I Bought 3 Broken Atari Lynx Handhelds - Let's Try To Fix Them!
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- I Bought 3 Broken Atari Lynx Handhelds - Let's Try To Fix Them! This is my first time trying to fix these Atari handhelds so this should be interesting. One won't power on, one won't read games consistently, and, of course, there are capacitors to replace. This are worth a good amount so hoping I can repair at least 2 of them.
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Keep up the good fight! We're all here to support you!
Derek and TronicsFix Crew
Who's Derek?
@@FR4M3Sharma Obviously one of his/their crew.
@@FR4M3Sharma He has a crew of people that specialize in things he doesn't or have the time for. If a product needs a deep cleaning, for example he will send it out to the expert in the field. Part of his crew.
Stay strong, Steve. Sending nothing but love and prayers your way!
Sweet memories. I've had both, got version II when the first one stopped working. Still works to this day.
Wow, that's awesome!
so which games did you like to play? the games he showed me didnt seem much fun to me.
@@ChrisWijtmans of the three games shown here Electrocop and Chip's challenge were actually pretty good. Toki was a really good porting. Klax and Block Out were two nice puzzle games. Scrapyard dog was a fine platform game, while Viking's child pushed on the graphic compartment but resulted in a very slow game.
@@ChrisWijtmans California Games was great. I used to play Chips Challenge all the time.
Err the first one you tested you wasn't pressing the power button. You had it upside down :S
Came here to say the same thing lol
Was looking for this comment lol
It still wouldn't have turned on without a game in it. 😅
Thank you 😂 I known I can't be alone in this
You’re right. Let’s chalk it up to the guy being exhausted from chemo. Steve seems like a pretty honest guy. Let’s give the guy a break.
11:52 I was not expecting the Carpenter-Brut-style musical interlude, but I'm here for it, Steve! 🤘
Nicely done Steve 😎
Thanks Vince!
The Atari Lynx is a lot of fun. Great arcade ports for it's time, particularly for a hand held.
I forgot about those batteries with built in power display
Yeah, me too. They’re pretty cool. It must have to expensive to keep making them like that.
Great underated console👍
Never seen those.
I thought they were pretty neat when they came out in the 90's.
Never works 😂
As always, great video. Road Blasters is a shooting game. You drive and shoot enemy cars. The other way to get fuel is by picking up green globes from shot cars (IIRC). The ship dropping stuff was weapon upgrades.
1:23 I can relate to what's happening here!
I'm standing here shouting: "It's upside down! Pay attention!" Hahahaha
@@valdecirteixeirayt 🤣🤣🤣
I killed a Nintendo by attempting to change the plug for a Genesis to power block for my NES... Definitely didn't understand voltage as a child.
My older brother bought one of these around the time game gear was huge. Absolutely loved playing the game Warbirds. It was amazing for the time! Others I put hours into were Mrs Pac-Man, Slime World, and Chips Challenge.
It's crazy to me that handhelds are still so popular. Clearly people love them, and it's certainly fun to see them being loved so much that they need to be repaired.
I have pulled out my GBA and have been shopping around. I am sick of modern "games" and want to experience that cartridge swapping goodness again.
@@ChrisWijtmans I understand how nice it must be to enjoy a mini retro cart situation. My family missed out on GB | wasn't something we could spend money on at the time.
@@ianburkard I think most families were not really able to afford handheld games but there was always a game when visiting friends or family and we all know how much we played while we could, now we are adults, money aint that big of a problem, just the nostalgia is worth 100-200 dollars sometimes.
@@ChrisWijtmans That's just nostalgia
Cant believe 3rd one guy sold for 80 bucks when all it needed was port cleaning and now its worth over 200. But have to say good to see you still doing this not only for yourself but for us too, thanks for sharing all your knowledge over the years and now while overcoming your battle. Were rooting for you man!!
Hey Steve I been Watching your videos since along time. Youre the Best. I would like to Say U GET BETTER for ur sickness. I'm being waiting for more vídeos like every single day
Thank you for saving history! This is what I like to see fixing oddball game systems! Hope to see you save some other retro stuff! Keep up the great work!!!
