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From: cse0071@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Basketbrawl
Date: 10 Sep 92 13:30:11 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

	Not trying to be picky (and maybe I'm incorrect) but isn't MJordan's
number 23, so who is MJ27 ??? (Whats Magics number???)  I wasn't considering
Basketbrawl, but now I tempted to see if any of my favorite Pistons made the
cut.

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From: molin@crs.cl.msu.edu (Michael Olin)
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Re: Lynx game prices
Keywords: lynx, price
Date: 15 Sep 92 03:33:30 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University

pbh@jake.cc.wayne.edu (Patrick Haggood) writes:

>I'm not a puzzle person.  It's a shame there isn't a store around where
>you can try out a game before shelling out $40 on something that you're
>gonna hate.  Never again.  If I can't play it, I'm sticking to arcade
>translations.  Now if RaiDen and Rolling Thunder would ever get
>released.  Maybe I'll get Robotron for $20 at the Toys R Us....
>
Perhaps you could talk to Larry at S-H and convince him to let people
try Lynx games before buying?  It's not likely he'll go for it, but 
then who knows?
 
              :)

        -MOlin
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Subject: Re: [LYNX] Storing those carts...
From: omf@smaug.hacks.arizona.edu (Oscar Fowler)
Date: 15 SEP 92 17:09:13    
Reply-To: omf@hacks.arizona.edu
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a4  

In article <2Yt-slB@engin.umich.edu>, positron@engin.umich.edu (Jonathan Scott Haas) writes...
>BTW, am I the only one who thinks that storing Lynx carts was *much*
>easier before they changed the cartridge design to include that silly
>curved bit of plastic at the end?

Sure they were much easier to store, but they're much easier to remove
from the Lynx now...  I guess you can't win 'em all...

BTW: Has anyone made it past the red fire-breathing dragon in
Shadow of the Beast yet??

#############################################################################

               "If you can't lick'em, put 'em on with a big piece of tape."

Oscar Fowler
omf@hacks.arizona.edu
From: jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke)
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Re: Steel Talons Help
Date: 14 Sep 92 17:33:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

In article <BuJFJJ.F2C@ais.org>, plucky@ais.org (Chris Adamson) writes:
> 
> 	Correct, indeed-ee.  My question is -- IS IT WORTH THE HASSLE?
> I can't get the un-guided rockets to accomplish squat.  It seems you have
> to be pointing right at your intended target and be at very close
> range for the rockets to connect (even if you fire off a salvo of them).
> 

Yes, but only for destroying non-threatening targets like buildings, trucks,
etc.  It's useful there, because you can go full steam ahead low to the
ground, straight at the target.  As soon as the site lines up with the
target I fire a rocket, usually a volley of them to make sure.  This is good,
because it guarantees that you'll destroy it (one rocket hit will do it) --
sometimes when using machine guns I'll be going too fast and overrun the
target before it is destroyed.  However, since you need to be so close, it's
rather dangerous with targets that shoot back.

However, it did occur to me that lefties might have a hard time using them
and in fact I tried flipping it to see if they were clever and had reversed
the rolls of Option 1 and 2.  They didn't, but they should have -- hopefully
there are game designers out there who will take note of this problem and
correct it in future games.

Steve
From: hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu (Mathew A. Hennessy)
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: saw Gates of Z real cheap at EB
Date: 9 Sep 92 23:24:51 GMT
Organization: UB


	at EB in walden galleria Bflo, it was goin for like $19 or so.. while
BAtman Returns was over $40..  the average here is about $29..  hmm  how are
Lynx cart prices elsewhere?  I met a steward on the plane coming home from the
UK who was a Lynxhead there and was hopin to get cheap carts as they go for
something like #30 and up..  and he had his first taste of awesome golf on
mine (always try to be the good ambassador I always say..  besides he made
sure I had enough peanuts and beer 8)


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Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx,rec.games.video
From: denton@ssd.comm.mot.com (Perry Denton)
Subject: Re: 1 player in 2 player areas (Rampart-Lynx)
Organization: Motorola LMPS
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:12:24 GMT
Keywords: n

