Lynx complete with or without....

[tom]

Fat Bobby and Raiden (both Telegames).

I am one game away from a complete Lynx collection. Super Asteroids/Missile Command is flying it's way over from the States as we speak.

Now, I know that Telegames picked up and released Fat Bobby and Raiden after Atari gave up on it.
Should I include these to call my collection complete or not?

I do not include homebrews for completion, but I will purchase those from Songbird during this year.

[Pantechnicon]

In the case of the Lynx I would look at when these games were released with respect to when Lynx development rights were placed into the public domain. If they were released before public domain, I would say that they're needed for completion. If afterwards I would not consider them necessary for a complete collection. I would probably also apply this rule to any other console that was released to public domain, such as the Jaguar or Vectrex.

Also, congrats on this collector acheivement. I'm a pretty big Lynx fan but only have around 30 games. The Asteroids/Missile Command game does happen to be pretty fun, so please play it.

[bangtango]

Fat Bobby and Raiden (both Telegames).

I am one game away from a complete Lynx collection. Super Asteroids/Missile Command is flying it's way over from the States as we speak.

Now, I know that Telegames picked up and released Fat Bobby and Raiden after Atari gave up on it.
Should I include these to call my collection complete or not?

I do not include homebrews for completion, but I will purchase those from Songbird during this year.

I'd be inclined to say yes. Why? As far as I know, Telegames was releasing games for the Lynx when games and systems were still being sold commercially in stores. They had a name and reputation back then, before the Lynx "died." For that reason, it is hard to say their games don't count just because stores took away shelf space and Atari gave up on the system. That isn't the fault of Telegames, unless you are one of those demented people who thought their games weren't very good and that they actually contributed to the woes and early demise of the Lynx :)

[T2KFreeker]

I'd be inclined to say yes. Why? As far as I know, Telegames was releasing games for the Lynx when games and systems were still being sold commercially in stores. They had a name and reputation back then, before the Lynx "died." For that reason, it is hard to say their games don't count just because stores took away shelf space and Atari gave up on the system. That isn't the fault of Telegames, unless you are one of those demented people who thought their games weren't very good and that they actually contributed to the woes and early demise of the Lynx :)

You are correct. Qix was a Telegames game and it is on an original lipped Lynx cart. I know that there are others. Just got Qix stuck in my head is all.

[bangtango]

You are correct. Qix was a Telegames game and it is on an original lipped Lynx cart. I know that there are others. Just got Qix stuck in my head is all.

Come to think of it, wasn't the Lynx version of Double Dragon and at least one or two other well-known arcade conversions on that portable courtesy of Telegames, too?