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Atari Lynx. In September 1989, Atari introduced the Lynx, the world’s first handheld console featuring a color liquid-crystal display. It also featured a backlit screen, ...
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 ...
The Game Boy launched in the spring, and, 30 years ago this weekend, we were introduced to the world's first true color hand-held console -- the Atari Lynx. 1989 was a year of revolutions.
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 mishandling ...
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, b… ...
The Atari Lynx was ahead of its time in terms of hardware capabilities, featuring a 16-bit processor and advanced scaling and rotation effects. This allowed for the creation of complex games that ...
The Atari Lynx never enjoyed the success of its handheld rivals from Sega and Nintendo, but it's enjoying a new life thanks to a dedicated gang of indie developers.
Atari’s last attempt at a handheld was the 16-bit Atari Lynx, released in 1989. The Lynx II was released in 1991, but the console never caught on. In any case, ...
Atari's first -- and last -- venture into handheld gaming might not have been commercially successful, but it was most certainly a special time in gaming. With hardware designed by the engineers ...
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Released in 1989, the Atari Lynx was a portable gaming device way ahead of its time. As ...