List of Atari Lynx games

The Lynx had a much smaller library of games compared to the Sega Game Gear or Nintendo Game Boy.

This is a list of games for the Atari Lynx handheld game console.

Licensed titles

72 titles licensed by Atari Corporation and manufactured in molded ROM cartridges.

Title Year Developer Publisher Players per Console Comlynx Multiplayer Genre
A.P.B. 1991 Quicksilver Software Atari 1 Arcade
Awesome Golf 1991 Hand Made Software Atari 1 2-4 Sports
Baseball Heroes 1992 Atari Atari 1 2 Sports
Basketbrawl 1992 Atari Atari 1 2 Action/Sports
Batman Returns 1992 Atari Atari 1 Action/Platform
BattleWheels 1993 Beyond Games Beyond Games 1 2-6 Action/Driving
Battlezone 2000 1995 Hand Made Software Atari 1 2-4 Action/Arcade
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 1991 Atari Atari 1 2 Action/Adventure
Block Out 1991 California Dreams Atari 1 Action/Strategy
Blue Lightning 1989 Epyx Atari 1 Action
California Games 1989 Epyx Atari 1 2-4[1] Action/Sports
Checkered Flag 1991 Atari Atari 1 2-6 Racing
Chip's Challenge 1989 Epyx Atari 1 Puzzle
Crystal Mines II 1992 Color Dreams Color Dreams 1 Puzzle
Desert Strike 1993 Teque London Telegames 1 Action/Strategy
Dinolympics 1992 Imagitec Design Atari 1 Puzzle
Dirty Larry--Renegade Cop 1992 Knight Technologies Atari 1 Action
Double Dragon 1993 Knight Technologies Telegames 1 2 Arcade/Fighting
Dracula - The Undead 1992 Hand Made Software Atari 1 Adventure
Electrocop 1989 Epyx Atari 1 Action/Adventure
European Soccer Challenge 1993 Krisalis Software Telegames 1 2 Sports
Fidelity Ultimate Chess Challenge 1991 Telegames Telegames 1-2 Strategy
Gates of Zendocon 1989 Epyx Atari 1 Action/Shooter
Gauntlet: The Third Encounter 1990 Epyx Atari 1 2-4 Action/Adventure
Gordo 106 1993 Tenth Planet Atari 1 Platform
Hard Drivin' 1991 NuFX Atari 1 Arcade/Driving
Hockey 1992 Alpine Studios Atari 1 2 Sports
Hydra 1992 NuFX Atari 1 Arcade
Ishido: The Way of the Stones 1991 California Dreams Atari 1-2 Strategy
Jimmy Connors' Tennis 1993 Hand Made Software Atari 1 2-4 Sports
Joust 1992 Shadowsoft Williams 1 2 Arcade
Klax 1990 Atari Atari 1 Action/Strategy
Krazy Ace Miniature Golf 1993 Telegames Telegames 1-4 Sports
Kung Food 1992 Lore Games Atari 1 Action/Fighting
Lemmings 1993 DMA Design Psygnosis 1 Strategy
Lynx Casino 1992 Atari Atari 1 2 Strategy
Malibu Bikini Volleyball 1993 Hand Made Software Atari 1 2-4 Sports
Ms. Pac-Man 1990 Namco Atari 1 Arcade
NFL Football 1992 Atari Atari 1 2 Sports
Ninja Gaiden 1991 Tecmo Atari 1 Arcade
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom 1993 Tecmo Atari 1 Action/Platform
Pac-Land 1991 Namco Atari 1-2 Arcade
Paperboy 1990 Tengen Atari 1 Arcade
Pinball Jam 1992 Midway Atari 1 Arcade/Action
Pit-Fighter 1992 Tengen Atari 1 2 Arcade/Fighting
Power Factor 1992 Hand Made Software Atari 1 Action
Qix 1991 Knight Technologies Telegames 1-2 Arcade
Rampage 1990 Midway Atari 1 2-4 Arcade
Rampart 1992 Tengen Atari 1 2 Arcade
RoadBlasters 1990 Tengen Atari 1 Arcade/Driving
Robo-Squash 1990 Atari Atari 1 2 Action/Sports
Robotron: 2084 1991 Shadowsoft Williams 1 Arcade
Rygar 1990 Tecmo Atari 1 Arcade
Scrapyard Dog 1991 Creative Software Designs Atari 1 Platform
Shadow of the Beast 1992 Digital Developments Psygnosis 1 Action/Strategy
Shanghai 1990 Mediagenic Atari 1 2 Strategy
Steel Talons 1992 NuFX Atari 1 Arcade
S.T.U.N. Runner 1991 Tengen Atari 1 Arcade
Super Asteroids & Missile Command 1995 Atari Atari 1 Arcade
Super Off Road 1993 Tradewest Telegames 1 2-4 Arcade/Driving
Super Skweek 1991 Loriciel Atari 1 2 Action/Strategy
Switchblade II 1992 Gremlin Graphics Gremlin Graphics 1 Platform
Todd's Adventures in Slime World 1990 Epyx Atari 1 2-8 Action/Adventure
Toki 1992 Fabtek Atari 1 Platform
Tournament Cyberball 2072 1991 Tengen Atari 1 2-4 Arcade/Sports
Turbo Sub 1991 Atari Atari 1 2[2] Action/Shooter
Viking Child 1991 Imagitec Design Atari 1 Action/Adventure
Warbirds 1991 Atari Atari 1 2-4 Action/Strategy
World Class Fussball/Soccer 1992 Atari Atari 1 2 Sports
Xenophobe 1990 Midway Atari 1 2-4 Arcade
Xybots 1991 Tengen Atari 1 2 Arcade
Zarlor Mercenary 1990 Epyx Atari 1 2-4 Shooter

Cancelled titles, pre-license

Cancelled titles that otherwise might have been licensed if completed. Includes announced titles, found prototypes, and prototypes published after Lynx production stopped.

