This is a list of cancelled games for the Atari Lynx.
There are currently games on this list.
Title[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | Genre | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Planned Release Date/Last Year Developed or Mentioned | Notes/Reasons | |
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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. | |
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. | ||
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |||
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] |