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| ====== Atari Lynx ====== | ====== Atari Lynx ====== |
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| The Atari Lynx was a fourth-generation handheld game console released by [[wp>Atari|Atari]] on September 1, 1989 and it retailed for $179.99 USD. It has a WDC 65SC02 CPU. Notably, it was the world's first handheld system that used a color LCD screen, as well as having fairly advanced graphics for the time. | The Atari Lynx was a fourth-generation handheld game console released by [[wp>Atari|Atari]] on September 1, 1989 and it retailed for $179.99 USD. |
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| This system scrapes metadata for the "atarilynx" group(s) and loads the ''atarilynx'' set from the currently selected theme, if available. | It has a WDC 65SC02 CPU. Notably, it was the world's first handheld system that used a color LCD screen, as well as having fairly advanced graphics for the time. It featured buttons on the top and bottom of the right side of the unit, allowing games to be played in either sideways landscape mode, or upright portrait mode. |
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| | Epyx started development of the handheld in 1986, completing it in 1987. Epyx demonstrated the console under the name "Handy" at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in 1989. Facing financial difficulties, Epyx sought out a partner to take charge of unit production and distribution while they took care of software development. Nintendo and Sega declined, but Atari agreed, releasing the "Atari Lynx" in September 1989. At the end of the year, Epyx would file for complete bankruptcy and Atari would completely acquire them, essentially owning the entire handheld project. This ironically lead to Atari having to purchase [[systems:amiga500|Amigas]] from their competitor Commodore in order to develop Lynx software. |
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| | The console itself was considered successful and met its projected sales. Despite this, it would be discontinued in 1995, with Atari falling out of the console market with its failure of the [[systems:jaguar|Jaguar]]. |
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| | This system scrapes metadata for the "atarilynx" group and loads the ''atarilynx'' set from the currently selected theme, if available. |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> |
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| * **Emulator:** [[#retroarch|RetroArch]] | * **Emulator:** [[#retroarch|RetroArch]] |
| * **Cores available:** [[#libretro_mednafen_lynx|mednafen_lynx]], [[#libretro_handy|handy]] | * **Cores available:** [[#libretro:_mednafen_lynx|Mednafen:_Lynx]], [[#libretro:_handy|libretro: handy]] |
| * **Folder:** ''/userdata/roms/lynx'' | * **Folder:** ''/userdata/roms/lynx'' |
| * **Accepted ROM formats:** ''.lnx'', ''.zip'', ''.7z'' | * **Accepted ROM formats:** ''.bll'', ''.lnx'', ''.lyx'', ''.o'', ''.zip'', ''.7z'' |
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| ===== BIOS ===== | ===== BIOS ===== |
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| ^ MD5 checksum ^ Share file path ^ Description ^ | ^ MD5 checksum ^ Share file path ^ Description ^ |
| | fcd403db69f54290b51035d82f835e7b | bios/lynxboot.img | | | | ''fcd403db69f54290b51035d82f835e7b'' | ''bios/lynxboot.img'' | Lynx Boot Image | |
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| ===== ROMs ===== | ===== ROMs ===== |
| ==== RetroArch ==== | ==== RetroArch ==== |
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| [[https://docs.libretro.com/|RetroArch]] (formerly SSNES), is a ubiquitous frontend that can run multiple "cores", which are essentially the emulators themselves. The most common cores use the [[https://www.libretro.com/|libretro]] API, so that's why cores run in RetroArch in Batocera are referred to as "libretro/(core name)". RetroArch aims to unify the feature set of all libretro cores and offer a universal, familiar interface independent of platform. | [[https://docs.libretro.com/|RetroArch]] (formerly SSNES), is a ubiquitous frontend that can run multiple "cores", which are essentially the emulators themselves. The most common cores use the [[https://www.libretro.com/|libretro]] API, so that's why cores run in RetroArch in Batocera are referred to as "libretro: (core name)". RetroArch aims to unify the feature set of all libretro cores and offer a universal, familiar interface independent of platform. |
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| === RetroArch configuration === | === RetroArch configuration === |
| | **THREADED VIDEO ''lynx.video_threaded''** | Improves performance at the cost of latency and more video stuttering. Use only if full speed cannot be obtained otherwise.\\ => On ''true'', Off ''false''. | | | **THREADED VIDEO ''lynx.video_threaded''** | Improves performance at the cost of latency and more video stuttering. Use only if full speed cannot be obtained otherwise.\\ => On ''true'', Off ''false''. | |
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| === libretro/mednafen_lynx === | === libretro: Mednafen_Lynx === |
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| Beetle Lynx is an Atari Lynx video game system emulator that can be used as a libretro core. Specifically it's a port of Mednafen Lynx which is a fork of Handy. | Beetle Lynx is an Atari Lynx video game system emulator that can be used as a libretro core. Specifically it's a port of Mednafen Lynx which is a fork of Handy. |
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| === libretro/handy === | === libretro: handy === |
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| == libretro/handy configuration == | == libretro: handy configuration == |
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| ===== Controls ===== | ===== Controls ===== |