1980s Atari ST games that made Amiga owners 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.

Bolded ST entries signify particularly notable releases in computer game history. 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 1986 Sid Meier (Amiga 1989)
• International Karate Atari ST 1986 Andromeda Software [X]
• Defender of the Crown Atari ST 1987 Cinemaware (Amiga 1986) [1]
• Uridium Atari ST 1987 Joe Hellesen [X]
• Gauntlet Atari ST 1987 Adventure Soft [X]
• Get Dexter Atari ST 1987 ERE Informatique [X]
• MIDI Maze Atari ST 1987 Xanth FX [X]
• Xevious Atari ST 1987 Probe Software [X]
• Oids Atari ST 1987 FTL [X]
• Dungeon Master Atari ST 1987 FTL (Amiga 1988)
• Starquake Atari ST Bubble Bus Mandarin 1988 [X]
• Falcon Atari ST 1988 Sphere Inc (Amiga 1989)
• Chaos Strikes Back Atari ST 1989 FTL (Amiga 1990)
• Midwinter Atari ST 1989 Maelstrom Games (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? This is a brief explanation for people that can't be bothered reading articles: 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.

cf.

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• 1980s Amiga games that made Atari ST owners jealous
• 1980s Atari ST and Amiga games that made IBM PC owners jealous
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