Love the music you used on this one! Fantastic editing with great content. Thanks Steve!
I love the soldering montage music. Excellent choice.
Been watching you're videos for a while, very entertaining and informative as always. Thank you .
Great video. Great find on those consoles. Nice easy profit! And you're looking a lot better! Hope you're feeling better!
Bro I a big fan love your videos. I'm praying for u and hope u have a full recovery.
You do a incredible work restoring this hardware and teaching us how to do it.
I have the Version 1, with most of the games from when I got it shortly after they were released. after watching this I want to get it back out and finial repair it. the screen started to die, but now I remember the fun I had with it. glad I kept it all of these years.
As an idiot kid, I once tried to plug the AC adapter into the headphone jack of my father's Lynx. The "pop" I heard let me know I screwed up.
Wow! I did the exact same thing,,, however I was extremely lucky/naughty! Mine was a lynx v1 (big one) my friend had just bought a lynx V2, we stuffed my lynx into his box and took it back to the local retailer with his receipt claiming it doesn't work.... Silly staff just checked the receipt and handed mea new lynx 2 😬☺️😂
That was impressive! You got a great deal on those, the last one especially!
I bought one and took it apart as a kid gutted to find out al it needed is a game. But awesome to see you fix them still 👍
I love these retro console fix videos, keep em comming. ❤
@TronicsFix you have to get your hands on "California Games" for that Lynx. Great game to have for the Atari Lynx.
Awesome! Great Repairs and Video!! Thank You.
I watched a guy repair one of these on the channel Stezfix(I don't remember the exact channel name but it was something like that). It had no sound and he installed a mod board to bring back the sound and allow him to adjust it since he didn't know where the amplifiers were. He actually did a pretty good job.
Love his videos!
the only thing he could have done better with that, was to install a stereo amp board, The output is actually stereo, and is summed to mono at the speaker.
@@robinsutcliffe-video_art You can do a lot of things with this console, including a more modern screen, which significantly reduces the power hunger it has. Also greatly improves video quality.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Thanks. I know, I've done it with the GameboyAdvance, it's a fun project. The Lynx is a better system of course, and with the new screen it's very cool. I had the Lynx 1 in 1991, and had the Lynx 2 for a while in 2011.
@@robinsutcliffe-video_art I've done a Game Gear, pretty sure that the Lynx includes the same ammount of soldering. The Gameboy Advance is the next one I'm going to switch to a backlit screen, I've always preferred that one to the Gameboy Advance SP, because I find it easier to play with and it still has a headphone jack. And I already have a working Gameboy Advance, where a previous owner has messed up a frontlit mod, so I already have a working mainboard.
Steve, I just read about your lymphoma diagnosis. Know you're in my thoughts, and I'm glad to see you're in remission. I enjoy your videos, but of course take time for you and Mrs Tronics.
still killing it man, good vid
1:31 me screaming at the screen "YOU HAVE IT UPSIDE DOWN!!!! AAAAHHHHH!!!!" lol
1:30 killed me!
I was like he gonna realize it's upside down lol
Bro I’ve been watching your videos for a while now I’m praying for you. Hope you get well soon ❤️🩹
I took my first one ever apart the other day. And it was the one from my childhood. I have never seen another one out there. And I do a lot of repairs as an side job. With times I get a table at the local trade center. Did find another turbografx 16 the other day at an estate sale. $20 and it works like brand new. Have it up for sale after taking it apart, cleaning it, inspecting everything and making sure it fully worked. It was box complete too. That was another not many seen consoles. I have 1 from when I was a kid that is still in the factory sealed box. (System is older than me. It was an gift from an relative.) Then one that's opened and my kids and I play it.
Love the videos as always, a very cool handheld no doubt.
Hey Steve, keep up the fight! God bless!
