Re: Games: Apple IIgs vs. Atari ST vs. Amiga

["RedskullDC" <RDC@oz.org>]

Hi Tempest,

"Tempest" <tempest@atariprotos.com> wrote in message 
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> Here's a question that I'm sure has come up before, but I've got to ask
> anyway.  When it came to games, which system had the best ports: The
> Apple IIgs, Atari ST, or Amiga?  I'm not talking about the largest
> number of games, or which system got the best variety of games, I'm
> talking about when it came to games that were ported to all three
> systems (and there were several), which system got the best port?  All
> three systems had similar graphical and sound capabilities (although
> the IIgs ran slower than the Amiga or ST), so they should have been
> able to pull off near identcal ports.
>
> I'm really curious as to what most people's experience has been.  To me
> it really doesn't matter since I have all three systems hooked up.  I
> tend to play the game on which ever system I'm 'taken with' at the
> time.  I do tend to favor the IIgs, but that's just because I'm a long
> time Apple user. :)
>

You will probably find the capabilities of the games ported to all
three systems very similar on each of the three machines you mentioned.

Many of the early Amiga Games were straight ports of IIgs games,
which didn't make use of the greater screen res, more colours of
Amiga. "Defender of the Crown" and a few others come to mind.

The IIgs also sports a superior (IMHO anyway, and I have both
IIgs and Amiga machines) sound system with the Ensoniq chip.

Red