The Story of the Marlboro Lynx: A Weird and Bad Handheld Variation | Kim Justice

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Branded handheld console variations aren't uncommon, but one that's for a popular cigarette brand? That's odd, bad, and potentially controversial. Here's a look at the Marlboro Lynx from 1993 -- a rare machine that may or may not have been sold in catalogs, and even had its own game. Enjoy!
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@DJJunkfoodJay Год назад

I still have my insulated sweat pants I got from my Marlboro miles. Almost 30 years of use and they still look and feel great. Amazingly high quality.

@wimwiddershins Год назад

Made from pure asbestos. 😅

@ctrlaltrees Год назад

The Lynx screen probably looks half decent through a heavy cigarette smoke haze 😁

@klutchcustoms2428 Год назад

I'm thinking other variations that could have been: John Player Special Gameboy? Lambert and Butler Barcode Battler? Superkings Supervision?

@shaneharrisnj3484 Месяц назад

We already got a problem... they need PLAYERS!

@AngryBootneck Год назад

This reminds me of the British version, Focus Points that you used to get in Regal Kingsize! My mate Tony's mam and dad both smoked like chimneys and they had THOUSANDS of them all over the house, I hope they finally got that car they were saving for before they both died in their fifties! 🤐🤐

@Kim_Justice Год назад

Yes, I think a lot of brands had their own take on Miles. My mum and dad had a bunch of Embassy-related stuff.

@TripleAlfafa Год назад

As far as cigarette brand merch went over here in Finland, the one that was most prevalevant was all the West stuff, especially because both Mika Häkkinen and Kimi Räikkönen drove for that silver McLaren team when you could watch F1 on free-to-air TV and cigarette ads weren't completely removed from the public view.

@shaneharrisnj3484 Месяц назад

Here in the US, Indycar with Team Penske was our last connection to Marlboro as a name. Helio Castroneves and Gil De Ferran both drove the iconic Marlboro cars regularly on ABC and ESPN Indycar telecasts up til 2006, when Marlboro was replaced with Team Penske on the sides for good until the 2010s when the red chevron look was ditched. Funny fact, go watch the beginning of the 2002 Indy 500, and you can hear ABC's Bob Jenkins say "Team Penske Marlboro" during the pre race show. That is a massive no-no in the American advertising rule book. Hence, the reason why the Marlboro 500 at Auto Club for CART was called "The 500" on ESPN and SPEED, respectively. Plus, shoutout to Josef Neugarden (Shell Penske 2), going back to back in the Indy 500 for the 1st time since Helio in 2001-02 (who also drove the Penske 2)

@atom_zero5413 Год назад

Ironically, the Game Boy is the closest handheld that would look like an overgrown pack of cigarettes.

@AcornElectron Год назад

Why is that ironic? Afaik the gameboy hasn’t been used in any pro cigarette or anti smoking campaigns. Where’s the irony?

@heggy_69 Год назад

@@AcornElectron there's always one

@MrChuckGrape Год назад

The Marlboro bomber jacket was too die for.

@lazlogurzogonas878 Год назад

The weird , wonderfull and crazy 90's!!

@theblackrabbit1710 Год назад

Seriously, Coke-a-Cola Kid is very underrated.

@Kim_Justice Год назад

It's a REALLY good platformer!

@stay_l0811 Год назад

Doing gods work. All this information and knowledge catalogued and consolidated for the future. Shout out Kim Justice!

@warman Год назад

Kim, you are an absolute legend

@ErectedGasCan Год назад

Lol i was just thinking "hey it would be nice to watch a Kim Justice video" and here as delivered!

@thecunninlynguist Год назад

Lmao what in the hell...and I thought the flintstones selling cigarettes were bad

@MephProduction Год назад

For some reason I'm getting the urge to buy cigarettes.

@Sorrowablaze Год назад

I still have an old Marlboro zero degree jacket my dad got with Marlboro miles. I remember my mom spending all night cutting packs to get the coupons .... when adventure miles came out, they would not accept the older kind and we had a whole trash bag full of them,thousands he saved. super pissed ,could have gotten a Marlboro pool table , and you're right that none of the stuff was cheap. all good stuff

@bpet122 Год назад

Not sure if I saw it in a gaming mag at the time but I remember the Marlboro Lynx in its era, and although I was a bit too young to get it I feel like I saw it in the catalog too. US based here for the record. I've definitely known and have seen the system before the internet if that helps.