Wish you all the best!! 💜
I love your videos thank you for your content and keep up the good work💯💪🏻🇺🇲
lynx are great systems overall and have really gotten more rare since the recent retro boom. That said great job on getting all three up and running and there is an active homebrew community making new games/ports for the system.
having that gift to repair complex stuff is indeed a very uncommon gift! wish you all the health!
Cool cool. I hope our guy here is healing 🙏 Keep up the good work 💪
Keep up the interesting repairs king.
I waited so long for this repair :D
Love your Videos Steve, your the man!!!!!!
It’s nice to see Mr Fix enjoying some nice old games
Great video, great music 11:57 🔥🔥🔥
Looking good keep up the fight, I grew up in my early teens when the Atari was all the rage and when this came out I wanted it too never got around to buying one tho lol
love your repair videos...
Thanks! Glad you enjoy them.
Is there a replacement screen but with better resolution? Great to see you are healing! Great fixes!
Ah man a Lynx! My brother and I got one along with a Game Gear for Christmas one year. I secretly loved my Lynx, and put an insane amount of time into California Games and Blue Lightening while road tripping down to Florida. The think absolutely chewed through AA batteries, though 😂.
A friend from school who was a neighbour of mine had a first gen. We would play California Games on it all day... It was atrocious with batteries, so most of the time it would remain plugged to the wall.
Yeah, these old handhelds eat batteries like crazy!
Excellent work.
I love watching you fix things! Keeping you in my meditations. I hope your treatments have not created neuropathy in your hands too much. Those fine motor requirements in your craft are so vital. 🙏🏻❣️
This was cool to see, I have a Lynx I got back in 2012 and I think it doesnt get shown off enough
I love chips challenge, I have a version of it on my phone. Great video, as always!
Good luck for all and take care
Steve, the Atari Lynx is infamous for its power supply issues, to test power it’s better to bypass the power supply entirely and inject 5V power at the C4 capicitor (on Lynx II) This bypasses the 9V rail power components that converts to 5V.
Sometimes the zener diode fails and if batteries are inserted this sends 9V down the 5V rail, this can actually fry the CPU and RAM.
Good to see you working on these as they’re a personal favorite of mine to work on.
Wooooah Mark 1 AND Mark 2, lovely machines
Great to see you, buddy!
Wow great job!!!
Love from Bangladesh. Dont know why i got hooked to your chsnnel but glad i did.
Hey. Hope treatments are going well. When i went through my treatments, the best thing for any nausea after i had in addition to meds is ginger candies. Keep a pocket of the when you can. Keep up the good fight.
Totally wild these things are still around let alone still working - those were some good finds!
1:30 well of course its not turning on you have that one upside down so you are not even pressing the powerbutton. He is clicking the option 2 button.
I was going to comment the same thing. Good take
I noticed this too 😂
Same😅
Also needs a game inserted to turn on.
That was the first thing I noticed as well
You got a hell of a deal. I was expecting a bigger battle against the power circuits ;)
I've got two Atari Lynx 1s. Loved playing them as a kid.
These always need power stage rebuilds (the parts Steve replaced with the hot air). Sometimes people will replace all the capacitors, but usually it's only the two largest that really need it (C38 and C39 on lynx 1, C40 and C41 on lynx 2) as they are the power stage caps.
Unless you know the units been serviced and this work done, it's honestly a bad idea to even try testing these without rebuilding the circuit like Steve did with the hot air tool.
Reason being, that circuit is responsible for converting the 9V down to 5V for the rest of the systems use when you apply power through double A batteries, or the AC adapter. That circuit can fail two ways, open or closed. One way the system just doesn't power on any more (safer failure). The other way, the power goes through unregulated.... meaning chips meant to get 5V are getting 9V. There are two custom designed CPU chips on this board. That 9V will kill them, and they are both hard to find and expensive. For that reason alone, you should never power up a lynx to test unless you either rebuild that power stage first OR you supply 5V 1A (using a bench supply) directly to the legs of C39 (lynx 1) or C41 (lynx 2) - the 470uf caps. You can apply 5V 1A there directly and the lynx will auto power up. If you have a game inserted, it should fire up.
