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.
Bolded entries signify particularly notable releases in computer game history.
1986-87 Atari ST and Amiga games that made IBM PC owners Jealous
In 1986-87 the Atari ST had a better line-up than the Amiga did. It's Gunship, Oids, 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, MIDI Maze or Xevious.
- Defender of the Crown Amiga 1986 Cinemaware (IBM PC EGA 1987)
- Pawn, The Amiga Magnetic Scrolls 1986
- Guild of Thieves, The Amiga Magnetic Scrolls 1987
- Gunship Atari ST 1986 Sid Meier (IBM PC 1987)
- The Faery Tale Adventure Amiga 1987 MicroIllusions (IBM 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
- Typhoon Amiga 1987 Kingsoft
- Goldrunner Atari ST 1987 Microdeal
- Insanity Fight Amiga 1987 LINEL Switzerland
- Garrison Amiga 1987 Digital Dreams
- Dungeon Master Atari ST 1987 FTL (IBM PC 1992: FIVE YEARS LATER)
1988 Atari ST and Amiga games that made IBM PC owners Jealous
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)
- Bubble Bobble Amiga 1988 Software Creations (Amiga version is best)
- Falcon Atari ST 1988 Sphere Inc (Falcon AT IBM PC 1988)
- F/A-18 Interceptor Amiga Intellisoft
- Speedball Amiga 1988 The Bitmap Brothers (IBM PC EGA 1988)
- Xenon Amiga 1988 The Bitmap Brothers (Amiga-first, Amiga-best; IBM PC EGA 1988)
- Hybris Amiga 1988 Martin Pederson (Amiga-exclusive)
- Sword of Sodan Amiga 1988 Discovery Software International
- Super Hang-On Amiga 1988 Zareh Johannes (much better than the IBM PC version of 1988)
- Carrier Command Amiga 1988 Realtime Games Software (IBM PC 1989)
1989 Atari ST and Amiga games that made IBM 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
- Battle Squadron Amiga 1989 Martin Pederson (Amiga-exclusive)
- Datastorm Amiga 1989 Søren Grønbech
- Silkworm Amiga 1989 Random Access (Amiga version is best)
- Xenon 2 Amiga 1989 The Assembly Line (IBM 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)
- Shadow of the Beast Amiga 1989 Reflections (Best on Amiga)
- Bloodwych Amiga 1989 Anthony Taglione (IBM PC 1991)
- Populous Amiga 1989 Bullfrog Productions (Best on Amiga)
- Stunt Car Racer Amiga 1989 MicroStyle Geoff Crammond (Best on ST/Amiga)
- Future Wars ST/Amiga 1989 (Future Wars IBM PC 1990 Delphine)
Early 1990s Amiga games that made IBM PC owners Jealous
There is a lot of Amiga goodness yet to be covered here. Stuff that IBM PC owners could only dream about. Amiga shoot 'em ups and History of racing computer games should whet your appetite for now.
ST appended means the game was available on the Atari ST as well.
WiP: Last updated on the 25th of October, 2024.
- Captive Amiga 1990 Mindscape Tony Crowther (ST; IBM PC 1992)
- Legend of Faerghail 1990 Amiga (Best on Amiga)
- Ghosts 'n Goblins Amiga 1990 Elite Systems (IBM PC 1987)
- Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge Amiga 1990 Magnetic Fields (ST; IBM PC 1993)
- Paradroid Amiga 1990 Graftgold Andrew Braybrook (ST)
- Rainbow Islands 1990 Graftgold Andrew Braybrook (ST)
- 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; IBM PC 1992)
- Alien Breed Amiga 1991 Team 17 (IBM PC 1993)
- Moonstone Amiga 1991 Rob Anderson (IBM PC 1992)
- Formula One Grand Prix 1991 Microprose (ST; IBM PC 1992)
- Lords of Chaos Amiga 1991 Mythos Games (ST)
- Fate Gates of Dawn Amiga 1991 reLINE (ST)
- Deliverance Amiga 1992 Devinart (ST)
- Parasol Stars Amiga 1992 Ocean Software
- Black Crypt Amiga 1992 Raven Software (Amiga-exclusive)
- Liberation Captive 2 Amiga 1993-94 Byte Engineer (Amiga-exclusive)
- Perihelion The Prophecy Amiga 1993 Morbid Visions (Amiga-exclusive)
- Unreal Amiga 1990 Ordilogic Systems (ST/IBM PC 1991)
- Agony Amiga 1992 Art and Magic Yves Grolet
- Chaos Engine, The Amiga Bitmap Brothers 1993 (ST 1993, IBM PC 1994)
- Uridium 2 Amiga 1993 Graftgold (Amiga-exclusive)
- Lionheart Amiga 1993 Thalion Software (Amiga-exclusive)
- Settlers, The Amiga 1993 Blue Byte (IBM PC 1994)
cf.
- 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
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