Lynx

"Lynx eats Boy's lunch."
The Lynx was Atari's competitor to Nintendo's Game Boy, released during the same year as Nintendo's system, and ultimately unable to compete with the Game Boy's popularity, despite producing a decent library of titles for its relatively more advanced hardware.
If you want to get a Lynx (which means you're probably an Atari fan or a collector) the second model is recommended, especially for its slightly enhanced battery life. (According to the console's manual, the Lynx II can get five hours out of six AA's, as opposed to four hours on a Lynx I.) Very unique features were put into this system for its time; for example, a back-lit color LCD, and the ability to flip the screen and the D-pad so you can play it left-handed or right-handed. A very small library, but most of the games are actually pretty worthwhile!
==The list==
Box Art	Title 	Genre 	Description
 	Battle Wheels 	Racing/Combat 	Game's setting is in a post-apocalypse world. Your goal is to toast others racers on a small (or not so small) arena while racing your car. Or going on foot. In first-person. This game really shows what hardware of Atari Lynx was capable of, while being really awesome.
 	Blue Lightning 	Shoot'Em'Up 	Launch title for Lynx. This game shows the raw power of handheld videochip. Think After Burner but with missions.
 	Bubble Trouble 	Action 	Similair to Sega's Pengo but with Lynx graphics and stuff.
 	Crystal Mines II 	Puzzle 	181 total levels of puzzle fun where you have to navigate through mines and collect power ups and such while using your brain to decide the best way to get through certain terrain. Sequel to Crystal Mines for the NES.
 	Cyberball 	Sports 	Fixed up all the bugs and stuff from the original. Hella fun football game.
 	Eye of the Beholder 	RPG 	Highly acclaimed game ported rather well to your Atari Lynx. Go through dungeons and fight monsters, in a similar way to Shining in the Darkness!
150px 	Ms. Pac-Man 	Pac-Man 	A great port of Ms. Pac-Man enhanced from the original.
 	Ninja Gaiden 	Beat em' up 	A well done arcade port. Of course it's different due to being on the Lynx, but it's still pretty accurate. This is not the NES game at all, but by all means don't let that deter you!
 	Ninja Gaiden lll: The Ancient Ship of Doom	Platformer 	Same game as on the NES, but like all Ninja Gaiden games expect some differences here and there.
150px 	Robotron: 2084 	Fixed Shooter 	If you like Robotron games there's nothing wrong with this one.
 	S.T.U.N. Runner 	Racing/Shooter 	Chase the time limit and dodge your enemies at high speed. A lot of levels and high difficulty awaits.
 	Shadow of the Beast 	Platformer 	Not too shabby. Has been compared to Castlevania. Pretty nice in the graphics department, especially for a Lynx game. Uses lots of effects to show off the lynx's power. Said to be the easiest version (except for maybe the Japanese Mega Drive version).
 	Todd's Adventures in Slime World 	Platformer/Metroidvania	Hands down the best game on the Lynx, you must explore large slime-filled caverns and collect items. Whenever you kill enemies they will release slime which will stick to your character and slowly hurt him, so you must find water puddles to wash yourself.
 	Xybots 	Arcade/Shooter 	A good example of an arcade port for a handheld. Run around a maze and destroy evil robots, then upgrade yourself at the end of the level.
 	Zaku 	Shoot em' Up 	A rather fine-looking indie shooter, quite similar to Air Zonk for the TG-16, and possibly the best game the Lynx has ever had. Runs super smoothly and fast, animation is magnificent, the bosses are huge, and has a tongue in cheek humor type, like Parodius. It hasn't been dumped, though. If you want it, prepare to drop some cash, cause it ain't cheap.
==Videos==
20 Games That Defined the Atari Lynx
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