In article <1992Sep12.175451.3394@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov> jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke) writes:
>I stumbled across a hidden feature of Rampart on the Lynx.  When playing an
>"veteran" one player game, it is possible to play on one of the two player
>battle fields.  I'm not sure of the exact circumstances in which you are
>allowed to do this, but in this particular case, I had played the first
>round on the battle field at the very top of the map, then I chose as the
>second battle field, the one on the left (initially, you only have a choice
>of three.)  After finishing that battle, you seemingly can only choose the
>one remaining battle area, but if you press a direction on the joypad, the
>cursor (highlighting of a battle area) will dissappear.  If you then start,
>you will be on one of the two player battle fields.  I think that you actually
>can choose from any of them, by continuing to move the cursor off screen,
>but I'm not sure.  I don't know what happens if you finish one of the two
>player rounds, because I failed to do so!
>
>Steve

My brother found this bug a couple weeks ago.  After completing the "hidden"
level, you move on to another similar one.  The most interesting is the
the level that contains no ships.  The shooting comes from the upper-left
corner of the screen.  Basically, the strategy is to build a fort right
next to it and pound the corner.

Makes an old game more interesting.  Now if I could only get past the
second "peninsula" level (level 6?).

Perry
-- 
Perry Denton
Motorola, Inc.
Schaumburg, Illinois
Internet: denton@ssd.comm.mot.com       Phone: (708) 576-4479
From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Re: TEMPEST would be nice
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 22:01:50 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <1992Sep11.195619.12359@ncsu.edu>

Regarding controlling a "Tempest" game on the Lynx.. how about
using the A & B buttons to rotate left and right, and use the
joypad to fire..?
 
I doubt the loss of resolution on the Lynx screen would be any
worse for this type of game than it is for any other.. it's
probably an easier game to do than something that requires
lots of detail in the graphics...
 
BobR
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
From: stev0@sti.com (Steve Berlin)
Subject: Lynx Hospital
Summary: Obligitory Dead Keypad
Keywords: Oxymoron Atari Quality
Organization: Software Transformation, Inc.
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 03:51:39 GMT

Hi -

As with (it seems) every other owner of Lynx II, my keypad decided to
go happy on me.  I followed the advice given here about taking it
apart & cleaning, but a day later it did it again.  More cleaning.
More keypad imitating George Bush - always going to the right.

I give up.  What's the address I can send it to in order to get it:
a) fixed, or b) replaced? (preferrably a), since I took artistic
licence on the body with stickers & paint).  It was a gift (thanks,
Ron & Dan!), so I don't have the warentee cards & stuff.

Ask me about my (dead) Atari ST sometime.  Ask me about how I'm
comforted by the fact Atari doesn't make hosptial equipment.

- Stev0 the proud non-owner of Gameboy

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Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
From: welch@sacral.cis.ohio-state.edu (Arun Welch)
Subject: Re: TEMPEST would be nice
Originator: welch@sacral.cis.ohio-state.edu
Organization: OSU-LAIR
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 18:13:06 GMT


Uhh, how would you propose they do the rotating control knob?  Tempest using
the control pad would be a big lose, IMHO...

...arun
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arun Welch
Lisp Systems Programmer, Lab for AI Research, Ohio State University
welch@cis.ohio-state.edu

Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
From: plucky@ais.org (Chris Adamson)
Subject: Re: Steel Talons Help
Organization: UMCC
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:23:41 GMT

In article <65768@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>Andrew Cleasby asked about firing rockets in Steel Talons..
> 
>I believe I read on CompuServe's Lynx message area that the
>actual combination is Option 2 and B...
> 
	Correct, indeed-ee.  My question is -- IS IT WORTH THE HASSLE?
I can't get the un-guided rockets to accomplish squat.  It seems you have
to be pointing right at your intended target and be at very close
range for the rockets to connect (even if you fire off a salvo of them).

