Starting in 1986, Epyx realized that the Commodore 64 was starting to show its age, and needed to think about the future of the company. They hired David Shannon Morse to explore the next generation of consoles and computers and to learn about their strengths. David's son wanted his father to come with a portable game system, so he had a meeting with former colleagues at Amiga Corporation, R. J. Mical and Dave Needle, to see if there was a way to design a portable gaming system. Internally, the handheld gaming system they were working on was called the Handy. Unable to continue due to high costs, it was sold to Atari Corporation which brought it to market in 1989 as the Atari Lynx.