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[Official Ninja]

In a lot of 7 games from ebay, I got a Gates of Zendocon that is the ridged version.

http://www.atariage....tml?LabelID=100

I had never seen this style before. I was an active Lynx user in its life span. Getting the Lynx 1 and most of the games. Then a Lynx II when it came out.

So I was surprised by this ridged cart. Anyway, are they really that rare? I see the guide here at AA lists them as a 5. How much are they typically worth and how often do they show up on ebay in lots or singles?

[The_Laird]

They are not really that rare at all, I have come across loads of them over the years.

[Official Ninja]

The_Laird, on Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:50 AM, said:

They are not really that rare at all, I have come across loads of them over the years.

Thats cool. I like the ridged cart. I don't like the curved ones too much but they are the easiest to get out of the Lynx I.

[bohoki]

Official Ninja, on Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:52 PM, said:

The_Laird, on Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:50 AM, said:

They are not really that rare at all, I have come across loads of them over the years.

Thats cool. I like the ridged cart. I don't like the curved ones too much but they are the easiest to get out of the Lynx I.

they are rare to me i don't have any games like that


90% of mine are the curve the other are the dots

[doctorclu]

They are rare-ish.

Wasn't it the earlier titles that were made like that?

[PFG 9000]

Wow, I didn't even know there was a style like that. I thought they were all either curved or, umm, flat with bumps.

[EricDeLee]

Rare-ish is a good term for them.

When the Lynx came out... it initially came out with a handful of games. These games were Flat Cartridges.
Deciding it was too hard to remove the game from the Lynx System, they switched a few to the Ridged version.

Then they streamlined it with the curved version.

There are a handful of games that have all three versions...

Blue Lightning
California Games
Chip's Challenge
Electrocop
Gates of Zendocon

There is one game that only came with Ridged and Curved:
Guantlet: The third Encounter

I think that sums it up....

[doctorclu]

EricDeLee, on Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:46 AM, said:

Rare-ish is a good term for them.

When the Lynx came out... it initially came out with a handful of games. These games were Flat Cartridges.
Deciding it was too hard to remove the game from the Lynx System, they switched a few to the Ridged version.

Then they streamlined it with the curved version.

There are a handful of games that have all three versions...

Blue Lightning
California Games
Chip's Challenge
Electrocop
Gates of Zendocon

There is one game that only came with Ridged and Curved:
Guantlet: The third Encounter

I think that sums it up....

Oh so by Gauntlet there was no more smooth ones being made?

[Atari_afternoon]

^^From what I know, they are only 1-5 Euros each more expensive than the normal curved ones as far as professional dealers whose catalogues I know are concerned. I believe these early games are very common anyway.