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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2018
- Watch me as i try to breath new life into a heavily used Atari Lynx I (PAG-0201). No other Lynx's were harmed during the making of this video.
Music Credits:
Lazerhawk - A Hero's Journey
Arcis - Vis-á-Vis
Arcis - City Life
Bruce Faulconer - Pikkon's Theme
B / I / R / T / H / D / A / Y - Sage Advice
Heavily inspired by the Retro Man Cave's Atari Lynx I restoration, but also a very different restoration:
• Atari Lynx Tear Down -... - เกม
Your channel just randomly popped up for me. Subscribed.
I had the first model Lynx in the day, but I was opting for MkII this time, particularly because of the grey colour coating wearing off the first model, revealing white beneath. Now this video contained information that could cause me to revisit that choice.
To each his own, of course. But I always thought the Lynx I has a much more timeless and classy look when compared to the Lynx II.
Thank you very much for watching, I really appreciate it!
Loved it!
I think the final result looks super smooth. A shame the decals didn't work out but there's only so much you can do with limited resources..
Thanks!! Glad you liked it!
Hi, I totally liked your video. You should make a second tutorial video on a first generation Atari Lynx, but with vynal decal sticker and a custom paint job. Great video.
Regards,
José
jose fonseca Thanks very much! I don’t have another spare Lynx lying around, but a custom could be a fun project indeed!
Well done! I'm really enjoying this. 12:13 If there was a gray color under the silver (opaque, matte gray> silver> primer> white plastic), that would be the electrically conductive primer. The silver under-coat was applied using some electrical deposition process, according to an interview I read back when the system was new. Those responsible seemed very proud of the process because it was somewhat new, giving the Lynx I a unique look, and the metalized housing provided additional durability. The paint process is similar to the modern custom "candy coat" vehicle paint jobs, aside from the electrically-deposited undercoat, and I do agree that it's something to be proud of on a game system. If I recall correctly, they tested a variety of paint jobs before going with the "advanced" metalized process. It's a shame that they cut that cost on the Lynx II.
I just wanted to say you did an awesome job! Nice production on the video as well!
Thanks a lot!!
My PAG-0201 has a complete circular D-pad, also mine never came with that sticker on the right side of the battery case. I bought mine back when they were just released and kept it ever since.
You say you have a PAG-0201, or do you mean you have a PAG-0200 with a circular D-pad? That would be strange. To my knowledge all PAG-0201's came with the circulare D-pad so i'd consider that correct. It is weird however that yours doesn't have the game card reference sticker. But back in the day production and delivery weren't as strict as nowadays.
Thanks for watching!!
@@morph-x7153 I can post pictures of my Lynx on FB or on my web page if you want to see it front and back.
Great restoration! I loved this video!
Thank you very much! And thanks for stopping by!
It looks great! Especially considering every single original model lynx I see on ebay looks awful, I don't even think the decals not being there make it look bad, and I love dragon ball z music, great video!
Thank you!! You're right, unfortunately. This revision has a somewhat weak paintjob, so almost every Lynx of this revision looks like it's done a lot more than just play games. And very cool you picked up on the DBZ music. Thanks for watching and commenting. It means a lot!
That's beautiful work! Aside from the missing labels, it looks like it's right off the store shelf.
Thanks very much for your nice comment, much appreciated! Also thank you for the extra information regarding the paint process, very interesting indeed. It suits the Lynx I, especially compared to the Lynx II, which in my humble opinion is really inferior to its predecessor. The Lynx I is an outstandingly built console.
great work !!
Thanks a lot, thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment!
Could you provide me in some way in PDF what the letters are as for me to print them on my printer and try to restore it I got one that works but aesthetically it is very sad and I would like to try to leave it as authentically it would be very much appreciated if you could pass me the letters and symbols a big greeting and the color and finish have been very well achieved
12:30 That cover door was lose by modern standards right out of the box when I received my Lynx brand new. Yours probably wasn't worn excessively. It's just that way. Consumer electronics physical design tolerances, and consumer expectations, are more precise these days thanks mostly to modern mobile device manufacturers competing for the smallest, tightest designs.
Looks really awesome!
But what if you first print the labels for the buttons in white, and overprint with the orange one.
In this case you have a base for the Color, and the dark grey doesn’t effect the orange.
I think they make it also by uv printing for better results!
Hi! Thanks a lot for watching and commenting!
The idea is great, but i would need a printer that is capable of printing white ink. They exist, but they're a bit too expensive for my taste. Also, i've noticed over the course of several projects that printing the same image twice on the same paper, you always have alignment discrepancies. These labels are very small, so even a alignment discrepancy of 0.1 or 0.2 mm would stand out. Maybe it's possible on a real professional machine, but i don't think it's possible with any machine that i have at my disposal.
