as a Amiga home computer and is a 16 bit handheld. The Game Gear is based on the master system and is a 8 bit handheld.
@goodstuffohhyeah
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah MJR was completely out to lunch on this one
@FantasticTechnology
3 жыл бұрын
Finished "Scrapyard Dog" today on my Evercade. With the Lynx 1 & 2 Collections I have the chance to play a lot of Lynx games on an easy way. I'm very impressed about the quality of many Lynx games if you think about how old they are. When I was a kid I just knew the gameboy and the difference is huge.
@DanielSanGMR
6 жыл бұрын
"Many of these games are often cheap" After this video, not anymore.
@DanoLefourbe
6 жыл бұрын
One youtuber doesn't chagne the prices, even popular ones. This idea is very exaggerated
@zbeshears6945
6 жыл бұрын
These games have already been kinda expensive, when you can even find them
@DanoLefourbe
6 жыл бұрын
shoot
@Deep_wolf
6 жыл бұрын
Just tells you how much it sucks.
@kyle-9203
6 жыл бұрын
Still looks better then the gbc
@Johnnygrafx
6 жыл бұрын
Crystal Mines 2 is probably the best game on the lynx IMO. I spent entire drives to the beach when I was little playing that. Its like a combination of. dig dug and bomber man.
@edwardgibbon2557
6 жыл бұрын
Todd's Adventure in Slime World looks awesome! Unique graphics. Can I come over and check it out? :)
@TheJeremyHolloway
6 жыл бұрын
Just imagine playing it with 8-players over ComLynx!
@andybrinks3784
5 жыл бұрын
Only if you can remind me the name of the Byzantine emperor that liked to race chariots, Mr. Gibbon. I read it in your great book years ago, and can't quite remember it! Now that would have made a cool game!
@dagensvisa
6 жыл бұрын
I also struggled with California Games Halfpipe, comforting to know I was not alone in this. Thanks for a great video.
@MagmaMKII
6 жыл бұрын
Always love me some underrated systems!
@dad7275
6 жыл бұрын
Yes I collect for the Lynx and games I highly recommend is Klax (it's seriously the best version I've ever played) and Road Blasters! ! Very fun games. I want to have my Lynx modded too that I bought new originally back in the day. Also I'd recommend buying the sun visor /screen protector for the Lynx. Enjoyed the video!
@Video-Games-Are-Fun
6 жыл бұрын
DAMN u left out double dragon! it was the ONLY arcade-close port on a handheld at that time. actually that's still true today. no arcade port of that 1987 monster arcade hit has ever come to a handheld.
@TheJeremyHolloway
6 жыл бұрын
There's at least 2 more variants of the Lynx cards and it had to do with designing better ways of removing the cards out of the Lynx slot. The "lip" was the final version and it was the best. It should be mentioned that 2 members of the original Amiga team designed the Lynx while at Epyx and that Epyx had originally planned to allow the networking to work if just one owner owned a a game card and that the card would transmit the entire game to all of the other Lynxes on the network. Atari later dissuaded that and made every Lynx owner on the network own a game card. Modern homebrewers want to revive this feature since they obviously aren't under the same commercial pressures as Atari Corp was as a publicly traded company in the fierce gaming industry. Oh, and when the Lynx originally came out, the boxes were as large as console game cartridge boxes. Atari Corp later retooled it and released them in smaller boxes - before going to blister packs at the end - to save money, plus, it was the era that "excess packaging" was being criticized with music CDs and their "long boxes". The strong point about the Lynx is its networking ability with the ComLynx cables. Playing 8-player dog fights in Warbirds was-and-still-is incredible. The same goes with Slime Word and dropping the Mega Bomb into a cave filled with your competitors and nuking them all. I was fortunate at the time to have been in an Atari ST User's Group and just about everyone in it bought a Lynx when it came out so we'd ComLynx them all up after the general business finished at the meetings so I didn't suffer from not knowing others with Lynxes while lost in a sea of people owning the much cheaper Gameboy. Slime World was later ported to the Sega Genesis - plus the TurboCD in Japan - but it just doesn't feel the same. Atari Corp really blew it in not licensing the Atari ST hit MIDI Maze for the Lynx despite some Atari employees [like Bob Brodie] passionately pushing for them to do so. Instead, they dropped the ball and BPS jumped in and licensed it for almost every non-Atari console and handheld out there as Faceball 