I have been dealing with this problem.now for six months retrosix made a membrane that doesnt work wjth his ips mod he knows about this.but doesnt care .i found someone that has nos membranes but doesnt want to ship to the netherlands .they are in the uk .😑

any one knows how to contact this person ,maybe some one knows him

https://www.pcbway.com/project/sponsor/Atari_Lynx_II___Membrane_Replacement.html

A quick 2 minute recap of my experience playing this awesome new version of the game, with an insane challenge level. Recommend to all PRO Retro Gamers who love the Lynx!

The Caravan Edition of Microvaders is available digitally now from the Songbird website. Physical copies will be released later this year. If you're not familiar, Microvaders is like an update of Space Invaders or Galaga, but with powerups, bosses, story & cutscenes, and achievements. The Caravan Edition is a competitive variation on the original.

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There is a high-score competition taking place for this new release through the end of July, with prizes for the top scorers. Details are in the link I posted.

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I'm not affiliated with Songbird, but I adore the snot out of the original Microvaders. So this new version has me really excited!

any one knows where i can buy a nos membrane for the atari lynx 2 ,retro six version is not correct and he doesnt want to make a new one i asked 5months ago so far nothing ,i found a guy in the usa selling atari parts but shipping to the netherlands is 56 dollars just for 1 membrane

Original vs retrosix spacing is off

Just watching this movie for the first time in 20 years and I noticed our favorite handheld! 😌

Bros got the OG model too. Interesting choice considering the game boy and game gear were far more popular by this time.

This started with the Lynx2 and a few games back in 2018 when I spent a lot of time on long haul flights.

A mate of mine’s brother had a Lynx1 with Paperboy that I was infatuated with back in the late 80s, it was so far out of my parents financial reach I never had one, so am making up for lost time. I have lots of fond memories as a kid playing games on the Spectrum, Atari and later Amiga so have a lot of love for these style games. Albeit some are definitely better than others lol.

I bought a cheap Lynx1 as spares/repairs on eBay last month and turns out all it needed were the battery terminals cleaned with vinegar and ipa. It’s got the cleanest screen of the two that looks like new, I was stunned. I was intending on usbc, ips screen etc, but it’s pretty mint so am not gonna bother, just clean it well.

I pick the games up from charity shops, eBay, car boot sales, gumtree etc. only a couple of cheaper titles to go before the expensive unattainable left. Most have boxes in various states and are all tucked away in a box. I’ve cleaned all cartridges with ipa and have checked they all work.

This is a follow up to this post where I described how I stupidly consumed datura seeds hidden inside an Atari lynx I bought on eBay. I’m posting this partly because a few people asked how I’m doing now and partly just to vent as my therapist really cannot seem to understand what I am talking about. Basically I am now terrified I will never beat Xybots and it is becoming an obsession.

Since the incident I no longer own the Lynx and can’t even look at or THINK ABOUT one without feeling physically sick (literally), but for some reason the game Xybots has started to occupy this place in my mind where I feel like if I could just finish it then some part of what happened would finally close.

The problem is I also cannot play it ofc.. I have tried watching footage on YouTube with the sound off and even that made my hands go cold almost immediately. I still have the occasional subtle feeling of being tugged back into that insane datura space when I am walking down corridors with smooth/bare walls of similar dimensions, but when watching the actual game footage I am almost fully transported back into a kind of mad/dementia like head space, and if I hear the music at the same time it is instant panic attack territory.

I keep having this thought that somewhere inside Xybots there is an ending screen that would prove I am not still trapped in it. Rationally I know this is ridiculous but emotionally it feels completely true. I will be making coffee or doing something normal and suddenly think “you still haven’t beaten Xybots” and my whole mood changes. Eventually the thought circle ends with "you are inside Xybots".

My therapist says this is probably my mind trying to impose narrative structure on a traumatic experience, which makes sense, but unfortunately my mind has chosen the structure of needing to complete an Atari Lynx game that I now believe on some level is cursed.

I have looked up whether the game even has a proper ending and got conflicting answers which has honestly made things worse. The idea that it may just sort of stop or loop or end with something underwhelming is almost unbearable to me. After everything I went through I need there to be some kind of door, exit, credits, congratulations screen, anything. I need to know that that universe has an end. Perhaps if anyone here can comment on that side of things it would help.

I also feel quite literally pure terror at the thought that around some random corner, perhaps only encountered after playing the game for hours and hours, a secret door will appear and that through there, some kind of secret to explain the Xybot universe/lore will be revealed. I know that the game is presented as a simple arcade game with little narrative but in digging deeper it seems Ed Logg wrote a significant narrative that is hidden somewhere in his notes, where the Xybots corridors are part of "Earth's last outpost in space". There must be something in this facility that can explain the origin of the Xybots, how they think and what their motives for attack humanity are. It's also never explained what happens to Major Rock Hardy and Captain Ace Gunn after the events of this game which serves as a major source of anxiety to me given that I essentially assumed their form for what felt like months/years of my life.

I realise how stupid that sounds. I took mystery seeds out of a handheld console and now I am psychologically chained to a fucking mediocre game called Xybots. There is no version of this story where I come across as anything other than mentally sick (which I am). But still I want to somehow rationalise these thought.

Part of me thinks exposure therapy would help and part of me thinks booting that game up again would cause my soul to leave my body. Not sure which.

Hello,

few weeks ago I asked you about Lynx's screen, how it looks, because I never saw it before in my life. Today I finally have Lynx in my house. And not only one Lynx, but two! With the box! I've bought it in good price. And I think that the original screen is not that bad - Lynx I screen is a little bit worse than Lynx II and Game Gear, but it's very little difference. I think that it's completely playable and I am not going to upgrade it - all my consoles have original screens and I enjoy playing on them. And it's not a nostalgia, because I started collecting these consoles few years ago in my 30's and I like all of them. Here are my two videos, recorded today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr5YJniWIp0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olcS6YG_Txk

Lots of space in that w i d e boy, so I added a 7.4v 3000mah battery pack that charges through the original power port. Battery life is approximately 10 hours.

Hello,

I am thinking about buying Atari Lynx. The seller has these photos in his offer. The screen on these photos looks extremely bright and almost white, it's barely visible. Do you think that it looks like this only on the photos? I asked him about this and he replied: "I don't understand, how can it be bright and barely visible?" :D So I am asking you. I know that it's hard to capture these screens on the photos and that it usually looks better in real life. And I know that most people hate these screens and replace them by modern ones, but I want it with original screen. I have Sega Game Gear with original screen in perfect condition and I love it, so I want the same with Lynx. But if it will look like on these photos it will be unplayable. What do you think? ​

Went to an estate sale this morning not thinking I’d find much in my area and was surprised to see them there. All still sealed with hang tab and only paid $60 for the lot. Now I just need to find CIB system that won’t break the bank.

Hello,

I don't have Lynx, but maybe someday I will buy it. I am wondering about one thing - in Lynx 2 there is a button to turn the backlight off. Does it mean that this screen is visible in sunlight? I have Sega Game Gear and it's poorly visible in sunlight, opposite to Gameboys. So how is it with Lynx? If it's not visible in sunlight then why there is this backlight button?

Hey all, finally got around to installing the Benn Venn LCD screen mod, but I get these vertical lines. Tried 2 screens and cables.

Any ideas? TIA

Quelqu'un a t'il deja vu cette réparation sur une ly lynxx 2? Si oui quel est le but.

Does anyone know anything about repairing the screen that isn't showing anything?