Great work! I just aqquired a model II least week that works great! Honestly your model 1 looks incredible! Heck I even like the "nude" look without the decals!
Planning on an lcd mod?
Thank you very much! The McWill mod is very tempting but unfortunately also pretty costly. There are so many things i still want to add to my collection so it's hard to choose how to spend the little money i have. But i guess most of us have that problem. Have fun with your Lynx II! It's a fun and overlooked system.
Awesome job... You've inspired me to clean up my Atari Lynx I. It still works, but the case is in bad shape.... Yours came out looking great, and I hope I can come close to it.
I saw your comment that you no longer have the files.... does anyone know where I can find cleaned up Atari serial number and insert game card stickers?
Wow, it's fantastic to hear that my video motivates you to start working on your Lynx! Unfortunately I have no clue where the original files went, which is honestly very a-typical of me, so it bums me out, wish I still had them to share!
Best of luck with your restoration, any plans on documenting it here on TH-cam? I'd be curious to see.
And thanks for watching and commenting, very much appreciated!
@@morph-x7153 Thanks! But I certainly don't have the skills to do a youtube video of the restoration. I will share some photos of the process.... drive.google.com/drive/folders/1soWp40aX5WSS6TD89BVfcMGiQOL7CFin
@@myislander
You already did a lot of work! The red is very nice. Too bad it didn't work out too well. I can give you some pointers, but i'm not sure if you already did this.
- But very important is the paint preparation. As you can see in my video, i very thoroughly sanded the Lynx shell with 600, 800 en 1200 grid sandpaper to get a very smooth surface.
- Making the surface dust and grease free is super important.
- When painting (with a spraycan i presume) it can help to first heat up the spraycan in warm water, that way the paint flows very well. Then first apply a couple of thin coats with 5-10 minutes between each layer. Then apply a wet coat, which is a thick coat, done by slowly and steadily spraying the paint. This is a touchy feely thing because you can get runs quite easily. However, when the preparation (sanding and degreasing) isn't done properly, you'll never get a nice paint job.
Again, maybe you did this and there was some kind of chemical reaction between the both paints or anything like that. But i do like the gray/red combo, looking very 80's retro! :)
Thanks for sharing and good luck!
@@morph-x7153 thanks! I may try the red again with your suggestions. I really like how it came out on the battery cover. Maybe I just didn’t get the rest sanded as well and with your spray paint techniques, it might work better.
Or I’ll just leave it with the red buttons :-).
This was cool, seems like you are a fellow dutchie as well ;)? I am working on a solution for decals as well (for a completely busted MegaDrive 1), if you still happen to have your decal files, maybe I can help you out on recreating those! Nice work however, looking really sweet.
Yes, i am Dutch. ;-) I'm very curious to see what you'll come up with for your decals. I'll be checking out your channel for sure. Will you do a restoration vid on your MD as well?
And of course, thank for the props and thanks for watching. Really appreciate it!
@@morph-x7153 yes, planning on doing a video atleast ;D (someone went to town with a soldering iron, so I'm gonna have to rebuild a big part of the shell. Similar to what you've been doing here (putty, repaint, etc etc).
hello could. somehow pass me a sheet with the stickers and the fecal for an Atari lynx 1 that I would like to restore since the paint is in very bad condition there would be some possibility since I have no means to make them just what is to paint it a greeting thanks
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Really nice job. Will the files for the back panel stickers be made available?
Thank you! I'll take a look in my archive to see if i have it. But some storage shenanigans a while back have caused me a lot of trouble, so i'm not sure if i still have them. If i do i'll be sure to share them.
Buenos días. Compré una Lynx para reparar. Todo funcionaba hasta que me equivoqué a la hora de soldar los cables de alimentación y puse positivo en negativo y el negativo en positivo. La consola dejó de funcionar. Creo que el fallo
Puede estar en los diodos que están justo al lado de donde van soldado los cables de alimentación. Usted me podría decir cuál es el valor de cada 1 de estos tres diodos?
Great job, I have a non-working PAG 0200, you made me want to dust it off and give it a new life, but I have to fix the electronics first, luckily I don't have to mess with the paint 😅
Like everyone, I think, the back labels wore out soon, when I was still a kid I took them off (whatta dumbass) so now I have nothing to scan to try to reproduce them, I read that you have lost the source files of your replicas , if it is possible could you send me a picture of them? I would like to try to vectorize them and release them in the wild 😜
Can you share your Decal files? and the Labels? Im restoring one also and would love to have these on hand to try different transfer methods and make it look as good as yours.
Hi! Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
I was just diving into my archive, but unfortunately i don't have the source files for the labels anymore. I have deleted them because a while after posting this video, i was sure i wouldn't need them anymore. I'm sorry, i would've loved to share them with you.