Games That Started On the ATARI ST

[@DaveVelociraptor]

I really hope you make part 2. And I'm guessing you held back Dungeon Master for it. As the best selling ST game of all time. I do like that you spent a good amount of time on each game and didn't just rattle through 20 games superficially with stock footage etc. Thanks!

[@onaretrotip]

No part 2 I'm afraid; this is just a short series of five episodes. Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@jazzman1892]

Championship Manager was created on the ST, GFA BASIC, and then was translated to C, ported to DOS and the AMIGA.

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, nice. Thanks!

[@technischemaschinenfabrik5882]

Star Trek - The Rebel Universe was also first released on Atari ST and then in 1989 on C64 and DOS, no Amiga Port.

[@onaretrotip]

Not heard of that one!

[@thefurthestmanfromhome1148]

@@onaretrotip mega hyped at the time, with the late Mike Singleton behind it. It's a solid arcade adventure, dressed up with sampled sound, digitised images of crew members etc.

[@interghost]

Some real suprises there that they came to the ST first. I had an ST and loved it back in the day! Switchblade looks great. Not one Ive played. But defo heard of it! Great video mate, thanks for shining the light on the amazing ST ;)

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, some of these really surprised me too, Adam. I was sure some of these would've been on Amiga first. I never owned an ST, but have very fond memories of playing my friend's. Thanks mate!

[@Azalea22]

Hi there, great video here. It's nice seeing the games that were on the Atari as I definitely haven't heard of all of these. Great information!🌸

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Asobitech]

Whoa!!!! You just blew my mind with that Xenon footage. I always thought the game was graphically like the first 3 sectors, as I guess I never got further than that. But the organic looking level in Sector 4 (I had to look it up) explains the direction they took in Xenon 2 graphically better. Thanks for expanding my mind.

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha no worries, Quang!

[@vaporwave2345]

This is fascinating to me as i didn't personally grow up with the ST but i'm starting to get into some of it's amazing and original titles.

[@onaretrotip]

Nice. I spent quite a bit of time with it, despite being an Amiga kid, as my mate up the road had one. A lot of great games.

[@nerdygeezer78]

I was really surprised at the Bitmap Bros games being out on the Atari ST first I always thought they where Amiga first. Awesome video mate

[@onaretrotip]

Me too, Lee! Would've bet money they were Amiga firsts. Thanks mate.

[@thefurthestmanfromhome1148]

@@onaretrotip ST:Easier to code for and for a limited time, much bigger installed user base

[@IsaacKuo]

Captain Blood is another noteworthy game that came out first on the Atari ST. It's noteworthy for being so weird and also popular.

[@onaretrotip]

Yes! There are some other good Atari ST firsts as well.

[@Retro_B8]

Some great looking games I’ve never played. Been toying with getting an ST

[@onaretrotip]

I'd never bother getting an ST if I had an Amiga (which of course I do), but I do have fond memories of them.

[@Retro_B8]

@@onaretrotip yeah that’s my outlook mate, unless one comes along needing a repair or really cheap I probably won’t be investing just yet!

[@amerigocosta7452]

The first 16 bit game I ever played was Dragon Breed on the ST. So this video intro really caught me off guard!

[@onaretrotip]

Niiice! Great music that. So nostalgic for me.

[@thefurthestmanfromhome1148]

Speedball II is a tricky one, the SPRITES were done on the Amiga and ported to the ST and the game held up whilst the Amiga star design floor design was done for the pitch. Robert Trevellyan of Bitmap Bros, stated he wanted to change the money-minded porting of ST graphics to his dream machine, the Amiga.

[@onaretrotip]

Interesting!

[@GimblyGFR]

Great video, Pete. Sadly, I've never seen a real ST in my life, but a very interesting video anyway. Kick Off does look and play better than Sensible Soccer. I'm not much into football games, but played both on consoles, and enjoyed Kick Off more.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Federico! I'm not really into football games; in fact, I don't think I've played one since the '90s. But I loved Kick Off. Sensible Soccer never really gelled with me.

[@GimblyGFR]

@@onaretrotip Yeah, I'm not into sports games in general, but I do like some classics. SNK's Baseball Stars 2 and Neo Turf Masters, all of the Kunio Kun sport games, and the FIFA games, Striker and International Superstar Soccers on the Sega Genesis are quite good. As for "modern" games, the last football game I played was FIFA 98 on PC.

[@normalguy4147]

i'm enjoying this so far, almost 2 minutes in!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks!

[@ctrlaltrees]

Some great games here - people definitely don't give the ST enough credit - especially those pesky Amigans! 😉

[@onaretrotip]

Haha they sure don't, Rees. I was always an Amiga kid, but loved playing the ST too. I never understood the rivalry thing; not just with ST and Amiga, but with any systems. As kids we just loved playing games, regardless of the system.

[@voorheesretro8129]

Lovely to hear the Dragon Breed OST in the background. Especially the arcade original of that track is one of my favourites. I'm actually a bit mindblown that this list contained Kick Off, Xenon and Speedball 2, all of which I'd always kind of assumed due to their huge uptake on the system and those ports always being the talked about ones had started life on the Amiga. Also reassuring to hear you say Speedball 2 has god-level AI. I always thought I was just crap at it lmao. One I only really play with a mate that one xD.

[@onaretrotip]

Loved that game back in the day, the music is really nostalgic. Yes, I was really surprised myself to learn that Kick Off and some of the Bitmap Brothers games started out on the ST! I would've put money on Amiga. Hahaha I'm the same with Speedball 2; only really play it with friends.

