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From: jjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert Jung)
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Subject: Re: Atari Lynx
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Date: 13 Jan 91 07:01:11 GMT
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In article <37966@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>Troy Carpenter asks:
>>Following this Lynx stuff, didn't I read that the Lynx price was to be
>>lowered to about $99 soon?  I am planning on buying one, but $179 seems to
>>be a little much for me right now...
>
>No...  the Lynx price will be lowered to $149...
>The $99 price will be for the Lynx II ...  a "someday" to be released unit
>that will be smaller than the original Lynx.

  Where "someday" is "relatively soon", especially with the portable video
game market getting crowded. Even at $150, the Lynx is a fun buy, with lots
of neat gaming features the other systems don't offer.

>(By the way, has anyone actually *SEEN* all these 16 Lynx cartridges that
>are supposed to be "available"..?   I've seen Slime World and Road Blasters
>in a local Electronics Boutique.... waaay in the back, past the WALL of
>games for Gameboy, Nintendo, Sega and NEC...  but not 16 Lynx games in
>all...)

  Don't be so pessimistic; the 16 games exist -- I *OWN* all of them:

CALIFORNIA GAMES	BLUE LIGHTNING		GATES OF ZENDOCON
CHIP'S CHALLENGE	GAUNTLET III		ELECTROCOP
SLIME WORLD		KLAX			RYGAR
RAMPAGE			ZARLOR MERCENARY	XENOPHOBE
ROADBLASTERS		ROBO-SQUASH		MS. PAC-MAN
			PAPERBOY

  Come over sometime, I'll let you play 'em.  B-)  I know you take positive
Atari news with a bag of salt, Bob, but let's not discourage Atari from
doing something right.

                                                --R.J.
                                                B-)

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