@FintanMoloney Год назад

Great topic I've never seen covered anywhere else. Always enjoy sitting down with a beer or two and watching a Kim Justice documentary. Keep up the great work !

@orvilleredenpiller338 Год назад

"Hey, I wonder what Kim Justice is up to? *checks out channel* Covering an impossibly obscure gaming console that was sponsored by a major cigarette brand. Yep. Exactly what I expected."

@CokinaClutch Год назад

ngl a red lynx looks dope

@ultra_marcus Год назад

I should be playing Tears of the Kingdom right now, but as usual Kim's thumbnail and choice of topic really caught my eye.

@samcadwallader2899 Год назад

Well that's a pretty cool Lynx. I'd have preferred an XTC branded one at that time, maybe a SuperDove branded hand held?

@MIKandJEAN Год назад

There is a slightly modded Red Atari Lynx in some of the very last episodes of BBC's comedy show Only Fools and Horses. Del Boy's son Damien Trotter, when he was around 14 years old can be seen playing it in a couple of episodes. Being the BBC and against Advertising it was pimped out to try and hide what it was but you can see it's an Atari Lynx, and it's red.

@reddashgames7550 Год назад

I dont think that is related honistly, it might be one of two things: - the red Lynx prototype (yes that did exist but no units exist and never got into development). - Just a stock system painted red, (kinda weird they made it such an eye catching color though). Might need to dig into it though i can bet that the BBC wouldnt have used this rare system.... also intrestingly the BBC was known to reuse props, as this was clealy modifyed its posible that other programs might have it. (its that or was taken home by the crew) Thanks for reminding me of this as its one of those things that quite likely could actually be found as the BBC was forever reuseing old things and/or givening them away so it quite possibly still exists.

@MIKandJEAN Год назад

@@reddashgames7550 I think those last few episodes/Xmas period specials are from 2000-2003-ish. Had me thinking the Lynx was old school by then so an obvious choice or an over the top but working prop. Maybe the colour/style was slightly based on the Transformer Optimus Prime lol.

@reddashgames7550 Год назад

@@MIKandJEAN Yeah, though given the big step in time its 100% a prop, though as i have a few things from the BBC (mostly stuff from the 40-50s in there technical department such as wave genrators) they clearly didnt have much money so its very very likely the same prop (though maybe not painted?) was used, as even back then the Lynx was kinda seen as somewhat collectable in the second hand market (though not valued at the insane prices you see these days). But also it could have even been an employes kids its kinda hard to tell without conext. The BBC is very odd with its props sometimes. (now they rent from the same places as movies unless its something show persific)

@MIKandJEAN Год назад

An Atari Lynx including games back in the very early 2000's, (before ebay) at a car boot sale was around £15-£30 from a non-dealer. Gameboy Advance was just out so an Atari Lynx would not of looked out of place if gameplay was being shown on camera, testament of just how advanced the Atari Lynx was for 1989. The game Damien was playing was Hydra, a genuine commercial release for the system.

@patrickbroome5427 9 месяцев назад

growing up I had a ton of marlboro themed stuff. My mother used to dumpster dive(bedbugs were not really a thing at the time) and found someone threw out thousands worth of dollars in marlboro miles(not sure cash value of the goods, just mean so many points) just before they sunset the original version(it went through several iterarions, only the first did not expire, this was the tail end of those) so she went nuts and spent em all on the catalog before it shut down, we had a lot of legitimately nice stuff from that

@ichabaudcraine2923 3 месяца назад

Interested to know when you think bedbugs became a thing though…

@patrickbroome5427 3 месяца назад

@ichabaudcraine2923 they kinda stopped being a problem for a few decades following early home pesticides before they started growing resistant to most chemicals

@ichabaudcraine2923 3 месяца назад

@@patrickbroome5427 Oh wow! That's terrifying

@belstar1128 Год назад

Also sorry for the double comment but i noticed its from Germany .and i went to Germany recently and i noticed how they had less regulation on tobacco compared to my country (belgium) .they still had cigarette vending machines. it was way cheaper the packs still had their logos. they did have warnings about how smoking is dangerous. but they didn't take up the entire pack .it looked like how it did in my country around the year 2010. but i don't know what the rules are in most countries. maybe Belgium is just too strict and most countries are more like Germany or vice versa.

