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With its introduction in 1989, the Atari Lynx was the first handheld videogame system to include a color LCD. The gigantic size and equally gigantic price tag did not win-over a massive audience ...
If you’re a retro gamer, it’s hard not to ignore the Atari Lynx. The first color hand-held it might have been, but its small library of games (under 100 official titles) and general ...
The Atari Lynx, despite its relatively short lifespan and limited commercial success, boasts a library of games that are still celebrated by retro gaming enthusiasts today. Here’s a ...
With hardware designed by the engineers of the Amiga, and a first party lineup from legendary Commodore-era developer Epyx, the Lynx would prove to be the beginning and end of a new age for Atari.
Consider the Atari Lynx, which launched in direct competition with Nintendo's Game Boy. No one had produced a serious portable game console until summer 1989, when suddenly two systems entered the ...
Back in the early 90's whilst playing our Atari Lynx -- friendless and alone, of course -- we couldn't have imagined that a second-rate spinoff of the popular Gauntlet franchise would unlock the ...
Released in 1989, the Atari Lynx was a portable gaming device way ahead of its time. As the world’s first portable gaming device to boast a color display, the Lynx packed a host of other ...
Released in North America for $179.99 back in September 1989 (Europe and Japan got it in 1990), the Atari Lynx was the first handheld game console with a 160x102 resolution LCD that could show up ...
We’re talking, of course, about the Atari Lynx. Main image credit: Evan-Amos – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a wonder of the portable gaming world. The first colour handheld console, the Lynx was ...
The Anniversary Celebration will include over 90 games spanning the Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, ST, Jaguar and Lynx, and it's coming later this year. As reported by Game Informer in an exclusive first ...