
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nick's Atari Lynx Game Ratings <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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New entries since last post:
 
Basketbrawl                             Dinolympics                 
Dracula: The Undead                     Gordo 106                   
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancien            World Class Soccer          
 
Those who voted this week:               Of:                              
                                                                          
B.langberg                               "S.Bare
Barry W. Cantin                          aa852@cleveland.Freenet.Edu

Date of Compilation :  08/14/94
                                                                          
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Name of Game                # of   Game    Hours   # of  Total Desc       
                          Players Rating  of play Voters Votes            
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A.P.B.                        1   *** 1/2    ?      14     50  
Awesome Golf                  1   *** 3/4    ?       9     34  Golf
Baseball Heroes               2   *** 1/4    #       8     26  Baseball
Basketbrawl                   ?   *          #       1      1  Basketball
Batman Returns                1   ** 1/4     ?      14     32  Platform
Battlewheels                  ?   **** 3/4   ?       8     38  
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adv.   2   ** 1/2     ?      12     32  Adventure
Block Out                     1   ***        ?      11     33  
Blue Lightning                1   *** 3/4    ?      17     67  Shooter
California Games              2   **         ?      18     40  Sports
Checkered Flag                ?   *** 1/2    ?      22     81  Racing
Chip's Challenge              1   ****       ?      18     72  
Crystal Mines II              2   **** 1/4   ?      12     52  
Desert Strike                 1   **** 1/4   ?       4     17  Copter Sim.
Dinolympics                   1   ****       ?       1      4  
Dirty Larry:Renegade Cop      2   ** 1/2     ?       2      5  
Double Dragon                 2   ** 3/4     ?       4     11  Fight & Jump
Dracula: The Undead           1   *****      ?       1      5  
Electrocop                    1   **         ?      13     29  
European Soccer Challenge     2   ****       #       4     16  Soccer
Fidelity Ultimate Chess Chal  ?   *** 1/4    ?       6     20  
Gates Of Zendocon             1   ** 3/4     ?      18     53  Shooter
Gauntlet: The Third Encounte  ?   * 3/4      ?      14     27  Adventure
Gordo 106                     1   **         ?       1      2  
Hard Drivin'                  1   ** 1/2     ?       6     15  Driving
Hockey                        2   ***        #       5     16  Hockey
Hydra                         1   ** 1/2     ?       7     18  
Ishido: The Way Of The Stone  1   *** 1/4    ?       9     31  
Jimmy Connors Tennis          2   ****       #       2      8  Tennis
Joust                         2   **** 1/4   ?      12     51  
Klax                          1   **** 1/4   ?      21     93  Think Fast
Kung Food                     1   ** 1/4     ?       3      7  
Lemmings                      1   **** 1/2   ?       8     36  Think Fast
Lynx Casino                   2   ***        ?       9     28  
Malibu Bikini Volleyball      2   *** 1/2    #       2      7  Volleyball
Ms. Pac-Man                   1   ***        ?      15     48  Arcade
NFL Football                  2   ** 1/4     #       8     18  Football
Ninja Gaiden                  1   ** 1/4     ?      12     28  
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancien  1   ***        ?       1      3  
Pac-Land                      1   **         ?       6     13  
Paperboy                      1   ***        ?      13     39  Arcade
Pinball Jam                   1   *** 3/4    ?      13     49  Pinball
Pit Fighter                   2   ** 1/2     ?       2      5  Fighting
Power Factor                  1   *** 1/2    ?       2      7  
Qix                           1   ** 3/4     ?      13     36  Arcade
Rampage                       ?   ***        ?      12     37  Arcade
Rampart                       2   ****       ?      11     46  Arcade
Roadblasters                  1   *** 1/4    ?      15     50  Shooter
Robo-squash                   2   ** 1/4     ?       6     14  
Robotron:2084                 1   **** 1/4   ?      14     61  
Rygar                         1   ***        ?      13     42  
S.T.U.N. Runner               1   *** 1/2    ?      24     87  Shooter
Scrapyard Dog                 1   *** 1/4    ?      11     37  
Shadow Of The Beast           2   *** 1/2    ?       7     26  Fight & Jump
Shanghai                      1   **** 1/4   ?      12     53  
Steel Talons                  1   *** 3/4    ?      14     54  Copter Sim.
Super Skweek                  2   ***        ?       6     18  
Switchblade II                1   **         ?       2      4  
