Lynx



"The most fun you can hold in your hands."

The Lynx is a handheld designed by Epyx and produced by Atari. More precisely, its development was led by Amiga veterans Dave Needle and R.J. Mical, who later also designed the 3DO.

This system was extremely advanced for the time, with innovative features such as a backlit color LCD, a large color palette, sprite scaling capabilities, and the ability to flip the machine to play left-handed or right-handed (and a few games even ran vertically). However, it cost twice as much as Nintendo's Game Boy (launched a month before), was far more battery-hungry, and had a rather small game library. So it sold poorly, ultimately a distant third place well behind the Game Boy and the Game Gear. Still, it had several quality games that are still worth checking out.

If you want to get an actual Lynx, the second model is recommended for its smaller shell and enhanced battery life (five hours out of six AAs, as opposed to four hours on the original). There are mods for screen replacement and adding a rechargeable battery, as well as a flash drive.

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