	I imagine rockets would be somewhat more palatable for those
who don't FLIP their Lynx in Steel Talons.  With the joypad on the
left, the B-and-Option-2 is a comfortable push of the right thumb (B,
in this case, being the button BELOW the speaker); with the joypad on
the right, the reach up for the two buttons nearly causes me to drop
the Lynx entirely.

	BTW, my record for the Canyon Run is 37 seconds -- anyone
beaten it?

>BobR

--Chris (plucky@irie.ais.org, plucky2@aol.com)


Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
From: wangf@athena.ecs.csus.edu (Franklin Wang)
Subject: Rampart
Organization: California State University, Sacramento
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 00:06:16 GMT

Me and my friend were interested in this game considering the fact
that you can link up....The question is....Is this game worth
the money? Is it a FUN game???
From: buxton@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu (Eric Buxton)
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Cartridge Problem: Xenophobe : (
Date: 7 Sep 92 04:28:59 GMT
Organization: Physical Sciences Lab, UW-Madison

Last night I went to play Xenophobe and when I turned on my Lynx, there  
were two bright lines across the otherwise dark screen, and the game  
wouldn't "boot."  I turned off the unit and turned it back on.  This time  
the title screen came up, but the Copyright portion was cut off, and the  
title screen never left.  It looks to me as if, for some strange reason,  
the cartridge is broken.  Why do they break?  Has anyone else had problems  
with their cartridges breaking after a while?  (the game is more than 90  
days old, and worse yet, it is a friend's!!)
Suggestions?
Thanks
Eric
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
From: locher@iastate.edu (Robert C Locher)
Subject: Lynx game prices
Keywords: lynx, price
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 07:32:15 GMT


Hello all,

I was at a Babbages in Des Moines, IA (yes, there is life out here!) and
I saw S.T.U.N. Runner for $33-something.  I compared this to the
suggested retail prices posted by Rob Jung on June 20, which has it for
$39.99.  Is this a nationwide trend, or am I just slightly lucky?  Does
anybody have an updated list?  It's always nice to know if one is being
ripped off or not.

				- Rob

P.S.  Is anybody with a Lynx in Ames reading?  I wanna Lynx-up!  I've
never done it before.

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Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx,rec.games.video
Subject: LYNX: Shadow of the Beast is out
From: <SML108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 11:49:05 EDT
Organization: Penn State University

The subject says it all.  Let's all time how long it takes Robert Jung to
review it, he's been slacking off lately :-)...

Scott
From: time@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Tim Emmerich)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:02:44 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Lynx v GameGear v Gameboy
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx

/ hpcvra:alt.games.lynx / <DLM155@psuvm.psu.edu> /  7:03 pm  Sep  8, 1992 /
I have seen both the game gear and lynx in action (I feel that the Gameboy is
not worth the effort). They are almost identical. Game gear is lighter & has
higher resolution. Lynx has a bigger screen (3.5" vs 3.2", but it does make
lower resolution more noticeable) and what I think is a better selection of
games. Personally I have a game gear, partly because I think Sega is much less
apt to give up on it, and mostly because I got a good deal. Also I do know one
Lynx owner who is on his 3rd one. Two have gone bad. Probably a freak situat-
ion, take it as you like.
                                     John E. Runski
                                     Soon to be <jer108@psuvm>

Yo John,
	I have three Lynx classics and none of them have gone bad!  I
agree with your comment on the Gameboy though.
	One thing I love about the Lynx is I can play my favorite
arcade games on it (Xenophobe, APB, STUN Runner, Hydra, Paperboy, etc.).
	BTW, I am biased.  I think Sonic is an original game but
how does it look on the little screen?

