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A.P.B.

A.P.B.

Dec 31, 1991ShooterRacingArcadeAtari Lynx

A.P.B. — frequently asked questions

Is A.P.B. on Steam?
No. A.P.B. 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 A.P.B. on?
A.P.B. is available on Atari Lynx.
When did A.P.B. release?
A.P.B. was first released on December 31, 1991.

About A.P.B.

A port of the Arcade game APB for Atari Lynx.

Summary via IGDB.

A.P.B. on Wikipedia

APB is a 1987 vehicular combat video game developed and published by Atari Games for arcades. The player assumes the role of Bob, a rookie police officer, who drives around the city ticketing motorists for minor infractions and pulling over more serious offenders. Eventually, Bob must apprehend criminals for which an all-points bulletin has been called.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms
Atari Lynx
Developer
Tengen
Publisher
Atari Corporation
Game modes
Single player
Themes
Action, Open world

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose
$18
Complete
$27
Sealed
$31
Region
NA+EU
Released
1991
Authenticity
Low
Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk
Atari Lynx prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Atari's arcade cop game, ported by Quicksilver, and one of the odder premises in the library.

Quicksilver Software developed the 1991 conversion of an Atari Games coin-op that a contemporary reviewer called “a satirical game of cat and mouse…err, cops and robbers”. You patrol the roads hitting a ticket quota off drunks, speeders and litterbugs while chasing the actual felons, and you get fired if you miss it. The same reviewer’s verdict was that the amazing part is Atari shoehorned the entire theme onto a handheld at all.

Single-player only, never re-released, and one of the cheapest cartridges on the platform. A bureaucratic comedy premise has aged into being genuinely funny.

What the press said at the time

“This is a good translation of the arcade game and the voices are extremely well done. The game play is very repetitive and leaves much to be desired. The graphics are only average as Lynx games go. A.P.B. on the Lynx isn't what I expected.”

— Electronic Gaming Monthly #27, October 1991

Cartridge & preservation record

Cartridge ROM capacity 2 megabit (256 KB), measured from the preserved cartridge image.

Cartridge data from the No-Intro preservation database (metadata only — names, sizes and checksums, no game data).

Before you buy

Cheap, common, low-risk. Nothing about the cartridge needs verifying at this price.

A.P.B. screenshots

A.P.B. screenshot 1

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