This is a chronological list of 1980s IBM PC games that may have made some Atari ST and/or Amiga owners jealous, either because the IBM PC games were not available on ST/Amiga, came out on IBM PC before ST/Amiga or were simply better on IBM PC than on ST/Amiga. If nothing is added in parenthesis, that means the IBM PC game was not available on ST/Amiga.
Bolded entries signify particularly notable releases in computer game history.
An appended asterisk (*) signifies that the IBM PC version is much better than the ST/Amiga versions.
Included are some 1980s IBM PC games that predate the release of ST/Amiga. And they should be included since they constitute the IBM PC games catalogue that was available when the ST/Amiga were released.
1983-87 IBM PC Games that made Atari ST and Amiga owners Jealous
Some heyday ST/Amiga owners may glance at this list and scoff, "4-color CGA? Choppy screen-scrolling and sprite-shifting. Bah! No one would be jealous. No one!" But I have given an explanation in Best IBM PC Games.
- Galaxian IBM PC 1983 Atarisoft
- Robotron 2084 IBM PC 1983 Atarisoft
- Defender IBM PC 1983 Atarisoft
- Centipede IBM PC 1983 Atarisoft
- Zaxxon IBM PC 1984 Atarisoft
- Boulder Dash IBM PC 1984 First Star Software Inc
- Alley Kat IBM PC 1984 Bill Williams
- Pitstop 2 IBM PC 1984 Epyx
- River Raid IBM PC 1985 Steve Hendricks
- Wizball IBM PC 1987 Sensible Software
- Ancient Art of War IBM PC 1984 Evryware Entertainment
- Cyrus Chess IBM PC 1984 Intelligent Chess Software Ltd 640x350
- Silent Service IBM PC 1985 MicroProse
- F-15 Strike Eagle IBM PC 1985 Sid Meier
- Space War IBM PC 1985 Bill Seiler 640x400
- Risk IBM PC 1986 Russell Fleming 640x350
- Tetris IBM PC 1987 AcademySoft 640x400
- Jet 2.0 IBM PC 1987 SubLogic 640x350
- Gunship IBM PC 1987 Microprose (* ST 1986)
1988 IBM PC Games that made Atari ST and Amiga owners Jealous
The adventure games and flight sims are better on IBM PC than on ST/Amiga.
- Uridium IBM PC 1988 Graftgold
- King's Quest 4 IBM PC 1988 Sierra On-Line (*)
- Jordan vs Bird: One on One IBM PC 1988 Imagineering Inc
- Pool of Radiance IBM PC 1988 SSI (*)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 3 IBM PC 1988 SubLogic 640x350/720x348
- F-19 Stealth Fighter IBM PC 1988 Microprose (ST/Amiga 1990 *)
- Maniac Mansion IBM PC 1988 LucasFilm Games (* 1989 Enhanced)
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders IBM PC 1988 LucasFilm Games (* 1989 Enhanced)
1989 IBM PC Games that made Atari ST and Amiga owners Jealous
1989 marks the point at which the future domination of IBM PC MS-DOS is suggested.
- SimCity IBM PC 1989 Maxis (* 640x350/640x480)
- Quest for Glory IBM PC MS-DOS 1989 Sierra On-Line
- Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs IBM PC 1989 EA
- John Madden Football IBM PC 1989 EA
- Operation Wolf IBM PC 1989 Banana Development (* ST/Amiga versions of 1988)
- DeathTrack IBM PC 1989 Dynamix
- Vette IBM PC 1989 Sphere Inc
- MechWarrior IBM PC 1989 Dynamix
- Silpheed IBM PC 1989 Game Arts Co.
- Blasteroids IBM PC 1989 Teque Software Development (ST/Amiga 1990)
- Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade IBM PC 1989 LucasFilm Games (*)
- Warlords IBM PC MS-DOS 1989 Strategic Studies Group (*)
- Indianapolis 500 IBM PC 1989 Papyrus Design Group (*)
- F-15 Strike Eagle 2 IBM PC 1989 Microprose (*)
- M1 Tank Platoon IBM PC 1989 MPS Labs (*)
cf.
- Early 1990s IBM PC Games that made Amiga owners jealous
- 1980s Atari ST games that made Amiga owners jealous
- 1980s Amiga games that made Atari ST owners jealous
- 1980s Atari ST and Amiga games that made IBM PC owners jealous
- History of Computer Games 1976-2024
- History of 1990s Computer Games
- History of Shoot 'em Ups 1976-2000
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