Which were the best software publishers that changed Amiga history?

[Kronos]

(only apps, no games here)

1.EA (duh)
2.SAS (without Lattice/SAS-C there wouldn't
be that much SW to talk about).
3.Maxon/HiSoft (eventhough their C++ sucked)
4.H&P (mainly for StormC, the 1st user-friendly
C++-compiler.
6.VGR/Phase5 (CyberGraphX was and is the best
RTG-SW, and without it GFX-cards would never have
catched on)


I also aggree with Tigger on Hyperion, as there
games are nothing to write home about (they are just
reducing the gap to the PC, nothing more).

OS4 has most certainly allready changed Amiga-history,
but sofar not to the better, and wether it will
when it is released is yet to be seen.

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@jaruzel

Yes it damage to the Amiga, but without it the
numbers of sold Amigas would have stayed in
6-figure-number (my guess), and without kids
getting into the Amiga via "free" games there would
have been less who turned to like the sys, used
it and even bought SW for it.

Honest question : How many of us here would have
bought their 1st Amigas, if there hadn't been
those "free" games ?

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@Slimjim

Somehow I think you are a minority ....

I also bought a game (a compilation) with
my A500, but ended only playing one of the games.

In the 18 months I used my Amiga for gaming,
I bought 6 or 7 games, and "tried" a few more,
but then I changed my setup, and right till to
today I never had the "right" setup for the current
games ...

[Kronos]

Yeap, me only replied to the 1st chapter.