Due to the overwhelming sense of contentment provided by my beloved Atari ST during the late eighties and early nineties, I arrived relatively late to the 16-bit console party. Another fabulous Christmas present, this time a lovely Super Nintendo, would break my console duck and provide some of the best gaming I’ve experienced to date. Back then the amount of buttons on the robust pad was a marvel in itself – just enough for a game of Street Fighter 2. [...]

After many years of Acorn Electron and Amstrad CPC gaming, I finally found my true love. The Atari ST, along with a carrier bag full of pirated game compilation disks (all individually wrapped, god bless you Mum) became mine one Christmas morning, and I have used one ever since. My Atari ST has been in the company of a multitude of systems throughout the hardware generations and never once played second fiddle. Until now, that is.

Last week I placed my Atari STE in the loft alongside its three STFM brethren in order to make room for the impending arrival of the fourth member of the Game & Write clan. What better way to mark this sad happening than with a look back at my favourite games for the system. [...]