The imbecile responsible for reviewing Pac-Land seems to think the Lynx conversion was a whole new game, i.e. he's not even aware the game was an arcade coin-op.

An arcade coin-op released prior to Super Mario Bros. on the NES that is mostly overlooked by ignorant folk on teh internets despite it doing things that Nintendo's game is often credited with doing first.

Also, said idiot also appears to think Pac-Man was released in the 1970s.

The imbecile responsible for reviewing Pac-Land seems to think the Lynx conversion was a whole new game, i.e. he's not even aware the game was an arcade coin-op.

An arcade coin-op released prior to Super Mario Bros. on the NES that is mostly overlooked by ignorant folk on teh internets despite it doing things that Nintendo's game is often credited with doing first.

Also, said idiot also appears to think Pac-Man was released in the 1970s.

Yep, I remember being really annoyed by that back in the day too. A small blemish on a usually brilliant magazine, shame.

I'm not familiar with Game Zone magazine. From the writing style present in reviews such as the one for Toki it would appear the publication was primarily targeted at the 8-12 years old age group which probably explains why I never bought it at the time.

I'm not familiar with Game Zone magazine. From the writing style present in reviews such as the one for Toki it would appear the publication was primarily targeted at the 8-12 years old age group which probably explains why I never bought it at the time.

I was about 13/14 at the time and I really liked it, especially because they absolutely loved the Lynx and constantly talked about how superior it was to the Game Boy and game Gear.

... they absolutely loved the Lynx and constantly talked about how superior it was to the Game Boy and game Gear.

Refreshing to know. 

Want some more?

Oh, ok then 

Nice stuff, keep them coming, Laird.
I am wondering what exactly warranted giving Switchblade II a 7 in the sound department though.^^

Nice stuff, keep them coming, Laird.
I am wondering what exactly warranted giving Switchblade II a 7 in the sound department though.^^

Yeah I found that highly amusing too!

I have tons more of Lynx reviews to post, it was well covered in the UK press for a while.

I took a quick glance first and saw Elevator Action and I was wondering how could I have missed that title on the Lynx!?!  It's a GB title mixed with the reviews of the Lynx games. 

for someone who only had a Atari Lynx a short time, boy I've missed out of some cracking games, that I have to play via emulation these days, just a suggestion..all these look back for all these platform, can we have them added to a dedicated section on the forum for them alone..as I have a few i will be doing soon..and would love them all in the same place

for someone who only had a Atari Lynx a short time, boy I've missed out of some cracking games, that I have to play via emulation these days, just a suggestion..all these look back for all these platform, can we have them added to a dedicated section on the forum for them alone..as I have a few i will be doing soon..and would love them all in the same place :16:

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C&VG Magazine previews the new Atari Lynx:

Loving the look of that California Games prototype Lynx game cart.

Seeing those wonderful (for the time) graphics of Lynx games in the screenshots relative to the crappy-looking Game Boy game screenshots certainly brings back a few memories of how great it felt to own a Lynx back in the day. 

I'd like to get a prototype of Monster Demolition. I also saw it in a japanese TV report, but nobody on AA at the time knew of the game.

I imagine this was eventually turned into Rampage when they got that license.