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Atari Lynx/Lynx II	Consoles	name image company company_name tabs photos emulators videos comments software oc_id source Lynx/Lynx II /media/museum/photos/atari_lynx_double_1s.jpg /companies/atari Atari photos software emulators videos title subtitle text image ATARI LYNX & LYNX II /media/museum/photos/atari_lynx_double_1.jpg title subtitle text image ATARI LYNX & LYNX II /media/museum/photos/atari_lynx_double_2.jpg title subtitle text image ATARI LYNX "1" /media/museum/photos/atari_lynx_1.jpg title subtitle text image LYNX II /media/museum/photos/atari_lynx2_1.jpg title url platform text Handy http://sourceforge.net/projects/handy Windows Probably the best Lynx emulator available title url text Atari Lynx TV commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB6ux--w4S4 Length: 29s author date text The Kobold King (United States) Wednesday 25th August 2021 "How did you begin smoking?" "The Lynx." author date text Johnathan Malachi Rivera (United States) Monday 30th July 2018 Easy with the language, sailor. author date text Joop Friday 8th November 2013 Fuck you John author date text John Saturday 1st October 2011 I found one of these in my room while my dad and I were unpacking (Someone left it? My dad had one?) It had two cartridges, California Games and Baseball. I regret selling it at Play n'' Trade. Reading this brough back a memory of finding it. It was a LYNX 1. I love Atari, They allways know how to make history! author date text John Saturday 1st October 2011 I found one of these in my room while my dad and I were unpacking (Someone left it? My dad had one?) It had two cartridges, California Games and Baseball. I regret selling it at Play n'' Trade. Reading this brough back a memory of finding it. It was a LYNX 1. I love Atari, They allways know how to make history! author date text John Saturday 1st October 2011 I found one of these in my room while my dad and I were unpacking (Someone left it? My dad had one?) It had two cartridges, California Games and Baseball. I regret selling it at Play n'' Trade. Reading this brough back a memory of finding it. It was a LYNX 1. I love Atari, They allways know how to make history! author date text John Saturday 1st October 2011 I found one of these in my room while my dad and I were unpacking (Someone left it? My dad had one?) It had two cartridges, California Games and Baseball. I regret selling it at Play n'' Trade. Reading this brough back a memory of finding it. It was a LYNX 1. I love Atari, They allways know how to make history! author date text Wim (Oz) Tuesday 30th August 2011 I had one of these and later I bought 5 Lynx2''s when they were liquidated at $10 each. I still have my original Lynx somewhere. The battery life wasn''t a big deal as I used mine mostly with an AC adapter anyway. An excellent hand-held with not enough market share and 3rd party developer attention, (sadly). There were a few really good titles that showed what the Lynx could do$ Lemmings, Double Dragon, Shadow of the Beast, Toki and Dracula The link cable could daisy chain up to 16 Lynx''s!!! ie: Todd''s Adventures in Slime World (iirc). author date text Robert Wednesday 14th May 2008 this was a color handheld which these failed back then for one reason or another author date text Thomsonicus Monday 7th April 2008 Man! I wish they would make this console today! Guess it would be incredibly cheap when made as "lynx-compatible" by a third party manufacturer; batteries would probably last a nice couple of DAYS considering the smaller manufacturing processes that we use today. And all those games! author date text Brian Johnson (Earth) Monday 24th September 2007 I had one of these when they were out - I remember that one of the selling features was a small cable that could be used to connect 2 Lynx systems together - a few games took advantage of this to offer 2 player modes. /software/alien-vs-predator-prototype /software/apb-all-points-bulletin /software/awesome-golf /software/basketbrawl /software/batman-returns /software/battle-wheels /software/battlezone-2000 /software/bill-ted-s-excellent-adventure /software/block-out /software/blue-lightning /software/bubble-trouble /software/california-games /software/centipede-prototype /software/checkered-flag-235 /software/chip-s-challenge /software/crystal-mines-ii /software/desert-strike-return-to-the-gulf /software/dinolympics /software/dirty-larry-renegade-cop /software/double-dragon /software/dracula-the-undead /software/electrocop /software/european-soccer-challenge /software/eye-of-the-beholder-prototype /software/fat-bobby-prototype /software/gates-of-zendocon /software/gauntlet-the-third-encounter /software/gordo-no-106-the-mutated-lab-monkey /software/hard-drivin /software/hockey-267 /software/hydra /software/ishido-the-way-of-stones /software/jimmy-connors-tennis /software/joust /software/klax /software/krazy-ace-minature-golf /software/kung-food /software/lemmings /software/lexis /software/lode-runner-318 /software/lynx-casino /software/malibu-bikini-volleyball /software/ms-pac-man /software/nfl-football /software/ninja-gaiden /software/ninja-gaiden-episode-iii-the-ancient-ship-of-doom /software/pac-land /software/paperboy /software/pinball-jam-featuring-police-force-and-elvira-and-the-party-monsters /software/pit-fighter /software/power-factor /software/qix /software/raiden-374 /software/rampage /software/rampart /software/road-riot-4wd /software/roadblasters /software/robo-squash /software/robotron-2084 /software/rygar /software/s-t-u-n-runner /software/scrapyard-dog /software/shadow-of-the-beast /software/shanghai /software/steel-talons /software/super-asteroids-and-super-missile-command /software/super-off-road /software/super-skweek 1241 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230603214125/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1241 2023-06-03

Atari's first (and only) handheld console was released in 1989. Unfortunately for Atari though, Nintendo had recently released their all conquering Game Boy. Despite being technologically superior, the Lynx just couldn't compete.

Originally developed by software publisher Epyx and named Handy (which is also the name of one of the machines best emulators), financial difficulties meant a development partner was needed. A deal was agreed which would see Atari manufacture and market the machine while Epyx handled software development.

The Lynx was far more powerful than the Game Boy, using custom chips and benefiting from a 3.5" colour screen. It also had a duplicate set of buttons and the ability to flip the screen which meant it could be used left handed. However, the better specs meant that the Lynx could drain its batteries in just 4 hours! Sales were steady, but nothing like those of the cheaper Game Boy.

In 1991 a redesigned Lynx II arrived, featuring a backlit screen and stereo sound output. Battery life improved 25% to around 5 hours and a price drop to $99 helped sales but by this time the Lynx was already a long way behind. With Atari's popularity on the slide and the release of Sega's Game Gear in America and Europe the same year, which received numerous games already popular on Sega's home consoles, the Lynx was relegated to a distant third in the handheld battle.

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