Atari · Handheld Console · 1989
Atari Lynx
The Atari Lynx is a fourth-generation handheld game console released by Atari Corporation in September 1989 in North America and 1990 in Europe and Japan. It was the first handheld game console with a color liquid-crystal display. Powered by a 4 MHz 65C02 8-bit CPU and a custom 16-bit blitter, the Lynx was more advanced than Nintendo's monochrome Game Boy, released five months earlier. It also competed with Sega's Game Gear and NEC's TurboExpress, released the following year.
Media
- Format
- ROM cartridge
Display
- Type
- Color LCD (first handheld with a color LCD)
- Resolution
- 160 x 102
Performance
- CPU
- 65C02 @ 4 MHz (Mikey) plus Suzy custom 16-bit blitter/math coprocessor @ 16 MHz
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