Atari Lynx Cover Thread

[Lumberjack42]

Okay,

I know that this was probably the least popular handheld of the early 1990's, but after making a template for the Game Gear games (that I don't think even fit in a DS case), I thought "Hey, there isn't a template of the Lynx either, I wonder what I could do for that..."

It also helps that there are just over 100 games for it and most of them aren't that rare.

So without further adu...

Atart Lynx Template - Rought Draft



Lumberjack42

[KaiserWAVE]

Nice one!
If you're open to suggestions how about making the spine red, keep the white Atari logo and writing, and draw a white border instead of the current red one around the Lynx logo on the upper part.

I neither own a Lynx nor am I going to pick one up (already bought enough video game hardware for one year ). This is not a suggestion from someone who will actually use this or any revision of your template, so feel free to ignore me and I won't hold it against you   I just thought it might look better in red than black.

[Lumberjack42]

Nice one!
If you're open to suggestions how about making the spine red, keep the white Atari logo and writing, and draw a white border instead of the current red one around the Lynx logo on the upper part.

I neither own a Lynx nor am I going to pick one up (already bought enough video game hardware for one year ). This is not a suggestion from someone who will actually use this or any revision of your template, so feel free to ignore me and I won't hold it against you   I just thought it might look better in red than black.

I chose the black spine since most of the Lynx game boxes had black borders around them.

Lumberjack42

[KaiserWAVE]

That makes sense. Didn't know that
Actually I don't know jack jack about the Lynx other than it was (like the Jaguar) ahead of its time and very poorly marketed.

[tiktektak]

Technically speaking the Lynx was years ahead of the competition in it's days....

Your template is nice lumber.... I especially like the lynx logo recreation attempt!!!!

Besides Game Gear Games fit perfectly in DS-Cases.... In US ones as well as even better in EU ones....
The only and always tough problem for me personally is that the instructions won't fit....

[Vt102]

ATARI WHAT? LINX???

Is that a new mid eastern food?


LOL.. J/K.. I loved the linx! Way better than GG or GB!

[antony30bc]

I never played the Lynx, but the Turboexpress was a pretty good idea at the time as well.

Antony30bc

[Doom]

Game Gear games (that I don't think even fit in a DS case)

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=827.0

[Lumberjack42]

Game Gear games (that I don't think even fit in a DS case)

http://www.thecoverproject.net/forums/index.php?topic=827.0

Cool, then I guess that we just need scans of Game Gear and Atari Lynx boxes then.

(hint... hint...)

[Lumberjack42]

Allright...

I made some changes to the template and have created myself a dilemma. Do I want to make the spine truer to the original boxes or make them eaisier to read. So I thought I'd make an example of each and see what you guys think.

Silver Spine



Game w/ Silver Spine



Black Spine



Game w/ Black Spine



Opinions, anyone?

Lumberjack42

[tiktektak]

The silver spine looks way cooler... Maybe you could try to use black text on it to make it more readable....?

[Lumberjack42]

The silver spine looks way cooler... Maybe you could try to use black text on it to make it more readable....?

I tried that and it was just about as readable. I'll probably just use a bolder font like Impact or something like it. The original boxes used white text.

Lumberjack42

[Vt102]

An Inner Bevel effect would also look good if you decide to use white font

[KaiserWAVE]

I agree with tiktektak, the silver spine looks much better than the black one.

[tiktektak]

Are there any lynx games yet? Didn't find one when making my posting spree today....