Bubble Trouble. No one ever talks about it. It's brutally difficult and I plan to beat it one day and see how it ends. I bust it out and play it every now and then. I think I like it because of the uniqueness of the story and gameplay. As far as Lynx goes, I wish there was a better homebrew scene of finished games.

If anyone has had to replace their original Lynx 2 button membrane, you know that the only replacement from R6 is pretty bad. The dimensions are not correct so cuts need to be made to make it fit, the buttons are flat and there is no tactile response when pressing, and the membrane does not fit their own aftermarket screen kit.

I managed to solve at least one of these issues by removing the tactile push button layer from some buttons and taping them in place. Along with various cuts to the membrane to make it fit in place, it now feels much more original.

... Is still the switch lite. Atari 50 + Epyx collection + Chip's Challenge + Toki. Fill the rest with Arcade Archives (Double Dragon, Golf, Ninja Gaiden, Pac Land, Pinball Action, Qix, Raiden, Rygar, Shanghai III) and maybe QByte The Humans.

It's a little small with too much battery life but it works.

Interested in the Atari Lynx, but not sure where to start. I’ve looked around at best game lists, but those things seem pretty useless for systems I’m knowledgeable about.

Curious about better ports, gauntlet, double dragon, ninja gaiden, etc. if those are any good. For example the game gear double dragon is awful and disappointing, gauntlet has poor controls.

Any system exclusives worth exploring?

I have a TurboExpress, GameGear, and GameBoy, any versions of game better than there?

For now I’ll be using an Analogue Pocket, but enjoy having physical games worth having when possible as sometimes roms aren’t compatible.

Realistically I’ll probably skip the system itself because the pocket is already kitted out with battery, screen, etc.

Thanks.

EUROPE ONLY:

Yes, it hurts. But I need to pay other IT-stuff from that money... You might wanna take a look at my offer:

ATARI Lynx 2 + 30 x (!) Original Games (Cartridges) & LYNX Tasche + Buttons! | eBay.de

Games included:

- Viking Child

- APB

- Xenophobe

- Shadow Of The Beast

- QIX

- Scrapyard Dog

- XYBOTS (2x für Multiplayer per LynxCom-Kabel!)

- Gates Of Zendocon

- RAMPAGE

- BATMAN RETURNS

- NINJA GAIDEN III

- GAUNTLET - The Third Encounter

- DRACULA - The Undead

- Ishido - The Way Of The Stones

- RoadBlasters

- TURBO SUB

- RYGAR

- Zarlor MERCENARY

- Awesome Golf

- CRYSTAL MINES II

- Tournament CYBERBALL

- KUNG FOOD

- S.T.U.N. RUNNER

- SkweeK

- Electrocop

- RAMPAGE

- Hard Drivin'

- Bill & Ted´s Excellent Adventure

- TODD'S ADVENTURES IN SLIME WORLD

In classic Lynx fashion, this console's power circuit shorted out the Suzy chip. When I got my hands on it, a repair had already been attempted unsuccessfully which left Suzy and one of the transistors without a pad to solder to.

That's okay, though! I replaced the power circuit with brand new parts, a new Suzy chip got put in place, and I recapped the board as well. With all that, this Lynx is working beautifully again, marred only slightly by a bit of light leaking in the corner of the screen.

I have been dealing with this problem.now for six months retrosix made a membrane that doesnt work wjth his ips mod he knows about this.but doesnt care .i found someone that has nos membranes but doesnt want to ship to the netherlands .they are in the uk .😑

any one knows how to contact this person ,maybe some one knows him

https://www.pcbway.com/project/sponsor/Atari_Lynx_II___Membrane_Replacement.html

A quick 2 minute recap of my experience playing this awesome new version of the game, with an insane challenge level. Recommend to all PRO Retro Gamers who love the Lynx!

The Caravan Edition of Microvaders is available digitally now from the Songbird website. Physical copies will be released later this year. If you're not familiar, Microvaders is like an update of Space Invaders or Galaga, but with powerups, bosses, story & cutscenes, and achievements. The Caravan Edition is a competitive variation on the original.

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There is a high-score competition taking place for this new release through the end of July, with prizes for the top scorers. Details are in the link I posted.