Nevertheless play on.
Tim

****************************************************
**  Tim Emmerich  aka Vidiot  *  Proud Lynx Owner  *
**                            *  Proud TG16 Owner  *
****************************************************
*  Defeated Paperboy, Rygar, Xenophobe  * LoveBonk *
*  Working on APB (Day 22), Xybots (LVL39)         *
*            and Zalor Mercenary(Last Mission)     *
****************************************************
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
From: rizzolo@ranger.enet.dec.com (Anthony J. Rizzolo Jr.)
Subject: TEMPEST would be nice
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:25:53 GMT


I was wondering.  Atari usto do an arcade called TEMPEST that was really neat,
I guess it had about 50 levels and lots of polygon graphics.  I bought a LYNX
hoping that at some time Atari would port this or a similiar game, but so
far no news.  I am also looking for a Zelda type interactive shoot em up. 
Atari seems to do a good job making a game, but then they add these silly
timeouts, so that even if you aren't getting shot at, you die.  I haven't
gottent too far in Viking child for this reason.  I was wondering if there
are any Zelda type games on the drawing boards for the LYNX, and oh yes
TEMPEST would be nice also.  I always told my wife I would buy a game system
from the first manufacturer to port this game to the small (or even tiny)
screen.
From: jonke@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen Jonke)
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Re: Re: Lynx v GameGear v Gameboy
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:29:50 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

In article <18mbrdINNs4r@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys) writes:
> 
> I bet they are making the Lynx systems better than they did when
> I first bought one of the newer models.
> 

I don't know about this.  I had to return one recently because of a pixel
that was always on and bright green (NOT the blinking pixel problem -- this
was much more annoying and the same pixel all the time even before a game
started up.)  I exchanged it for another and it has a minor defect which is
not real bad, but none the less exists -- the power light works sporadically.
It will even go on and off while playing a game.  On the other hand, newer
Lynx's do NOT have the blinking pixel problem anymore.  Still, Atari needs
to address these defects, or it's going to hurt them in the end.

However, in spite of these problems, I've still been extremely happy with
the Lynx system in general.  The games are vastly superior in my opinion.

Steve
From: lszumel@hotcity.COM (Leo Szumel)
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Re: Cartridge Problem: Xenophobe : (
Date: 7 Sep 92 13:07:23 PST
Organization: BBS

I
n article <1992Sep7.042859.12226@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>,
buxton@whitewater.chem.wisc.edu (Eric Buxton) writes:
>Last night I went to play Xenophobe and when I turned on my Lynx, there  
>were two bright lines across the otherwise dark screen, and the game  
>wouldn't "boot."  I turned off the unit and turned it back on.  This time  
>the title screen came up, but the Copyright portion was cut off, and the  
>title screen never left.  It looks to me as if, for some strange reason,  
>the cartridge is broken.  Why do they break?  Has anyone else had problems  
>with their cartridges breaking after a while?  (the game is more than 90  
>days old, and worse yet, it is a friend's!!)
>Suggestions?
>Thanks
>Eric
well, did you try other games?? what you descreibed sounded just like a low
battery.

-Aladin- AkA Leo
/s






.s
/
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From: mgjblok@cs.vu.nl ()
Subject: Re: scrapyard dog
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:46:12 GMT

STEVE FULTZ writes:
>How do you get past the tank?

Just shoot the little blue guy (when he sticks his head out of it)
on top of the tank a few times.


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From: Josh.Adams@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Josh Adams)
Subject: Batman Returns --- I want mine!!!!?!?!?!?!?
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 13:37:24 GMT

Has anyone gotten their BR (from the buy a lynx, get BR promotion)?

I really want mine, and it's not coming.... did they send every copy they
made to the stores???

If I never get it, I'm a-gonna be pissed.... :(

JosH
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Subject: Re: scrapyard dog
From: omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu (Oscar Fowler)
Date: 10 SEP 92 12:04:27    
Reply-To: omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a4  

In article <1685DF231.IGJF400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU>, IGJF400@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (STEVE FULTZ) writes...
>How do you get past the tank?

Timing is critical.  Stand on the ground at the leftmost side of the screeen-
the tank won't run you over, but you have to duck every time it fires.
After the tank fires, jump and shoot to hit the driver.  Takes a bit of
practice.