@larrylaffer3246 Год назад

I mean there was a Marlboro themed SEGA Game Gear so it's not that weird of a thing. Perhaps however I'm misremembering that and this is the only cigarette themed game console and I'm having one of those "Mandala Effects" and thinking of that Coca-Cola one instead.

@Kim_Justice Год назад

I can confirm that you are indeed having a Mandela effect moment. :)

@larrylaffer3246 Год назад

@@Kim_Justice It was bound to happen. Speaking of Marlboro memorabilia I do actually have one of those camping backpacks of theirs. It's rather nice as it splits into 2 different backpacks; One large, one small. Bought it one day at the thrift store.

@alancheatley4378 Год назад

Some of the best UK adverts were smoking ones, Hamlet cigars.. the Baldy Man being one of them 😂

@boatofcar3273 Год назад

Thanks for the great video Kim. Educational and informative as always!

@anactualmotherbear Год назад

My parents collected Marlboro miles, but we never got anything cool like this, just camping gear.... and I HATED camping! It's too bad this was never in the US because it would have been a very affordable way for us to get the Lynx. We just picked up empty cartons from trash or on the side of the road. My dad didn't even smoke Marlboros. He did smoke, just not those particular death sticks. We had gotten enough miles to order from their catalogs though.

@HalfBlindGamer Год назад

Never heard/seen this, awesome stuff, as always! Thanks for this in depth look. I vaguely knew about the Marlboro Adventure Teams, as it also put out a promotional CD-i disc with a small game on it, Follow Your Dreams.

@goranisacson2502 Год назад

Well, this was a lot of stuff I didn't really know about- my Lynx knowledge is minuscule and my knowledge of Marlboro even smaller... but the one take-away I do not feel to be regrettable here, is without a doubt the stuff about Coca-Cola Kid. He at least seems fun to hang around, moreso than the Adventure Team.

@umiami80 Год назад

Kim is such a good narrator.

@chrisb7528 Год назад

Based, i had a Lynx and smoke Marlboro. Never seen that version.

@RichardTroupe Год назад

Great video! I had no idea that this existed, especially the game.

@1xWertzui 11 месяцев назад

8:16 "Sure, let's walk around in a Bubsy suit. What possibly could go wrong?"... *everyone attending the show bunches up to beat him, gets dragged onto a stage, and gets burned on a stake while the crowd is cheering*

@paulrippcord506 Год назад

Marlboro is a great example of how graphic design can do wonders, as a fan of F1 and rally as a kid I thought their cars looked amazing. I would’ve loved a Marlboro Gameboy… and there may be a problem.

@bjornh1527 Год назад

Another fascinating side note in videogame history. Lovely video!

@Lost_n_Found_1 Год назад

Fascinating!

@gnardawgyt 4 месяца назад

Really enjoyed this video :)

@samusvikerness661 Год назад

Atari providing that very specified niche for the hard working German man who enjoys his Marlboro’s and needs a real man’s handheld.

@Wiggins773 Год назад

I love these videos :)

@thehellezell Год назад

holy crap i need that.

@retropalooza 8 месяцев назад

Ive touched the unit. I played the game. The logos on the back plus it has a red voleur sack it came in. 50000 miles i beleive it needed. I remember ads in the paper opting to buy miles. It did say limited to stock on hand in magazine. Guy wanted 10 grand to buy it and he didn't even play games he was like 70 years old back then. You gotta remember they even had real fighter jet rides and Marlboro dirt bikes for miles too. Whenever someone would get the obscene amount of miles and purchase an item they though impossible they always settled for a cash payout to gag the deal. But the lynx was real

@billcook4768 Год назад

I appreciate your making it through an entire video about cigarettes without a single use of a certain Britishism. Personally, not a big fan of cigarettes or Lynx, but that ManU Gameboy looks sweet.

@Kim_Justice Год назад

Yeah, that word has to be avoided! The regular streaming on Twitch helps somewhat with not using it, tbh.

@bob23301 Год назад

20 club king size, bottle of iron bru and a packet of ready salted.......that was my grannies Friday night order from the ice cream van back in the day. Lo!

@esotericmissionary Год назад

I remember seeing this in game magazines here in America, or at least hearing about it in one way or another in not in game mags.

@reddashgames7550 Год назад

Sure that was the Marlboro Lynx? there was a red Lynx that never made it into production so could have been that. (seems way rarer than the Marlboro Lynx as it was a red injection molded part not just painted) If you know the magazine let me know.

