Atari ST vs Amiga

Johnnytoxic · 16 Feb 2009 at 18:28

I was an ST owner back in the day. Enjoyed many classics that I still remember now.

I just wondered that because the ST and Amiga had the same cpu if i remember correct? The ST was 1mhz quicker than the Amiga which was 11percent back then.

Did the Amiga have a vastly superior graphics chip that made it overall superior? I remember seeing Shadow Of The Beast on it.

DJ_Switch · 16 Feb 2009 at 18:33

The ST had midi which was pretty handy back then. I'm not too sure about the graphics chip though. I was one of the suckers that got the 1040 STe though.Haha!

bloodline76 · 16 Feb 2009 at 18:37

I owned the ST but knew that the Amiga was the better of the two. I got it for Christmas and my friends had the ST so we swapped games.

geuben · 16 Feb 2009 at 18:38

I've still go my old ST 520 (I think) I the loft at home, most of the keys don't work though. Pretty sure there's a box full of games with it too.

MikeHunt79 · 16 Feb 2009 at 18:40

Amiga was better!

valerian · 16 Feb 2009 at 18:44

used em both and enjoyed it, the st was out first i believe, bought an amiga later
memories of arkanoid 2
hades nebula, gold runner, tonic tile, etc

gt_junkie · 16 Feb 2009 at 18:47

Old A500 owner here.

I loved Cannon Fodder!

gt

Mystique · 16 Feb 2009 at 18:48

Loved my (dads) ST 520. I remember us sending it away to have the RAM upgraded so we could play Street Fighter II! I think the Amiga had the edge graphics-wise though. But the ST (as previously mentioned) had the MIDI port, and was still being used for years after they stopped selling them by musicians and such. Some of the best known PC music production software started on the ST (Cubase, for example).

Bizarre · 16 Feb 2009 at 18:55

I remember being jealous of my cousins Amiga because it had slighty better sound than my ST.

Needless to say I sold my ST and bought an Amiga from the local ads.

davecarter · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:05

gt_junkie said:
Old A500 owner here.

I loved Cannon Fodder!

gt

Cannon Fodder and SWOS were both amazing

AshFU · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:11

IK+ loved that

Rhys-M · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:11

Owned an Atari ST, loved it to pieces. Most of my mates at the time had an Amiga. Some great games on those systems.

loltim · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:15

Had a Atari ST/FM and an ST/e (dunno the difference).

Mate had an Amiga, cant remember if it was 500 or 1200 but it was miles better and had a wider choice of games.

Harrier2569 · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:15

Dungeon Master, Bionic Commando, Captain Blood, Xenon, Hybris......great days.

*edit* not forgetting Speedball and IK+. There was a special move that made your gi fall down.

NickK · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:17

The Amiga had basically the first 'multi-core' system.. although the cores were specialised it owned the ST in that area.

I was sat with my BBC Master and Archimedes/RiscPC before jumping boat to the world of PCs..

ShaggyRS6 · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:17

I bought the Atari ST with my first ever wage packet. Blew it all £320 if I remember rightly. Could not afford the Amiga

that said it gave me Elite, and that's all that mattered

jellybeard999 · 16 Feb 2009 at 19:21

Bizarre said:
I remember being jealous of my cousins Amiga because it had slighty better sound than my ST.

Needless to say I sold my ST and bought an Amiga from the local ads.

The ST had better sound didn't it ? I know the music for example on the ST was miles better. For example the R-Type intro music on the ST compared to the other systems (while also being an awesome game) !

I had an ST for ages when I was little. Went straight from that to a Playstation

Mates had Mastersystems / Megadrives, so used theirs.

EvilFranky · 16 Feb 2009 at 20:20

NickK said:
The Amiga had basically the first 'multi-core' system.. although the cores were specialised it owned the ST in that area.

I was sat with my BBC Master and Archimedes/RiscPC before jumping boat to the world of PCs..

Woah woah woah. Lets not get carried away here

Multicore system?? It had a couple of specialised custom chips to do all the fancy GFX stuff. Hardly multicore!

You have to remember the original ST, which all ST's were based upon until the STE in 1989, was about 2-3 years old before the amiga arrived! The Amiga came about after one of the co-designers of the ST buggered off and formed Commodore. It not a suprise the Amiga was superior!

Anyways, if your comparing Atari and Amiga generations...Falcon 030 Vs A1200

Final8y · 16 Feb 2009 at 20:20

jellybeard999 said:
The ST had better sound didn't it ? I know the music for example on the ST was miles better. For example the R-Type intro music on the ST compared to the other systems (while also being an awesome game) !

I had an ST for ages when I was little. Went straight from that to a Playstation

Mates had Mastersystems / Megadrives, so used theirs.

The ST did not have better sound than the amiga.
The amiga had 4 channel 8bit sample playing chip.

Nanobot · 16 Feb 2009 at 20:37

Good thread. I had the A600, I think it came with some game based on Quavers and Lethal Weapon, and to think then the graphics were so good. Commodore C64 before that with the Datasette tape recorder! :eek:

Bubble Bobble and Ikari Warriors - now there's a good co-op...
PS Anyone remember Rob Hubbard tunes...