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Atari Lynx

Distributor: Atari

Manufacturer: Atari

Released: 1989

Units Sold: 500,000 approx
RS: 3/2

Expect to pay: 40 GBP

List of games available at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atari_Lynx_games

Best Fan Site:

www.atariage.com

General Info:

The Atari Lynx was the world's first color handheld portable videogame system. Released in 1989, the Lynx offered multi-player functionality, 3D graphic capabilities, reversible controls, and a backlit color LCD screen. The Lynx features a strong library of games and technical abilities beyond that of its contemporaries. Unfortunately, the Lynx was ultimately unsuccessful due to Atari's inability to persuade developers to write enough high profile games for the system.
The system was the brain child of 80's software house EPYX. They had called the console the "Handy". They didn't have the facility to produce the machine and offered it to Nintendo and Atari. Nintendo were about to launch the Game Boy. The rest is history.
Most often compared to the Gamegear, the Lynx is actually the more advanced system. We definitely prefer the Lynx here at RH.

Best selling game:

List the one best selling game on the system here and how many it sold.

Top 10 Must have games:

Paperboy, Pacland, Ms. Pacman, Rampage, Todds Adventures in Slime World, Lemmings, Electro Cop, California Games, Raiden, Lemmings.

Key Accessories:

Technical Specs:
- Processor: two 16-bit custom CMOS chips running at 16MHz
- Memory: 64K RAM
- Sound: 4 channel sound 8-bit DAC for each channel
- Color: 4096 color palette, 16 simultaneous colors from palette per scan line
- Resolution: 160 x 102 (16,320 addressable pixels)
- Screen Size: 3.5" diagonal (approximately 3.25" x 1.88")

Technical Advice:

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