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From: drp9500@isc.rit.edu (D.R. Paradis )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: lynx
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.200450.21738@isc.rit.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 91 20:04:50 GMT
References: <7868@crash.cts.com> <269@eliza.edvvie.at> <15926@chaph.usc.edu>
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
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In article <15926@chaph.usc.edu> jjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert Jung) writes:
>In article <269@eliza.edvvie.at> schweigl@edvvie.at (Johnny Schweigl/2113674) writes:
>>From article <7868@crash.cts.com>, by chuckie@pro-odyssey.cts.com (Chuck Schul):
>>> anyone know much on the atari lynx and how it is doing worldwide?
>>
>>Hmm. Nice thing, color, sound, could have been a success. If not Nintendo
>>had thrown it's GameBoy into the market. No Color, a little less sound,
>>but astonishingly small, much cheaper (that's what impresses the kids,
>>i think)
>
>  No, Nintendo hype (reenforced with NINTENDO POWER magazine) influences the
>kids. As for being more competitive, you can now buy a Lynx base package
>for $99 here in the 'States (versus $89 for the Gameboy).
>
>  Portable game system market so far:
>
>        Nintendo Gameboy        $89        B&W, 1-2 players
>        Atari Lynx              $99/$149   Color, 1-8-??? players
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                    try 1-144!!!


>        Sega Game Gear          $149       Color, 1-2 players
>        NEC TurboExpress        $300+      Color, 1-2 players, accepts
>                                             TurboGraphix-16 games
                                 ^^^^
                                 $250 (tuner shown in ads is an extra
$150)


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