2000. The original ST version could connect up to 16 STs via the MIDI ports for pretty much the OG of death-matching years before DOOM. Strangely enough, Atari Corp had a version of it for the XE Game System that wasn't officially released due to the console getting discontinued but it can network play via the Atari SX212 modem and also via the SIO port to a MIDI adapter and it can play against 4 other XE Game Systems [or Atari 8-bit computers] or even STs. Somehow, a 7800 version was planned but no protos have been found but again, the crime was that there wasn't a Lynx version. Some of the most popular ComLynx networking games on the Lynx are Todd's Adventure in Slime World, Warbirds, California Games, Checkered Flag, Battle Wheels, and Gauntlet the Third Encounter. The Lynx version of Gauntlet was originally entitled "Time Quests and Treasure Chests" until the Atari Corp/Atari Games licensing deal happened and then it was basically renamed "Gauntlet III". That's one of the reasons why Atari Games/Tengen's version of Gauntlet on the Sega Genesis is renamed "Gauntlet IV" [that and Domark had a "Gauntlet III" on the Amiga and Atari ST]. Battle Wheels was later going to be ported to the Jaguar but then the company behind it got obsesses with releasing Ultra Vortek instead. Unlike the 7800 or the XE Game System, the Atari Lynx got most of Atari Games Corp's/Tengen's arcade library licensed to it. Atari Corp and Atari Games Corp were playing nice with each other then due to their common hatred - and legal battles - with Nintendo, not to mention their corporate masters Time Warner was encouraging to work together [Time Warner owned all of Atari Games/Tengen and 25%-27% of Atari Corp; they were also distributing EGM at the time]. That didn't spill over to the Jaguar initially because both were locked in a bitter dispute over royalties which wasn't sorted out until the Jag was seriously hurting [although I must point out that the arcade games of "Area 51" and "Maximum Force" use Jaguar hardware via the "CoJag"]. Atari Corp later wanted to connect the Lynx with the Jaguar and use the Lynx as a smart controller but Atari Corp ran out of money and went under before they were ever able to make good on that plan. Nintendo later did so - via Namco - with the version of Pac-Man that ran on the GameCube but worked with the GBAs for independent screen play. A serious modern Lynx gamer will not only want McWill's LCD Screen Mod - and VGA out - but also SainT's/RetroHQ's Lynx SD Card Adapter. It rocks. There's 2 versions, one without a card case so it'll fit in the Lynx I's slot and the other with the 3D printed covering that fits in the Lynx 2. Buy it. Don't even ask questions, buy it. SainT is currently finishing up a Jag SD Cart Adapter. It should be also said that McWill beat Candle to the punch on releasing an LCD mod for the Lynx. Candle was going for an LCD mod/VGA out plus having an external Sega Genesis Pad connect to the Lynx. He deemed it much easier and cheaper to use a Genesis Pad that a Jaguar JagPad. And if you want to see what modern programming techniques will mesh with the Lynx's powerful hardware, check out the game Zaku, especially with that McWill LCD screen replacement! I bet John Hancock has it!
@TheGunmanChannel
6 жыл бұрын
Metal Jesus Rocks 🤘😃🤘
@matthewozyer-key6952
6 жыл бұрын
Just got into your channel and it just so happens i got a Lynx from a Charity shop (Thrift store) the other day for very little money and this guide is going to help me out big time! Thanks a lot and keep up the awesome work man :)
@linksbro1
6 жыл бұрын
"Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but Mr. Big is also a character from..." Get Smart? The villain in the black and white pilot episode? "... Sex in the City. Now, don't judge me because I know that." Alright, but I shall judge you for not going with Get Smart :P
@Des_Zee
6 жыл бұрын
Linksbro and Mr big was the villian in Michael Jackson's moonwalker video and video game.
@Seventeen_Seconds
4 жыл бұрын
I remember getting one for Christmas in the UK when I was 9, I played California Games all day long! one of my favourite handhelds of all time. This sucker drained batteries like crazy!
@TTBprime
6 жыл бұрын
Gates of Zendocon ftw
@MrLeo4GenArts
6 жыл бұрын
I'm a huge Atari Lynx fan! Hands down, my top two favorite games for it are Toki and Rampart. It took me so many tries, but when I finally passed Rampart's "island level", it was such a rush! My favorite "flight sim" game on it has to be Steel Talons, it is so much fun going on missions as a military attack chopper.
