The game was published by Atari, and was released on the Atari Lynx.The Atari Lynx version was released in 1989, and consisted of a single-player aerial dog-fighting campaign. The game was presented in 3rd person view as the player controlled a navy blue colored jet and engaged other jets in aerial combat.Blue Lightning stood out as a first generation launch-game for the Atari Lynx; the game’s bright colors and clean visual style made the game a showcase piece for the new Lynx hardware. Many Atari Lynx demo displays in various toy stores and movie theatres across the United States were shown running a demo version of Blue Lightning. The game is also remembered for being one of the few Atari Lynx games to have a flat game cartridge, compared with most Atari Lynx game cartridges which have curved-back cartridge grips that allowed for easier insertion and removal from the Atari Lynx first generation hardware.Atari Jaguar CD VersionIn 1995, a remake of Blue Lightning, developed by Attention to Detail, was included as a pack-in game with the Atari Jaguar CD.