@esotericmissionary Год назад

@@reddashgames7550 I'm pretty sure it was the Marlboro one. But, it has been years upon yeas since I seen, looked, and/or read that mag. If I come across it anytime soon, I'll let you know.

@reddashgames7550 Год назад

@@esotericmissionary Thanks its just kinda highly unlikely to be this version, likely your mind is replacing this version with a promo image of another release. If you have any ideas of the magazine i might see if i can ask around to see if someone could verify it. (shouldn't be too hard as the systems super eye catching in red)

@reddashgames7550 Год назад

@@esotericmissionary just got informed that there might be a USA version, white text on too says "Marlboro Go" though hasnt been confirmed if its authentic or not. Also slightly darker shade of red, Might have been what you saw? (if so that would be kinda a big deal)

@Retro_Royal Год назад

If I have a time machine I go to the trade fair to punch Bubsy! Not to hard, I am not a violent person, just enough to make my point :) Beside my emotional short outbreak I have to thank you for bringing out quality content again and again with enough depth and presented in an entertaining way.

@johnps1670 Год назад

Never heard of collecting points with cigarettes.

@rockkiall Год назад

I want a Better Call Saul or Breaking Bad prequel where a character is playing this. It works if it is in Germany too. Could be a in to the giant conglomerate behind the meth labs etc.

@jorgedesideriorivera9291 Год назад

Great video my man 😊,by the way i never herd of the linx in my Life ,but It looks cool 😅

@bassplayer3974 Год назад

Anybody got a light lol

@ndh06 Год назад

Not the only time red lynx and motorbikes will be associated.

@Kim_Justice Год назад

No mustard on my bike!

@RapideWombaticus Год назад

I still struggle to get over the sheer size of the Lynx. It's a huge handheld. A friend had one growing up - it was a bit of fun. Keep up the good work Kim! 😊

@Benjamin.Jamin. Год назад

I'll always regret not getting them in the fire sale when that mail order co. In the mags with the tiny writing, games exchange? Was selling them for £30!!!

@RoqueFortStu Год назад

I got, and still have, an Atari Lynx mark 2 model. Despite its bulk and being battery-hungry, it's a great machine with great graphical capabilities and better sound than the game gear or game boy. I wouldn't have minded a red version, even though I'm pretty opposed to tobacco smoking! The included game looks better than the BMX in California games

@maskharah 9 месяцев назад

that's pretty cool!

@MidnightsEdgeAfterDark Год назад

Actually they still have a program similar to the "miles"

@oblivieon1567 Год назад

That game looks like a variation of the BMX game in California Games.

@williamwright9079 Год назад

Yep 20 years ago I smoked alot of Marlboro. Been a while.

@Stalopicus Год назад

Partnering with Marlboro in 1993, uhm. Don't know, I feel Jack Tramiel vibes in a move like that.

@jordanwhite352 Год назад

As an American looking at that super king's ad Post 9/11...OOF!

@tcdahn7 Год назад

This really hit my demographic. Under 15 and smokes

@feralcyborggaming1531 Год назад

If this is a thing I wonder if there's a Virginia Slim Virtual Boy🤔 or maybe a Winston Wonderswan?

@ShapeyFiend Год назад

I want to play this while wearing a pair of Ari Menthol 10's.

@frankboogaard88 Год назад

Nowadays Energy Drink Brands do all the advertising, and, personally, I think that is worse since it kills people and is 100% legal, just like cigarettes used to be.

@spyrytaraxalass Год назад

Think you've been misinformed about energy drinks. Some doctors on the BBC went into this recently and concluded that they weren't really a problem. They were more concerned about the very high sugar content than anything else.

@ErectedGasCan Год назад

That is so true. And it has been going on for a crazy amount of time. Just last summer i found a old gaming magazine from 2006 and there was early "gamer juice" ads for energy drinks.

@Kim_Justice Год назад

Yeaaahhh I don't touch that stuff.

@belstar1128 Год назад

Shows how much has changed in 30 years. i think that in the near future you will go to jail if you smoke tobacco. but weed and cocaine maybe even meth will be legal .

@Riz2336 Год назад

Something makes me think it's legit for the fact that it came with a marlboro themed game

@Aragorn7884 Год назад

Ugh, a red Lynx 😅

@LyingSecret Год назад

Smoke.........smoke....... ARE YA SMOKING YET?

@AWBD_Tower Год назад

The game looks like they took california games assets and made a romhack to change the dirtbike game into a motocross one

@Yesterzine Год назад

Marlboro Lynx sounds like he hangs out with Joe Camel tbf.

