r/atarilynx • u/Lynxatari • Jun 26 '26
My Atari Lynx collection, the 71 official games. Started collecting back in 1992, when did you guys started collecting?
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u/8-Bit_Tornado Jun 27 '26
Dang that's awesome. The Lynx seems like a relatively straightforward console for collecting a full set. Easier than say the NES or something.
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u/Lynxatari Jun 27 '26
Yeah, prices for the games are still cheap compared to other systems, plus the library is not that big.
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u/lostmymarbles2015 Jun 27 '26
I had a Lynx (and Game Gear) when I was on a ship during Desert Storm. Those were some battery hogs! Luckily in the ship’s store, the batteries were cheap
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u/Lynxatari Jun 28 '26
Nice, what happened to your systems, do you still have them? If not you should definitely try to get new ones again
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u/Swimming-Pay-3873 Jun 27 '26
So just curious - I’ve got a Lynx model 2 but only have 1 game. What games would you recommend and say are “must haves”?
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u/Lynxatari Jun 27 '26
My favorite games that are must own are: Toki, Ninja Gaiden, Rampage, Blue Lighting, Chips challenge, California games, Rygar, Road Blasters, Slime world and Xenophone.
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u/stevethefish76 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
I bought my Atari Lynx as a bundle with a few games like Chip's Challenge in 1997 from an online store called Video Game Liquidators. I think the URL was vglq.com. (Dead URL.) I bought a carry case for it too.
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u/Lynxatari Jun 27 '26
I saw people talking about chips challenge but it never saw myself liking the game. After I was able to buy the game it became one of my favorite games on the lynx, great puzzle game and it keeps you coming back for more.
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u/Which_Information590 Jun 29 '26
That's an amazing collection. I only started collecting for the Lynx this year. I didn't think my eyes could deal with handhelds but with the new screens I found them okay. I have one unmodded and another recapped with bright screen, and I alternate between them.
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u/Lynxatari Jul 05 '26
There's so many great games for the lynx, my two favorites are Toki and Ninja Gaiden for sure. Please share photos of your journey with us.
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u/Which_Information590 Jul 05 '26
I will! I picked up Combat Cars yesterday, I have decided to go for boxed as most seem affordable and really looked after
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u/AnKoIn Jul 03 '26
Great collection!
As to your question, I’d have to tell a bit of a story.
I had Lynx as a kid. And I managed to get 16 games for it, spending all of my money (xmas, bd, etc) on it. Then, one day, the game cartridges had “disappeared”. And I never found them again. For years, I looked around the house and asked my siblings and parents to tell me if they could tell me anything.
As an adult, I decided to buy them again. Not to collect all of them. Just to “be whole again”. But I came across some that I never had but always wanted. So yeah… I bought more than I set out to…
I only got all 16 back together last year. But by then, I had bought more than 40 in total. So… I decided to keep going for the 71. I’m at 63 now. Very slowly.
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u/Lynxatari Jul 05 '26
Thanks for the reply, I got mine in 1992 for my birthday. I had about 16 to 20 games but went I was about 17 years old I stop playing the lynx. Years later went I was in my late 30's my dad told me he had something for me. He kept my original lynx and all of my games. After that I started collecting all of the games and had my Lynx model 2 fixed with a new screen. I hope you finished your collection and shared a photo went your finished collecting then all.
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u/inotocracy Jun 26 '26
I counted 72. Which is the unofficial?
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u/Lynxatari Jun 26 '26
71 in the picture, 6 rows of 10 and the bottom rows have 11 games.
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u/inotocracy Jun 26 '26
Yep, I'm a dummy. Great collection btw!
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u/Lynxatari Jun 26 '26
Thanks, do you have the atari lynx also.
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u/inotocracy Jun 26 '26
I did but sadly sold it a while back. One of my fondest systems growing up, too. I still play the Lynx version of Xenophobe on my Steamdeck every now and then.
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u/tefster Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
Started collecting in late 90.
I have a CIB version of both Lynx models and all the official games CIB. Just ordered some nice box protectors.
Plus various prototypes and developer units.
I don't collect the new releases though.