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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Newsgroups: alt.games.lynx
- Subject: Re: Lynx - bad sign!
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 06:16:38 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Dec28.011520.8448@grebyn.com> <27DEC199214041812@mary.fordham.edu>
- Reply-To: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
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- In a previous article, rich@grebyn.com (Richard Lawrence) says:
-
- >In article <27DEC199214041812@mary.fordham.edu> areid@mary.fordham.edu (Darin Reid) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >
- >I'm sorry, but this is just silly. Ohmigod, there's no Lynx advert in
- >the Toys R Us section. Time to drop ballast! Jump ship! Haul in the
- >sails! Maybe, just maybe, they just decided not to run a promotion on
- >the Lynx.
-
- That isn't how its done though...
-
- ATARI pays Toys'R'Us to include the Lynx in their advertisement.
-
- And the reason Toys'R'Us is lacking in Lynx systems and game cards
- is because they are reportedly dropping the Lynx due to Atari not
- having their act together.
-
- >
- >>I should have gotten a Game Gear! Sorry Robert but I've lost faith in
- > ^^^^^^^^^
- >If you had, you'd be sitting at home right now with a significantly
- >poorer game pool, IMHO. I owned one, and got rid of it. It didn't serve
- >my portable gaming needs as well as the Lynx does.
-
-
- That's true, the Lynx is still the _BEST_ handheld on the market.
-
- I will NEVER say anything againt this fine machine. The problem is
- with Atari...
-
- >enjoyment of the games that currently exist? Will that invalidate
- >
- >There were droves of people of your mind years ago when I bought my
- >first Lynx. I still have it after all this time, it still goes with me
- >on my frequent flights, it's still lots of fun. It's too bad Atari is
- >owned by a family of grade A morons, but I'm not going to let that get
- >in my way of having fun.
- >
- >>Just my view o' things...
- >>- Darin
- >>
- >--
- >Rich Lawrence, Synoptics Systems Engineer DOD#9630 rich@grebyn.com
- > '92 Seca II "Yuri" CI$:71101,2272 GEnie:R.LAWRENCE14
- > 216 years ago my government gave me certain inalienable rights.
- > Since then, they've been trying to correct their mistake.
- >
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