Which were the best software publishers that changed Amiga history?

[Roj]

Surely these are deserving as well:

Hyperion
Nova Design
SoftLogik

And in the "Did More Harm Than Good" department:

1. Microsoft for giving up on Amiga after AmigaBasic
2. id for their conscious effort to completely avoid the Amiga
3. Haage & Partner for the Amithlon fiasco

[Roj]

I think listing a company that was formed 5 years after Commodore went under as a software publisher that changed Amiga History is more then a little strange.

I must admit I was thinking of the potential of AOS4 and attributing that to Hyperion. I chose along the lines of "keeping the Titanic afloat" type efforts. Without them, the Amiga would be history. Otherwise I agree with several others listed.

My vote for the top five:

1. Newtek - probably had the largest impact

2. Electronic Arts - the IFF standard and, for me, F/A 18 had me hooked the minute I saw it.

3. Psygnosis - Many people over the years who knew nothing more about the Amiga knew about Lemmings

4. SAS Institute - The long-time standard C compiler

5. Ralph Schmidt along with Phase5 - made the first move to PowerPC

A few others worth mentioning:

Aminet/Urban Müller.
Fred Fish
William Hawes

You can tell the newbies by there lists.

P.S. I bought my first Amiga in 1987, and my first PC in 2001. ;-)