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Atari Lynx Games


Overview

Date Range: 1989 - 1993

The Atari Lynx was the first hand-held colour game device.

It was developed by Epyx before being taken over by Atari due to lack of funds. The machine could display an incredible 4096 colours on a 160 x 120 pixel screen.

There was high demand but Atari could not keep up with demand. And when Sega released the GameGear in1991, it ended Atari's dominance in the colour hand-held market.

Atari pulled the Lynx from the market in 1993.


Game Title: Batman Returns
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Gotham City is rampant with crime. Oswald Cobblepot, known as The Penguin, is planning more mayhem and has a plan to take over the city. His loyal army of missle-packing Penguin Commandos and the bizarre Red Triangle Circus Gang trained and ready to carry out his plans.

Your job is to prevent his plans from coming true. After beating your enemies, conduct interrogations to learn more about the Penguins plans.

Use the Batcave computer to input clues, analyse evidence, and review enemy bios. You also have a healthy supply of weapons as well. Stock Batman's Utility belt with enough heat to match the diverse fighting styles of The Penguin and his cohorts.


Game Title: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Game Type: Adventure
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Based on the movie about two slackers, Bill & Ted- Rufus, a time travelling dude from the future, use the time travelling phone booth to go back in time to many different eras collecting items and getting historical dudes to follow you.

However, some dudes won't come unless you can bribe them with the right object. You must get them to follow you back to modern times so you can pass a history report and keep your band together.

At the end of the game, you are graded based on time elapsed and dudes accumulated. Oh and for the time paradox, yeah, let's say its out of scope for this movie.


Game Title: Blockout
Game Type: Strategy
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Blockout is a Tetris clone in 3D. Rotate the blocks in order to fit them into the pit.

Advanced users can play with odd three-dimensional pieces or change the size of the pit for depth of between 6 and 18 piles.


Game Title: Blue Lightning
Game Type: Flight
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: NULL


Game Title: California Games
Game Type: Sports
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: California Games follows the same format as the summer and winter games. Events included are skateboarding, footbag, surfing, roller skating, flying disc and BMX. California games supports multiplayer and single player modes. Though the game is best enjoyed with friends.

Like previous Epyx games, Summer Games is just as addictive.


Game Title: Checkered Flag
Game Type: Racing
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Checkered Flag is a 3D F1-style racing game. Game play offers a single race, a practice race and the ever popular tournament.

Choose a variety of options for each race as well as weather conditions. There are 10 different tracks on which to race of which each track has a different theme. Some tracks have sunny beaches while others take place in the high arctic.


Game Title: Cyberball
Game Type: Sports
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: After American Football players started cheating by using bionic parts, the game change its rules. By 2022, the game was played not by humans, but two teams of seven robots. Now here is the interesting part: the regular football was replaced with a 350 pound bomb.

Game play is quite a bit different from most other football games. After this it will explode and possession will be swapped. This is prevented when you cross the 50-yard line, lose possession or score a touchdown. Field goals and punts are not featured. The only kick is the initial kick-off you receive.


Game Title: Desert Strike: Return to the Gofl
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: A year after the Gulf War, General Kilbaba invades the Arab Emirate and threatens to start WWIII against its enemy in the West.

The US decides the best plan of action is an offensive one.

You missions is to fly a specially designed AH-64A Apache on a series of missions including:

1) Rescuing MIAs
2) Destroying power plants
3) Blowing apart SCUD missiles

Take out their defences while you search for clues to Kilbaba's plans.


Game Title: Double Dragon
Game Type: Fighting
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Double Dragon is set in post-apocalyptic New York.

Double Dragon is the story Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they managed a small martial arts training school. One day, Billy's girlfriend, Marian, is kidnapped by the Black Warriors, led by Willy. As you can imagine, Billy and Jimmy set out to save Billy's girlfriend.

Using various techniques fight using punches, kicks and the elbow strike.


Game Title: Hard Drivin'
Game Type: Racing
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Aliens have landed in futuristic Los Angeles and it's up to Duke to bring the pain and show them the door. In this classic kick em in the arse game, watch out for bad dudes and grad power-ups and weapons to defeat the alien foes.

The RPG is a particularly great weapon, and the jet pack is also a lot of fun.


