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Songbird
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posted 04-22-2002 11:26 PM     Profile for Songbird   Author's Homepage   Email Songbird     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Thought it might be cool to make an "official" list of published games for the Lynx, based on a discussion we're having on AtariCentral...

Published games means properly licensed/produced games. That means Loopz, RR4WD, Lynx diagnostic cart, etc. don't count, even though several sources have sold copies of these games in the past. Even "genuine" protos, like AvP or EotB, while great to have in your collection, don't count.

It does mean an odd game like Blue Lightning Demo does count, because Atari sold it directly to consumers before they self-destructed (I wish I would have bought a bunch of those, only $4 each at the time!).

CM2:BT doesn't count; it's an expansion and not a stand-alone game. Neither would other accessories like the Lynx to PC cable, comlynx cable, sun visor, battery pack, game wallet, etc.

T-tris would count twice, because there are two versions. Technically, you could even count the original stand-alone BLL cartridge Bastian made, but he only sold it to a few developers (like me), so it was never a "consumer" release.

Ponx only counts once. I did make ~80 EPROMs of Ponx before I realized I could add one more simple cheat. I still have all 80 EPROMs (not on carts, just the chips) sitting in my basement, maybe someday I should publish it as the "original" version of Ponx?

Hyperdrome definitely counts, because it was developed and published by Telegames.

LGSS counts, because it is a published cart. Just a very limited use one. This is no different than SFX, really, which also is not a game, it's a tool.

So, here is what I think is the list of published games:

A.P.B.
Awesome Golf
Baseball Heroes
Basketbrawl
Batman Returns
Battlewheels
Battlezone 2000
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Block Out
Blue Lightning
Blue Lightning In Store Demo
Bubble Trouble
California Games
Checkered Flag
Championship Rally
Chip's Challenge
Crystal Mines II
CyberVirus
CyberVirus CinciClassic Edition
Desert Strike
Dinolympics
Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop
Double Dragon
Dracula The Undead
Electrocop
European Soccer Challenge
Fat Bobby
Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge
Gates of Zendocon
Gauntlet: The Third Encounter
Gordo 106
Hard Drivin'
Hockey
Hydra
Hyperdrome
Ishido: The Way of the Stones
Jimmy Connors Tennis
Joust
Klax
Krazy Ace Miniature Golf
Kung Food
Lemmings
Lexis
LGSS cart
Lynx Casino
Lynx Othello
Malibu Bikini Beach Volleyball
Marlboro Go!
Ms. Pac-Man
NFL Football
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Pac-Land
Paperboy
Pinball Jam
Pit Fighter
Ponx
Power Factor
Qix
Raiden
Rampage
Rampart
Remnant
RoadBlasters
Robo-Squash
Robotron: 2084
Rygar
Scrapyard Dog
SFX
Shadow of the Beast
Shanghai
S.I.M.I.S.
Sokomania
Steel Talons
S.T.U.N. Runner
Super Asteroids / Missile Command
Super Off-Road
Super Skweek
Switchblade II
T-Tris (2 versions... w/ and w/o memory)
Todd's Adventures in Slime World
Toki
Tournament Cyberball 2072
Turbo Sub
Viking Child
Warbirds
World Class Fussball/Soccer
Xenophobe
Xybots
Zarlor Mercenary

That makes 89 published games. Can we reach 100 in the next couple of years? I think so.

Thanks to Tom Legare for typing up the list (and for having such a cool and thorough collection in the first place)!

Carl Forhan
Songbird Productions
http://songbird.atari.net


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Gunstar
High Atarian
"She'll hold together!...here me baby? Hold together."-no reference needed

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posted 04-23-2002 02:05 AM     Profile for Gunstar   Email Gunstar     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
If you average that list out over the 13 (IIRK-1989?) years, that comes out to just a fraction shy of 7 games a year...sounds about average for Tramiel's Atari... ...but it would be less than a half dosen a year if we take away all post Atari releases. It would be nice not only to reach 100, but to reach it in a timely manner as to raise the average.

Gunstar
"...but if they were given a cushion...a past-""Memories...your talking about memories!"-Blade Runner


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Songbird
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posted 04-23-2002 01:58 PM     Profile for Songbird   Author's Homepage   Email Songbird     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Whoops, Marlboro Go! should not be included... but the total is still correct, 89 published games (or "titles", if you prefer that term since a few aren't games per se).

Carl Forhan
Songbird Productions
http://songbird.atari.net


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Sauron
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posted 04-23-2002 10:04 PM     Profile for Sauron   Email Sauron     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Hopefully I'll be able to add a few myself to that published list...anyone have any word on the BLL cable yet?
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