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Many games were developed for multiple plattforms. The different technical capabilities of the individual machines led to interesting versions of the same image. Ranging from fewer or more colors, to completely different interpretations of the original motif.

The Atari ST was the Amiga's main competitor in the 16bit era. The main differences of the Atari ST were:
Maximum of 16 colors on screen at once.
Color palette only 9bit deep, 512 colors in total, versus 12bit and 4096 colors in total on the Amiga, resulting in rougher gradients and simpler hues.
Resolutions only available in NTSC (i.e. 200 or 400 lines per image)
You can switch between the plattforms by clicking on the "Amiga", "AtariST" buttons in the top right menu.

Starray_Level1
Starray_Level1_atarist
  • Amiga
Starray_Level1
  • AtariST
Starray_Level1_atarist

Starray_Level2
Starray_Level2_atarist
  • Amiga
Starray_Level2
  • AtariST
Starray_Level2_atarist

Starray_Level3
Starray_Level3_atarist
  • Amiga
Starray_Level3
  • AtariST
Starray_Level3_atarist

Starray_Level4
Starray_Level4_atarist
  • Amiga
Starray_Level4
  • AtariST
Starray_Level4_atarist

Advertisments and box art for Starray seem to show an early version of the level 4 background. The numbers next to the shapes made them look even more like electrical circuits than in the final version.

Starray_Level5
Starray_Level5_atarist
  • Amiga
Starray_Level5
  • AtariST
Starray_Level5_atarist

Starray_Level6
Starray_Level6_atarist
  • Amiga
Starray_Level6
  • AtariST
Starray_Level6_atarist

Starray_Level7
Starray_Level7_atarist
  • Amiga
Starray_Level7
  • AtariST
Starray_Level7_atarist

Starray_Panel
Starray_Panel_ntsc
Starray_Panel_atarist
  • Amiga
Starray_Panel
  • Amiga
Starray_Panel_ntsc
  • AtariST
Starray_Panel_atarist

Chessmaster2000
Chessmaster2000_var
Chessmaster2000_atarist
  • Amiga
Chessmaster2000
  • Variation
Chessmaster2000_var
  • AtariST
Chessmaster2000_atarist

AH_KingTut
AH_KingTut_aga
AH_KingTut
AH_KingTut_aga
The iconic Tutankhamun mask used as cover for many Deluxe Paint versions.

The Amiga AGA version looks like it was created by smearing around the golden parts with the Deluxe Paint smudge tool.
Not really a high class way of upgrading an image.

Venus_Loading
Venus_Loading_atarist
Venus_Loading
  • AtariST
Venus_Loading_atarist

Barbarian
Barbarian_atarist
Barbarian
  • AtariST
Barbarian_atarist

Barbarian_Loading
Barbarian_Loading_atarist
Barbarian_Loading
  • AtariST
Barbarian_Loading_atarist

Obliterator
Obliterator_atarist
  • Amiga
Obliterator
  • AtariST
Obliterator_atarist

Infestation
Infestation_atarist
  • Amiga
Infestation
  • AtariST
Infestation_atarist
Based on original art created by Tim White

Starglider2
Starglider2_orig
  • Amiga
Starglider2
  • Original
Starglider2_orig
Based on original art created by Steve Weston

Astaroth
Astaroth_atarist
  • Amiga
Astaroth
  • AtariST
Astaroth_atarist

Thalion_1990b
Thalion_1990b_atarist
Thalion_1990b
  • 1990
  • Lowres (PAL)
  • Comparison
  • 128 colors (79 used)
  • AtariST
Thalion_1990b_atarist
  • 1990
  • Lowres (PAL)
  • Comparison
  • 64 colors (42 used)
A variation of the droplet logo with only blue droplets.

Afterburner_Activision
Afterburner_Activision_atarist
Afterburner_Activision
  • AtariST
Afterburner_Activision_atarist

Stormlord
Stormlord_var
Stormlord_atarist
  • Amiga
Stormlord
EU version

The highly optimized 16 color version was upgraded to 32 colors, but only a hand full of those colors were actually used and even those could have been further reduced.
  • US version
Stormlord_var
US version

Sadly some really poor edits were done to the US version of the title. Not sure why, but maybe someone felt the image was a bit too agressive / explicit.
  • AtariST
Stormlord_atarist

Airball
Airball_atarist
  • Amiga
Airball
  • AtariST
Airball_atarist

RickParks_Einstein
RickParks_Einstein_orig
RickParks_Einstein
  • Rick Parks
  • 1989
  • Lowres (NTSC)
  • Comparison
  • 64 colors (63 used)
  • Original
RickParks_Einstein_orig
  • Rick Parks
  • 1989
  • Lowres (NTSC)
  • Comparison
  • 2 colors (247 used)

Flood
Flood_atarist
  • Amiga
Flood
  • AtariST
Flood_atarist

A320Airbus
A320Airbus_atarist
  • Amiga
A320Airbus
  • AtariST

A320Airbus_Loading
A320Airbus_Loading_atarist
  • Amiga
A320Airbus_Loading
  • AtariST

Archipelagos
Archipelagos_atarist
Archipelagos
  • AtariST
Archipelagos_atarist

BattleChess
BattleChess_atarist
  • Amiga
BattleChess
  • AtariST
BattleChess_atarist

Falcon
Falcon_atarist
  • Amiga
Falcon
  • Falcon
  • 1988
  • Lowres (PAL)
  • Comparison
  • 16 colors
  • AtariST
Falcon_atarist
  • Falcon
  • 1988
  • Lowres (PAL)
  • Comparison
  • 16 colors

FighterBomber
FighterBomber_atarist
FighterBomber_orig
  • Amiga
FighterBomber
  • AtariST
FighterBomber_atarist
  • Original
FighterBomber_orig

FighterBomber_Loader
FighterBomber_Loader_atarist
  • Amiga
FighterBomber_Loader
  • AtariST
FighterBomber_Loader_atarist

FighterBomber_Menu
FighterBomber_Menu_atarist
  • Amiga
FighterBomber_Menu
  • AtariST
FighterBomber_Menu_atarist

HardNHeavy
HardNHeavy_atarist
  • Amiga
HardNHeavy
  • AtariST
HardNHeavy_atarist

ImpossibleMission2
ImpossibleMission2_atarist
  • Amiga
ImpossibleMission2
  • AtariST
ImpossibleMission2_atarist