| Blue Lightning | |
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Atari Jaguar CD cover art |
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| Developer(s) | Epyx |
| Publisher(s) | Atari |
| Platform(s) | Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar CD |
| Release date(s) | 1989 |
| Genre(s) | Flight simulator |
| Mode(s) | 1 Player |
Blue Lightning is a pseudo-simulation computer game in which the player controls a military airplane. The game was one of the first games for the Atari Lynx, released in 1989 and was programmed by Epyx, headed by lead programmer, Brian Bowhay, (who also developed the Lynx).The game is considered by many to be one of the best air-combat games on any handheld. [1]
In 1995 a remake, developed by Attention To Detail, was released as a pack-in game for the Atari Jaguar CD. The remake was poorly received. It was often criticized for having graphics, animation, and gameplay that are "not that much of an enhancement over the Lynx version", which many claimed did a much better job of showing off the hardware than the Jaguar CD version did. [2]