#############################################################################

               "If you can't lick'em, put 'em on with a big piece of tape."

Oscar Fowler
omf@tiamat.hacks.arizona.edu
From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Re: Steel Talons Help
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 22:03:47 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

Andrew Cleasby asked about firing rockets in Steel Talons..
 
I believe I read on CompuServe's Lynx message area that the
actual combination is Option 2 and B...
 
BobR
From: 2ftuclay@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Rampart - What do I do? ;-)
Date: 13 Sep 92 18:07:07 CDT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

Well, I played a couple of games of Rampart in the arcade yesterday and
I was wondering what exactly the goal is?  I got as far as wave 2 but
didn't get much further since I wasn't exactly sure what I was doing ;-)

I know you need to surround your castle, but even if there is one little
hole in it you lose?  I was also wondering if you need to lead the targets
or what?  There was so much stuff going on that I couldn't distinguish
my shots and his in mid-flight, wasn't sure if my shots were hitting
their mark.

David Poland
2ftuclay@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
From: btribble@terapin.com (Bobby Tribble)
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Hidden message?
Date: 7 Sep 92 15:43:07 PST
Organization: BBS

Just a little <g> for y'all...I was looking at the box for Rampart and noticed
that the sails of the boat have the Atari logo on them (no big surprise since
it seems Atari sticks their logo WHEREVER possible :), but the boat is also
named the "HMS Jaguar" hm... anyone else ever notice any hidden stuff in box
artwork? (Kinda reminds me of the EarthWorld/FireWorld/WaterWorld/AirWorld
comics :)

Bobby Tribble  |8')
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
btribble@terapin.com
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 13:11:07 EDT
From: <JAL137@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: My Lynx is broken! Repairs? How? Where?

Hello all,
   The title says it all... please, _please_ send me some info!
   I'm in the middle of Pennsylvania.
   I'd prefer a personal response instead of a posting... Thanks!
                                                          -Jonathan
From: jmkaraka@eos.ncsu.edu (JOHN MARTIN KARAKASH)
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
Subject: Re: TEMPEST would be nice
Date: 11 Sep 92 19:56:19 GMT
Reply-To: jmkaraka@eos.ncsu.edu (JOHN MARTIN KARAKASH)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Originator: jmkaraka@c00083-100lez.eos.ncsu.edu


|> TEMPEST would be nice also.  I always told my wife I would buy a game system
|> from the first manufacturer to port this game to the small (or even tiny)
|> screen.
|> 
	It's difficult to port a vector graphics game to a pixel graphics
machine in the first place, putting it on a system, like the lynx, with
even less pixels than a standard TV screen would be nearly impossible.

	-john 'of course this doesn't apply to Battlezone! =)' karakash-
Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
From: malay@sae.com (Bob Malay)
Subject: Re: [LYNX] Storing those carts...
Reply-To: malay@sae.com
Organization: Template Software
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:03:21 GMT

Another posssiblity is to go to a Coin shop - they usually carry plastic cases that
hold  2" x 2" coin holders - these boxes tend to be 6" to 8" in length and have 
a lid - you could fit the entire Lynx library in one box with room to spare for
1993 releases.

Also, a small business called :

           REALM
           10404 C Easum Rd.
           Louisville, KY 40299
           (502)267-7024

sells these Black Cordura (with clear vinyl pockets) game wallets. They hold from
9-18 game cards (depending if you put two in each slot). The game wallet folds into
a neat package and uses a velcro latch.

I don't know if this guy is still in business but the last time I bought these they
were $5.95 each and he said he had a garage full of them.


Bob Malay


Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
From: acleasby@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Andrew Cleasby)
Subject: Steel Talons Help
Organization: Brandeis University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:31:47 GMT

Hi-
  I just got Steel Talons and noticed an error in the manual.  The manual says
that to fire rockets you press Option 1 and B, but this changes the view, and
I can't figure out how to fire a rocket otherwise.
	Has anyone gotten a rocket to fire?  They do sound useful...

-Andrew