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Whenever the Game Boy is brought up, you might hear about the Game Gear, which was their biggest competitor. But there was another handheld console that tried to compete in that market: the Atari Lynx. However, this console tends to be forgotten. It shares a lot of similarities with the Game Gear, like the back-lit screen, the colorful graphics and even the form factor looks kinda similar. But how does this console differ from the competition, and why did it fail?

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