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Atari - Lynx (Holani)

Background

Holani is a cycle-stepped Atari Lynx video game system emulator that can be used as a libretro core. Holani's primary goal is to get closer to the Lynx hardware and provide a better emulation experience.

Author/License

The Holani core has been authored by

The Holani core is licensed under

A summary of the licenses behind RetroArch and its cores can be found here.

Extensions

Content that can be loaded by the Holani core have the following file extensions:

  • .lnx
  • .o

Databases

RetroArch database(s) that are associated with the Holani core:

BIOS

Optional firmware files go in the frontend's system directory.

Filename Description md5sum
lynxboot.img Lynx Boot Image - Required fcd403db69f54290b51035d82f835e7b

Features

Frontend-level settings or features that the Holani core respects.

Feature Supported
Restart ✔
Screenshots ✔
Saves ✔
States ✔
Rewind ✔
Netplay (State based) ✔ (not link-cable emulation)
Core Options ✔
RetroAchievements ✔
Cheats (Cheats menu) ✔
Native Cheats ✕
Controls ✔
Remapping ✔
Multi-Mouse ✕
Rumble ✕
Sensors ✕
Camera ✕
Location ✕
Subsystem ✕
Softpatching ✕
Disk Control ✕
Username ✕
Language ✕
Crop Overscan ✕
LEDs ✕

Directories

The Holani core's directory name is 'Holani'

The Holani core saves/loads to/from these directories.

Frontend's State directory

  • 'content-name'.state# (State)

Geometry and timing

  • The Holani core's core provided FPS is dynamic
  • The Holani core's core provided sample rate is 16,000 Hz

Controllers

The Holani core supports the following device type(s) in the controls menu, bolded device types are the default for the specified user(s):

User 1 device types

  • None - Doesn't disable input.
  • RetroPad - Joypad
  • RetroPad w/Analog - Joypad - There's no reason to switch to this.

Controller tables

Joypad

User 1 Remap descriptors RetroPad Inputs
B
Pause
D-Pad Up
D-Pad Down
D-Pad Left
D-Pad Right
A
Option 1
Option 2

Supported combinations

  • Option 1 + Pause = Restarts game
  • Option 2 + Pause = Flips Screen

See also

Atari - Lynx