1980s ST Game: Amigan Jealous
This is a chronological list of 1980s Atari ST games that may have made some Amiga owners jealous, either because the ST games were not available on Amiga, came out on ST before Amiga or were simply better on ST than on Amiga. If nothing is added in parenthesis, that means the ST game was not available on Amiga.
An appended X means the game was never officially released on the Amiga.
- SunDog Atari ST FTL Doug Bell 1985 [X]
- F-15 Strike Eagle Atari ST Digital Illusions 1985 [X]
- Gunship Atari ST Sid Meier 1986 (Amiga 1989)
- International Karate Atari ST Andromeda Software 1986 [X]
- Starglider Atari ST Argonaut Software Jez San 1986 (Amiga 1987)
- Joust Atari ST Rugby Circle Troy Dahlman 1986 [X]
- Addicta Ball Atari ST Alligata Software 1987 (Amiga 1988)
- Chessmaster 2000 Atari ST Software Toolworks 1987 (Amiga 1986) [1]
- Defender of the Crown Atari ST Cinemaware 1987 (Amiga 1986) [2]
- Uridium Atari ST Joe Hellesen 1987 [X]
- Bolo Atari ST Meinolf Schneider 1987 [X]
- Gauntlet Atari ST Adventure Soft 1987 [X]
- Get Dexter Atari ST ERE Informatique 1987 [X]
- MIDI Maze Atari ST Xanth FX 1987 [X]
- Xevious Atari ST Probe Software 1987 [X]
- Goldrunner Atari ST Microdeal Steve Bak 1987 (Amiga 1987, ST-first)
- Oids Atari ST FTL 1987 [X]
- Dungeon Master Atari ST FTL 1987 (Amiga 1988)
- Starquake Atari ST Bubble Bus Mandarin 1988 [X]
- Falcon Atari ST Sphere Inc 1988 (Amiga 1989)
- Powerdrome Atari ST Michael Powell 1988 (Amiga 1989)
- Thrust Atari ST Silverbird Software 1988 [X]
- Chaos Strikes Back Atari ST FTL 1989 (Amiga 1990)
- Kick Off Atari ST Dino Dini Anco Software 1989 (Amiga 1989)
- Midwinter Atari ST Maelstrom Games 1989 (Amiga 1990)
Note The Big Three of 1987: Oids, Dungeon Master and MIDI Maze. The Amiga would never get Oids or MIDI Maze, both of which are masterpieces. In addition, Dungeon Master and Chaos Strikes Back are both top-5 flip-screen cRPGs, and Midwinter is one of the best games of all-time.
Oids is a masterpiece, MIDI Maze was seminal and Dungeon Master spawned a score of clones by 1993.
[1] Surprised? Memorable sampled speech > built-in synthesized speech.
[2] Surprised? Amiga version has superior audiovisuals and presentation; ST version has superior mechanics and more on-screen info, resulting in better gameplay.
Gameplay > Graphics.
Thus, the ST version is superior. And this may have made some Amigans jealous.
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