Title Year Last Developed Developer Publisher Players per Console Comlynx Multiplayer Genre
720° Tengen Sports
Alien vs Predator Rebellion unknown 1 Adventure
Barbarian Bodyguard 1991 Epyx Atari Fighting
Battletoads 1991 Tradewest Telegames Fighting
Cabal 1991 Fabtek Atari Shooting
Centipede Shadowsoft Arcade
Daemon's Gate 1991 Imagitec Design B & C ComputerVisions RPG
Dragnet MD Games Music
Dungeon Slayers Atari RPG
Dynablaster (Bomberman) Ubisoft Strategy
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters Tengen Arcade
Eye of the Beholder 1993 NuFX 1 RPG
Guardians: Storm Over Doria Telegames RPG
GeoDuel 1991 Atari Racing
Hotdog Lore Games Team Jaguar Platform
Marlboro Go! 1993 Digital Image Racing
Mechtiles Beyond Games Shooter
Poker Atari Team Jaguar 1 Strategy
Pounce! 1992 Atari Arcade
RC Demolition Derby Epyx Racing
Relief Pitcher 1992 Tengen Team Jaguar Sports
Road Riot 4WD Tengen 1 2 Arcade/Driving
Rolling Thunder Namco Arcade
Strider 2 1991 Tiertex US Gold RPG
Ultra Vortex Beyond Games Fighting
Vindicators Tengen Shooter

Unlicensed titles with a cartridge release

Unlicensed titles published on any type of cartridge. Includes cancelled titles that were later completed and published after Lynx production stopped.

Title Year Developer Publisher Players per Console Comlynx Multiplayer Genre
Alpine Games 2004 Duranik Duranik 1 Sports
Bitchy 2009 Matthias Matthias 1 Puzzle
Bubble Trouble 1994 Lore Design Telegames 1 Action/Adventure
CGE 5th 2002 Songbird Productions Songbird Productions 1 Compilation
Championship Rally 2000 Songbird Productions Songbird Productions 1 2-4 Racing
Chip-8 2012 Caberet Voltaire Caberet Voltaire Arcade
Crystal Mines II: Buried Treasure 1999 Songbird Productions Songbird Productions 1 Puzzle
CyberVirus 2001 Songbird Productions Songbird Productions 1 Action
Duranik Demo Card Duranik Duranik Compilation
Fat Bobby Lore Games Telegames 1 Action/Platform
Hyperdrome 1999 Telegames 1 2-4 Action/Sports
Lexis 1999 Shadowsoft Songbird Productions Puzzle
Lode Runner Kurt Olsen Kurt Olsen Arcade
Loopz 2004 Hand Made Software Songbird Productions 1 2 Puzzle
Lynx Othello 1999 Harry Dodgson Harry Dodgson 1-2 2 Strategy
Lynxopoly 2009 Hexgames Matthias A. 1-8 Strategy/Boardgame
MegaPak 1 2008 multiple Songbird Productions Compilation
P.I.T.S. 1994 Lars Baumstark, Bastian Schick DVPI 1 Education
PokerMania 2003 MW Software MW Software 1 Puzzle
Ponx 1999 Carl Forhan Songbird Productions 1-2 Arcade
Raiden 1997 Fabtek Telegames 1 2 Arcade/Shooter
Remnant 2000 Songbird Productions Songbird Productions Action/Arcade
SFX 1998 Carl Forhan Songbird Productions 1 Developer tool
S.I.M.I.S 1998 MW Software, Bastian Schick Telegames 1-2 Arcade/Action/Demo
Simpson's Digitized Sound Player 2012 Atari Nimtene Demo
Sokomania 1999 MW Software MW Software 1 Puzzle
Solitaire Card Games 2009 Karri Karri Puzzle
T-Tris 1995 Bastian Schick Bastian Schick 1-8 Puzzle
Yastuna 1 - The Alchemy of Cubes Fadest 1 Compilation
Yastuna 2 - The Space Incident Fadest 1 Compilation
Zaku 2009 PenguiNet Super Fighter Team 1 Shooter

Unsorted titles

Titles that have not yet been released in cartridge form, release information is unknown, or otherwise do not fit any of the other categories.

Title Year Developer Publisher Players per Console Comlynx Multiplayer Genre
Lynx Diagnostic Atari Atari Tool

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Manual indicates 2 players but 4 are possible
  2. ↑ Comlynx capable but not a multiplayer game