@pachinko32 Год назад

Ah, the Atari Lynx... The portable Commodore Amiga nobody asked for... Such a weird specimen. Lovely..

@mechamania Год назад

Bad? 16-bit color handheld with great games by Epyx flooding it’s library - in 1989? Credibility - gone...

@cormoran2303 Год назад

Wow, a product placement in the 90s right out of the 60s. 😅

@CondemnedToBeMe Год назад

👍👍👍👍👍👍

@garysmith1710 Год назад

Kim it would be a laugh if you covered the porn games on the spectrum or the 8 bits in general. Just seen the Portuguese game Paradise Cafe 😂😂😂

@loganjorgensen Год назад

"I'm in flavor country.", "Cough cough, hork, spit.".🤕 Never liked smoking but it seems like efforts to stop it haven't been very successful, like at this point you'd think humanity would have stopped, no vaping.😐 Unfortunately it's enough to tell some people they can't or shouldn't do something and they're motivated to do it a lot Ie. "You can't tell me what to do!".🥴😵‍💫😵 Personally I think there are exceptions like race car games, if cigarettes are common sponsors it's not going to be very realistic to exclude them. Funny thing about movies excluding smoking is just how many actors were and still are smokers, kind of a denial thing going on there heh. That aside the Red Lynx looks really nice, Atari missed an easy opportunity for sales. And the game, not the worst product license video game I've ever seen.😉

@heyhonpuds Год назад

Do you still smoke Kim?

@Kim_Justice Год назад

I'm afraid so.

@heyhonpuds Год назад

S'alright. I do too.

@paulleach225 Год назад

I'd love a cig. Vaping is not the same!

@maskharah 9 месяцев назад

all the camel brand gear you got from turning in cig upcs was always high quality. my uncle esp liked the joe camel XXL beach towels! they looked badas. joe camel playing pool with some hot prostitues! get em' joe!

@GoodPunk Год назад

German advertisement games were a bit thing back then. Made a video about them a while back. 😄 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dzhLg0WJWWE.html

@Kim_Justice Год назад

I've mentioned Sunny Shine on the Funny Side of Life in a vid before, could have potentially squeezed it in here seeing as its another cig-related game.

@MotownBatman Год назад

I Got LIKE 666! That cant be good......

@wimwiddershins Год назад

A cigarette company associating itself with sport and healthy activity is one example of how sinister marketing can get. Market the product as the opposite of the truth. Like the original Diet Coke's "just for the taste of it" pitch, artificial sweeteners tasted awful and so did the drink.

@completesentences2125 Год назад

I enjoyed the vid. Can you do me a personal favor though and just say “oooooh, you rascally rabbit”?

@joshkidder9147 Год назад

Marlboro is turning 100 next year 🥳

@chrisb7528 Год назад

Philip Morris sued Sega over Super Monoco GP and Hang-On over unauthorized Marlboro ads in the game.

@chrisb7528 Год назад

It was probably purchased from Marlboro miles so only adults could buy from Marlboro.

@terminateshere Год назад

Germany's love of 'rauchen' is well-known, they've lagged behind most civilised nations in demonising the cancer stick. Their smoking ban in the 00s was half-hearted compared with ours and I still saw billboard adverts in Leipzig as recently as the mid-10s - apparently rules vary by state, but the fact the national government hasn't forced the issue is likely indicative of this mentality.

@kicapanmanis1060 Год назад

They should ban alcohol honestly and enforce it better this time, that’s another stupid dangerous vice and menace to society. But first they should label the dangers of alcohol as well as banning their advertising like they did with cigarettes. Start somewhere and get a ban rolling again. Some people addicted and love alcohol are gonna mown but it’s for the good for humanity and society long term.

@spyrytaraxalass Год назад

Deary me.🤪

@Kim_Justice Год назад

Yes, that's a...take. One i'm reading while nursing a pint, funnily enough.

@belstar1128 Год назад

Yea most of my problems are caused by alcohol and drug users .i never drink it. but i have to interact with violent or annoying drunk people all the time. but its impossible to ban since i also have issues with drug addicts .and the cops can't catch all the drug dealers.

@billcook4768 Год назад

Even if everyone agreed that alcohol is a menace to society, it still has to be balanced against the fact that banning alcohol is a menace to society.

@heggy_69 Год назад

Outlaw alcohol and you open up a market for outlaws