I'm going to need to look up a game manual for this one, no idea what I'm doing or how to use half of the items I'm finding.

Thanks for all the Lynx game suggestions in my previous post - I'm on the hunt!

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[–] 9 points 4 months ago (9 children)

I finally found another! Until today, I have never encountered anyone else who owned an Atari Lynx. It was my first video game system, which I saved up for and bought myself. It was fantastic, and I loved it, until it broke. I mailed it off for repair. After many weeks, it came back fixed, and I was again thrilled. Then it broke again, and I did not mail it out a second time.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I never owned one! Wasn't even aware of it as a kid, all I knew was Game Boy and Game Gear back then.

    I still don't have the original hardware, though these carts are making me consider tracking an original system down. I'm using an Analogue Pocket system to play these at the moment.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    I might have the instruction book!

    I definitely have my old lynx. And I think my brothers too.

    I wonder if it works...

    Edit: and just to mention a few games I own and enjoyed...

    • Turbo sub
    • Pit fighter (looked amazing at the time, too)

    There is another with a ton of minigame puzzles and in trying to remember what it was called... I need to dig mine out tomorrow.

    I had the gen 1, my brother got the gen 2, I got both when he wasn't as into it.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I just rebuilt mine a week ago, hadn't played it in 20+ years, had to replace the key pad rubber, some power bits (I decided to do a clean power mod) and the screen was cracked so I did a ISP screen mod. Looks awsome now and I'm already at level 47 on chips challenge, happaly writing down the codes in my notebook just like as a kid.

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