hearth@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Don Hearth) (03/16/89)
I am not trying to start a flame war. I recently obtained $1300 from a deceased relative and decided to get a better computer than my C-64. I am trying to decide between an Atari ST and a Amiga, but I know very little about either ( or computers in general ). I plan to use this computer about 80% for games and 20% for everything else, so good games and graphics are a factor. Could anybody who has knowledge of either, or preferably both, of these computers please e-mail me advice? I would appreciate the wisdom of these newsgroups. I will also pass on the results, if anybody else is interested. Thanks in advance. Don Hearth hearth@cory
Sentry@cup.portal.com (Marcus Hungor Tran) (03/19/89)
I own an Atari 1040 ST for over a year, and an Amiga500 for three months. They are both the best computers for games. Graphics are generally the same on both computers, although the Amiga has better resolutions and more colors on screen at the same time. You have to look VERY carefully to see the difference since most games are written for low resolution. The sound is deffinitely better on the Amiga. It has stereo output (which Atari forgot to put in the ST) and stereo monitor. Most games for Amiga are in stereo and have digitized sounds, taking advantage of the voice synthensizer which the Atari doesn't have. Sounds like I'm bias toward the Amiga? Not really. There are more games available for the ST (althoug h the Amiga games are gain fast). Also, since I have the Atari first, I have already own lots of ST games, I only buy games for the Amiga that are not available in ST format. Of course, being a sucker for digitized sounds, I would like to start buying more games for the Amiga. NOTES: I'm speaking as a GAMER now: get the Amiga (ooh, that hurts! Sorry Atari)