The Atari Lynx handheld is now 21 years old. You might think you can no longer buy new Atari Lynx games in Australia. But you’d be wrong.
Australian games distributor HES looks after a whole stack of gaming related products. They’re the publisher of the just-launched Rugby League Live for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. They supply a huge range of accessories, from Mad Catz controllers to Datel Action Replay to Saitek mouses to all kinds of console cables and handheld cases.
They also, as spotted by an eagle-eyed anonymous reader, sell Atari Lynx games. You can see a few pictured below and you can check out the full list on the HES website.
There’s no price listed and the links to individual game product pages don’t work. But we spoke with an HES rep and were told that, yes, they still have new Lynx games in their warehouse and, yes, they still sell them. Sadly, however, they stopped selling new Lynx hardware a few years ago.
UPDATE: HES has told us they do have some refurbished Lynx III consoles for purchase! Not only that, they have sent through an order form which includes prices for all games (most are $19.95 or $29.95 but a couple are $14.95). You can download the pdf form here and send your purchase order to HES today!
What Lynx games would you recommend picking up?
Chuloopa
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:05 PMoh….my…god…. :|
*nerdgasm*
Finally, a reason to bust out my old Lynx!!!
I would recommend shadow of the beast, turbo sub, some drving shooty game that i have forgotten the name of, paperboy, calefornia games…. but certainly NOT batman!
Peter Richards
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:44 PMYes Yes Yes, wanna link up for some four player Gauntlet?
Oh and Batman is okay, if you enjoy playing possibly the hardest damn game ever made.
Chuloopa
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:48 PMHardest game ever made??? My anus is still bleeding after i last played it several years ago!!!
EzyLee
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 2:13 PMOh wow. You know its a hand console… not a hamster console.
You were playing with Richard Gere weren’t you.
FatShady
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 3:47 PMthat is funny!
Daniel
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:16 PMBasically what the guy above said, still got mine proudly displayed in the lounge. Shadow of the Beast definitely, and Toki was a great handheld port of the original. Also S.T.U.N. runner was pretty cool.
oggob
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:25 PMSo how much per game?
I’d imagine if they are selling for the right price, they won’t be in stock for long after the collectors get at them…
David Wildgoose
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:30 PMI’m waiting for HES to get back to me with the prices.
Chuloopa
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:33 PMwell be sure to update when they inform you :P
Alex Kidman
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:40 PMDroooool. That price list can’t come fast enough for my liking.
Toki and Electrocop still hold up very well IMHO.
Peter Richards
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 1:48 PMStuff to get?
If you like multiplayer linkup, I’d heartily recommend warbirds and gauntlet, and that maze one whatever it was called.
California games was awesome, as was stun runner and Lemmings. Toki was fun, and my daughter loves pacland. We still link em up on occasion. Todds adventure in slimeworld was the best game with the worst name ever. Rygar, Xenophobe, APB, Roadblasters, Paperboy. There were so many good games, and remember this was when the balck and white gameboy was out!
Michael
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 2:00 PMAwesome! Can’t wait to hear about the prices! -reloads page 1000x-
EzyLee
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 2:11 PMI only ever played one game on my mates lynx back in the day. Paperboy! Yeeeeeah boy!
mark
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 2:33 PMMy local Gametraders at Westfield Marion have had these for ages. They are around $20 each – I think they have an account with HES so all the ones on the website should be available at the store
Michael Barnes
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 4:00 PMAh thats my local too!
They must have accounts with everything, they sell First4Figures too.
I almost bought that Lynx there, now its gone :( DAMMIT! How many times do I need to remind my buyers impulse it owns me?
Chris Martin
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 3:01 PMDouble Dragon is all time. I so wish they would remake it in 3D.
Chuloopa
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 3:15 PMReally???
Cause i’m pretty sure that might be crap.. leave the classics as they are..
Chuloopa
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 3:36 PMWOOOO!!! :D
We love you Goose! haha
BRILLIANT! :D
FatShady
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 3:52 PMI don’t know if im weird but have never really cared for the whole reto gaming thing. I mean I had a couple of minutes of fun with an old xbox with a bunch of emulators and roms and i did like to play some old games that I played as a kid (California games, pitfall, alex kidd, wonder boy etc etc)
But I would not spend any money on this stuff and really couldn’t spend more than 5-10 minutes on this without being completely bored…
I loved Psycho fox for the master system, played this again and only spent 2 minutes on it.
Gaming has made such an improvement over the past 20 years, I just don’t enjoy going that far backwards….
Not having a go any anyone that does enjoy it, but wondering if anyone else feels the same.
Aaron Clement
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 4:13 PMholy crap, this is amazing. Just can’t afford spending cash on any games, considering I only drag my Lynx out when I’m feeling in a really nostalgic mood.
Dan
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 4:19 PMCheck this out guys for all your retro console needs… Thinking about ordering some old super nintendo games from here
http://www.retrogames.com.au/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&zenid=811cfaf96b2924b008dce31d6e9e89a6&categories_id=11&keyword1=Enter+search+keywords
hayden
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 5:09 PMOh yes, the ever elusive Lynx III.
And where is Show Us Yours?
Kris Butler
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 5:27 PMlynx ftw… used to love playing mine :)
Gene Venables
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 6:17 PMHere’s the lynx games they list that I remember very fondly…
Blue Lightning
California Games (better than the Game Gear version)
Electrocop
Gates of Zendocon
Robosquash
Warbirds
James Murchison
Friday, September 3, 2010 at 12:28 AMWow, looking down that list, I think we ordered half of it from HES back in the day. Still got 3 Lynx at my parents house (One original, the D-Pad from hell) and two of the second gen ones.
From the list on the site I think we still have:
Basketbrawl (Awesome game, been thinking about doing a remake of this)
Batman Returns
Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure (A link up one, used to play that tonnes)
California games
Chips Challenge
Dinolympics (Great puzzle game)
Dirty Larry Renegade Cop (Cool side scroller)
Gauntlet (Classic)
Kung Food (Pretty difficult, but great beat em up)
Pac Land (Very addictive)
Paperboy (Goes without saying)
Pinball Jam (With the lovely Elvira)
Rampage (Could play that for hours)
Super Skweek (Another difficult but addictive game)
Thats all that I remember from my collection, hope it helps with some purchase choices :).
qubix
Friday, September 3, 2010 at 12:00 PMOh my gawd, my keyboard is all sticky!
glee music
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 6:07 AMShould I select the Playstation three or Xbox 360 for this? Love to have bot :D