Tools and Libraries

These tools will help with image and music conversion and others are useful time savers and some are full blown development kits.

These tools run in your web browser so there is nothing to install and most are drag-and-drop.

• Atari Lynx Palette Generator
• LNX Header Generator for CC65
• LNX to LYX ROM Converter
• LYX ROM Converter
• Tiny Sprite Editor - Lets you create sprites online, and has a multi-frame animation feature with preview.

• BLL - GitHub Repository for BLL
• HandyMusic
• SASS A Music-Oriented Programming Language
• ABCmusic
• Lynx Sprite Packer - sprpck

8bit-Unity is a cross-platform C language SDK for 8bit computers (including Atari Lynx). It features an integrated asset pipeline which makes it easy to produce bitmaps, sprites, and music for your game.

• 8bit-Unity Downloads
• Coding API
• Memory Maps

• Documentation: Overview
• Documentation: Quick Guide
• Documentation: Project Builder

• Tutorial: Chunks
• Tutorial: Music (Chipper)
• Tutorial: Bitmaps
• Tutorial: Sprites