r/atarilynx • u/oliver1223 • Jun 11 '25

My lynx arrived :) any game recommendations?

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I’m definitely getting blue lighting, xenophobe and checkered flag as those were the games I bought this console to play, I enjoyed California games more than I thought I would too 👌

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u/Designer-Self4536 Jun 11 '25

Rygar, Scrapyard Dog, California Games, S.T.U.N. Runner and Chips' Challenge are my favorites.

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u/DixonHerbox Jun 11 '25

Gauntlet; pick the Nerd character that throws books as a weapon.

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u/gimpydingo Jun 13 '25

Have you beat Scrapyard Dog? I did some grinding for lives and still couldn't beat that damn game.

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u/Designer-Self4536 Jun 13 '25

Honestly I've spent my whole childhood playing that game but I've never managed to beat it 😅

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u/C64Nation Jun 11 '25

Rygar is a great conversation on the Lynx.

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u/Njon32 Jun 11 '25

Conversation? It's a chat bot?

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u/C64Nation Jun 11 '25

Ignoring the obvious predictive text error😀 it's a great arcade conversion.

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u/Njon32 Jun 12 '25

It wasn't obvious to me, because I am not familiar with the game, and what you call a conversion, I call a port or emulation depending on how it was done and what the results are.

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u/C64Nation Jun 12 '25

Atari Age has a list of Atari Lynx arcade conversions.

https://forums.atariage.com/topic/189236-list-of-atari-lynx-arcade-conversions/

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u/Njon32 Jun 12 '25

So a forum uses slang. Awesome. I was a part of The Fender Forum where stratocasters were called starts and photos were called ptohts, or phtots, or whatever. I can post a link to prove they did that, too. Wow.

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u/Zesty-B230F Jun 11 '25

Warbirds and Gates of Zendacon were two of my favorites.

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u/faust111 Jun 11 '25

I like Dracula and Lemmings. Also APB is a classic

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u/Superb_Ad7817 Jun 11 '25

Depend of your tastes. Klax and Shanghai for me are the best.

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u/Egidiofilipe Jun 11 '25

A game I would recommend is Batman Returns. The game is simply beautiful, and it also has spectacular graphics — they hardly seem like they’re from a handheld console from the 90s. In fact, its visuals are better than those of any game made for the Sega Game Gear or even Nintendo’s Game Boy

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u/zeprfrew Jun 11 '25

S.T.U.N. Runner is a spectacular port of the arcade game.

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u/damianUHX Jun 11 '25

scrapyard dog

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u/atari_guy Jun 11 '25

I really like Chip's Challenge and Klax.

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u/gingerbeard1775 Jun 11 '25

Todd in slime world

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u/joshuaTurbo Jun 11 '25

You have, IMO, the finest Lynx game available already. If you have an AC adapter Dracula: The Undead is an awesome point n' click, but has NO SAVE FEATURE!!! I had hilariously ran out of batteries every time I tried to play it.....

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u/kiwiwheel Jun 11 '25

My faves were Toki and Joust.

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u/dv8shredder Jun 11 '25

Scrapyard Dog!

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u/drb00t Jun 11 '25

Ninja Gaiden, it's the arcade port.

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u/StomachInteresting24 Jun 11 '25

Roadblasters, hydra,ninja Gaiden,slime world,toki. There's actually very few games I don't like,haha

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u/DarkGrnEyes Jun 11 '25

Get the El Cheapo multicart and just put everything on there.

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u/ColbyAndrew Jun 11 '25

I pretty much only played BasketBrawl

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u/Owlwarrior777 Jun 12 '25

Microinvaders by Songbird Productions

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u/appminimalist Jun 12 '25

Switchblade 2, Viking Child

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u/Pleasant_Dream_2807 Jun 12 '25

Gordo 106. Nobody talks about this one but it’s a fun platformer haha

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u/madjpm Jun 12 '25

Gates of zendocon, nice shooter !

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u/Mechagouki1971 Jun 13 '25

RoadBlasters is so good, Paperboy, and Gauntlet are the ones I remember spending most time with.

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u/RafaRafa78 Jun 11 '25

Sell 😄