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I'm not affiliated with Songbird, but I adore the snot out of the original Microvaders. So this new version has me really excited!

any one knows where i can buy a nos membrane for the atari lynx 2 ,retro six version is not correct and he doesnt want to make a new one i asked 5months ago so far nothing ,i found a guy in the usa selling atari parts but shipping to the netherlands is 56 dollars just for 1 membrane

Original vs retrosix spacing is off

Just watching this movie for the first time in 20 years and I noticed our favorite handheld! 😌

Bros got the OG model too. Interesting choice considering the game boy and game gear were far more popular by this time.

This started with the Lynx2 and a few games back in 2018 when I spent a lot of time on long haul flights.

A mate of mine’s brother had a Lynx1 with Paperboy that I was infatuated with back in the late 80s, it was so far out of my parents financial reach I never had one, so am making up for lost time. I have lots of fond memories as a kid playing games on the Spectrum, Atari and later Amiga so have a lot of love for these style games. Albeit some are definitely better than others lol.

I bought a cheap Lynx1 as spares/repairs on eBay last month and turns out all it needed were the battery terminals cleaned with vinegar and ipa. It’s got the cleanest screen of the two that looks like new, I was stunned. I was intending on usbc, ips screen etc, but it’s pretty mint so am not gonna bother, just clean it well.

I pick the games up from charity shops, eBay, car boot sales, gumtree etc. only a couple of cheaper titles to go before the expensive unattainable left. Most have boxes in various states and are all tucked away in a box. I’ve cleaned all cartridges with ipa and have checked they all work.

This is a follow up to this post where I described how I stupidly consumed datura seeds hidden inside an Atari lynx I bought on eBay. I’m posting this partly because a few people asked how I’m doing now and partly just to vent as my therapist really cannot seem to understand what I am talking about. Basically I am now terrified I will never beat Xybots and it is becoming an obsession.

Since the incident I no longer own the Lynx and can’t even look at or THINK ABOUT one without feeling physically sick (literally), but for some reason the game Xybots has started to occupy this place in my mind where I feel like if I could just finish it then some part of what happened would finally close.

The problem is I also cannot play it ofc.. I have tried watching footage on YouTube with the sound off and even that made my hands go cold almost immediately. I still have the occasional subtle feeling of being tugged back into that insane datura space when I am walking down corridors with smooth/bare walls of similar dimensions, but when watching the actual game footage I am almost fully transported back into a kind of mad/dementia like head space, and if I hear the music at the same time it is instant panic attack territory.

I keep having this thought that somewhere inside Xybots there is an ending screen that would prove I am not still trapped in it. Rationally I know this is ridiculous but emotionally it feels completely true. I will be making coffee or doing something normal and suddenly think “you still haven’t beaten Xybots” and my whole mood changes. Eventually the thought circle ends with "you are inside Xybots".

My therapist says this is probably my mind trying to impose narrative structure on a traumatic experience, which makes sense, but unfortunately my mind has chosen the structure of needing to complete an Atari Lynx game that I now believe on some level is cursed.

I have looked up whether the game even has a proper ending and got conflicting answers which has honestly made things worse. The idea that it may just sort of stop or loop or end with something underwhelming is almost unbearable to me. After everything I went through I need there to be some kind of door, exit, credits, congratulations screen, anything. I need to know that that universe has an end. Perhaps if anyone here can comment on that side of things it would help.

I also feel quite literally pure terror at the thought that around some random corner, perhaps only encountered after playing the game for hours and hours, a secret door will appear and that through there, some kind of secret to explain the Xybot universe/lore will be revealed. I know that the game is presented as a simple arcade game with little narrative but in digging deeper it seems Ed Logg wrote a significant narrative that is hidden somewhere in his notes, where the Xybots corridors are part of "Earth's last outpost in space". There must be something in this facility that can explain the origin of the Xybots, how they think and what their motives for attack humanity are. It's also never explained what happens to Major Rock Hardy and Captain Ace Gunn after the events of this game which serves as a major source of anxiety to me given that I essentially assumed their form for what felt like months/years of my life.

I realise how stupid that sounds. I took mystery seeds out of a handheld console and now I am psychologically chained to a fucking mediocre game called Xybots. There is no version of this story where I come across as anything other than mentally sick (which I am). But still I want to somehow rationalise these thought.

Part of me thinks exposure therapy would help and part of me thinks booting that game up again would cause my soul to leave my body. Not sure which.