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'''Lynx''' was a [[ROM cartridge|cartridge-based]] portable [[video game console]] by [[Atari, S.A.|Atari]].
'''Lynx''' was a [[ROM cartridge|cartridge-based]] portable [[video game console]] by [[Atari Corporation]].
 
==Development==
[[Epyx]] teased the handheld under the codename "Project X" at the [[1989]] Winter [[Consumer Electronics Show]]. It went by the codename of "Handy" at Atari Corporation while under development and as Lynx when it was released.


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
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!| Released
!| Released
!| Notes
!| Notes
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Awesome Golf]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Hand Made Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Basketbrawl]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Basketbrawl]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[BlueSky Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Blue Lightning]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[California Games]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Checkered Flag]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Chip's Challenge]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Crystal Mines II]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Colored Dreams]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1992
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[CyberVirus]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Beyond Games]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Dracula the Undead]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Hand Made Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Electrocop]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Gates of Zendocop]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Gordo 106]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Tenth Planet Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ishido: The Way of the Stones]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Publishing International]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Scrapyard Dog]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Jimmy Connors Tennis]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[BlueSky Software]]<br />[[Creative Software Designs]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[NMS Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Loopz]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Audiogenic]]<br />[[Hand Made Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2004
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Hand Made Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Hand Made Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Mega Pak]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Songbird Productions]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2008
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Power Factor]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Red Rat Software]]<br />[[Hand Made Software]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Remnant]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Songbird Productions]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2000
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ride on Tricity: Second Wave]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Fadest]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2021
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Scrapyard Dog]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[BlueSky Software]]<br />[[Creative Software Designs]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Skweek]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Loriciel]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Skweek]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Loriciel]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Todd's Adventures in Slime World]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Atari Corporation]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Xump]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Retroguru]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2019
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zalor Mercenary]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
|}
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Latest revision as of 21:17, 8 November 2024

Lynx logo.png
Lynx
Designer Epyx
Atari Corporation
Manufacturer Atari Corporation
CPU 4 MHz Atari Mikey
Graphics 160×102 resolution
Memory 64 KB
Media ROM cartridge
Released North America: September 1, 1989
Added to Museum Not yet

Lynx was a cartridge-based portable video game console by Atari Corporation.

Development

Epyx teased the handheld under the codename "Project X" at the 1989 Winter Consumer Electronics Show. It went by the codename of "Handy" at Atari Corporation while under development and as Lynx when it was released.

Legacy

The legacy of the Lynx remains, even after its heyday. Independent, unlicensed games continue to be produced for the system to this day.

The current license holder of the Lynx, Atari, S.A., released several Lynx games as downloadable content in compilations.

Digital Lynx games owned by WEC Museum

Title Developer Released Notes
Awesome Golf Hand Made Software 1991
Basketbrawl BlueSky Software 1990
Blue Lightning Epyx 1989
California Games Epyx 1989
Checkered Flag Atari Corporation 1991
Chip's Challenge Epyx 1989
Crystal Mines II Colored Dreams 1992
CyberVirus Beyond Games 2002
Dracula the Undead Hand Made Software 1991
Electrocop Epyx 1989
Gates of Zendocop Epyx 1989
Gordo 106 Tenth Planet Software 1993
Ishido: The Way of the Stones Publishing International 1990
Jimmy Connors Tennis NMS Software 1993
Loopz Audiogenic
Hand Made Software 		2004
Malibu Bikini Volleyball Hand Made Software 1993
Mega Pak Songbird Productions 2008
Power Factor Red Rat Software
Hand Made Software 		1993
Remnant Songbird Productions 2000
Ride on Tricity: Second Wave Fadest 2021
Scrapyard Dog BlueSky Software
Creative Software Designs 		1990
Super Asteroids & Missile Command Atari Corporation 1995
Super Skweek Loriciel 1991
Super Skweek Loriciel 1990
Todd's Adventures in Slime World Epyx 1991
Turbo Sub Entertainment Sciences 1991
Warbirds Atari Corporation 1991
Xump Retroguru 2019
Zalor Mercenary Epyx 1990
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