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Handy - Atari Lynx Emulator

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Category:	Emulators
Year released:	2008
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Publisher:	Richard Bannister

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handy-082.sit (576.22 KB)
MD5: a711801e8178cddd433cd340c8144989
For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X

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handy-083.sit (468.51 KB)
MD5: bc98b62f02be7274f3574bdf1c9909e0
For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X

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handy-090.dmg (760.93 KB)
MD5: 3081c3cc8d1c5e01e703cbe897b214a8
For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X

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handy-091.dmg (984.58 KB)
MD5: 1586f7f85bb39e73d68f54fe01324959
For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X

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handy-092.dmg (1.37 MB)
MD5: 1f5f6e6ea01257b8c1a924905f0a42bf
For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X

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handy-095.dmg (1.37 MB)
MD5: 463de656f9302d7fcd6f66ada16710b8
For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X

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handy-096.dmg (1.37 MB)
MD5: 3e588a0f8088be12b8cc0b045381bb4b
For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X

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handy-097.dmg (1.19 MB)
MD5: 22e29c14fdfcc3094a9175f71de7a9aa
For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X

Emulation
Guides on emulating older applications

Handy is an Atari Lynx emulator, written originally by Keith Wilkins and ported to Mac OS X by Richard Bannister.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The emulator will not start without a copy of the 512-byte Lynx Boot ROM in the file "lynxboot.img". Do not ask me to send you this file. I will not reply to any e-mail on this subject.

What is a Lynx?

The Lynx was the world's first hand-held console, released by Atari in 1989. It was technically far superior to the Nintendo Gameboy and the Sega Game Gear. Although the main processor is a 65c02 running at 3.6 MHz, the Lynx also has two 16-bit coprocessors - called Mikey and Suzy - used for advanced hardware video tricks and high quality stereo sound.

Unfortunately high end specifications don't guarantee that a console will be successful. Atari overpriced the Lynx, which was even more expensive than a Sega Genesis and the PC Engine. In addition, the high quality LCD screen consumed a lot of power, which meant that the battery life was around five hours. The main problem, though, was the lack of software. Today, slightly under 100 games exist for the Lynx. Having said that, many of them are very high quality and good fun to play. The Lynx II was launched with minor enhancements, but this came too late to rescue the Lynx.

The Lynx can be classified as a portable console that lacked the success it deserved. It remains an excellent choice on the second hand market.

Handy PPC 0.8.2 for mac os 8.6 or later
Handy PPC 0.8.3 for mac os 8.6 or later
Handy PPC 0.9.0 for mac os x 10.2 or later
Handy PPC 0.9.1 for mac os x 10.2 or later
Handy Universal 0.9.2 for mac os x 10.4 or later
Handy universal 0.9.5 for mac os x 10.4 or later
Handy universal 0.9.6 for mac os x 10.4 or later
Handy universal 0.9.7 for mac os x 10.4 or later not in Archive.

All upload Handy from Richard Bannister Archive for mac.

Compatibility
Architecture: PPC PPC (Carbonized) x86 (Intel:Mac)

PPC and Universal