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  • Programming tutorial: Part 1–Getting Started

    Atari Lynx programming tutorial series: Part 1: Getting started So, you want to develop a game or program for the Atari Lynx, right? Well, join me on my journey to learn how to program for this game console. This tutorial series will be expanded and updated...

  • Dracula the Undead walkthrough

    Below follows the complete solution to the graphical adventure on your Lynx, Dracula – The Undead. Included are all the possibilities of exploration available in the game. You need not go through the list of commands given below. Stick to the bold...
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  • Completing Chip’s Challenge game

    To be honest, I do not remember whether I completed the Atari Lynx game Chip’s Challenge myself back at the time. Anyway, yesterday evening I sat down, looked up the level start code for the final level and gave it a spin. I quickly realized that I either...
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  • Maps of “Todd’s Adventures in Slimeworld”

    These maps have been in my folder for a very, very long time (around 1992). I thought it would be a shame to see them go to waste. When I was still in university I had too much time and an Atari Lynx with “Todd’s Adventures in Slimeworld” to boot. A great...
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  • Running Atari Lynx emulator on a Windows Phone 7

    The implementation of the emulator for the Atari Lynx has been progressing steadily. I thought it would be a good time to show a particular point of progress: a working implementation of the emulator running on a Windows Phone 7. Update: here is another...
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  • Compiling Handy 0.95 for Windows

    Quick runthrough to get the Handy sources to compile for Windows using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (or Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express, which is a free download). Download these first: Handy source code (Handy-win32src-0.95.zip contains the sources...
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  • Come Lynx with me

    One of the differentiating features of the Atari Lynx was its ability to link together up to 18 Lynx devices using a set of cables. This allows for multiplayer games, You need at least two Lynx devices and at least one ComLynx cable to make a connection...

  • Dirty Larry Renegade Cop

    Some time ago I decided to finish some of the Atari Lynx games that I hadn’t played that much or hadn’t completed. This post is on Dirty Larry Renegade Cop, a nice side-scrolling shooter/bash’m up in the tradition of games like Double Dragon (also a Lynx...

  • Arcade machines converted to Atari Lynx

    The Atari Times has a really nice article “ Arcade to Lynx ”. It shows a graphical list of games that once lived as a standalone arcade machine and got converted to a game for the Atari Lynx. I had no idea there were that many arcade games. It is not...

  • Architecture of the Atari Lynx

    The Atari Lynx is a handheld console that has two form factors over its lifetime. The Lynx I and II models have a different casing and internal layout, but hold nearly exact same electronic hardware. The main difference is lower power consumption and...

  • Game endings at Video Game Museum

    Some games are just too hard to finish, or take too much time to do so. And if you did, on a device like the Atari Lynx, it is hard to show others what the end scenes and screens of the game look like. The quality of photographs usually don’t show this...

  • Google Android versus Atari Lynx’s Gauntlet the Third Encounter

    Personally, I haven’t played Gauntlet III on the Lynx much. Consequently I hadn’t noticed the similarities between the Android character and the new logo of Google’s mobile operating system. To wet your Lynx appetite some more, here are some additional...

  • Writing a .NET based Atari Lynx emulator

    Yep, I needed a new train project. I spent my time when travelling to work by train on a small notebook (HP Pavilion 1030ed) reading blogs, browsing the internet and all. Every now and then I have a pet project that I like to do. Hardly ever does it amount...
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