Atari's Lynx Handheld, Full-Color Arcade Action In Stores By Thanksgiving

From The Ahl Collection

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Here are about twenty pages of Atari Lynx market material and photographs from November, 1989.

Atari at Times Square -- Sam  Tramiel (L), president of Atari Corporation, and Leonard Tramiel, vice president of software development, watch the first Atari ads for the Lynx system as they flash on the Times Square sign outside the hotel, where the system was officially launched. The SpectraColor sign was part of an intensive launch campaign to develop instant consumer awareness of the system and product name recognition.

Nintendo Power Reaches Million Subscribers Mark

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Here is a January 7th, 1989 Nintendo News Release announcing that Nintendo Power Reaches Million Subscribers Mark.

Commodore BX256-80 Brochure

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Here is a two-page, color brochure from 1983 about the Commodore BX256-80 computer.

Commodore B128/256-80 Brochure

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Here is a two-page, color brochure from 1983 about the Commodore B128/256-80 computer.

Death Of Atari Explorer

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Some time in the the spring of 1990, David Ahl was fired as publisher of the Atari Explorer magazine. According to Dave,

"Atari was also irritated with me because I insisted on running objective, honest reviews and refused to edit out things that were critical of Atari. The publishing contract was given to our senior editor, John Jainschigg, who happily published whatever Atari wanted. John, with the remainder of our staff and Atari PR people, managed to produce 5 issues of Atari Explorer in 1991 and 1992 before Atari threw in the towel entirely." 

This Death of Atari Explorer memo, undated, but likely written in the spring of 1990, from David Ahl to Jim Fisher outlines the winding down of Atari Explorer from Ahl's point of view.

Bally News Releases and Information

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Here is almost 30 pages of Bally info. It includes the Bally Astrocade, computer system, software, games, and even pinball. 

Activision News Releases

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Here are 20+ pages of Activision News Releases announcing various games, including their first games.

There is also a nice 8 x 10 black and white photo of the Activision team.

The label on the back of the photo states:

ACTIVISION'S FOUNDING GROUP - PRESIDENT JIM LEVY (foreground) and SENIOR DESIGNERS (left to right) BOB WHITEHEAD, DAVID CRANE, LARRY KAPLAN AND ALAN MILLER.