In this guide, you will find out how to install Atari Lynx Emulation On Retroarch.
Requirements
First, install the PC version of Retroarch, whether a Standalone or steam version. The steam version best places the internal files with the standalone version.
Atari Lynx Boot Image
1- Source an Atari Lynx boot image; otherwise, the games will not launch while dumping the lynx boot image from an actual Lynx console. You can download it from Google chrome.
2- The name of the file will be linksboot.img. Once this file is downloaded, you need to add it to the Retroarch system folder.
3- Now open the Retroarch folder on your PC. Then go into the system folder. Drag the image file and drop it into the system folder.
4- Now source some Atari Lynx games, and again you use google chrome for this. Once you have got the Atari lynx games, then add them to the games folder in the Retroarch folder.
Retroarch Settings
1- First, boot up the Retroarch. Once the main menu is open, go into the online updater and select the core downloader. Then scroll down and find the Atari lynx section. You have to download this.
2- After that, go back, click on Load content, and then go to the directory where your games are stored. Then choose the game and the core to load up.
3- Now, if you want to create a game playlist, go to the main menu and click on the show desktop menu or press F5 on your keyboard.
4- Once the desktop menu is open, you’ll find the content browser on the left side of the screen, then right-click on it, and select the new playlist. The name of the playlist should be Atari lynx. Then press Enter and a new playlist will be created on the left side,
5- Right-click on the right side then select add folder and go to the location where your games are installed. Select the games folder and click on the select folder button at the bottom right side of the screen.
6- Set the core to Bettle lynx and set the Database to Atari-lynx. Then click on OK and all your games will be added to the playlist.
Information
The best thing about the desktop menu is it will show you if your Lynx boot image is being detected properly. So if you don’t have a lynx boot image, it will appear in red if your Lynx boot image is being detected, it will appear in green.
7- Once your playlist is made, go back to the Retroarch on the main menu and click on the Restart Retroarch button. It will help you in showing your game’s playlist on the left side.
8- Now, if you want to play a game, then select the game from the game’s playlist that you just added and click on the Run button on the top of the next page.
Controller Setup
Go to the control setup option, then select Port 1 controls. Here you can see what your controls are mapped to for your Atari 5200 controllers. You can customize any of your controls here for any game.
Core Options
1- Go back and then go into the Core option. The first option is the bios selection you added during the initial setup, so that is what is selected here.
If you don’t have an Atari lynx file, there is a built-in high-level emulation bios file, but the compatibility with it is not as good as the official one, which is why you have to download the BIOS file first.
2- Select the controller hacks, as this is required for using things like Robotron 2048. If you want to use a single controller for both thumbsticks, you can swap the ports depending on whether your game needs to be on the right or left port for the controllers or turn it off by default.
3- Now select digital joystick sensitivity as it is set to Auto by default, and it will work for most of the cases, but you can adjust the sensitivity according to your game base.
4- Next, Select the Analog joystick sensitivity, Set this to linear, you can also set this to quadratic test as this depends on the game basis, and you have to see which one has a better response for your particular gaming.
5- At last, select Analog joystick dead zones. You must adjust this dead zone according to your particular controller.
Video Settings
6- Afterwards, go to the Video tab and select the internal resolution. You have to set this according to your monitor’s native resolution.
7- The next option is cable type, which is set to the normal composite cable by default, which works in most cases. Some games will not work unless you set this to RGB or VGA.
8- Then go to Broadcast standard, and set this between NTSC and pal. Keep the screen orientation at Horizontal.
9- If there are some options you want to set for some specific games but not for others games, then go up to Manage Core Options and save them as a Game options file. That’s the only way to apply to the settings for a specific game.
