Ninja Gaiden arrived on the Lynx in 1991, developed by BlueSky Software and published by Atari Corporation: it brings back the ninja protagonist of Tecmo's saga for an action adventure built around close-quarters combat, throwing weapons, and demanding platforming, translating the essence of the NES and arcade versions into portable form. The result favors direct action over the cinematic storytelling that had made the home console entry famous. It's one of the most recognizable licensed conversions in the Lynx catalog, useful for gauging how Atari tried to capture, on its handheld, franchises that already carried real weight in the home console market.
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