@RetroJaegerv2
6 жыл бұрын
Missed Kung Food :)
@cheezorg
5 жыл бұрын
Loved my Lynx II. Poured many hours (and batteries) into Qix, Gauntlet, Klax, Shanghai, Dracula, Stun Runner, Hard Drivin and Viking Child, in addition to a few mentioned in the video. Thanks for the great video!
@elliottevans5583
6 жыл бұрын
2019 was also the year in the first Blade runner. Which also coincides with the Alien movies and prometheus. It's believed that the two stories happen within the same universe and time.
@michaelwolfe9496
6 жыл бұрын
And according to the co-writer of Blade Runner, David Peoples, the Kurt Russell movie 'Soldier' from 1998 also takes place in the Blade Runner universe.
@TheJeremyHolloway
6 жыл бұрын
...and you have "Atari" prominently displayed on the streets in Blade Runner. "Soldier" is a side-quel to "Blade Runner".
@3rdalbum
6 жыл бұрын
Some other games to check out, I enjoyed these in the early 90s: Checkered Flag: A fun, fast behind-the-car viewpoint F1 game. The speed and fluidity is impresive for a handheld. APB: Drive through the city from a top-down view and fill your quota of minor crooks. Every few levels you get a boss who is usually a good challenge. Dynolympics: Be cavemen using different tools and teamwork to get through a level. Slow-paced but fun. Basketbrawl: 2-on-2 Basketball game with no rules - punch, kick and stab your opponents Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure: Kind of a puzzle adventure but very enjoyable. Travel between different times and places collecting musical notes, phonebook pages and avoiding enemies. Yeah it's a movie videogame but actually quite good. That's all I can remember for now but my game collection was not big. Definitely a system worth checking out, even just with emulation.
@danlock1
6 жыл бұрын
The Lynx port of Williams Joust is excellent, as is KLAX.
@kvltaholic
6 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one that thinks upgrading to the modern LCD ruins the original feel of the games? I'd stick to the original.
@AlexOjideagu2
6 жыл бұрын
yes I would only add a new screen with scanlines. If it can't do that then it looks blocky and horrible. I think it does have a scanline mode, I've seen a gamegear mod with one.
@redvenomweb
5 жыл бұрын
@@AlexOjideagu2 Yes, there is a scanline mode.
@stephenmurray2851
6 жыл бұрын
I had model 2 of this as a kid. I can only remember one game on it called chips. So glad you reviewed this. I mentioned it on one of your other videos. It was one of my first consoles along with the commodore 64.
@DaveSimonH
6 жыл бұрын
lol I watched the entire series run of "Sex and the City" when I was a teenager (I imagine sex in the title drew me in). It's actually a fun show, but the films are pretty crap. My friend growing up had both the Game Gear and the Lynx. He was always big into games, whereas it took until the PS1 days which is when I really get into games. I think it's mostly down the fact I was an active kid. Most summers I'd only return home to eat & sleep. Unsurprisingly, my memories of trying his Game Gear & Lynx at his house include sitting by a power outlet. Great systems, but you would have needed a decent supply of rechargeable AAs, or just the power adapter. And at that point, is it really portable?
@tim79tim
5 жыл бұрын
My childhood.. god I forgot about this.. surfing in california, warbirds and I also had Rampage.. played this all vacations long. thank you for your video!
@ClaudiuK2
6 жыл бұрын
Why did it take so much for others to come with a system like this but cheaper? The GameBoy Color was released 9 years afer this one... And it was a small upgrade from the original GB.
@northofnashira2575
6 жыл бұрын
Claudiu K2 Did you look at the original screen quality and hear that 6 AA batteries would be completely drained in about 4 hours? Basically, Atari beat Nintendo to the color display (mostly due to cost since Lynx was about $100 more than the gameboy) and the tech wasn't available yet for Nintendo to improve above the Lynx's graphics. On top of all of that, Nintendo was already winning the handheld market. Though I never had one, I knew tons of people that had gameboys, even multiple for households so siblings wouldn't fight over one gameboy. I knew a total of one person that owned a Lynx.
@TheJeremyHolloway
6 жыл бұрын
Atari Corp didn't expect the Lynx to cost $179. It was supposed to be $129-149 but the LCD vendor raised the price on them before launch.
@northofnashira2575
6 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Holloway I never heard that one before. Do you have a source?
