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[[File:Atari-Lynx-I-Handheld.png|thumb|The Atari Lynx handheld console]]The Atari Lynx was a handheld console produced by Atari Corporation 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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{{Infobox console
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|title = Atari Lynx
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|logo = Atari-Lynx-I-Handheld.png
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|developer = [[:Atari]]
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|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Handheld game console]]
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|generation = Fourth generation
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|release = 1989
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|discontinued = 1995
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|emulated = {{✓}}
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}}
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The '''[[wikipedia:Atari Lynx|Atari Lynx]]''' was a fourth-generation handheld game console released by [[wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] on September 1, 1989 and it retailed for {{Inflation|USD|179.99|1989}}. It has a WDC 65SC02 CPU. 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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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 the 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.
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==Emulators==
 
==Emulators==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col"|Name
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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|Active
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! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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! colspan="6"|PC / x86
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|-
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|[[Mednafen]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[MAME]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[OpenEmu]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|macOS}}
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|[http://openemu.org {{OpenEmuVer}}]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Name
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|[[Handy]]
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Operating System(s)
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Latest Version
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|[[sourceforge:projects/handy/files/|0.95]]
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Active
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|{{✗}}
! scope="col" style="text-align: center;"|Recommended
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✗}}
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[Mednafen]]
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! colspan="6"|Consoles
| style="text-align: center;"|Multiplatform
 
| style="text-align: center;"|0.9.32
 
| style="text-align: center;"|✓
 
| style="text-align: center;"|
 
 
|-
 
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| style="text-align: center;"|[http://handy.sourceforge.net/ Handy]
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|Handypsp
| style="text-align: center;"|Windows
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|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
| style="text-align: center;"|0.95
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|[http://www.mediafire.com/?capbc4gdrw8d9b4 0.95.1]
| style="text-align: center;"|✗
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|{{✗}}
| style="text-align: center;"|✗
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[https://github.com/frangarcj/HandyVITA HandyVITA]
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|align=left|{{Icon|PSV}}
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|[https://github.com/frangarcj/HandyVITA/releases Henkaku]
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|{{}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[https://github.com/raz0red/wiihandy WiiHandy]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Wii}}
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|[https://github.com/raz0red/wiihandy 0.4]
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|{{}}
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|{{✗}}
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|{{✓}}
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|Handypsp
 
| style="text-align: center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]
 
| style="text-align: center;"|[http://www.mediafire.com/?capbc4gdrw8d9b4 0.95.1]
 
| style="text-align: center;"|✗
 
| style="text-align: center;"|✓
 
 
|}
 
|}
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===Comparison===
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;[[Mednafen]]:Based upon Handy, but unlike other forked cores, its emulation only improves upon the original.
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;[[Handy]]:Hasn't been updated since 2007. Only included here for reference.
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{{Atari}}
  
==Comparison==
 
Handy hasn't been updated since 2004. Mednafen's implementation is based upon Handy, so it should only be improved upon it. Only included here for reference, really.
 
 
[[Category:Consoles]]
 
[[Category:Consoles]]
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[[Category:Atari consoles]]
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[[Category:Fourth-generation video game consoles]]

Revision as of 00:47, 8 January 2020

Atari Lynx
Atari-Lynx-I-Handheld.png
Developer Atari
Type Handheld game console
Generation Fourth generation
Release date 1989
Discontinued 1995
Emulated

The Atari Lynx was a fourth-generation handheld game console released by Atari on September 1, 1989 and it retailed for $179.99. It has a WDC 65SC02 CPU. 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 the 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 Platform(s) Latest Version Active Libretro Core Recommended
PC / x86
Mednafen Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 1.32.0-UNSTABLE
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.264
OpenEmu macOS 2.4.1
Handy Windows 0.95
Consoles
Handypsp PSP 0.95.1
HandyVITA 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.


Atari logo.png
Consoles: Atari 2600Atari 5200Atari 7800Atari XEGSAtari JaguarAtari VCS
Handhelds: Atari Lynx
Computers: Atari 8-bitAtari ST