Game Title: Ivan "Iron Man" Stewart's Super Off Road
Game Type: Racing
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: A game with a simple concept, but provides for hours of enjoyment. Race your off-road vehicle with three others. Your goal is to win fame, glory and points that can be used to soup up their machine.

Bikini clad women await your victories. If you lose, well, does it really matter?

Off-road driving requires a different skill set to pavement driving. The ability to brake you back end is a skill you will want to master.

Play alone or with up to 3 other players.


Game Title: Joust
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Joust was a very popular game in the 1980s and was ported to many consoles and home computers.

Your task is to joust the evil knights. Once the knights have been hit, and egg falls to the ground. Be sure to destroy the eggs before they hatch and release new and increasingly more difficult knights.

You also have to deal with crumbling platforms, lava trolls and the unbeatable pterodactyl.

In this two-player game, both players can play at the same time.


Game Title: KLAX
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: KLAX is a fast acting game where slow thinkers will die quickly. Catch coloured tiles coming down a conveyor belt. Score points by arranging them in same colour stacks of threes vertically, horizontally or diagonally.
Start to get good and the game speeds up until the tiles tumble down the ramp so fast you can barely keep up.

This game features the same addictive power as Tetris and was ported to many different gaming platforms and home computers.


Game Title: Lemmings
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Lemmings became a runaway hit being ported to many game consoles and home computers.

You have the difficult job of rescuing the Lemmings across 120 levels. These are simply and friendly creatures, but they tend to walk blindly through the world in the hope of reaching safety at the end of the level. Unfortunately, these levels include steep drops, gaps in the ground, barriers and rivers which would not be a problem for any other creature, but alas, Lemmings blindly follow each other and don't pay careful attention to their surroundings.

You must guide the Lemmings to the end of each level safely. Each level has a different range of skills to offer, a different amount of Lemmings and a different percentage target in order to progress.


Game Title: Ms. Pac-Man
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Pac-man was so popular that Ms. Pac-man was created. Ms Pac-man continued to eat the dots and avoid the ghosts but added a few new features such as new mazes, an interesting animation where Mac-man and MS Pac-man get together and bouncing fruit.
Ms. Pac-Man must clear four mazes by eating all the dots and the moving fruit while avoiding Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Sue.

Survive a few rounds of gameplay, and the player will be treated to humorous intermissions showing the growing romantic relationship between Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, leading all the way up to the arrival of Pac-Man Junior.
By eating the four Energisers, the ghosts turn blue, Ms. Pac-Man can the ghosts and earn bonus points: 200, 400, 800 and 1600. Unfortunately, the ghost re-materialise all too quickly and the race is on once again.

Survive a few rounds of gameplay, and the player will be treated to humorous intermissions showing the growing romantic relationship between Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, leading all the way up to the arrival of Junior.


Game Title: Ninja Gaiden
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Use your father's sword, named the Dragon sword, and head to America to find Walter Smith. On your journey, be prepared for numerous enemies that will attempt to stop you from reaching your goal.


Game Title: Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: NULL


Game Title: Pac-Land
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Pac-man is now equipped with arms, face and legs. As Pac, you must guide a fairy back to her home in Fairy Land. This won't be easy though because your old friends are back and Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde, and Sue are out to get you.

During each round, grab the power pellets, which cause ghosts to turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for points. Points are also awarded by collecting fruit like cherries and strawberries.

In some rounds, Pac must use a springboard to jump over a lake. He must also make it to the end of each round before time runs out, otherwise a ghost will chase him.


Game Title: Paperboy
Game Type: Action
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: In this spiteful arcade game, your job is to deliver papers to your customers while inflicting damage to non-customers.

Watch out for obstacles in your way both on the road and the sidewalk. Obstacles include: construction workers, rogue tires, skateboarders, dogs and cats, cars, and even the occasional tornado.


Game Title: Pit-Fighter
Game Type: Fighting
Game Generation: 3

Game Description: Pit-Fighter is a 3rd-person fighting game featuring digitised graphics of real fighters.

Players select one of three fighters: Buzz, Ty or Kato. At the conclusion of a match, players are individually awarded a Knockout Bonus, Brutality Bonus, and a Fight Purse.

The third match in the series tests your skill against that of your opponents. The last man standing is the winner. Fight your way to the final elimination round with the chance to dethrone the Masked Warrior.


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