@wessteinfeld3337
3 жыл бұрын
I respect your reviews and a big reason why is because you are honest AND open minded at the same time. Alot of game reviewers are so quick to bash older systems and games automatically just for the fact that they are older. Now don't get me wrong there's ALOT of crap out there lol, but when I am watching a review video for an older game or system I like to take into consideration how it would impress me at the age I was when these classic consoles and carts released!! Again, there are definitely some bombs and duds lol but for the most part these older game reviews are special bc they come with the nostalgic factor and I can easily appreciate newer systems and games and older ones just as much!!
@PSVitaat2am
6 жыл бұрын
Still way better than the Atari Box!
@GarageLoot
6 жыл бұрын
Retro8bit Is it?
@djhenyo
6 жыл бұрын
Atari Lynx is definitely WAY HIGH UP on the list of shittiest handhelds of all-time. MJR has a serious problem with judging anything. I can safely say to anybody watching his videos that you should NEVER take a word out of his mouth as representing reality when it comes to video game software. He knows his hardware very well, such as mentioning the screen mods he had done for the Lynx, Game Gear, and GBA, but when it comes to the actual games he is completely wrong basically all of the time. I challenge anybody who has never played an Atari home or handheld console to actually try ANY of the games he mentioned in his favorite games list for this system and have fun for more than a few minutes before you turn the piece of shit off and never play it again. Even if you had an Intellivision, Caleco Vision, NES, Master System, TurboGrafix, and absolutely loved the arcade and PC classics like Rygar and Red Baron it is beyond any doubt that you will not be able to have any decent amount of fun playing any of the crap in this video. Lynx games were shit back then, still shit today, always be nothing more than shit, and perfectly match the value of MJR's opinion on what games are good or bad. Don't waste your money by listening to him. It's really sad that there are probably a ton of people who make purchases based on this shit.
@Carnage6X
6 жыл бұрын
Sorry but you're wrong. I had a Lynx only back in the day by choice because I loved the Atari arcade games and the Lynx had tons of good ports of those. You sound like one of those people who just goes on people's videos to crap on their opinions but you have no experience actually playing the games that are being talked about. I played games like Battlewheels, Blue Lightning, Electrocop, Gauntlet, Rampart, Ninja Gaiden and more for hours so your statement is factually untrue.
@GarageLoot
6 жыл бұрын
djhenyo I feel like you are comparing to today's standards. I was a Game Gear kid and the quality destroyed the Game Boy....Look at the Game Gear Today.... :/
@djhenyo
6 жыл бұрын
+Carnage6X didn't play Ninja Gaiden on the Lynx. What you played was "Ninja Gaiden" because the one and only way it even remotely resembled the arcade game was if you were staring at a static screenshot with your eyes squinted as hard as possible so that your vision becomes very dark and blurry. The moment you unpause the game it moves, controls, and plays absolutely nothing like the real thing. Same goes for Rygar and all of the other arcade "ports" on the Lynx. They couldn't even get Ms. Pacman right. She moves slow as fuck just like Ryu. If you want to play a horrible looking, sounding, and controlling version of Atari arcade games when there are infinitely more faithful and fun ports of all of those games for cheaper on other systems, then go ahead and waste your money on a Lynx. People without shit judgement will be able to easily see that this is NOT the Ninja Gaiden game they were looking for: kzitem.info/news/bejne/zJ6Bm4Z6bnV3gpg If you cannot tell that whatever is in that video is pure fucking garbage then you're beyond help.
@TwoBlackMarks
6 жыл бұрын
S.T.U.N. Runner! I had totally forgotten that one, never had an Lynx, but I remember the Arcade game in a shopping center when I was young, or rather when I was a small kid. Now I am just like an kid...
@boogiemanspud
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks metaljesus. I was going to buy a lynx, now I'll get to pay 5x more than I would have a week ago. :( /butthurt
@xaviergms2225
6 жыл бұрын
I picked up the ver.2 of this console in 2000... I unortunately was terrible at most of the games... Truth be told I sucked at most 2d games. But still played them and collected consoles and games for them.. (why?) simple they bring me joy and take me back to my childhood where I had to hide my Sega game gear from my step dad, who hated me to have any sort of fun lol. Just want to say thank you MJR I really like your style and you speak normally (love that!) Thank you soo much keep up the good work cheers mate.
@chrisbynum4438
6 жыл бұрын
Back in the day I used to ask my mom if I could borrow her Galaxy S3 so I could watch some MJR and AVGN on KZitem. They were good times. Little did I know, 4 years later I'd still be watching these, but ya know, not on my mother's phone. Appreciate ya, MetalJesus!
@Gamma00Ray
6 жыл бұрын
Galaxy S3 Back in the day #%&@, I'm old.
