List of cancelled Atari Lynx games
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This is a list of cancelled games for the Atari Lynx.
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 | N/a | JagSoft | JagSoft | March 2003 | No prototype has surfaced. |
| Fire Power | Action | Silent Software | N/a | 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 | N/a | 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 | N/a | Acclaim Entertainment | N/a | 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 | Currently being completed for release by Songbird Productions.[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] |