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--- systems:lynx [2021/12/05 00:10] – cleanup atari
+++ systems:lynx [2024/09/28 15:18] (current) – add more accepted ROM formats tovarichtch
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 ====== Atari Lynx ======
-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.
+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.
+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.
+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]].
 This system scrapes metadata for the "atarilynx" group and loads the ''atarilynx'' set from the currently selected theme, if available.
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   * **Cores available:** [[#libretro:_mednafen_lynx|Mednafen:_Lynx]], [[#libretro:_handy|libretro: handy]]
   * **Folder:** ''/userdata/roms/lynx''
-  * **Accepted ROM formats:** ''.lnx'', ''.zip'', ''.7z''
+  * **Accepted ROM formats:** ''.bll'', ''.lnx'', ''.lyx'', ''.o'', ''.zip'', ''.7z''
 ===== BIOS =====