Atari Lynx Games
The following is a list of Atari Lynx 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 23 Atari Lynx Games in our collection :
| Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher |
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
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
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
Date: 1989
California Games
This is the pack in game for the original Atari Lynx, this is an excellent conversion of the Epyx classic, featuring BMX Racing, Surfing, Half Pipe, and footbag
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
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
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
Date: 1990
Ishido The Way of the Stones
This is the Lynx version of the ancient stone placing game, stones must be placed on the board in accordance with colours or patterns, the rules being centuries old
Software House: Atari
Author: Michael Feinberg
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
Date: 1990
Paperboy
Very good conversion of the Tengen arcade game
Software House: Atari Games
Author: Tengen
Date: 1991
Qix
Faithful adaptation of the classic Taito arcde action puzzler, it has 256 increasingly hard levels, is for one or two player lynxed up, and even has a practice mod
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
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
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
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
Date: 1990
Shanghai
Tile puzzle tile puzzle game makes it to the Lynx, where two Lynxes can be joined together and the game can be played co-operatively
Software House: Atari
Author: MediaGenic
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
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
Date: 1991
Viking Child
As well as the Lynx's catalogue of arcade conversions, the console's library contains gems such as this, a platform adventure with RPG elements
Software House: Atari
Author: Imagitech Design
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
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