Todd's Advent. Slime World    ?   *** 3/4    ?      12     45  Platform
Toki                          1   *** 3/4    ?       9     35  Platform
Tournament Cyberball 2072     ?   *          ?       6      7  
Turbo Sub                     2   **         ?      10     21  
Viking Child                  1   *** 1/2    ?       7     25  
Vindicators                   ?   ****       ?       1      4  
Warbirds                      ?   ****       ?      15     62  Flight Sim.
World Class Soccer            2   *          #       1      1  Soccer
Xenophobe                     ?   *** 3/4    ?      12     47  
Xybots                        2   *** 3/4    ?      11     42  
Zarlor Mercenary              1   *** 1/4   20      16     54  
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 69 games reviewed                     # Means can be played over and over
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                  THE BEST                                
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Games with a 3 star rating or more, that 10 or more people voted for.
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 Game                                # of  Votes   Year               
Rating  Name of Game                Voters Tally Released Company    
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4.429   Klax                           21    93       ?   Atari
4.417   Shanghai                       12    53       ?   Atari
4.357   Robotron:2084                  14    61       ?   Atari
4.333   Crystal Mines II               12    52       ?   Atari
4.250+  Joust                          12    51       ?   Atari
4.182+  Rampart                        11    46       ?   Atari
4.133   Warbirds                       15    62       ?   Atari
4.000   Chip's Challenge               18    72       ?   Atari
3.941   Blue Lightning                 17    67       ?   Atari
3.917+  Xenophobe                      12    47       ?   Atari
3.857   Steel Talons                   14    54       ?   Atari
3.818   Xybots                         11    42       ?   Atari
3.769   Pinball Jam                    13    49       ?   Atari
3.750   Todd's Advent. Slime World     12    45       ?   Atari
3.682+  Checkered Flag                 22    81       ?   Atari
3.625+  S.T.U.N. Runner                24    87       ?   Atari
3.571   A.P.B.                         14    50       ?   Atari
3.375   Zarlor Mercenary               16    54    1994   Sache/Commodore
3.364   Scrapyard Dog                  11    37       ?   Atari
3.333+  Roadblasters                   15    50       ?   Atari
3.231   Rygar                          13    42       ?   Atari
3.200   Ms. Pac-Man                    15    48       ?   Atari
3.083   Rampage                        12    37       ?   Atari
3.000+  Paperboy                       13    39       ?   Atari
3.000+  Block Out                      11    33       ?   Atari
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 25 games out of  34 with 3 stars or better.   (73.5% of all rated games)
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                 THE WORST                                
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Games with less than a 3-star rating, that 10 or more people voted for.
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 Game                                # of  Votes   Year               
Rating  Name of Game                Voters Tally Released Company    
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1.929   Gauntlet: The Third Encounte   14    27       ?   Atari
2.100   Turbo Sub                      10    21       ?   Atari
2.222   California Games               18    40       ?   Atari
2.231   Electrocop                     13    29       ?   Atari
2.286+  Batman Returns                 14    32       ?   Atari
2.333   Ninja Gaiden                   12    28       ?   Atari
2.667+  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adv.    12    32       ?   Atari
2.769   Qix                            13    36       ?   ?
2.944+  Gates Of Zendocon              18    53       ?   Atari
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  9 games out of  34 with less than 3 stars.   (26.5% of all rated games)
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                   GLOSSARY                               
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    #      -  Game can be played over and over again.                     
    +      -  Game in which you find a lot of discrepancies in the voting.
    *      -  Dreck, yak, bleck, hack, gleck (Horrible beyond words).     
    **     -  OK, playable, still dreck, although someone might like.     
    ***    -  Decent game that will appeal to some (But not everyone).    
    ****   -  Pretty good, a fun game that almost everyone will like.     
    *****  -  Damn good, a real winner, every game should be this good.   
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
This document is written by and copyright (c)1994 by Nicolas-M. Paiement  
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