Unknown lead platform:
Trivial Pursuit
First released for MSX & ZX Spectrum in 1986
Ported to Thomson TO in 1986 by Ubisoft
Released for PC in March 1987
The Hunt for Red October
Released for Amiga, Commodore 64, and PC in 1987
Released for Atari ST in March 1988
Released for Mac in December 1988
Released for Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum in 1988
Yes Prime Minister: The Computer Game
Released for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, & ZX Spectrum in 1987
Ported to BBC Micro in 1987
Released for PC in 1988
Trivial Pursuit: A New Beginning
Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, & ZX Spectrum in 1988
The Amazing Spider-Man
Released for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, & PC in 1990
Select chronology:
| Title | Lead platform | Date | Contemporary ports |
| Macbeth | Commodore 64 | 1984 |
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| Trivial Pursuit | ??? | 1986 | Same-year releases on MSX & ZX Spectrum Same-year port to Thomson TO 1987 releases on Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PC, Atari 8-bit, & PC |
| The Hunt for Red October | ??? | 1987 | Same-year releases on Amiga, C64, & PC 1988 releases on Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Mac, & ZX Spectrum |
| Yes Prime Minister: The Computer Game | ??? | 1987 | Same-year releases on Amstrad CPC, C64, & ZX Spectrum Same-year port to BBC Micro 1988 release on PC |
| Trivial Pursuit: A New Beginning | ??? | 1988 | Too many to fit here |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | ??? | 1990 | Same-year releases on Amiga, Atari ST, C64, & PC |
I don't have anything to back this up other than it being weird otherwise, but I think the first Trivial Pursuit game was probably a Spectrum original.
ReplyDeleteThe Hunt for Red October, from what I've played, seems like both the Amiga and DOS versions are both glitchy in some way. The DOS version has something, probably poor quality rips, that result in the game's EGA mode not working, while the Amiga version doesn't seem like something in it is preventing the game from advancing properly.
The Amazing Spider-Man is possibly an Atari ST original. Sleeping Gods Lie, the game the company released the year before, was a ST original and one of the head staff on TASM is credited as designing that, but not coding a conversion.