The first one was upside down Steve. Also, the consoles don't power on without a cartrdige in. Very happy to see you fixing these, it was my first console and I still have mine somewhere, although last time i used it had dodgy top action buttons.
Epyx!!!! Oh the memories of c64 games. I would be fun to see you work on a c64 one day.
🎉 great job Steve, three out of three is money 💰 ❤
Inside it looks more like a walkman then a gaming console. Love it 🥰
Have a great weekend, Steve!
I got BOTH my lynx and jaguar (no power) and BOTH juts needed a game to work. SUPER common problem apparently.
damn man u are the best, fixing everyything
Steve for those batteries with the power level test, just press the side button with one finger and top/bottom with thumb and pointer finger
I happened to find an Atari Lynx model II at a local Charity shop once. Came in a nifty carry case with two games. I ended up getting it for $5AU. And it still works great! Given it costs a pretty penny online nowadays, I consider this a bonus!😊
yes that deoxit stuff works wonders - i recently got some and should have bought it years ago for repairing any retro hardware
Awesome, i have never found any Atari Linx they are beautiful
Wow I never knew atari had Handhelds, I learn more with these videos, thanks!
Came out in 1989, the same time as the Gameboy. It was the strongest portable console until the GBA. It supported sprite scaling and rotation before the SNES launched. It failed because it had no games, was expensive and had a terrible battery life.
I still have my OG Lynx - it still works. I just have the smaller carry case, not the big bag you got. only thing I'm missing is the AC adapter.
This was my childhood portable gaming system. Countless hours of fun. Also played many hours with friends via lynx cable.
You should do the IPS screen mod to one of these... it looks amazing!
I didn't even know that they sold Atari Handhelds. Wild.
Ha, ha...I didn't either until recently.
Just FYI, this wasn't made by Atari. It was made by Epyx. But the company had financial issues so the console ended up sold to Atari.
They didn’t last long it was competing against game boy the game gear couldn’t compete either. The graphics on both better than gameboy but they were expensive and not many games and batteries didn’t last long too compared to gameboy
I knew of the Atari Lynx and kind of wanted one even though the form factor to me is absolute trash! I was familiar with the second model and never knew there was a first model.
@@JohnM-ex4be That's because the Gameboy didn't have a screen light. Screen lights at the time were CCFL which caused MASSIVE battery drain. That is precisely why the Gameboy and Gameboy Color didn't have lit screens, because it wasn't possible at the time to have both a light and decent battery life. Starting with the second model of the GBA they went to LED frontlights (using a reflective screen), and then finally around 2005 we got the modern LED-backlit LCD's that we have today. It wasn't until 2005 that it was possible to have a lit screen wtihout massively sacrificing battery.
@tronicsfix you have to press down on both ends of the battery fairly tight and wait for many seconds for them batteries.
Cool I loved that car game as a kid
I was shouting 'Put in a game card!' and then you did :) I can recommend screens by Benn Venn for the Lynx, they really look great and are much sharper and bright.
that 3rd one is a great shape!
Damn, I remember Chip’s Challenge on my gran’s PC when I was a kid. Didn’t know it was that old 🤦♂️
Can you please make a beginners guide to soldering electronics Steve I would really appreciate it I’ve watched your video for years on repairing things!
I had the original Atari Lynx and it ate batteries like crazy.
Blue Lighting and California Games were fun 👍
Steve we are with you. Greetings from Turkey...
As soon as you said “this one has some gunk on it” my mind was instantly thinking “send it to Robert, come on, Robert, say you are sending it to Robert lol”
If it comes to Repairing on RUclips youre the Nr.1
Excellent repair work, as always. That said, if you were thinking of starting a "Games On The Atari Lynx" channel, you might want to do some research first :)
I have a lot of respect for you and what you do on this channel but I did notice that first lynx you tried powering on you had it upside down
All the best for your health issues! Take care 👍
Wow those games actually look pretty good!
11:55 siick beat , tron!
When it first came out it was the coolest thing ever and still is cool.