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- From: testarne@liverpool.media.mit.edu (Thad E Starner)
- Subject: Lynx....AMAZING
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.001057.21320@news.media.mit.edu>
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- Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:10:57 GMT
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- I recently bought a Lynx just because of the low Christmas price
- and because I'm used to Atari producing good stuff. What I got just
- blows me away (and I'm a Comp Sci with a strong background in computer graphics
- and an avid gamer).
-
- STUN Runner and Xybots are truly amazing. As far as I can tell, this is
- exactly the same game play as in the arcade games. The graphics are fast
- and smooth and the sound is pretty incredible for a portable (hearing speech
- from STUN Runner was quite a shock!). The raw size of the games is surprising.
- I had expected only a few of the arcade levels, but have been past level 15
- on Zybots and am still going. STUN Runner I still haven't seen everything up to
- 11 (on of the starting options). The pictures that they show on boxes and
- in trade magazines just don't show how good this system is.
-
- The screen is quite clean and clear (better than Game Gear). The
- controls and shape of the system are very nice ergonomically. The cartidges
- seat well and the whole thing seems to be resilient to abuse (I carry it in my
- jacket pocket everywhere).
-
- The batteries seem to last a decent time. There is a pause function for
- the games, and the backlight can be turned off to conserve power when you just
- want to pause for a bit without losing the game. The headphone jack and left/
- right switch were also nice touches.
-
- The cartridge selection is pretty good too. There are about 10 that I'm
- lusting for right off the bat from Atari's ad.
-
- I really, really want to see 2 player Xybots, so if someone in the
- area wants to play, give me a buzz.
-
- Thad
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