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The Lynx Gaming System

The Atari Lynx was the world's first color handheld video gaming system. Multiplayer abilities were built into the system via the comlynx cables that could connect up to 8 players in head to head competition. The system's screen display could be reveresed in such a way as to allow right handed players and lefties to play games with equal advantage. The system was capable of displaying 16 different colors on screen out of a possible 4096. In addition hardware based scaling and rotation features were built into the system.

TECHNICAL INFO

The Lynx contains 64K (half a megabit) of 120ns DRAM.

160 x 102 standard resolution (16,320 pixel dsplay)

12 bit color pallete 4096 colors possible colors

16 color on screen display

The Lynx had two basic chips that formed a cooperative co-processing subsystem
that maximized the Lynx's performance by sharing the work of game program.execution

8 bit CPU (MOS 65C02 processor running at up to 4MHz approximately 3.6MHz average;
referred to as Mikey)

16-bit custom CMOS chip running at 16MHz (referred to as Suzy)

PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS AND FEATURES

Size: 9.25" x 4.25" x 2"
(10.75" x 4.25" x 1.5"
for original Lynx)

Screen: 3.5" diagonal
(3.25" x 1.88" approx.)

Speaker: 2" diameter

Buttons:
Two sets of fire buttons
(A and B)

Two option buttons
(OPTION 1 and OPTION 2)

Pause button
(OPTION 1 + Pause = Restarts the game
OPTION 2 + Pause = Flips the screen, which allows the
Lynx controls to be reversed)

Power on light
(Not on original Lynx; indicates unit is on)

Power on button
Power off button
Backlight button
(Not on original Lynx;
turns off the screen, but
does not turn
off the game.
This saves electricity
use when a game is paused)

Joypad: Eight directional

Controls:
Volume Brightness

Ports: Headphones
(mini-DIN 3.5mm stereo;
wired for mono on the original Lynx)

ComLynx (multiple unit communications)

Power (9V DC, 1 A)

Game card slot Battery holder (six AA)

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THE ATARI LYNX

Each of the two design styles of the Atari Lynx

image courtesy http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/atari/

GAMES

A.P.B.
Awesome Golf
Baseball Heroes
Basketbrawl
Batman Returns
Battlewheels
Battlezone 2000
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Blockout
Blue Lightning
Bubble Trouble
California Games
Checkered Flag
Chip's Challenge
Crystal Mines II
Desert Strike
Dinolympics
Dirty Larry: Renegade Cop
Double Dragon
Dracula the Undead
Electrocop
European Soccer Challenge
Fat Bobby
The Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge
Gates of Zendocon
Gauntlet: The Third Encounter

Gordo 106
Hard Drivin'
Hockey
Hydra
Hyperdrome
Ishido
Jimmy Connors' Tennis
Joust
Klax
Krazy Ace Miniature Golf
Kung Food
Lemmings
Lynx CasinoMalibu Bikini Volleyball
Ms. Pac-Man
NFL Football
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom
Pac-Land
Paperboy
Pinball Jam
Pit-Fighter
Power Factor
Qix
Raiden
Rampage
Rampart
RoadBlasters
Robo-Squash

Robotron: 2084
Rygar
Scrapyard Dog
Shadow of the Beast
Shanghai
S.I.M.I.S.
Steel Talons
S.T.U.N. Runner
Super Asteroids/Missile Command
Super Off-Road
Super Skweek
Switchblade 2
T-Tris
Todd's Adventures in Slime World
Toki
Tournament Cyberball
Turbo Sub
Viking Child
Warbirds
World Class Soccer
Xenophobe
Xybots
Zarlor Mercenary

Visit http://www.digiserve.com/eescape/atari/FAQ_-_Lynx for Lynx FAQ's

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