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Ultimate Emulator / System

Atari Lynx

The colour handheld, and ComLynx on one PC.

RazorLYNX plays standard Atari Lynx cartridges, turning the controls with games that rotate the screen. It needs the console's BIOS, which you provide. Two players can link two Lynx consoles on one PC with Local ComLynx. Support is experimental, so some cartridges will not run yet.

1989

Platform Atari

In Ultimate Emulator Experimental
Core
RazorLYNX
Firmware
Required
Game files
  • .lnx
  • .lyx
Players
One per console
Online
Local only
Rendering
Original resolution

01 / Current support

Where Atari Lynx stands today.

Status describes the core, not every game. Compatibility is always title-dependent.

Experimental
Included with limited coverage.
Core
RazorLYNX, a first-party core included with Ultimate Emulator. It is chosen automatically for Atari Lynx games.
Unrated
No comparable per-core performance rating is claimed.
Release note
BIOS required. No save states or rewind.

02 / Your collection

The files it plays.

These are the Atari Lynx game files RazorLYNX opens. Ultimate Emulator does not supply games; add them from your own collection.

Game files

  • .lnx
  • .lyx

Set up

03 / Firmware & BIOS

A BIOS you provide.

Atari Lynx games cannot start until its BIOS is added. You add it once, and Systems shows Ready.

Required
One file: the console's original 512-byte boot ROM. Ultimate Emulator ships none, and accepts only the original image.

  1. Open Manage BIOS

    In Systems, select Atari Lynx and choose Manage BIOS. Its firmware page lists each file the system uses and whether it is required.

  2. Choose the file you own

    Check What file do I need?, then use Choose BIOS File, or Choose Firmware Folder if you keep your firmware together.

Set up

04 / Input

How it plays in your hands.

Connect a controller and it is mapped automatically. Change the layout for every game, for this system only, or for a single game in Settings → Controllers.

Atari Lynx in Ultimate Emulator

  • The console's own controls: D-pad, A, B, Option 1, Option 2 and Pause.
  • On a gamepad, Option 1 and 2 are the shoulder buttons and Pause is Start. Directions turn with games that rotate the screen.
Controller Setup

05 / Picture

The original picture, on a modern screen.

Atari Lynx keeps its own picture: drawn at its original resolution and scaled to your window in the shape the console made.

Resolution
Drawn at its original resolution and scaled to fit your window, keeping the system's own pixel shape.
Graphics settings
Not offered for Atari Lynx yet. Integer Scale, cropping, pixel filtering and effects in Settings → Graphics apply to the other included systems.
Graphics

06 / Your progress

In-game saves and save states.

The game's own

In-game saves

  • Cartridges that save to their own memory are not supported yet, so there are no in-game saves to keep.
Ultimate Emulator

Save states

  • Not available with this core.

Rewind is not integrated with this core.

Learn more

07 / Play together

Two consoles, one PC.

A system profile does not make a single-player game multiplayer. The game decides how many can play.

On one PC
One player per console. Local ComLynx links a second console on the same PC, free and with no account.
Across PCs
Not available. This system is local only.

Local ComLynx

  • Local ComLynx runs two Atari Lynx consoles on one PC, for games that support ComLynx.
  • Each player needs their own connected controller.
  • Free and offline: no account or Premium.

08 / Honest compatibility

What to know before you play.

Current limits of the included core, as of this release.

Known limitations

  • Cartridges that need on-board save memory (EEPROM) or the AUDIN feature are not supported yet.
  • Local ComLynx sessions have no save states.
Region
There is no region setting.
Troubleshooting

09 / Gaming History

Why it mattered.

How Atari Lynx works in Ultimate Emulator is this page. Why it mattered is in the Gaming History collection.