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Atari Lynx

RetroPie upstream reference · Snapshot 175f5b158f16

Check the hardware and OS before following this guide.

Imported upstream documentation may contain historical commands and defaults. It is not a tested Pi 5 recipe. See current Pi 5 research.

[Upstream illustration: atarilynx]

The Atari Lynx is the world's first handheld gaming console with a color screen. It was released by Atari in 1989

Emulator Rom Folder Extension BIOS Controller Config
lr-handy atarilynx .7z .lnx .zip lynxboot.img (optional) /opt/retropie/configs/atarilynx/retroarch.cfg
lr-beetle-lynx atarilynx .7z .lnx .zip lynxboot.img /opt/retropie/configs/atarilynx/retroarch.cfg

Emulator: lr-handy, lr-beetle-lynx

ROMS

Accepted File Extensions: .7z .lnx .zip

Place your Lynx ROMS in:

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/atarilynx/

BIOS

The file needed is lynxboot.img (only for lr-beetle-lynx)

Place your lynxboot.img BIOS file in

/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
File md5sum CRC32
lynxboot.img fcd403db69f54290b51035d82f835e7b 0d973c9d

Controls

lr-handy utilises Retroarch configurations

Add custom RetroArch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in:

/opt/retropie/configs/atarilynx/retroarch.cfg

For more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration

[Upstream illustration: atari_lynx_diagram]

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