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As a result of this change, the following will no longer be available: Online Lynx Emulator, Collection Tracker, Game Ratings, News. If you are interested in contributing content to Atari Lynx Vault, we are seeking editors and maintainers.
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Atari Lynx turns 30 this year and we here at Atari Gamer are set on making this a birthday to remember. As part of the celebration we've created the best Lynx games voting page and are now introducing the...
You're most likely looking for this page: Celebrating Atari Lynx 30th Birthday. All of the competition entries have been submitted so now it's time to play and celebrate! 🕹👾🎂
If you think you have the skills and talent to win then submit your expression of interest so you can be registered as a participant. This is an online contest and you have right until the cut off dates to submit your entries. All submitted entries will be open for comment by the community, which will be considered as input for final results by the judges.
Due to the overwhelming interest and larger than expected number of registered teams, the competition dates and prize pool have been expanded. Here's what's in store now...
Registrations close on the 20th of July 2019
Final submissions close on the 30th August 2019
ROMs will be released to public on the 1st of September
Winners will be announced in October 2019
Prize pool has doubled!
We'd like to thank all of our generous sponsors for making this competition happen. Without them there would be no prize pool, so be sure to check them out!
Lets set out some rules...
There will be prizes! The top 6 teams will be awarded one of the following (teams can choose their prize with preference given to first place winner, then second place winner, etc). There are two of each item up for grabs, with one item per team to choose from...
Registration is now closed! 🔒
To register your interest to enter the competition, please email Atari Gamer on with the subject "Lynx Programming Competition 2019". Please provide the following details:
Check out the Atari Lynx Programming Resources if you need help with getting started with Lynx programming.
There are a total of eleven registered teams. Four of the teams are multiple-member teams (listed first), the other seven are single-person teams.
All of the competition entries have been submitted so please head on over to this page for more details: Celebrating Atari Lynx 30th Birthday.
Competition entries will be judged by a panel of the following people and "virtual judges"...
Scoring rules take a number of factors into account. First there are the scores for each of the games as provided by the judges. Each of the judges are asked to submit their scores according to this points calculator. This will cover the following aspects for each entry...
For each entry, a minimum score of 4 and maximum score of 400 is taken from each of the judges and then these are averaged to get the overall judge's score. In addition to this, Atari Gamer will award points for each entry in the following two criteria...
Winners of this competition have been announced at the Mark/Space booth at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo (PRGE). Watch the announcement video by Super Nicktendo.
Big Thanks to Wasabim for helping with the artwork!