Atari 5200 Guy Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 I believe Epyx made my favorite handheld of all time...the Lynx. I really enjoy the library of games I have for it, although my Lynx library is only at six games. But I have discovered my two latest additions have allowed me to rethink my original opinion about the Lynx. The games I had for a previous Lynx I owned were not games that would have been deciding factors to owning a Lynx. While fun, Checkered Flag was OK but got boring after a while. Joust was great but also a tired game for a suppose to be powerful handheld. S.T.U.N Runner and Xybots are now in my library along with Batman Returns, California Games, Warbirds, and Blue Lightning. I play Xybots the most. It's a shame what came to the Lynx didn't get a simultaneous release on the Jaguar. I know it was supposed to be a 3D able system but if it could have received games like S.T.U.N. Runner and Xybots I believe the Jaguar would have been better received by the public. Likewise if games made for Jaguar could have been made for the Lynx, not all of them of course, I believe both systems could have benefited. Those games should have also made it to the ST and STe line of computers, too. Those got better support overseas than they did here stateside. So great hardware during the Tramiel era but very poor software support or at least mediocre. Advertising would have also been a huge help. RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) On 12/29/2021 at 11:25 PM, Scott Stilphen said: Ronald Wayne. Yeah! That's him. Ronald Gerald Wayne. I just looked him up on Wikipedia. :O) Edited January 1, 2022 by DegasElite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 On 12/30/2021 at 1:32 AM, Atari 5200 Guy said: I believe Epyx made my favorite handheld of all time...the Lynx. Epyx did. It was originally the size of a room, from what I understand. Epyx squeezed it into a handheld. That's why the name "Handy" is attributed to the Lynx. It was the code name for the Lynx project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 I always thought the name "LYNX" looked a lot like "EPYX" DegasElite and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegasElite Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 11 hours ago, Justin said: I always thought the name "LYNX" looked a lot like "EPYX" Now that you mention it, it does. I think they called it that because you can link them together, and the name logo shows it all. The X in Lynx is like two lines twisted together. Plus, with ComLynx cables, you can link up to eight of them together in a network, depending on the game. :O) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 That, and it was a better name than Epyx had for it - "Handy". RickR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 "Handy" and "Touch Me" go together like peas and carrots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted January 3, 2022 Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 RGVC thread from 2007 on the same topic: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.classic/c/Ipchr6TACGc/m/CUx8gN3tGgAJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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