List of cancelled Atari Lynx games

This is a list of cancelled games for the Atari Lynx.

List

There are currently 41 games on this list.[a]

Title[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Genre Developer(s) Publisher(s) Planned Release Date/Last Year Developed or Mentioned[3][4][6][7] Notes/Reasons
720° Sports Atari Corporation Atari Corporation June 1992 Early prototype exists - has never been released.
Alien vs Predator First-person shooter Images Software Atari Corporation 7 March 1995 A more further developed build containing all three playable characters is planned to be sold by Beta Phase Games in the future.[9]
Barbarian Bodyguard Action Epyx Atari Corporation 25 October 2002 Interview with its author revealed it was approximately 33% complete, however no screenshots are available and the source code is lost.[10]
Battletoads Beat 'em up, Platform Leland Interactive Media Telegames 12 February 2003 No prototype has surfaced.[11][12]
Bleaker Action, Adventure, Role-playing game Digital Thunder Digital Thunder March 2003 No prototype has surfaced.
Blue Earth Role-playing game Digital Thunder Digital Thunder March 2003 No prototype has surfaced.
Blood & Guts Hockey Sports NuFX Atari Corporation 1992 Artwork and screenshots exists but no prototype has surfaced.
Cabal Shooting gallery Fabtek Atari Corporation April 1992 Artwork and screenshots exists, a prototype has been released by The Brewing Academy after being found on a floppy disk.
Defender & Stargate Double Bill Shoot 'em up Shadowsoft Williams Electronics March 1993 Compilation of Defender and Stargate. No prototype has surfaced.[6]
Dragnet Demo 42Bastian Schick 42Bastian Schick 1995 ROM image was released online.
Dungeon Slayers Role-playing game Atari Corporation Atari Corporation 22 December 2011 Prototype exists but has not been made available online and source code currently resides with Harry Dodgson.[13][14]
Dyna Blaster Action, Maze, Strategy Ubi Soft Ubi Soft 2 April 2007 Only a single screenshot exists and no prototype has surfaced.[15]
Edward 2000 Breakout Mr. Castle Mr. Castle 2 August 1996 Development was halted and no screenshots nor prototype has surfaced.[16]
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters Shooter Atari Corporation Atari Corporation March 2015 Only a single screenshot exists.
Evergreen — JagSoft JagSoft March 2003 No prototype has surfaced.
Fire Power Action Silent Software — 14 May 2015 Interview with its author revealed that no actual development started on Lynx version due to internal conflict between Epyx.[17]
Full Court Press Basketball Sports Ringler Studios Atari Corporation 1992 Artwork and screenshots exists, a prototype has been released by The Brewing Academy after being found on a floppy disk.
The Furies Action Digital Thunder Digital Thunder March 2003 No prototype has surfaced.
GeoDuel Action Atari Corporation Atari Corporation June 1992 Artwork and screenshots exists, a prototype has been released by The Brewing Academy after being found on a floppy disk.[18]
Green-Thang Platform, Run and gun Creative Edge Software Atari Corporation 1 September 2020 Also known as Frogs.[19]
The Guardians: Storm Over Doria Role-playing game Knight Technologies Telegames 1992 30% complete, a prototype has been released by The Brewing Academy after being found on a floppy disk.[20]
Heavyweight Contender Sports Ringler Studios Atari Corporation 1992 Artwork and screenshots exists but no prototype has surfaced.
Hellraiser Action, Maze, Puzzle Color Dreams Color Dreams 1990 Promotional flyer advertising the Lynx version exists but no prototype has surfaced.[21]
Iron Reign Simulation, Strategy Digital Thunder Digital Thunder March 2003 No prototype has surfaced.
Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker Sports Archer Maclean — February 1993 Conversion of the home computer original.[6]
Marlboro Go! Racing, Sports Digital Image Philip Morris USA 1993 ROM image was released online.
Mechtiles First-person shooter Beyond Games Atari Corporation 5 January 2006 Its ROM image and source code were preserved but have not been made available online.[22]
Metal Mutant Action, Adventure Silmarils Atari Corporation 25 October 2003 Silmarils co-founder Louis-Marie Rocques stated its planned release was cancelled by Atari and no prototype has surfaced.[23]
ParaLemmings Shooter Laurens Simonis Laurens Simonis 1997 ROM image was released online.
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Platform Imagitec Design Atari Corporation 16 July 2015 Development on the Lynx version was scrapped due to Atari Corp. focusing on the Jaguar instead and no prototype has surfaced.[24]
Pro Quarterback Sports Leland Interactive Media Telegames December 1992 Unknown if actual development started on Lynx version.[11]
Puzzler 2000 Puzzle Markus Wuehl Markus Wuehl 1998 ROM image was released online.
Ren & Stimpy — Acclaim Entertainment — February 1993 Based upon the eponymous animated series from Nickelodeon.[6]
Rolling Thunder Run and gun Atari Corporation Atari Corporation November 1992 Artwork and screenshots exists, a prototype has been released by The Brewing Academy after being found on a floppy disk.[25]
Soccer Kid Platform Krisalis Software Telegames 17 November 2016 No prototype has surfaced.[26]
Space War Space combat simulation Atari Corporation Atari Corporation September 1995 Artwork and screenshots exist but no prototype has surfaced online.[27]
Strider II Action, Platform Tiertex Design Studios U.S. Gold July 1991 50% complete but no prototype has surfaced.[28]
TNT Terry Action, Maze, Strategy Laurens Simonis, Yiri T. Kohl Laurens Simonis 16 November 2009 Prototype exists but has not been made available online.[29]
Ultra Vortex Fighting Beyond Games Atari Corporation 1994 Prototype exists but has not been made available online.[30]
Vindicators Run and gun Atari Corporation Atari Corporation 20 September 2011 Prototype exists and has been released by The Brewing Academy after being found on a floppy disk.[31]
Wolfenstein 3D First-person shooter id Software Atari Corporation 30 April 2018 No actual development started on Lynx version due to an unrealized deal between id and Atari that was never fully instigated.[32][33]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This number is always up to date by this script.

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