However, the other components of the system and its architecture as a whole, were 16-bits. 
The Lynx looks like a 16-bit system because of the heavy use of its custom chips. Unlike PC's, 
most of the processing load is divided over multiple specialized custom chips.

This is the exact opposite of the Jaguar situation. Most games for the Jag look like 16-bit titles 
while the Jag is commonly accepted as a 64-bits _SYSTEM_. Most games for the Lynx look 
like 16-bit titles too (only the 6502C is 8-bits).

Early prototypes of Lynxes were meant to link-up through infrared in stead of link cables.

Another nice detail: The Atari Jaguar was meant to have games in which you could hook up your 
Lynx to the Jaguar as an advanced controller with its own personal display, so you could use it 
like a rear mirror in racing games or as a console display or a tracker thing for Alien vs Predator 
and so on. It fact, it could have been used in the exact same way as Nintendo plans to use it's 
Gameboy Advance as a controller for their GameCube.

And last but not least: there are quite a few Lynx games that allow multiplayer networking. Not 2 
Lynxes, like with two Gameboys or Gamegears, but up to 8 Lynxes linked together are supported 
in several games (like Slimeworld and Xenophobe). The serial link system itself should be capable 
of linking 32 machines together without repeaters or line drivers.
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