In early 1995, a new version of the 1993 Atari Lynx handheld video game "BattleWheels" was announced. It was intended to be released on both PC and the Atari Jaguar in late 1995; however, developer Beyond Games was busy with the fighting game "Ultra Vortek", and eventually the Atari Jaguar became a commercial failure, being discontinued in early 1996. Beyond Games shifted its "BattleWheels" project to be primarily a PC game, and also decided to change the name of the game to "Redline" in 1997. It was initially going to be released at the end of 1997; however, the date got pushed back numerous times. The game was finally released in March 1999.