What is the closest game to RPG on the Lynx
Andrew Boschan
> Hi,
>
> dsu...@aol.com wrote:
>
> >I wanted to throw this question out to the group. I know that many
> >people feel that the LYNX is still the best handheld on the market
> >today. I love my LYNX, but I feel its lacking in the RPG Arena. I
> >do not know of any games for the LYNX that are available for the
> >fans of RPG's.. Is there one that I do not know of or one that
> >Songbird Productions may be working on?
>
> Alas, no real RPG's are available for the Lynx... Some were supposed
> to be released, but got canceled at the last stage, when Lynx-sales
> had proven to be quite uninteresting ;-)
>
> The two most anticipated titles are probably "Eye of the Beholder"
> and "The Guardians - Storm over Doria"... I don't know if either of
> them actually got finished completely, though...
>
> Best regards,
> Yiri T. Kohl
> http://www.illuminati.nl
Yiri,
I disagree. Check out "DRACULA THE UNDEAD" (PA2087). I'm no expert on
R.P.G. (Role Playing Games) but this is definitely one. You play the
part of "Jonathan Harker". It's the only R.P.G. for the Atari Lynx that
I've played. I quite like it and consider it a must have Atari Lynx
game. I'd like to see more games, for the Atari Lynx, like this.
Andrew. Remove ".nospam" to reply.
chris_l...@my-deja.com
rather good.i own both.i was lucky enough to be able to snag a copy from
an old atari friend before the closure of atari.the guadians:storm over
doria was coming but was canceled by telegames because of an $80-100
dollar price point for them releasing it on a lithium battery powered
backup board.since this was only around 40 or 50% complete telegames
quit on the idea.supposedly the source code for this has since been lost
or destroyed with knight technologies having closed their doors.does it
still exist on an eprom or a hard drive??i've heard that a possible 4
eproms of this exist from back in 1992 at the sces then and for game mag
previews like egm did back in apr.'92,i think it was.they had a pretty
nice spread on it!it looked rather good.lynx up!!
also,there was another game that was finished(actually there were two)
by rebellion.one was alien vs.predator for lynx and the other was alien
vs.predator 2 for jaguar.these were supposedly very good!these have
since been lost supposedly.too bad!!would have been nice to see!!!
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JAGSOFT5
>From: chris_l...@my-deja.com
>Date: 6/21/00 10:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <8iqtvl$g0v$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>
>
>yes,dracula the undead is a rather good rpg.eye of the beholder is also
>rather good.i own both.i was lucky enough to be able to snag a copy from
>an old atari friend before the closure of atari.the guadians:storm over
>doria was coming but was canceled by telegames because of an $80-100
>dollar price point for them releasing it on a lithium battery powered
>backup board.since this was only around 40 or 50% complete telegames
>quit on the idea.supposedly the source code for this has since been lost
>or destroyed with knight technologies having closed their doors.does it
>still exist on an eprom or a hard drive??i've heard that a possible 4
>eproms of this exist from back in 1992 at the sces then and for game mag
>previews like egm did back in apr.'92,i think it was.they had a pretty
>nice spread on it!it looked rather good.lynx up!!
>also,there was another game that was finished(actually there were two)
>by rebellion.one was alien vs.predator for lynx and the other was alien
>vs.predator 2 for jaguar.these were supposedly very good!these have
>since been lost supposedly.too bad!!would have been nice to see!!!
>
First of all, have you ever heard of spaces between sentences, or capital
letters? With that out of the way, could post a scan of Eye of The Beholder, so
we can see what it looks like? If not, then you obviously don't have it, and
don't try to tell us you don't have a scanner, because you are supposedly quite
wealthy, and i am far from it, and have a scanner. If you still persist you
don't have a scanner, you could snail-mail the picture to one of us with a
scanner and we could post it. Hmmmm????
Andreas Eckerle
>
> First of all, have you ever heard of spaces between sentences, or capital
> letters? With that out of the way, could post a scan of Eye of The Beholder, so
> we can see what it looks like? If not, then you obviously don't have it, and
> don't try to tell us you don't have a scanner, because you are supposedly quite
> wealthy, and i am far from it, and have a scanner. If you still persist you
> don't have a scanner, you could snail-mail the picture to one of us with a
> scanner and we could post it. Hmmmm????
hmmmm????
i don´t want a scanned picture of an eprom-cartridge, but the file-dump of eye of
the beholder.
capital letters are no necessity of good typography. indeed i am very pleased by
chris_lynx1989´s efforts
in style.
alien vs predator for lynx and alien versus predator 2 for jaguar??? good entries
for any vaporware list or even the x files.
by the way, how are chopper raid and tombstone doing. do you have pictures of
them (and i don´t mean the eproms).
