1980s ST/Amiga Games: PC Owners Jealous
This is a chronological list of 1980s Atari ST and Amiga games that may have made some IBM PC owners jealous, either because the ST/Amiga games were not available on IBM PC, came out on ST/Amiga before IBM PC or were simply better on ST/Amiga than on IBM PC. If nothing is added in parenthesis, that means the ST/Amiga game was not available on IBM PC.
1985-87 ST/Amiga games: PC Owners Jealous
Up until 1987 the Atari ST had a better line-up than the Amiga did. It's Gunship, Oids, Gauntlet, MIDI Maze, Xevious and Dungeon Master versus Garrison and Defender of the Crown. No contest. And the IBM PC and Amiga would never officially get Oids, SunDog, MIDI Maze or Xevious.
- SunDog Atari ST FTL Doug Bell 1985
- Delta Patrol Amiga Scott Spanburg 1985 (ST 1986, Mac 128K 1985)
- Defender of the Crown Amiga 1986 Cinemaware (PC EGA 1987)
- Leader Board Amiga Sculptured Software 1986 (C64/ST)
- Pawn Amiga Magnetic Scrolls 1986
- Guild of Thieves Amiga Magnetic Scrolls 1987
- Gunship Atari ST 1986 Sid Meier (PC 1987)
- Faery Tale Adventure Amiga 1987 MicroIllusions (PC 1989)
- Get Dexter Atari ST 1987 ERE Informatique
- MIDI Maze Atari ST 1987 Xanth FX (ST-exclusive)
- Xevious Atari ST 1987 Probe
- Oids Atari ST 1987 FTL (ST-exclusive)
- Plutos Amiga 1987 Derek Johnston
- Powerdrome Atari ST Michael Powell 1988 (Amiga 1989, PC 1990)
- Typhoon Amiga 1987 Kingsoft
- Goldrunner Atari ST 1987 Microdeal Steve Bak
- Insanity Fight Amiga 1987 LINEL Switzerland
- Bolo Atari ST 1987 Meinolf Schneider (PC 1995)
- Garrison Amiga 1987 Digital Dreams
- Dungeon Master Atari ST 1987 FTL (PC 1992)
The Amiga started to flex in 1988 with the likes of Hybris and Sword of Sodan, which the ST and IBM PC would never get. And the ST/Amiga versions of Arkanoid, Speedball, Xenon and Super Hang-On were better than the IBM PC versions.
- Arkanoid Amiga 1988 Discovery Software International (Amiga version is best)
- Giganoid Amiga Starvision Swiss Computer Arts Lars Bendrup 1988 (Amiga-exclusive)
- Bubble Bobble Amiga 1988 Software Creations (Amiga version is best)
- Captain Blood Atari ST ERE Informatique 1988 (Amiga/PC)
- Falcon Atari ST 1988 Sphere Inc (Falcon AT PC 1988)
- F/A-18 Interceptor Amiga Intellisoft 1988
- Great Giana Sisters Amiga Time Warp 1988 (Best on Amiga)
- Pac-Mania Amiga Teque 1988 (Best on Amiga)
- Nebulus Tower Toppler Amiga John Phillips 1988 (PC 1988)
- Speedball Amiga 1988 The Bitmap Brothers (PC EGA 1988)
- Xenon Amiga 1988 The Bitmap Brothers (Amiga-first/-best; PC EGA 1988)
- Hybris Amiga 1988 Martin Pederson (Amiga-exclusive)
- International Karate Plus IK+ Atari ST 1988 Archer Maclean
- Sword of Sodan Amiga 1988 Discovery Software (Amiga-exclusive)
- Super Hang-On Amiga 1988 Zareh Johannes (much better than PC version of 1988)
- Carrier Command Amiga 1988 Realtime Games Software (PC 1989)
1989 ST/Amiga games: PC Owners Jealous
By 1989 the supremacy of Amiga audiovisuals was made abundantly clear via Shadow of the Beast, Silkworm and Battle Squadron. And Factor 5 were just warming up. Dino Dini's Kick Off was a huge title for ST/Amiga as well.