@xPhantomxify
6 жыл бұрын
Chris Bynum Samsung S3? You are way 2 young. Take your "back in the day" and stay away from KZitem. You just learned how to tie your shoes, kid.
@chrisbynum4438
6 жыл бұрын
I am 27, i used to be poor, that's why I used my moms phone edit: Actually you're right, I'm 7, and my goal is to infect KZitem comment sections so some old farts can try and attack me. Mission accomplished, mission accomplished.
@EqualsDeath
6 жыл бұрын
having s3 is not poor. poor is when you don't have anything to eat. for days. 27 now so s3 was 2012. you can't be serious, borrowing moms phone to watch avgn at 21 years old. leave the basement already
@chrisbynum4438
6 жыл бұрын
Well, if you want to argue about my life, then sure, I'll bite. I didn't have an s3, it was my moms, like I said. I didn't live in the basement, I was going to a local college, where literally 100% of my funds were going towards tuition.
@alien8r33d
6 жыл бұрын
Alien Versus Predator was in development for the Lynx but it was dropped in favour the Jaguar version, BUT it is available on the internet as a prototype game image. I used to have a copy of it programmed into an EPROM with a PCB designed to fit into the Lynx, can't remember where I got it but it was a few years ago.
@JaBooBaLoo
6 жыл бұрын
Better battery life with the screen mod?
@Kummituslinna
6 жыл бұрын
JaBooBaLoo A bit over 10 minutes
@wschippr1
6 жыл бұрын
JaBooBaLoo I think there is a rechargeable battery mod that has a good battery life.
@jimmylopez6394
5 жыл бұрын
Good memories seeing this of my childhood, I got a lynx model 1 back in early 90s for Christmas. Used it for years thru my childhood, I remember California games, batman, blue lighting and another spaceship shooter one that was awsome. I pulled it out of storage probably 10 years ago when I moved and the batteries I left in for years had melted destroying the device screen/electronics, I threw it away and still wish I never had was a big part of my childhood
@RetroGamePlayers
6 жыл бұрын
The Lynx is just so Bad. *good
@MartinBarreby
6 жыл бұрын
Wow! I am really blown away by rhet graphics! Scaling sprites and stuff!! Never really noticed this with the lynx before! Great video!!
@HWU-sd7cp
6 жыл бұрын
Who watches the videos but never buys any of the systems or game? 😂
@I_Am_The_Social_Reject
6 жыл бұрын
H82W84U2 I don't collect. I'm half digital
@MrLordpistoia
6 жыл бұрын
To broke to collect thats why i emulate or else i would
@redvenomweb
6 жыл бұрын
You should check out Checkered Flag (great multiplayer F1 racing game), Gates of Zendocon (horizontal shooter in a huge world with dozens of branching paths), and Steel Talons (very good arcade-style polygon helicopter flight sim, as long as you can cope with the low framerate).
@JudasPriest6515
6 жыл бұрын
Good BUT WHERE IS BOB CORNHOLE DAMMIT
@JudasPriest6515
6 жыл бұрын
Metroid=Best Hidden Gem,But no way as good as other hidden gems like sonic 2,super mario bros and call of duty
@PSVitaat2am
6 жыл бұрын
That's what I wanna know!
@JudasPriest6515
6 жыл бұрын
he told me to buy a hidden gem called crash bandicoot warped for the ps1and it said naughty dog in the box!HE LIED!
@dismaltimestamp5995
Жыл бұрын
Having both the version 1 and 2 of the Atari Lynx when I was a kid. you definitely are recommending the cream of the crop. I remember playing Warbirds through the comlinx with 5 other people. Viking Child was a good platformer. Lemmings, ABP, NFL Football were all also favorites of mine.
@ajh90210
6 жыл бұрын
GET RAMPART
@BaronMARTo
5 жыл бұрын
Oh yes Rampart, I had forgotten this one, a great game that all magazines (at least in France) had despised only because released on the Lynx, console hated by the majority of players at this time.
@lawnboyfreak
6 жыл бұрын
My cousin had a lynx back in the day. I only remember him having Joust. It was a really good port of it and we had a lot of fun playing it. I remember my mind being blown because it had a color screen!
@jcee4539
6 жыл бұрын
You remind me of the Undertaker
@underagedpanda4153
6 жыл бұрын
or Dave grohl
@utnapishtim23
6 жыл бұрын
Undergrohler?
@underagedpanda4153
6 жыл бұрын
utnapishtim23 what?
