Is Blue Lightning on Steam?

No. Blue Lightning is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Blue Lightning on?

Blue Lightning is available on Atari Lynx, PC (Microsoft Windows).

When did Blue Lightning release?

Blue Lightning was first released on December 1, 1989.

Blue Lightning

Dec 1, 1989ShooterArcadeAtari LynxPC (Microsoft Windows)

Blue Lightning — frequently asked questions

Is Blue Lightning on Steam?: No. Blue Lightning is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Blue Lightning on?: Blue Lightning is available on Atari Lynx, PC (Microsoft Windows).
When did Blue Lightning release?: Blue Lightning was first released on December 1, 1989.

About Blue Lightning

Blue Lightning, a launch title for the Lynx, is an arcade flight game heavily based on After Burner. The player controls the prototype Blue Lightning jet in combat against the enemy. The game consists of nine missions with varied objectives. These range from shooting down enemy planes to taking out tanks and ships or radar installations. In a courier mission, documents must be delivered by landing on a certain airfield. Upon successfully completing a mission, a password is given. The action is seen from behind the Blue Lightning. With the heavy arcade focus, there is no danger of stalling or even crashing into the ground. Crashing into air or ground targets is possible, however. The Blue Lightning is armed with a cannon with unlimited ammunition and 40 missiles. The on-board computer automatically seeks missile lock for enemy targets while the cannon must of course be aimed manually. The Blue Lightning is also equipped with an afterburner: activating it puts the plane to maximum speed for ten seconds, allowing one to catch up to enemy targets that got away. After use it takes another ten seconds to recharge. The plane is also able to pull off a barrel roll, useful to lose the lock of enemy missiles.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Developer: Epyx
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Thriller, Warfare

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

69/100

from 5 ratings

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Lynx · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-07

Loose

$21

Complete

$50

Sealed

$87

Region: NA+EU+JP
Released: 1989
Authenticity: Low

On Evercade + PC (The Lynx Collection / Epyx Collection: Handheld) — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk

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The launch title that showed what Suzy could do, and the one Lynx game with a genuine sequel-remake on another Atari console.

Epyx's 1989 after-burner-style flight shooter leans entirely on the Lynx's hardware sprite scaling, and in 1989 the effect was startling on something running off six AA batteries. It is short and it is on rails, but it is the launch title that best justified the price of the machine.

Atari revisited it in 1995 as a Jaguar CD game — a full remake rather than a port, and a different object entirely. If you own both Atari platforms, note that our Jaguar library carries that version separately.

Before you buy

A 1989 launch title, so it exists in all three cartridge shell styles and in big-box packaging. Flat first-generation carts are the variant collectors want; a curved-lip cart inside a 1989 big box is a later re-release, not the original product. Available today on Evercade and on PC, so buy the cart for the object, not for access.