1989 clip of Nickelodeon's show Total Panic previewing TG16

[Necromancer]

Lynx Rampage is for up to 4 players.  That guy's a tool - "between 8 and 16 people can get together" and play on a ComLynx.  I guess that you're shit out o' luck if you only have 5 friends with Lynxes.  Did anybody know if any game used more than 8 players?

[Kitsunexus]

Didn't Slime World?

[Necromancer]

I thought that Slime World topped out at 8 (as did T-Tris), but what do I know? 

[BonkThis]

I think you should get a prize for knowing 16 people that even had a lynx. I knew 1.

[FM-77]

I've never even seen a Lynx in real life, and never ever heard anyone mention one outside of this forum.

[Tatsujin]

yeah..it wasn't a RPG handheld really

[handygrafx]

LOL yeah.  They picked the kids who were stuck sitting on the stairs rather than the ones who eagerly raised their hands.

Haha yeah I thought it was funny how they just quickly chose the quiet girl sitting on the stairs. I also like how the female host was having a hard time inserting the Gameboy link cable.

I had a big crush on Molly Scott back in the day !

[handygrafx]

Lynx Rampage is for up to 4 players.  That guy's a tool - "between 8 and 16 people can get together" and play on a ComLynx.  I guess that you're shit out o' luck if you only have 5 friends with Lynxes.  Did anybody know if any game used more than 8 players?

well, that show aired before the Lynx came out I think -- things change - they probably went with the best info they had at the time. The same magazine also reported that NEO-GEO games would cost $125.

[Necromancer]

True enough, but then the douche should have just said "up to 16 players".  Why state a lower limit?

[BonkThis]

maybe im a bit slow on this, but how the heck can 16 people play rampage?

[Necromancer]

F  o  u  r    s  e  p  a  r  a  t  e    g  a  m  e  s    w  i  t  h    f  o  u  r    p  l  a  y  e  r  s    e  a  c  h  .   

Is that slow enough for you?  In other words, you could only have up to four players in Rampage.  The Lynx hardware was capable of having sixteen machines interconnected, but the game would have to be made to support it.  Officially it supported sixteen, but the hardware could allow for eighteen and even more is possible but not practicable due to bandwidth issues.

[Tatsujin]

LOL yeah.  They picked the kids who were stuck sitting on the stairs rather than the ones who eagerly raised their hands.  The host-chick was dumber than a pile of rocks.  "Do the Genesis cartridges work on the older Sega system?"  If they did, they wouldn't need a newer Sega system you dumb whore!

wuahahahaha! that was amazing

[ParanoiaDragon]

Wow, that was wild!

[Keranu]

Lynx Rampage is for up to 4 players.  That guy's a tool - "between 8 and 16 people can get together" and play on a ComLynx.  I guess that you're shit out o' luck if you only have 5 friends with Lynxes.  Did anybody know if any game used more than 8 players?

The awesome part was when the host said that you could have a party with Atari Lynxes! (Speaking of which, that would make a good episode of Console Chronicles. Damn! It's ashame I didn't even have a Lynx, let alone 16 of them!)

[ParanoiaDragon]

I have 4 or 5 Lynxs, I can't recall.  And I also have mulitple versions of a few games, though, I think I have only one comlynx.