- Chaos Strikes Back Atari ST 1989 FTL (Amiga 1990)
- Bio Challenge Amiga Delphine Software 1989 (ST)
- Battle Squadron Amiga 1989 Martin Pederson (Amiga-exclusive)
- Datastorm Amiga 1989 Søren Grønbech
- Hard n Heavy Amiga reLINE 1989 (Best on Amiga)
- Silkworm Amiga 1989 Random Access (Amiga version is best)
- Xenon 2 Amiga 1989 The Assembly Line (PC 1990)
- The New Zealand Story Amiga 1989 Choice (Best on Amiga)
- R-Type Amiga 1989 Factor 5 (Best on Amiga)
- Kick Off Amiga 1989 Dino Dini (ST-first, Best on Amiga)
- Rock 'n Roll Amiga Rainbow Arts 1989 (Best on Amiga)
- Shadow of the Beast Amiga 1989 Reflections (Best on Amiga)
- Bloodwych Amiga 1989 Anthony Taglione (PC 1991)
- Populous Amiga 1989 Bullfrog Productions (Best on Amiga)
- Stunt Car Racer Amiga 1989 MicroStyle Geoff Crammond (Best on ST/Amiga)
- Future Wars Atari ST 1989 (Future Wars IBM PC 1990 Delphine)
Early 1990s Amiga games: PC Owners Jealous
Amiga games from 1990 onwards. ST appended means the game was available on the Atari ST as well.
WiP: Last updated on March 7, 2025.
- Turrican Amiga Factor 5 1990 (ST)
- Venus the Flytrap Amiga Gremlin Graphics 1990 (ST)
- Pang Amiga Ocean France 1990 (ST)
- Exile Amiga Audiogenic Software 1991 (ST)
- Lemmings Amiga 1991 DMA Design David Jones (ST; PC 1991)
- Captive Amiga 1990 Mindscape Tony Crowther (ST; PC 1992)
- Legend of Faerghail 1990 Amiga (Best on Amiga)
- Ghosts 'n Goblins Amiga 1990 Elite Systems (PC 1987)
- Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge Amiga 1990 Magnetic Fields (ST; PC 1993)
- Paradroid Amiga 1990 Graftgold Andrew Braybrook (ST)
- Rainbow Islands 1990 Graftgold Andrew Braybrook (ST; PC 1996)
- Flood Amiga 1990 Bullfrog Productions (ST)
- James Pond Amiga 1990 Vectordean Chris Sorrell (ST)
- Gods Amiga 1990 The Bitmap Brothers (ST)
- PowerMonger Amiga 1990 Bullfrog Productions (ST; PC 1992)
- Project X Amiga 1992 Team 17 (PC 1994)
- Alien Breed Amiga 1991 Team 17 (PC 1993)
- Sensible Soccer Amiga 1992 Sensible Software (ST, PC 1993)
- Moonstone Amiga 1991 Rob Anderson (PC 1992)
- Formula One Grand Prix 1991 Microprose (ST; PC 1992)
- Lords of Chaos Amiga 1991 Mythos Games (ST)
- Fate Gates of Dawn Amiga 1991 reLINE (ST)
- RoboCop 3 Amiga Digital Image Design 1991 (Amiga-first, ST/PC)
- Deliverance Amiga 1992 Devinart (ST)
- Parasol Stars Amiga 1992 Ocean Software (ST)
- Black Crypt Amiga 1992 Raven Software (Amiga-exclusive)
- Liberation Captive 2 Amiga 1993-94 Byte Engineers (Amiga-exclusive)
- Perihelion The Prophecy Amiga 1993 Morbid Visions (Amiga-exclusive)
- Unreal Amiga 1990 Ordilogic Systems (ST/PC 1991)
- Agony Amiga 1992 Art and Magic Yves Grolet (Amiga-exclusive)
- The Chaos Engine Amiga Bitmap Brothers 1993 (ST 1993, PC 1994)
- Uridium 2 Amiga 1993 Graftgold (Amiga-exclusive)
- Lionheart Amiga 1993 Thalion Software (Amiga-exclusive)
- Seek and Destroy Amiga 1993 Vision Software (PC 1996)
- Settlers Amiga 1993 Blue Byte (PC 1994)
- Shadow Fighter Amiga NAPS Team 1994 (Amiga-exclusive)
- Superfrog Amiga Team 17 1993 (PC 1994)
- Kid Chaos Amiga Magnetic Fields Shaun Southern 1994 (Amiga-exclusive)
- Mr. Nutz Amiga The Neon Team 1994 (Amiga-exclusive)
cf.
- Most Technically Advanced Amiga Games
- Early 1990s IBM PC Games that made Amiga owners jealous
- 1980s IBM PC Games that made Atari ST and Amiga owners jealous
- 1980s Atari ST games that made Amiga owners jealous
- 1980s Amiga games that made Atari ST owners jealous
- History of Computer Games 1976-2024
- History of 1990s Computer Games
- History of Shoot 'em Ups 1976-2000
- Western Computer-game Machines
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