Blaze Evercade Evercade Lynx Cartridge 1 - Electronic Games
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- The 'Atari lynx collection 1' Cartridge for evercade includes 17 Classic games
- Scrapyard Dog, basketbrawl, Super asteroids/Missile command, awesome golf, crystal mines II: Buried treasure, Dracula the undead, malibu bikini volleyball and many more
- Collectable cartridge number: 13
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ASIN | B08DS1MG3F |
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Release date | November 27, 2020 |
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4.6 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #131,600 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #202 in Kids' Handheld Games #1,368 in Kids' Electronics |
Product Dimensions | 19.69 x 19.69 x 11.02 inches; 1.06 ounces |
Type of item | Video Game |
Language | English |
Rated | Everyone |
Item model number | BELY-ACC |
Item Weight | 1.06 ounces |
Manufacturer | Blaze Evercade |
Date First Available | July 28, 2020 |
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The 'Atari lynx collection 1' Cartridge for evercade includes 17 classic games including: scrapyard Dog, basketbrawl, Super asteroids/Missile command, awesome golf, crystal mines II: buried treasure, Dracula the undead, malibu bikini volleyball and many more.
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I stumbled on a news article about the Evercade. I read it over and over: a NEW handheld system, with CARTRIDGES, and they were going to have TWO Lynx cartridges? I got out of bed and paced back and forth. Was this some weird pandemic dream?
No, no it was not. It was reality, and at long last reality has come to my Evercade's cartridge slot.
Here's the deal: this cartridge, Collection 1, consists of games owned by Songbird Productions, the pre-eminent publisher of Atari Lynx and Jaguar re-issues, homebrew, and revamped and finished unreleased games. The collection consists of games by Handmade Software, one of the pre-eminent Lynx developers after Epyx themselves, whose library Songbird acquired last year; one game each from one-hit Lynx wonders Hamilton & Associates, Creative Software Designs, Tenth Planet Software, and from prolific French developer Loriciel; homebrew from Songbird owner Carl Forhan himself, Lynx specialists Retroguru, and a multi-developer team; and some AMAZING unreleased games from the Lynx's original lifetime finished and published by Carl at Songbird.
As a result of the mixed origins, this collection feels as random as something like the Piko cart. But honestly that's a strong point, at least in my book - there is something for literally any gamer here. Here are capsule reviews grouped by the developer:
Handmade games:
Dracula the Undead: this is an original point-and-click adventure game ACTUALLY based on Bram Stoker's Dracula (unlike all of Psygnosis's and Sony's and Probe's contemporary titles by that name), and a really good one. The only drawback is having to finish it in one sitting on the Lynx; save states solve that problem. If you like adventure games and/or vampires, play this game.
Awesome Golf: a lot of people love this, but I'm not super big on golf games in general and this seems really picky about the timing. I probably will spend more time with this, because some people really love this and consider it one of their top 10 for the system.
Jimmy Connors Tennis: surely one of the most realistic tennis simulators ever. You know how most tennis games make it possible for you to do amazing, pro-level stuff from the get go? This doesn't. You will feel like you yourself are actually playing Jimmy Connors, and you will lose. I assume it is possible to get good at this game, but in 25 years of owning a Lynx I never have, and I don't think the Evercade is going to change that. If you can win at this game, my hat is off to you.
Loopz: a stellar unreleased puzzle game. This is possibly the Lynx's only real puzzle game in the sense of Tetris. (OK, well, excluding T-Tris and the brand new release Quadromania.) It's extremely original, extremely addictive, and it will leave you making loops with your eyes closed like every good puzzle game does. Also the music is fantastic.
Malibu Bikini Volleyball: this is going to shock you, but this is a really hard and touchy game just like Jimmy Connors and Awesome Golf. (Both of which have advertisements in the background of the game.) This one is slightly easier, mostly because your computer opponents don't seem like they know what's going on either. I believe it's well regarded, but I am terrible at it.
Power Factor: a side-scrolling shooter. It seems mission based but actually is about taking down everything in the level. It's graphically very impressive but it's hard to make progress without taking a lot of unavoidable hits that lead to deaths and game overs. Feel free to save state scum this one.
