Be sure to read my full review of the game @ www.vintageisthenewold.com/retro-revisited-featuring-impressive-visuals-and-revised-gameplay-we-take-a-look-at-shadow-of-the-beast-on-atari-lynx/
Until an hour ago I didn't even know this version existed, and it's really impressive, a complete remake using gorgeous lo-fi pixel art, maintaining a lot of the original game but also cutting and reinventing in parts (although I wonder if they really couldn't maintain the jetpack section). Great redesigns of some enemies. Dunno if the best possible version but a damn good one.
@@mariowario5945 simple: see the same shadow of the beast game in master system and check how shitty it looks compared to the lynx version. Compare apples with apples.
@@CallMeMrX The price came down by '91 with the Lynx II. The batteries were horrible, no question about that. The big problem is that it simply wasn't available anywhere. Most kids never had a chance to see an Atari Lynx in action, and it only received spotty coverage in the videogame magazines. By the time the Sega Game Gear arrived, forget it. Too late.
@@CallMeMrX The SNES was more expensive and couldn't do sprite scaling like the Lynx. The Lynx would be more successful as a home console rather than handheld I think.
@@DTM-Books Sadly the game gear was only a portable master system with awful sound chip, more blurry screen than lynx, and worse battery life. It was saved by the master system ports and having more games made for it though.
@@CallMeMrX Lol too big and nobody complains about the switch which isn't even before its time. Have to disagree about games being too hard. There's only one or two like that.
Definitely the most playable version. It's a shame Lynx wasn't a home console instead of a TV machine. Or imagine an option to plug the Lynx to a TV back then. Things could have been so different.
It should have been designed as a home console from the start. If they could increase resolution, colors and maybe slap a better music chip on it, that thing would basically be discount Neo-Geo.
@@Holammer The ill-fated Panther console was planned to take on the SNES and MD and SOTB was being converted to it, by the same people behind the Lynx version
Yeah video out would have been good. Well the entire point of the Lynx was that it was a handheld. Exec's kid asked his dad if they could make a handheld game console, so they set about designing it. RJ Mical and Dave Needle must have been there at the time to do technical design, or RJ Mical was there and Dave Needle was a former that was brought in, not sure, but at least they, together or just one of them, had had an idea for an efficient method to do scaling and wanted to implement it in something and found that as their opportunity.
Se eu tivesse conhecido isso na épocas em que surgiu, ual, como teria feito diferença no desenvolvimento do meu crivo qualitativo vs modismo da época! Esse título mostra o poder desse portátil. O desenvolvedor dessa versão só podia estar muito empolgado pq pra extrair aqueles tantos níveis de paralax scrooling da fase na superfície, floresta, com um processador de 8bits, tem que ser um gênio desta arte. Sem falar nos efeitos de upscalling que só veríamos anos mais tarde no SNES. Qualidade e tamanho dos sprites e até agr, pra mim, a melhor versão de SOTB em termos de jogabilidade. O GB nem tem como competir em competência. Prova de que o sucesso de um console nunca dependeu de um hardware melhor e de última geração, mas sim de saber conduzir a mamada que se apaixona por mascotes e por games ultra cativantes que na primeira versão vc ja identifica que virão o 2 o 3... Imagina se o Mario tivesse sido apresentado num Atari LYNX?! Com gráficos que pelo poderio dos programadores envolvidos, se equivaleriam ao Super Mario World?! Como estaria a nossa referência sobre jogos já tão refinada nessa época?! Talvez hj estaríamos anos luz adiantados em relação aos PS5, XBOX SERIES X. To falando besteira?!
Been getting into Lynx gaming recently. I remember my mates brother who was older and working at the time got a model 1 early 90s. We rinsed California Games, so good. I bought a model 1 probably 10 years ago with a damaged screen intending to repair it, never did. But I tried it recently and it worked apart from a couple of black lines at the bottom. Perfectly playable. Shadow looks awesome, look at that parallax scrolling!