- andi
JAGSOFT5
>by the way, how are chopper raid and tombstone doing. do you have pictures
>of
>
>- andi
Funny you should ask...We're hoping to be done by fall..should have some screen
shots by the end of July..
>hmmmm????
>i don愒 want a scanned picture of an eprom-cartridge, but the file-dump of
>eye of
>the beholder.
It's available at many different sites on the internet. I can't remember where
i found it, but just search for "Eye of the Beholder ROM". You should find it
.> indeed i am very pleased by
>chris_lynx1989愀 efforts
>in style.
Well maybe you should think twice about his style because most of the time he
acts like a two year old trying to get everyone to hate Carl Forhan, who has
done nothing but keep the lynx AND jaguar alive for the past year. He is honest
and has released various titles for both systems, and i don't believe he has
ever not been trustworthy, and Chrislynx constantly talks about how bad of a
person he is and how he tries to cheat you, but that's just because Chrislynx
is as full of crap as a christmas goose. Just my 2 cents(and i believe everyone
agrees with me).
Lance Ringquist
who cares about punctuation!
if you want something the best way to get it, is to be polite, and not
slam the one who you want something from!
Video 61 & Atari Sales
22735 Congo ST NE
Stacy MN 55079
Thomas Schenck
news:8iqtvl$g0v$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> an old atari friend before the closure of atari.the guadians:storm over
> doria was coming but was canceled by telegames because of an $80-100
> dollar price point for them releasing it on a lithium battery powered
> backup board.since this was only around 40 or 50% complete telegames
> quit on the idea.supposedly the source code for this has since been lost
> or destroyed with knight technologies having closed their doors.does it
> still exist on an eprom or a hard drive??i've heard that a possible 4
> eproms of this exist from back in 1992 at the sces then and for game mag
> previews like egm did back in apr.'92,i think it was.they had a pretty
> nice spread on it!it looked rather good.lynx up!!
Well, to set the record straight:
- The Guardians: Storm over Doria was dropped at about 30% completion. We
only had a few levels built. The multiplayer nature and the cart cost were
the reasons.
- I keep hoping, but have not found, any backup copies of the source code or
the artwork. It probably exists on a hard drive somewhere, if someone gets
ahold of the Amiga 2500 which had the stuff.
- The EPROMS you speak of were of a slide show with 4 pictures that was
produced for the '92 CES show. I would imagine they were erased.
- EGM never saw a running copy of the game. Yes, they did "preview" the
game. They made it all up. No-one at Knight Technologies even spoke with
them. I don't know if Telegames people did.
The game was developed to the point of having a central map screen, several
characters, and a few simple AI monsters running around. There were a few
dungeons and a couple of towns. No coherent story was in place. We had a
menu system and missile system. There was a little bit of combat available.
I could easily reproduce the entire game (without the artwork) in about 2 to
3 weeks now. What is lacking is the storyline. This is the single hardest
part of an RPG, just as in a Fantasy novel. Keeping the universe consistent
and interesting.
-Thomas Schenck
(former lead engineer at Knight Technologies)
P.S. Anyone out there get Howard/Howdy #54? What about #8? Did it come with
an Amiga 2500 or 2000HD?
JAGSOFT5
>slam the one who you want something from!
Hmmm. I'll remember that when i actually want something, considering i'm simply
showing that he doesn't have it.
chris_l...@my-deja.com
In article <20000621150830...@ng-fk1.aol.com>,
jags...@aol.com (JAGSOFT5) wrote:
> >Subject: Re: What is the closest game to RPG on the Lynx
> >From: chris_l...@my-deja.com
> >Date: 6/21/00 10:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time
> >Message-id: <8iqtvl$g0v$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>
> >
> >yes,dracula the undead is a rather good rpg.eye of the beholder is
also
> >rather good.i own both.i was lucky enough to be able to snag a copy
from
> >an old atari friend before the closure of atari.the guadians:storm
over
> >doria was coming but was canceled by telegames because of an $80-100
> >dollar price point for them releasing it on a lithium battery powered
> >backup board.since this was only around 40 or 50% complete telegames
> >quit on the idea.supposedly the source code for this has since been
lost
> >or destroyed with knight technologies having closed their doors.does
it
> >still exist on an eprom or a hard drive??i've heard that a possible 4
> >eproms of this exist from back in 1992 at the sces then and for game
mag
> >previews like egm did back in apr.'92,i think it was.they had a
pretty
> >nice spread on it!it looked rather good.lynx up!!
