Ports of Entry: Loriciels

Unknown lead platform:

 

Jeep

First released for Oric on June 1984

Released for C64 on 1984

 

Bob Winner

Released for Amstrad CPC & Amstrad PCW in 1986

Ported to PC in 1986

Released for Atari ST, Thomson MO, & Thomson TO in 1987

 

Mach 3

Released for Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, PC, Thomson MO, & Thomson TO in 1987

Released for Amiga in February 1988

 

The Amiga & Atari ST versions have very different title screens from the rest, making me think they may have been developed later. Amiga's title is 32 colors, though gameplay in both are only 16.

 

Space Racer

Released for Amiga, Atari ST, C64, PC in 1988

Ported to Amstrad CPC, Thomson MO, & Thomson TO, & ZX Spectrum in 1988

For whatever it's worth, the PC version credits author Pascal Jarry as its programmer, the Amiga & C64 versions credit others, and the Atari ST version does not credit anyone as its programmer. The Amiga version also does not use more than 16 colors, even on the title screen.

For whatever it's worth, the PC version credits author Pascal Jarry as its programmer, the Amiga & C64 versions credit others, and the Atari ST version does not credit anyone as its programmer. The Amiga version also does not use more than 16 colors, even on the title screen.

 

Skweek

Released for Amiga, Atari ST in 1989

Ported to Amstrad CPC & PC in 1989

Amiga appears to make use of 320x256 resolution mode and 64 colors, which are not available on Atari ST, though Atari ST uses 36 colors and I am not sure how it does that. It suggests Amiga-first development, but I have questions.

 

Panza Kick Boxing

Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, & PC in 1990

Released for TurboGrafx-16 in 1991

The Amiga, Amstrad, and PC credits have specific entries for Amiga/CPC/PC code while Atari ST just credits author Pascal Jarry with "programming," suggesting that may be the lead platform.

 

Best of the Best Karate Championship

Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Gameboy, PC

Ported to NES in December 1992

Released for Genesis in January 1993

Ported to SNES in March 1993

Wikipedia says this is the same game as Panza Kick Boxing.

Select chronology:   

 

Title	Lead platform	Date	Contemporary ports
The Mystery of Kikekankoi	Oric	1983
Jeep	???	1984-6	Same-year releases on C64 & Oric
Sapiens	Thomson MO5	1986-6	Same-year releases on Amstrad CPC & Thomson TO 1987 releases on Atari ST & PC
Tera	PC	1986-10
Bob Winner	???	1986	Same-year releases on Amstrad CPC & PCW Same-year port to PC 1987 releases on Atari ST, Thomson MO, & TO
Mach 3	???	1987	Too many to fit here
Space Racer	???	1988	Same-year releases on Amiga, Atari ST, C64, & PC Same-year ports to various computers
Skweek	???	1989	Same-year releases on Amiga & Atari ST Same-year ports to Amstrad CPC & PC
Panza Kick Boxing	???	1990	Same-year releases on various computers 1991 release on TurboGrafx-16
Best of the Best Karate Championship	???	1992	Same-year releases on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Gameboy, & PC Same-year port to NES 1993 release on Genesis 1993 port to SNES