Atari first party games:
Super Asteroids/Missile Command® (Atari): my favorite version of Missile Command, this adds upgradeable weapons between stages like the Jaguar version and plays as smoothly as the 2600 version. It's frustrating that the explosions don't chain at first, but keep at it and it will reveal a whole menu of strategies that add to the game's core mechanic in a great way. Super Asteroids is clearly a revision of the 7800 version, but it's now divided into discrete stages. You also get a shield. I like it a lot but it really pulls me out of the groove to have a level end and my position reset between waves. (I don't think Songbird owns this, but who knows?)
One-hit wonders from the original Lynx library:
Scrapyard Dog (Creative Software Designs): a great port of the 7800 game that was unceremoniously left off the earlier Atari compilations. It's a fun little platformer and well worth your time.
Basketbrawl (Hamilton and Associates): same name as the 7800 game, but a totally different game. The 7800 game is similar to NBA Jam; this is 1:1 basketball crossed with a beat-em-up, with other people coming off the sidelines to beat you up. It is objectively not that great, but it scratches an itch for me.
Crystal Mines II (Ken Beckett): Buried Treasure: a terrific puzzle-action game. A little Dig Dug, a little Bomberman, a whole lot of fun. This is the full original game PLUS the expansion pack made by the original creators.
Gordo 106 (Tenth Planet Software): the only game developed by Tenth Planet, this is a graphically outstanding and really punishing action platformer. You will miss jumps. You will die horribly. The level of violence in this game is really remarkable. It's worth playing, but it is frustrating.
Ishido: The Way of Stones (California Dreams): a slow, meditative, ultimately frustrating puzzle game. But you know what, I keep coming back. It features move undo, so you don't even have to save state scum. Like in Mahjong solitaire, this gives you ample opportunities to screw your future self over. Unlike in Mahjong solitaire, you really have to be aware at all times what you have done before. It's really good, but it does tick me off a lot.
Super Sqweek (Loriciel): This entry in the Sqweek series (also represented on the Evercade by The Brainies) is more in keeping with the other Sqweek games than the Brainies is. You have to change the colors of all the tiles while shooting enemies and not falling into traps. It's pretty fun but also very confusing.
Original lifetime unreleased games finished by Songbird:
CyberVirus: a mission-based first person shooter in open environments where you have to manage resources and time carefully. This was developed during the Lynx's lifetime but finished by Songbird. All of the levels in this were created by Songbird. That this game was possible on a handheld console in 1992 will blow your mind. Few Genesis or Super Nintendo games without special hardware can hold a candle to this. And it's fun, too!
OK, Loopz is in this category too, but I put it in the Handmade category.
Homebrew:
MegaPak Vol 1 (lots of people): This is a very, VERY random collection of stuff. There is a strobing, color-shifting photo of somebody's Pontiac Trans Am in the menu, as well as a sound tool and an Etch-a-Sketch-inspired drawing program. But there are also excellent games: a cute anime-themed Blackjack game, an excellent and rather different port of Flappy Bird inspiration The Helicopter Game, Game and Watch clone Parafly, hangman-meets-Jack Handey's Deep Thoughts game Password, and a fun Yahtzee clone. AND a secret game - a legendary text adventure by a legendary text adventure pioneer! I'm not going to spoil it, but keep working on those Deep Thoughts if you want to unlock it...
Remnant: Carl Forhan's own homage to Star Raiders, this one is a fun way to kill some time. It would be nice to see it enhanced to include dogfighting and travel around a map. Maybe we'll see a sequel...
Xump: very much in the vein of Skweek, this is a puzzle game about clearing all the tiles on the floor. The controls are a LITTLE unforgiving, which makes me pretty frustrated. But you get used to what it wants after a while. It's a good looking game with some nice brain teasing on offer.
Is every game on here a classic? No. But there are several classics and several should-be classics and there's really nothing I don't enjoy spending time with. Except maybe Jimmy Connors. Because I'm good at tennis games, darn it. Just not this one.
To look at it another way, spend a little time searching for the prices of these games. If you were to buy the contents of this cartridge for the Lynx, you'd spend between two and three times the cost of the entire Evercade library AND the system. If you're curious about the Lynx and what it could do, this collection and its twin are way cheaper than the real thing. And the screen of the Evercade, unlike many unlicensed emulation handhelds, is perfectly suited for showing Lynx games at the exact aspect ratio of the real system. (The emulation is generally great.)
The Lynx is one of my favorite systems ever. I own the entire original release library and a good 75% of the major releases in its second life. Even so, I really love having these games on a system I don't have to worry about as much. I'm really glad I got an Evercade for many of the other cartridges that have come out, but it's truly amazing to finally have this one in my hands.