No. Jinks 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 Jinks on?

Jinks is available on Atari 7800, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC.

When did Jinks release?

Jinks was first released on December 31, 1987.

Jinks

Dec 31, 1987ArcadeAtari 7800Commodore C64/128/MAXAtari ST/STEAmigaAmstrad CPC

Jinks — frequently asked questions

Is Jinks on Steam?: No. Jinks 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 Jinks on?: Jinks is available on Atari 7800, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC.
When did Jinks release?: Jinks was first released on December 31, 1987.

About Jinks

You are about to embark on one of the most dangerous missions of your career. As a renowned Star Fleet pilot, you have been selected to command an exploration party in a journey across the galaxy to investigate the mysterious planet JINKS. An enigma for centuries, JINKS is a lush, resource-rich world, and could be the key to the desperate need for human expansion in space. It is apparently capable of supporting life, yet it is curiously uninhabited--or is it? A routine research mission goes haywire when scouting your probe across the planet's surface leads you and your crew into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Can you escape from these fiendishly clever traps before your probe and its occupants are miniaturized or annihilated?

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Atari 7800, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Developer: Diamond Software
Publisher: Rainbow Arts
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action, Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Atari 7800	1989	$10	$16	$20

Also released on: Commodore C64/128/MAX · Atari ST/STE · Amiga · Amstrad CPC. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 7800 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19

Loose

$10

Complete

$16

Sealed

$20

How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about 2 times a month

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $3.49 in Jan 2010, $8.46 five years ago, and $10.28 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$3.49	—
Jan 2011	$1.99	—
Jan 2012	$2.22	—
Jan 2013	$5.50	—
Jan 2014	$2.99	$7.99
Jan 2015	$3.24	$7.99
Jan 2016	$3.29	$5.94
Jan 2017	$9.95	$6.99
Jan 2018	$6.44	$7.01
Jan 2019	$5.98	$6.97
Jan 2020	$5.03	$8.49
Jan 2021	$9.99	$11.11
Jan 2022	$6.18	$10.00
Jan 2023	$7.75	$11.11
Jan 2024	$12.60	$15.00
Jan 2025	$10.78	$16.76
Jan 2026	$12.95	$17.75
Oct 2026	$10.28	$16.46

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Documented sales

24 US copies invoiced by Atari in 1990

Ranked 39 of the 39 Atari 7800 cartridges in Atari's internal reports. These count cartridges shipped to US stores, less returns, not copies sold to players, and they end on 31 December 1990, so the game's 1991 shipments are not included.

Source: Atari Corporation's internal 7800 software sales reports (1986–1990)

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	MSRP	Rarity
North America Atari	Color	CX7857	$34.99	Common

North America: Price new: Computer Entertainer, Sept 1989.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 7800 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1989
Controller: Pro-Line Joystick, Left fire button inverts the paddle
Players: 1
Authenticity: Low

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and reissues are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Atari 7800 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

An original Breakout variant for the 7800 with a distinctive triangular paddle; cheap and better than its obscurity suggests.

Softgold developed Jinks and Atari Corporation published it, and the game was not a conversion. A 1990 Current Notes review described it as an attractive one. You control a two-sided triangular paddle across four horizontally scrolling playfields, steering a ball Breakout-style through obstacle courses. Hitting bricks and bonus objects scores points, and touching moving objects shrinks the paddle, and a second hit ends the game. A small moving triangle restores a damaged paddle, and the ball dropping into a pair of chomping teeth also ends play.

Video Games & Computer Entertainment's December 1989 new-product notes cast it as an exploration team on a resource-rich, apparently uninhabited planet, with a magic ball paddled through death traps.

Worth knowing

From the 7800 manual. Four levels, each harder than the last.
From the 7800 manual. Top seven scores can be entered on a high-score list.

Before you buy

Common and cheap, with the box adding little. One player, Pro-Line joystick, Atari color label (CX7857). No counterfeits are documented. Test that the stick moves the paddle smoothly in both directions.