Atari Lynx Games published by Atari Games

The following is a list of Atari Lynx Games published by Atari Games in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other games may have been published. If you have any games or software that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 16 Atari Lynx Games published by Atari Games in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
Block Out Date: 1990 Block Out

Block out is Tetris, but viewed from above in a pseudo 3D, the idea being to cover a whole floor layer with different shaped blocks, which then disappear

Software House: Atari Games
Author: LDW Inc

Blue Lightning Date: 1989 Blue Lightning

Excellent into the screen Afterburner style game, showcasing the Lynx's scaling capabilities to the full

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx

Blue Lightning (Card Only) Date: 1989 Blue Lightning (Card Only)

Excellent into the screen Afterburner style game, showcasing the Lynx's scaling capabilities to the full

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx

Checkered Flag Date: 1991 Checkered Flag

Very decent single seater racing game, with 18 tracks to race round, the player can practice each track, have a single race, or enter a championship

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari

Gates of Zendocon Date: 1989 Gates of Zendocon

One of the few side on shooters for the Lynx, featuring massive explosions, sprites, and very impressive backgrounds

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx

Hard Drivin' (Card Only) Date: 1990 Hard Drivin' (Card Only)

Most home conversions of this arcade driving game are pretty awful, the Atari Lynx version is very much an exception, having all the speed and features of the original

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Tengen

Klax (Japanese) Date: 1990 Klax (Japanese)

This is recognised as an excellent conversion of the popular arcade puzzler, the player is tasked with collecting tiles of the same colour, that come towards them on a conveyor

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx

Paperboy Date: 1990 Paperboy

Very good conversion of the Tengen arcade game

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Tengen

Rampage (Card Only) Date: 1990 Rampage (Card Only)

Very good conversion of the arcade game, that allowed up to four Lynx machines to be connected by Comlynx cables to play as each of the games protagonists

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Bally Midway

RoadBlasters (Card Only) Date: 1990 RoadBlasters (Card Only)

Very good conversion of the arcade classic, which the Lynx and its impressive hardware handle with ease

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Tengen

Rygar (Japanese) Date: 1990 Rygar (Japanese)

The Lynx was blessed with many fine arcade conversions and Rygar was no different, with excellent sprites and scrolling platform action

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx

S.T.U.N. Runner Date: 1991 S.T.U.N. Runner

A conversion of the polygon based racer that should not be possible

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari

Steel Talons (Card Only) Date: 1992 Steel Talons (Card Only)

Helicopter arcade game, that sees the player flying into a 3D landscape completing missions, such as removing advancing tanks, while looking after fuel and ammunition levels

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari

Todd's Adventures in Slime World (Japanese) Date: 1990 Todd's Adventures in Slime World (Japanese)

One of the best arcade adventures on the system with full use made of the graphical effects the machine was capable of, making the whole screen alive with Slime and monsters

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx

Warbirds (Japanese) Date: 1990 Warbirds (Japanese)

This is a dog fighting game, best played with more than one player, that has the players flying round in WW1 fighters, making full use of the Atari Lynxes sprite scaling capabilities This is from Jap ...

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Atari

Zarlor Mercenary (Japanese) Date: 1990 Zarlor Mercenary (Japanese)

One of the few shoot em ups for the Lynx, which is a top down vertical scrolling game, with impressive amounts of sprites and excellent sound effects

Software House: Atari Games
Author: Epyx

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