@murdock8694
6 жыл бұрын
I like your guests, but nothing beats a solo MJR video. Truly enjoy your content.
@UltimateNinja-fe6yh
6 жыл бұрын
Goodbye Low Lynx prices. Smh
@chigimonky
6 жыл бұрын
UltimateNinja 1984 Did you really syh?
@UltimateNinja-fe6yh
6 жыл бұрын
Chigimonky yep unfortunately
@RMCRetro
6 жыл бұрын
Great console, I fitted the screen mod and refurbished a Lynx recently. Interestingly it was two ex Amiga engineers who designed it at Epyx before Atari got hold of it and there are many similarities in the hardware design, some call it the portable Amiga.
@SlippyMcDervish
6 жыл бұрын
Those graphics are rough as fuck
@MetalJesusRocks
6 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind, those graphics are displayed at only 160 × 102 pixels on that small screen... so in person, they are way better!
@movienerd202
6 жыл бұрын
Steven Have you ever played a game on the Gameboy classic?
@wschippr1
6 жыл бұрын
Steven It was a Portable in 89... of course it's rough. It's in colour which is amazing.
@zbeshears6945
6 жыл бұрын
Good chance this system is older than you if you didn’t already know they weren’t the best by today’s standards but the best when this handheld came out
@SlippyMcDervish
6 жыл бұрын
The jesus blesses me with a reply: I had lynx, the 89' Gameboy, a Vic 20 and more. I was used to rough graphics. I just forgot just how rough they were. My gaming PC has spoiled me.
@zeldaoot23
2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing ads for the Lynx in gaming magazines and thinking it looked really high-tech and nifty with its left-handed play mode. However, it was too expensive for us to buy one at the time.
@ItsSoDane
6 жыл бұрын
2019 huh? With Trump it could still be a possibility.
@Wolverine_onYTTV
6 жыл бұрын
ItsSoDane you have my respect sir
@OnlyEpicEmber
6 жыл бұрын
ItsSoDane I was going to say that
@chigimonky
6 жыл бұрын
ItsSoDane Yeah if only we had Hillary! Cough Libya cough "no fly zone in Syria" cough "public and private policy" cough when the Democrats took the White House we were bombing 2 countries when they left we were bombing 7 cough cough. You stooges sure are drinking that CNN Kool Aid.
@pilgrim666butters
6 жыл бұрын
Ya because it was Trump who sold all the uranium 1 to russia....oh wait that was Hilary approved by then President Obama. Ya and it was Trump who has continually armed ISIS, oh wait that was obama... Oh and it was Trump who got elected with out lobbyist from the banks and oil companies. The people who sell and push ur wars...but yeah Trump is ur enemy Lol blind kids, you know nothing.
@zbeshears6945
6 жыл бұрын
Bizket Butt please no dang politics here... I don’t come here for that. This is the only place where it isn’t...
@sladejosephwilson2300
6 жыл бұрын
I finally found the game I grew up playing on window's. Thanks MetalJesus. I use to play Chip's challenge a long time ago
@jeffroberts9693
6 жыл бұрын
My Lynx buying guide: don't buy it.
@homerthompson416
6 жыл бұрын
My Lynx buying guide in 1989: buy a Game Boy.
@movienerd202
6 жыл бұрын
Youko Aoshi But it's technically superior to the massively underpowered Gameboy classic.
@jeffroberts9693
6 жыл бұрын
Movie Nerd I agree on tech specs but the games just weren't there. I'd still go Gameboy or Game Gear myself.
@homerthompson416
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, games always trump specs. I have a PC that murders all the consoles but I still play way more on my PS4.
@movienerd202
6 жыл бұрын
Neon Fluorescent Dog What the fuck is a lorry? Optimus Prime is a truck or a tractor or an 18 wheeler(whichever you prefer).
@Flanman113
6 жыл бұрын
Great video sir, during the New Years party I actually busted out my Lynx and was playing battle wheels via ComLynx Cable with other people. We had a blast. All but less than a handful of games on the system we’re rockin!
@ErPaBlEtOr
6 жыл бұрын
One of the first memories I have of me playing a videogame was playing my uncle's atari lynx, I remember playing shadow of the beast and junkyard dog. From that moment I LOVE videogames.
@pimpedoutstereos9747
6 жыл бұрын
I used to have the Atari lynx 2 model. Had around 8-10 games from memory still with their original boxes. I really enjoyed california games, paperboy and gauntlet
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