> >also,there was another game that was finished(actually there were
two)
> >by rebellion.one was alien vs.predator for lynx and the other was
alien
> >vs.predator 2 for jaguar.these were supposedly very good!these have
> >since been lost supposedly.too bad!!would have been nice to see!!!
> >
>
> First of all, have you ever heard of spaces between sentences, or
capital
> letters? With that out of the way, could post a scan of Eye of The
Beholder, so
> we can see what it looks like? If not, then you obviously don't have
it, and
> don't try to tell us you don't have a scanner, because you are
supposedly quite
> wealthy, and i am far from it, and have a scanner. If you still
persist you
> don't have a scanner, you could snail-mail the picture to one of us
with a
> scanner and we could post it. Hmmmm????
>
chris_l...@my-deja.com
re.if james purple hampton is around somewhere he could possibly supply
this stuff to us all.rebellion has changed hands like epyx has and atari
so things could get lost or taken or shelved.is james out there??would
love to hear from you!!
In article <39520FD6...@rol3.com>,
Andreas Eckerle <a.ec...@rol3.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > First of all, have you ever heard of spaces between sentences, or
capital
> > letters? With that out of the way, could post a scan of Eye of The
Beholder, so
> > we can see what it looks like? If not, then you obviously don't
have it, and
> > don't try to tell us you don't have a scanner, because you are
supposedly quite
> > wealthy, and i am far from it, and have a scanner. If you still
persist you
> > don't have a scanner, you could snail-mail the picture to one of us
with a
> > scanner and we could post it. Hmmmm????
>
> hmmmm????
> i don´t want a scanned picture of an eprom-cartridge, but the file-
dump of eye of
> the beholder.
> capital letters are no necessity of good typography. indeed i am very
pleased by
> chris_lynx1989´s efforts
> in style.
>
> alien vs predator for lynx and alien versus predator 2 for jaguar???
good entries
> for any vaporware list or even the x files.
>
> by the way, how are chopper raid and tombstone doing. do you have
pictures of
> them (and i don´t mean the eproms).
>
> - andi
>
>
chris_l...@my-deja.com
going for you in the sportsworld?i understand you play baseball and like
rpg's.thanks for the input.
In article <27045-39...@storefull-171.iap.bryant.webtv.net>,
Vid...@webtv.net (Lance Ringquist) wrote:
> if chris says that he has got it,that means he's got it!
> who cares about punctuation!
> if you want something the best way to get it, is to be polite, and not
> slam the one who you want something from!
>
> Video 61 & Atari Sales
> 22735 Congo ST NE
> Stacy MN 55079
>
>
chris_l...@my-deja.com
me!i'm am quite able of speaking to others.especially friends and colle-
ages.i am not sure if you qualify as either!
In article <20000622191155...@ng-ck1.aol.com>,
jags...@aol.com (JAGSOFT5) wrote:
> >if you want something the best way to get it, is to be polite, and
not
> >slam the one who you want something from!
>
> Hmmm. I'll remember that when i actually want something, considering
i'm simply
> showing that he doesn't have it.
>
chris_l...@my-deja.com
In article <sl4in0...@corp.supernews.com>,
"Thomas Schenck" <tsch...@onebox.nospam.com> wrote:
> <chris_l...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:8iqtvl$g0v$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > an old atari friend before the closure of atari.the guadians:storm
over
> > doria was coming but was canceled by telegames because of an $80-100
> > dollar price point for them releasing it on a lithium battery
powered
> > backup board.since this was only around 40 or 50% complete telegames
> > quit on the idea.supposedly the source code for this has since been
lost
> > or destroyed with knight technologies having closed their
doors.does it
> > still exist on an eprom or a hard drive??i've heard that a possible
4
> > eproms of this exist from back in 1992 at the sces then and for
game mag
> > previews like egm did back in apr.'92,i think it was.they had a
pretty
> > nice spread on it!it looked rather good.lynx up!!
>
chris_l...@my-deja.com
In article <8j0dj1$ft2$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,