The makers did a surprisingly effective job considering the limited tech they had to work with. You can't hear it here, but the Atari Lynx's speakers has a slight "echo-ish" quality to them, which helped retain some of the "eerie" feeling the original soundtrack had (which would have otherwise been missing from such an altered and compressed soubdtrack). They also used took advantage of the left and right speakers. IIRC, the noises from the ghost enemies in particular would fade in from the left speaker and fade out from the right speaker as they moved across the screen. It was smart sound design for a version of the game that any other dev probably would have half-assed.
This system was beautifully designed. I appreciated it early on, got frustrated by the lack of games, but it didn't take me long to come full circle. The originals were bizarre, but SO cool, games like ElectroCop, Kung Food. The arcade ports were usually the best available, and the system itself had the perfect balance of power and comfort in use.
Just finished a run on my Anbernic RG 350, using Handy. So fun to be able to play to play with my old lynx games again (the screen of my lynx is about to die)... Thx dude ! :)
Weird how this and the unfinished SNES version look very similar to each other, with different backgrounds, enemy, and boss designs in some areas from the other versions. This actually looks and sounds pretty good,. And it appears to respond and play well too. It now makes me wonder just how good a properly finished and polished SNES version might have been. :-o
I’ve owned this game since it first came out and I couldn’t get very far. Now that it’s decades later nothing changed. After watching this video I realized I should just put it back in the box and reseal it. I’ll never play it again. It’s too difficult for me.
This is a great version of the game. Graphically the Amiga version is still the greatest of all but I think this version and probably the FM Towns version are the most playable as the controls are so much more responsive than the Amiga, the lynx version also seems a little more fair than some of the other versions.
trust me it was playable (i'm an avarage player). On the other hand, the original version on Amiga was nearly impossible without very high skill (or cheat codes for me )
@@s_t_s4846 I agree! Shadow of the Beast was very hard, but not in an unfair way that makes you feel cheated. Once you get used to the patterns of each enemy, you can pass through each area (relatively) unscathed and it feels like the result of what you've learned and practised, rather than blind luck. Batman Returns on the other hand.....the rule seemed to be "throw as much shit that will fit on the screen at the player and hope theyre lucky enough not to get hit by any of it!"
![Shadow of the Beast II Longplay (Amiga) [QHD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XEoA6Fq8byA/mqdefault.jpg)
Be sure to read my full review of the game @ www.vintageisthenewold.com/retro-revisited-featuring-impressive-visuals-and-revised-gameplay-we-take-a-look-at-shadow-of-the-beast-on-atari-lynx/
Until an hour ago I didn't even know this version existed, and it's really impressive, a complete remake using gorgeous lo-fi pixel art, maintaining a lot of the original game but also cutting and reinventing in parts (although I wonder if they really couldn't maintain the jetpack section). Great redesigns of some enemies. Dunno if the best possible version but a damn good one.
This is the version I had as a kid. Never got very far mind you, don't think I even did the tree.
The graphics are mindblowing especially for a handheld from 1989.
Play the master system one on gamegear and then we can talk about impressive for a handheld
@@mariowario5945 Why on game Gear? Or do you mean "or game gear"?
@@mariowario5945 simple: see the same shadow of the beast game in master system and check how shitty it looks compared to the lynx version. Compare apples with apples.
Two of the original Amiga team worked on the Lynx and then went onto to do the 3DO chipset.
I played this on my Atari Lynx when i was 8 or 9 years old and i never knew what was happening. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
Life is not fair. The Lynx should have been a huge hit. Years ahead of its time. The amiga of handhelds.
It was too expensive, too big, the games were way too difficult and it absolutely devoured batteries.
@@CallMeMrX The price came down by '91 with the Lynx II. The batteries were horrible, no question about that. The big problem is that it simply wasn't available anywhere. Most kids never had a chance to see an Atari Lynx in action, and it only received spotty coverage in the videogame magazines. By the time the Sega Game Gear arrived, forget it. Too late.
