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The Atari Lynx was Atari's first (and last) handheld console. It was released in 1989 costing twice as much as the Game Boy(same year as the Game Boy). It was developed by Epyx and though technologically superior to Nintendo's Game Boy, because Nintendo had Tetris, the Lynx was pushed to the side. |
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The Atari Lynx was Atari's first (and last) handheld console. It was released in 1989, the release year of the Nintendo's Game Boy, costing twice as much. It was developed by Epyx? and though technologically superior to the Game Boy, because Nintendo had Tetris, the Lynx was pushed to the side. |
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The Lynx would finally be compltely pushed out with the advent of the Sega Game Gear, which copied a few of the Lynx's features. By the early 1990's, the Atari Lynx had faded away. Specs: CPU(s): "Mikey" - 16 bit CMOS chip @ 16Mhz, 65C02 @ up to 4Mhz "Suzy" - 16 bit CMOS chip @ 16Mhz Graphics: 4096 color palette, 16 simultaneous, 160x102 standard resolution, 480x102 artificial resolution Audio Processor: 4 channel, 8-bit DAC, handled by "Mikey" RAM: 64K Storage: Cartridge - 128 or 256K |
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The Lynx would finally be completely pushed out with the advent of the Sega Game Gear, which copied a few of the Lynx's features. By the early 1990's, the Atari Lynx had faded away. Specs: *CPU(s): "Mikey" - 16 bit CMOS chip @ 16Mhz, 65C02 @ up to 4Mhz *"Suzy" - 16 bit CMOS? chip @ 16Mhz *Graphics: 4096 color palette, 16 simultaneous, 160x102 standard resolution, 480x102 artificial resolution *Audio Processor: 4 channel, 8-bit DAC?, handled by "Mikey" *RAM: 64K *Storage: Cartridge - 128 or 256K |
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