Solderless, drop in Lynx(II) LCD kit PCB's are assembled! They'll be inbound to our office after the Chinese holiday (4th) sent express via DHL. We should have them very, very soon!

LCD's are all here, Atari Gamer's awesome 3d printed frames are here (will be shipped with their shiny new custom stickers too!)

Those that have used earlier revisions may notice the solder pads have been rearranged, they now align with the pins on the motherboard for an even easier install if soldering. If you've ordered the solderless kit, It'll come with a ribbon which connects to the small ribbon socket and into your Motherboards ribbon socket. Simple!

We're very much looking forward to when Odynexus is going to be released and there's a very promising demo of it out already - Odynexus: Journey to Ithaca (Demo). The developer just posted an interesting teaser, which makes us want to play this game even more...

Many challenges and powerful ennemies await you in Odynexus. Defying the Mechagods is no easy task and you will see the game over screen more than necessary! But for those who think this might not be enough, the real game will begin once you finish the game once and unlock the hard mode!

Songbird Productions has re-released a number of old limited run carts for Atari Lynx recently. These too are limited run carts (not really sure why as it's so easy to produce them on-demand), so if you want a piece of Lynx history, grab them now.

The re-released carts are:

Over the last few months, we’ve been hard at work improving our high-quality emulation and extensive library to make your retro gaming experience Better Than Ever.

Argon is all about great emulation of classic games and homebrew hits. We’ve spent a lot of time adding support for new consoles and making sure that games work great on the platform.

We recently reached a major milestone! We've completed initial support for the 5 classic consoles selected for launch: Atari 2600, Atari Lynx, ColecoVision, Intellivision and Vectrex.

We can confirm that all of the games from the Atari Gamer programming competitions will be there and free, along with many other homebrew games. We can't wait to try it out!

Even though some Lynx related events have been cancelled this year due to the current World COVID-19 situation, Sillyventure 2k20 is still on. There's 75 days until the event and there is the usual lot of competitions planned, including a Lynx programming competition.

If you're interested in entering...these are the rules...

Atari LYNX Game/Demo Compo - There's just one rule: NO RULES! :) we didn't hear about any hardware extensions, so you must to take the challenge with original hardware :-)

We'll be keeping track of the entries and results of the competition over at our events page - Sillyventure 2k20

Unfortunately the current world COVID-19 situation has taken a toll on this excellent event. Here's a word from organisers...

You probably already guessed it.
Due to the Corona pandemic the ejagfest - retro event will not take place in 2020.
It’s really unfortunate, because this year would had marked the 20th anniversary of the event. Hopefully we can catch up in 2021 with an even bigger party. I’m looking forward to see you soon, take care, cheers, Björn

You've heard about hydro-dipping, the amazing way to get cool images onto curved surfaces with seamless results. Well, Video Game Repair has been experimenting with dipping retro console shells and the results are stunning. You have to see it for yourself!

Amazing right?! The price will set you back between $30 and $40 (USD + shipping). There is a Lynx model 2 shell in the works too, we'll post about that once we see it.

Each of the original console shells are first blasted with walnut husk to remove any dirt and grime and get the surface ready, then they are hydro-dipped and coated with 2 layers of clear coat.

The Lynx 2020 Programming Competition has come to a conclusion and the voting for the winners has finished too. So lets see who's won!

The winners of this competition are: Xump 2, Timeloop and Asteroids Chasers. With other entries coming close behind - Minimal, Titan and Sybil's Nightmare Run AGPC2020. The scores for all entries were very close, but of course 3 top placing winners had to be chosen.

Apart from overall scores, the following detail scores have been assigned. These are not used for determining the entries' final placement however.

Lynx Blast 2020 Demo has been released for Atari Lynx. This was going to be an entry into the Lynx 2020 Programming Compo but unfortunately didn't make it in on time.

The game is designed to play over ComLynx with up to 5 other players, making 6 player action possible. There are plans to enhance this version and make a more fully fledged final version, so lets hope that does happen!