@@CallMeMrX The SNES was more expensive and couldn't do sprite scaling like the Lynx. The Lynx would be more successful as a home console rather than handheld I think.
@@DTM-Books Sadly the game gear was only a portable master system with awful sound chip, more blurry screen than lynx, and worse battery life. It was saved by the master system ports and having more games made for it though.
@@CallMeMrX Lol too big and nobody complains about the switch which isn't even before its time. Have to disagree about games being too hard. There's only one or two like that.
Absolute banger of a soundtrack
Impressive skills! And, apart from difficulty, probably the best version of the game.
Amiga is the best version.
@@MarcGameplaysFujitsu FMT version is really amazing,i dont say is better than the Amiga,but is really impressive.
Ironically, this is much better than the Atari ST version of the game...
The lynx was developed by ex Amiga guys...
Definitely the most playable version.
It's a shame Lynx wasn't a home console instead of a TV machine.
Or imagine an option to plug the Lynx to a TV back then. Things could have been so different.
True, but back then that was commonplace.
It should have been designed as a home console from the start.
If they could increase resolution, colors and maybe slap a better music chip on it, that thing would basically be discount Neo-Geo.
@@Holammer The ill-fated Panther console was planned to take on the SNES and MD and SOTB was being converted to it, by the same people behind the Lynx version
Yeah video out would have been good. Well the entire point of the Lynx was that it was a handheld. Exec's kid asked his dad if they could make a handheld game console, so they set about designing it. RJ Mical and Dave Needle must have been there at the time to do technical design, or RJ Mical was there and Dave Needle was a former that was brought in, not sure, but at least they, together or just one of them, had had an idea for an efficient method to do scaling and wanted to implement it in something and found that as their opportunity.
This used to be my all time favourite game on Lynx! What a blast!
Slime world for me was great
This is what the commodore amiga version should have been like
The onec has the much needed gameplay which the oringinal lacked
Wow. Amazing for a handheld of that time. Great port...
Se eu tivesse conhecido isso na épocas em que surgiu, ual, como teria feito diferença no desenvolvimento do meu crivo qualitativo vs modismo da época! Esse título mostra o poder desse portátil. O desenvolvedor dessa versão só podia estar muito empolgado pq pra extrair aqueles tantos níveis de paralax scrooling da fase na superfície, floresta, com um processador de 8bits, tem que ser um gênio desta arte. Sem falar nos efeitos de upscalling que só veríamos anos mais tarde no SNES. Qualidade e tamanho dos sprites e até agr, pra mim, a melhor versão de SOTB em termos de jogabilidade. O GB nem tem como competir em competência. Prova de que o sucesso de um console nunca dependeu de um hardware melhor e de última geração, mas sim de saber conduzir a mamada que se apaixona por mascotes e por games ultra cativantes que na primeira versão vc ja identifica que virão o 2 o 3... Imagina se o Mario tivesse sido apresentado num Atari LYNX?! Com gráficos que pelo poderio dos programadores envolvidos, se equivaleriam ao Super Mario World?! Como estaria a nossa referência sobre jogos já tão refinada nessa época?! Talvez hj estaríamos anos luz adiantados em relação aos PS5, XBOX SERIES X. To falando besteira?!
Been getting into Lynx gaming recently. I remember my mates brother who was older and working at the time got a model 1 early 90s. We rinsed California Games, so good.
I bought a model 1 probably 10 years ago with a damaged screen intending to repair it, never did. But I tried it recently and it worked apart from a couple of black lines at the bottom. Perfectly playable.
Shadow looks awesome, look at that parallax scrolling!
yeah back in the days when the difficulty of games was mostly: "just remember what the game will throw at you"
oh god... that music rendering...
it was terrific!!!
@@giddue Yep, its awesome!
The makers did a surprisingly effective job considering the limited tech they had to work with. You can't hear it here, but the Atari Lynx's speakers has a slight "echo-ish" quality to them, which helped retain some of the "eerie" feeling the original soundtrack had (which would have otherwise been missing from such an altered and compressed soubdtrack).
