Zombi - A classic Ubisoft horror with Zombies is coming to the Atari Lynx! (DEMO)

The Atari Lynx has received a slice of retro horror with a new port of Zombi, Ubisoft’s very first action-adventure game from 1986. Originally inspired by George A. Romero's cult classic film Dawn of the Dead, the ground-breaking title has been remade as a demo for the Atari Lynx by developer kikems for the Silly Venture competition, just in time to celebrate the game's 40th anniversary. Recreating the detailed, color-rich world within the handheld's hardware was no small feat. While the system's Suzy chip and central processor handled the game's speed beautifully, the developer faced an immense hurdle fitting the massive graphics, a double-buffered display, and the core CC65 program into a tight 64KB RAM limit.

Lynx Quest - A new Atari Lynx game preview available as v1.04

Atari Lynx gamers you may be interested in this news update, as we've just been given the heads up by Saberman, that the action adventure game of ' Lynx Quest ', which was created for 30th Lynx Competition by AtariGamer, has been released as a 1.04 preview. Although the game can be downloaded as a preview version below, the team behind the game as New Generation is hoping to finalize the game by version 1.10.

Assembloids - Fast-paced reaction puzzle game out now for the Atari Lynx

Atari Lynx gamers you may be interested in this news update, as we've just been given the heads up by a good friend of ours, that the fast paced action reaction puzzle game of ' Assembloids ', which appeared on the Atari 2600 made by Martin Wendt restricted to just 4k, has now made an appearance on the Atari Lynx! Yes now it's the time of the Atari Lynx to experience this enjoyable game, as thanks to a heads up from Martin, we've been told you can now download Assembloids completely free today as a final ROM.

Lacim's Legacy - In development RPG for Atari Lynx looks sublime

Welcome to our very first Atari Lynx news submission, a brand new game announced by Martin Wendt of PriorArt, that is sure to excite many who had this hand held released way back in the late 80's to early 90's. This game known as ' Lacim's Legacy ' is a work in progress isometric RPG by Dan 'Zooperdan' Thoresen and Martin Wendt, where quality excels and gameplay is in abundance.

Dave Needle - Amiga Co-Founder & Atari Lynx Co-Inventor has passed away

After so many have passed away this year already, it is both with a heavy heart and sadness to say that Dave Needle, Co-Founder of the Amiga Computer, Co-Inventor of the Atari Lynx and vice-president of 3DO passed away yesterday 20/02/16.  Dave Needle was well known in the completion of the Lorraine project (Amiga 1000), and was also one of the main engineers of the custom chips of the Amiga computer. Later co-inventing the Atari Lynx which we knew as that cool little handheld that plays games such as California Games. Away from his Hardware engineering status, he was also a character, he had a great personality and was loved by many. As can be seen by the pictures provided by Marcel Franquinet and the video below.... RIP Dave Needle, you'll be missed!

Game Oldies : Play retro games online through an awesome website!

I was just trawling the web looking for something different and came across a site that probably has one of the best retro online playable set ups I've come across. Now I know we have other greats such as JavaCPC Games and VirtualNES but when it comes to Game Oldies, the amount of content and systems playable in a browser just blew me away.

California Games - Atari Lynx Review

As good as James! You say? Back in 1989 the Atari Lynx was launched. Although marketed by Atari, it was actually Epyx who developed the hand held console originally to be named the Handy. Where as Nintendo packaged the gameboy with Tetris, Atari decided to package California Games with the Atari Lynx. 4 games vs 1? Nice.