[@thefurthestmanfromhome1148]

Great to see the ST love Pete 😊

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks! I was always an Amiga kid, but could always enjoy and appreciate the ST. Console/computer rivalry just wasn't a thing when I was a kid - we all just loved playing games, whatever the system.

[@anthonyciantar6015]

Xenon 2 was probably the last game I got for my ST. I could not believe how good it was at the time. Graphics, game play and audio all were awesome. I actually had a 1040 STE by this time and don't know if that made any difference. Nice vid. I still have my STE, very yellowed. I actually have several machines, including two A 500s, one is boxed and unused. Maybe an unboxing video one day.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah I remember getting Zenon II and absolutely loved it. In hindsight the gameplay was lacking, but I loved it.

[@MIKandJEAN]

Some of my picks... Gold Runner, Dungeon Master, Ikari Warriors(this 16bit ST version was later ported to Amiga), Midi Maze.

[@onaretrotip]

I never played Ikari Warriors on Amiga or ST!

[@joegahan7055]

Most of these look great

[@onaretrotip]

Some belters here for sure!

[@bazza5699]

great video all favourites :)

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you!

[@devastator200]

Wow the Atari ST! Yeah a mate of mine from the very early 90’s dad had one of these, the ‘power computer’ I used to think it was 😆

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha brilliant. My mate had one and I have great memories of it. Thanks, Luke!

[@DadLadsGaming]

Huge fan of the ST Pete so appreciate this a lot. Kick Off 2 was my favourite football game of the era too👍🏻👍🏻 Is Dungeon Master in a future episode? I always thought that started on the ST?

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, Marcus!! Kick Off 2 was so good. I know everyone loves Sensible Soccer, but I never really clicked with it and always preferred Kick Off. Dungeon Master was also an ST first, but no follow-up is coming. This is a really short series of five episodes (Apple II, BBC, ST, Amiga, C64).

[@MacMelmac]

Dungeon Master was also first on the ST

[@onaretrotip]

It was indeed!

[@SalDOWN]

Tnx a lot for sharing!!! ^^

[@onaretrotip]

My pleasure!

[@Pupppeteer]

Speedball 2 looks pretty dope.

[@onaretrotip]

Oh, fantastic game, even now.

[@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533]

Never had an st mate, fairly sure I've never played on one. Interesting video, was shocked to hear speedball 2 started on the st, feels so Amiga.

[@onaretrotip]

I never owned one, but have fond memories of playing one at my friend's house. Was always an Amiga kid, but loved playing games on his ST too. Yeah, I always thought Speedball 2 was an Amiga game first!

[@evanhanley6437]

Never thought that Atari would make a computer system and that it would be decent alongside the Commodore 64 and Amiga. These are really cool games for the system.

[@onaretrotip]

Yes, it really was decent. I was an Amiga kid, but loved playing my friend's ST too.

[@IsaacKuo]

Barbarian had a bit more influence, in the form of Obliterator. Okay the point-and-click control interface was a bit of a mistake, but it would go on to be used to GREAT success with Dungeon Master and Carrier Command, among others. It just needed some refinement and it worked better in first person. Also, the engine of Barbarian and Obliterator was just plain sluggish due to the middling frame rate.

[@onaretrotip]

👍

[@CrashHeadroom]

"lived in the shadow of amiga" which is ironic considering how many firework displays atari ST's powered back in the day... and concerts lol

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha brilliant.

[@thefurthestmanfromhome1148]

Switchblade II was also annouced for the NES i believe?

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, yes, it was.

[@mikeymike3240]

Hi Pete mate, i played every one of those games on my ST, i even had the very first Atari ST with the separate keyboard,power brick and external disc drive, i had pretty much every game on the ST and Amiga, pirate 🏴‍☠️ cough 😷 cough 😷 lol, 10 games on one disc and I got 20 discs every fortnight 😝 . Super video man. 😂👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@fandangobrandango7864]

Highly doubt you were getting 10 games on one disc unless they were PD games, even then 10 is a push.

[@onaretrotip]

Haha yes, I'm sure we all "copied" games back in those days. Moist of my Amiga games were copies, as pocket money for original games didn't stretch far. Thanks, Mike!

[@mikeymike3240]

@@fandangobrandango7864 Maybe not 10 , but there were multiple games on each disc, and looking back through my rose tinted glasses i thought it was around the 10 mark, but the old memory is not what it used to be.

[@lurkerrekrul]

David H. Lawson (Barbarian) clearly flunked Game Design 101. I never actually tried playing Barbarian. I tried playing Obliterator, which he also programmed, and which used the same stupid control scheme. I turned it off after about one minute and never touched it again. And if this series is about the start of game franchises, wouldn't it have been better to choose the original Speedball? After all, that one started the Speedball series.

[@onaretrotip]

Yes, hideous control scheme. Couldn't include the original Speedball as it was released for both Amiga and ST (I'm sure I clarified that in the video).

[@Mightyguybrush2]

Ice Cream! Ice Cream!

[@onaretrotip]

😃👌

[@guigui668]

not on the ST version ;)

[@GenerationPixel]

Another nostalgia-fest that is making me feel very old 🤣 cracking work as always bud.

[@onaretrotip]

Hahaha me too mate, me too. Thank you!

[@transilvanischervampir666]

at at at ataaari 🐸🐢🐸

[@onaretrotip]

😎

[@adroharv9213]

Kickoff 2was way better than SWOS

[@onaretrotip]

I agree!

[@UTUBMRBUZZ]

The sound of Xenon was awful on the Amiga. Sure it was sampled but it did not help...

[@onaretrotip]

🙉

[@robotickilldozer]

You forgot Dungeon Master.

[@onaretrotip]

I'm sure there are many more not mentioned here.