They also used took advantage of the left and right speakers. IIRC, the noises from the ghost enemies in particular would fade in from the left speaker and fade out from the right speaker as they moved across the screen. It was smart sound design for a version of the game that any other dev probably would have half-assed.
@@handsdowntoo7150I'm assume the echo could be a volume envelope trick
Anyways the only bad thing here has to be the high pitch
Thanks for posting this. Brings back some memories!
This system was beautifully designed. I appreciated it early on, got frustrated by the lack of games, but it didn't take me long to come full circle. The originals were bizarre, but SO cool, games like ElectroCop, Kung Food. The arcade ports were usually the best available, and the system itself had the perfect balance of power and comfort in use.
This seems like an example of a Lynx game done properly! Great game!
How good were our graphics back in the day? LOL, miss my lynx...god that shows my age...
I didn't have this game on my lynx back in the day, yet did have it om my amiga.
Yet this version looks more playable 🤔.
Ive always wondered how you beat this game. I could never get past the first dungeon with alot of health left
Just finished a run on my Anbernic RG 350, using Handy. So fun to be able to play to play with my old lynx games again (the screen of my lynx is about to die)... Thx dude ! :)
I think my screen might be dying. I know you can replace them but obviously there are only modern options and i'd rather an original if possible.
This is easily the best version of the game, so very impressive and totally playable.
Weird how this and the unfinished SNES version look very similar to each other, with different backgrounds, enemy, and boss designs in some areas from the other versions. This actually looks and sounds pretty good,. And it appears to respond and play well too. It now makes me wonder just how good a properly finished and polished SNES version might have been. :-o
This is amazing nowadays,but in his days was just FANTASY.
this sound track still makes me sick !!!!
The music is tolerable but it definitely could do waaay better.
I’ve owned this game since it first came out and I couldn’t get very far. Now that it’s decades later nothing changed. After watching this video I realized I should just put it back in the box and reseal it. I’ll never play it again. It’s too difficult for me.
An amazing conversion, sadly not suited to hand held play and missing the flying section from the Amiga version
Yes, but I found the ending on the Lynx much more satisfying compared to just the splash screen the Amiga gave.
never played this game but looks awesome
I owned this and I loved it even though I could get anywhere in it lol. Also loved the Amiga version.
This is a great version of the game. Graphically the Amiga version is still the greatest of all but I think this version and probably the FM Towns version are the most playable as the controls are so much more responsive than the Amiga, the lynx version also seems a little more fair than some of the other versions.
16:17 - donkey kong reference?
Better than the Amiga version. Btw the other versions look like they've been converted from this.
Smooth texture 2D transformations! Does the Lynx have a dedicated chip for that?
Yes, the lynx has hardware sprite scaling.
This game, like every other game I had on Lynx, was too dan hard.. like Scrapyard dog, ugh!
It wasn't too hard since I completed the game every time I played it after some unsuccessful attempts of course. Nothing like Batman Returns. :p
trust me it was playable (i'm an avarage player). On the other hand, the original version on Amiga was nearly impossible without very high skill (or cheat codes for me )
@@s_t_s4846 I agree! Shadow of the Beast was very hard, but not in an unfair way that makes you feel cheated. Once you get used to the patterns of each enemy, you can pass through each area (relatively) unscathed and it feels like the result of what you've learned and practised, rather than blind luck.
Batman Returns on the other hand.....the rule seemed to be "throw as much shit that will fit on the screen at the player and hope theyre lucky enough not to get hit by any of it!"
At least they made the layout a little different than the Amiga version. Not so predictable.
The level where the beast flies, is missing in this version.
Wtf, a gun in shadow of the beast?!?!
There's a gun in the Amiga version. Although it's harder to find.
It was hard. Game
Blasphemous version! The only true one is the Amiga version! HALL HAIL TO AMIGA!!
Joke asides, impressive graphics and animation regarding to the capacity of the Lynx
Looks like it’s made in the pixel film studio.