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The '''[[wikipedia:Atari Lynx|Atari Lynx]]''' was a handheld console released by [[wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] in 1989. Notably, it was the world's first handheld system that used a color LCD screen, as well as having fairly advanced graphics for the time. | The '''[[wikipedia:Atari Lynx|Atari Lynx]]''' was a handheld console released by [[wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] in 1989. Notably, it was the world's first handheld system that used a color LCD screen, as well as having fairly advanced graphics for the time. | ||
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==Emulators== | ==Emulators== |
Revision as of 17:57, 9 August 2018
Developer | Atari |
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Type | Handheld game console |
Generation | Fourth generation |
Release date | 1989 |
Discontinued | 1995 |
Emulated | ✓ |
The Atari Lynx was a handheld console released by Atari in 1989. Notably, it was the world's first handheld system that used a color LCD screen, as well as having fairly advanced graphics for the time.
Unlike contemporaneous machines its architecture is based upon a frame buffer and a scaling blitter, providing both 2d sprite and background scaling and hardware support for lines and filled triangles. Because it has no inherent concept of a tile map or any sprite-specific hardware, the drawing budget is per frame rather than per line; there is no enforced limit in terms of number of sprites or sprites per line other than that implied by the amount of drawing that can be achieved within an acceptable frame rate.
Emulators
Name | Operating System(s) | Latest Version | Active | Libretro Core | Recommended |
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PC | |||||
Mednafen | Multi-platform | 1.32.1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
MAME | Multi-platform | 0.266 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Handy | Windows | 0.95 0.971 |
✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
OpenEmu | macOS | 2.0.6.1 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Consoles | |||||
Handypsp | PlayStation Portable | 0.95.1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
HandyVITA | PlayStation Vita | Henkaku | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
WiiHandy | Wii | 0.4 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Comparison
- Mednafen
- Based upon Handy, but unlike other forked cores, its emulation only improves upon the original.
- Handy
- Hasn't been updated since 2007. Only included here for reference.
Consoles: Atari 2600 • Atari 5200 • Atari 7800 • Atari XEGS • Atari Jaguar • Atari VCS Handhelds: Atari Lynx Computers: Atari 8-bit • Atari ST |