Lynx vs. the World


This is a comparison I put together rating the Lynx against other handhelds. Some of this may or may not be accurate, but is interesting to look at anyway. If anybody can tell me anything about the GG, I'd love to hear it.

           Atari              Nintendo            SEGA
           Lynx               GameBoy             GameGear
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Processor  ~3.6 Mhz           2.2 Mhz             3.6 Mhz
           65C02              Z80                 Z80

Video      16 Color           4 Greys             32 Color
           4096 Palette       --                  4096 Palette
           160x102            160x144             160x144
           Backlit            Reflective          Backlit?

Sound      4 Chn, Stereo      4 Chn, Stereo       4 Chn, Stereo?
           on Lynx II         2 Left, 2 Right

Sprites    Unlimited          8 of 8x8 pixels     64 of 8x8 pixels

Comm       Serial Port        Serial Port         ???
           18 connections     4 connections
           300 - 62K Baud     ???

Memory     64K address space  64K address space   24K
           64K RAM            16K RAM

Cart Size  1MBit, 2MBit,      512kbit - 4MBit,    ???
           8MBit max          are known

Batt Life  4-5 Hours          35 Hours            ???
           1.5 Rechargable    12 Rechargable

See the FAQ for information about the Lynx's co-processors.

Here is the section from the rec.games.video FAQ:

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|          |  GameBoy |   Lynx   | GameGear | TExpress |
|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
|Bits (CPU)|        8 |        8 |        8 |    8 + 8 |
|Bits (Gx) |        8 |       16 |        8 |       16 |
|CPU       |      Z80 |     6502 |      Z80 | 6502 6502|
|MHz (CPU) |      2.2 |      4.0 |      3.6 |      7.2 |
|MHz (Gx)  |          |     16.0 |          |          |
|ScreenSize|     2.6" |     3.5" |     3.2" |     2.6" |
|Graphics  | 160 x 144| 160 x 102| 160 x 144| 256 x 216|
|Colors    | mono (4) |  16/4096 |  32/4096 |  482/512 |
|Sprites   |        8 |    unlim |       64 |       64 |
| - size   |    8 x 8 |    unlim |    8 x 8 |  16 x 16 |
|Audio     |    2-lyr |    4-lyr |    4-lyr |    6-lyr |
|RAM       |      16K |      64K |      24K |  8K+64Kgx|
|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|