Scrapyard Dog

Scrapyard Dog is a scrolling platform game published by Atari Corporation for the Atari 7800 in 1990, followed by an Atari Lynx port in 1991.

Scrapyard Dog
Developer(s)	BlueSky Software (7800) Creative Software Designs (Lynx)
Publisher(s)	Atari Corporation
Composer(s)	John Foley (Lynx)
Platform(s)	Atari 7800, Lynx
Release	7800 NA: 1990 EU: 1990 Lynx NA: 1991 EU: 1991
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

Plot

The player controls Louie whose dog, Scraps, was kidnapped by Mr. Big. The object of the game is to rescue Scraps through various stages.

Gameplay

Atari 7800 version screenshot

The Atari 7800 version has 17 stages while the Atari Lynx has 33.^[1]

Development and release

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
GamePro	(7800) 19 / 25[2]
IGN	(Lynx) 8.0 / 10[1]
Aktueller Software Markt	(Lynx) 4 / 12[3]
Atari Gaming Headquarters	(7800) 7 / 10[4]
Consolemania	(Lynx) 76 / 100[5]
Consoles +	(Lynx) 89%[6]
Hobby Consolas	(Lynx) 87 / 100[7]
Joystick	(Lynx) 79%[8]
Micromanía	(Lynx) 51 / 60[9]
Play Time	(Lynx) 75%[10]
Player One	(Lynx) 65%[11]
Power Play	(Lynx) 51%[12]
ST Format	(Lynx) 73%[13]

Reception

Robert Jung reviewed the Atari Lynx version of the game which was published to IGN. He wrote that, "Despite the cute graphics and the simple plot, this title offers good clean fun for players of all ages" and gave an 8 out of 10 score.^[1]

Atari 7800 Forever retrospectively scored the game 3.5 out of 5, identifying with the urban blighted world and praising the amount of unique surprises in the game, yet admonishing the extremely difficult jumps that feel cheap.^[14]