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Spoon

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"Am I the only one who is reminded of Lynx?" , posted Tue 11 May 19:47

A long long time ago, there was the big fat original GameBoy and there was Atari's Lynx. I played Lynx for hours at a friend's place, and I was really impressed with it; it had good sound, good COLOR graphics, a big screen, a nice look...

But the thing was real big (which was ok, seeing as we were playing indoors), and the batteries didn't last too long. And it was expensive.

When I look at the PSP, I get slammed by a massive wave of Lynx deja vu: the PSP is a big, long, dark colored "portable" which is high on power and price, while low on battery life.

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OmegaDog

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"Re(1):Am I the only one who is reminded of Ly" , posted Tue 11 May 20:02

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When I look at the PSP, I get slammed by a massive wave of Lynx deja vu: the PSP is a big, long, dark colored "portable" which is high on power and price, while low on battery life.

Since then, though, haven't the average and median gaming ages increased? I'd assume that translates into bigger budgets for gaming -- or at least a higher willingness to pay as the average gamer would be more in control of his finances, and as such might be willing to put more money toward games than their parents.

... and Sony's a pretty big name. And that's a slick piece of hardware.

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Omar

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"Re(2):Am I the only one who is reminded of Ly" , posted Tue 11 May 21:12

In, just to say that I like the Atari Lynx a lot. The case design, I mean. Because besides Rampart, I don't play most of it's games.

Spoon

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"Re(2):Am I the only one who is reminded of Ly" , posted Tue 11 May 22:58

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Since then, though, haven't the average and median gaming ages increased? I'd assume that translates into bigger budgets for gaming -- or at least a higher willingness to pay as the average gamer would be more in control of his finances, and as such might be willing to put more money toward games than their parents.

... and Sony's a pretty big name. And that's a slick piece of hardware.

Yes, it does look interesting, and yes, it is targetted at the older (read: higher than adolescent) gamer market as a high-end product.

NARUTO

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"Re(3):Am I the only one who is reminded of Ly" , posted Wed 12 May 04:07

The Lynx was a really good handheld console, a little big but with true good games and maybe the Only handheld with so much option link the Screen reversal for Left handed.

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Siegfried

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"Re(4):Am I the only one who is reminded of Ly" , posted Wed 12 May 05:12

Lynx was huge. PSP is like a GBA but an inch wider.

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