About
About
The Atari Lynx is a fourth-generation handheld game console released by Atari Corporation in September 1989 in North America and 1990 in Europe and Japan. It was the first handheld game console with a color liquid-crystal display. Powered by a 4 MHz 65C02 8-bit CPU and a custom 16-bit blitter, the Lynx was more advanced than Nintendo's monochrome Game Boy, released five months earlier. It also competed with Sega's Game Gear and NEC's TurboExpress, released the following year.
Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications
CPU
65C02 @ 16 MHz
RAM
64 KB main, 64 KB video
Sound
4-channel 32-bit DAC (8-bit × 4 channels)
Display
160 × 102
Media
Cartridge (128-512 KB, up to 2 MB with bank switching)
Launch Info
Launch Info
Manufacturer
Atari
Launch Price
$180 USD
Released
1989
Features
Notable Features
First handheld with full-color LCD
Hardware blitter for 16-bit graphics
Variable frame rate up to 75 fps
Comlynx network port for multiplayer
Color Variants
Black
Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Platform Lineage
Predecessor
Atari 2600
Successor
Jaguar
Competitors
Sega Game Gear
NEC TurboExpress
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Market Trends
24-month price analysis, top rising games, average price by genre
Most Valuable Games
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$748.34
Relief Pitcher [Prototype]
$350.00
Sky Raider Redux [Homebrew]
$269.50
Dynablaster
$262.49
Raiden
$249.99
Lemmings
$239.99
Zaku
$202.50
Puzzler 2000 [Homebrew]
$182.78
Super Asteroids & Missile Command
$165.02
Super Off Road
$156.19
Double Dragon
$150.00
Desert Strike
$149.99
Unnamed
$135.01
Bubble Trouble
$124.58
Fat Bobby
$118.99
European Soccer Challenge
$117.50
Wyvern Tales
$115.50
S.I.M.I.S.
$100.00
T-Tris [Homebrew]
$99.99
Krazy Ace Miniature Golf
$98.88
Battlezone 2000
$97.39
Ninja Gaiden
$93.82
World Class Fussball/Soccer
$87.99
Battlewheels
$82.97
T-Tris
$81.38
8bit-Slicks
Highest Rated Games
9.0 / 10
Checkered Flag
8.0 / 10
Gates of Zendocon
8.0 / 10
Alpine Games [Homebrew]
8.0 / 10
Zaku
8.0 / 10
Malibu Bikini Volleyball
8.0 / 10
Lemmings
8.0 / 10
Shanghai
7.0 / 10
Crystal Mines II
7.0 / 10
Klax
7.0 / 10
Scrapyard Dog
7.0 / 10
California Games
7.0 / 10
Raiden [Homebrew]
7.0 / 10
Toki
7.0 / 10
Jimmy Connors Tennis
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7.0 / 10
Ninja Gaiden III: Ancient Ship of Doom
7.0 / 10
Super Skweek
7.0 / 10
Double Dragon
7.0 / 10
Awesome Golf
7.0 / 10
Shadow of the Beast
7.0 / 10
Qix
7.0 / 10
Ms. Pac-Man
7.0 / 10
Xybots
7.0 / 10
Rampart
7.0 / 10
Joust
7.0 / 10
Blockout
Top Publishers
Top Publishers
Atari
71 games
Telegames Inc.
11 games
Telegames
10 games
Songbird Productions
7 games
Tengen Inc.
6 games
Luchs Soft
3 games
Browse by Genre
Browse by Genre
Action & Adventure
82
~$51.85
Top: Checkered Flag
8.1
Other
16
~$140.90
Top: Centipede [Demo]
7.1
Puzzle
9
~$139.09
Sports
7
~$235.17
Top: Awesome Golf
7.6
Shoot 'em Up
5
~$136.66
Racing
5
~$96.35
Top: Super Off Road
6.9
Arcade
5
~$29.98
Top: Centipede
7.1
RPG
3
~$111.66
Platformer
3
~$81.17
Top: Ninja Gaiden
7.2
Compilation
2
~$0.00
Fighting
2
~$46.39
Simulation
1
~$0.00
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