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Article #18002Re: lynx
From: Robert Jung
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1991 02:40
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1991 02:40
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In article <269@eliza.edvvie.at> schweigl@edvvie.at (Johnny Schweigl/2113674) writes:
>From article <7868@crash.cts.com>, by chuckie@pro-odyssey.cts.com (Chuck Schul):
>> anyone know much on the atari lynx and how it is doing worldwide?
>
>Hmm. Nice thing, color, sound, could have been a success. If not Nintendo
>had thrown it's GameBoy into the market. No Color, a little less sound,
>but astonishingly small, much cheaper (that's what impresses the kids,
>i think)
No, Nintendo hype (reenforced with NINTENDO POWER magazine) influences the
kids. As for being more competitive, you can now buy a Lynx base package
for $99 here in the 'States (versus $89 for the Gameboy).
Portable game system market so far:
Nintendo Gameboy $89 B&W, 1-2 players
Atari Lynx $99/$149 Color, 1-8-??? players
Sega Game Gear $149 Color, 1-2 players
NEC TurboExpress $300+ Color, 1-2 players, accepts
TurboGraphix-16 games
I don't know nothin' about economics, but it looks like Atari can turn
this into a major rout and kick every other system out of the market. It
all depends on getting more games and good advertising, IMO.
--R.J.
B-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!chaph.usc.edu!aludra.usc.edu!jjung From: jjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert Jung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: lynx Message-ID: <15926@chaph.usc.edu> Date: 19 Mar 91 02:40:21 GMT References: <7868@crash.cts.com> <269@eliza.edvvie.at> Sender: news@chaph.usc.edu Organization: O-Mayer V BBS Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu