Enhanced Games

Enhance me, baby!

I wanted to create a single page that lists all the enhanced games - those that run significantly better on the Atari STe thanks to the hardware scrolling, Blitter chip, DMA audio, extra colours, and JagPads. However, I will ignore any game where the only upgrade is using the extended palette. Ugh, such a rip-off!!

So, whilst sifting through the archives, I quickly realised that the list would be much larger than I initially expected! In fact, I uncovered far more games than I had anticipated. Please note that this isn’t a complete list - it’s simply a quick-access guide to everything featured and reviewed here on AtariCrypt.

Note that some games are enhanced on the older ST computers if a Blitter is present. Games like Puffy's Saga & Gauntlet. Also, Menace is the only game listed that works on both computers. Regardless, please remember that this page is aimed specifically at the Atari STe.

Each title is listed alphabetically, with a column indicating its main enhancements. Let me know if I have made any errors. I hope this list will be helpful for you STe Nutters. Happy enhanced gaming...

4K Pacman - Blitter (link)
Accelerator - h/w scrolling (link)
Adam Is Me - DMA audio (link)
Aerial Kombat - DMA audio (link)
AFL Pro Football - h/w scrolling, Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Alien Blast - h/w scrolling, DMA audio (link)
Alien Busters IV - DMA audio (link)
Alien Thing - DMA audio (link)
Anarcho Ride - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Another World - DMA audio (link)
Asteroidia - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
AstroPanic '94 - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Athanor II - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Battletris - DMA audio (link)
Battletris+ - DMA audio (link)
B Squad - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Backgammon - Blitter (GEM) (link)
BeGEMeD - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
BLAT - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Blitz - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Billyboy - DMA audio (link)
Bio Hazard - Blitter (link)
Bio Hazard II - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Birds of Prey - DMA audio (link)
Bobby the Hippie Ghost - Blitter (link)
Bold - Blitter (link)
Bombaman - Overscan, more colours, DMA audio, Blitter (link)
Breakdance - DMA audio (link)
Candyman - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Cannon Fodder - Blitter, DMA audio (link) *NEW*
Card Party - Blitter, Colours? (link)
Chaos Engine - h/w scrolling, better colours (link)
Chaos Strikes Back - DMA audio (link)
Chronicles Of Omega - h/w scrolling, DMA audio (link)
Chu Chu Rocket - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Cisco Heat - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Cosmos Chronicles - Blitter (link)
Crackman - h/w scrolling, DMA audio, Blitter (link)
Crash Time Plumber - Blitter (link)
Creatures - DMA audio (link)
Crime Time - DMA audio, more colour (link)
Crime Wave - h/w scrolling, LOST! (link)
Daimakaimura - H/W Scrolling, Blitter, DMA audio (link)
DARC - Blitter (link)
DARC II - Blitter (link)
D-Day - h/w scrolling (link)
Death Chase - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Defender - Overscan, DMA audio (link)
Destruction Imminent - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Detonator - DMA audio (link)
DOOM - DMA audio (link)
Droid - Blitter, h/w scrolling, DMA audio (link)
Dungeon Master - DMA audio (link)
Elvira The Arcade Game - Blitter, more colours (link)
Enduro Racer - Blitter, DMA audio, abandoned? (link)
Escape 2042 - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Esprit - DMA audio (link)
European Champions - Blitter, h/w scrolling, DMA audio (link) *NEW*
Exterminator - DMA audio, more colours (link)
Fanwor - DMA audio, Blitter (link)
FASTER - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
Final Fight - More and better colours (link)
Fireforce - Blitter, DMA audio (link) *NEW*
Frantick - DMA audio (link)
Frogs - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Future Wars - DMA audio (link)
Gauntlet - Blitter (link)
Ghost Battle - Blitter (link)
Giana Sisters - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
Gilbert's New Adventures - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
GodPey - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Gods - Loads of extra colours (link)
Goin' Down With The Captain - DMA audio (link)
H-Mec - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
H-Mec II - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
Hard 'n' Heavy - Blitter (link)
Heartland 2000 - DMA audio (link)
Hellgate - DMA audio (link)
HERO II - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Iron - Blitter (link)
Jinks - Blitter (link)
Kittypuk - DMA audio (link)
Klax - DMA audio (link)
Kolmik - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Kuo Vadis - DMA audio (link)
Labotomy Invaders - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Landmine - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Leavin' Teramis - Better Colours (intro) (link)
Lethal Xcess - Blitter, h/w Scrolling, DMA audio (link)
Lignes - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Lotus Esprit - Blitter, DMA audio, more colours (link)
MAD - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Magic Boy - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Magno Ball - Blitter (link)
Megaline - DMA audio (link)
Menace - pilot the new White Star! (link)
Micromachines - Blitter, h/w Scrolling, Overscan (link)
Mole Mayhem - DMA audio (link)
Moomin Slaughter - DMA audio (link)
Moonfall - DMA audio (link)
Muzzy - DMA audio on intro (link)
N.o.B.I. Racing - DMA audio (link)
Nano Cave - Blitter (link)
No Limit - DMA audio (link)
No Limit II - h/w Scrolling, DMA audio (link)
Obsession - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
Oh No! Not More Radioactive Mineshafts - Blitter (link)
Oids - Better framerates (link)
Operation Garfield - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Ork - Supports faster CPUs like in the Mega STe (link)
Out Run - Blitter, abandoned? (link)
Overdrive - DMA audio (link)
Pac Mania - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
Pacman On E's - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
PuckMan - Blitter, DMA audio, Overscan (link)
Pairs are Gone (The) - DMA audio (link)
Paragliding - DMA audio (link)
Persifal - Blitter (maybe!) (link)
PHF Rally II - More on-screen colours, overscan (link)
Pole Position - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Pong - DMA audio (link)
Pooz - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Pop! - DMA audio (link)
PouifOuf - Blitter (link)
Power Drift - Blitter (link)
Power Up - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Prince Of Persia - DMA audio (link)
Puffy's Saga - Blitter (link)
Pung - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
R-Type Deluxe - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
Revenge of the Mutant Camels - More colours, DMA audio (link)
Rock Star Ate My Hamster - DMA audio (link)
R0X - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
R0X Zero - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
RandoMaZer - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Ready... Steady... Bang! - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Rebels V Laserthons - DMA audio (link)
Rebels V Laserthons II - DMA audio (link)
Ritus - DMA audio (link)
Road Runner - Blitter (link)
Robocop III - DMA audio, better colours (link)
Rock 'n' Roll Clams - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Rodney vs KFC - DMA audio (link)
Roger - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
Rogue - DMA audio (link)
Rubicon - More colours, DMA audio (link)
Saboteur III The Egyptian Mission - Blitter (link)
Sam in Monsters Land - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Sam in Monster's Garden - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Sardonic - Blitter, h/w scrolling (link)
Sheer Agony - Blitter (link) *NEW*
Shotgun - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Sinister Developments' Asteroids - DMA audio (link)
Sinister Developments' Painter - DMA audio (link)
Sinister Developments' Space Invaders - DMA audio (link)
Skulls - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Skyduel - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Sleepwalker - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
Sliders - h/w scrolling (link)
Snacman - DMA audio (link)
Sokoban - Blitter (link)
Space Zot - Blitter (link)
Speed and Skaet Ball - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Square Off - DMA audio, Blitter (link)
Stone Age - DMA audio, more colour (link)
Storm 94 - DMA audio (link)
Starball - DMA audio (link)
Stardust - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
STEtris - loads of on-screen (link)
Street Fighter II - Blitter, DMA, h/w scrolling (link)
Stront - DMA audio (link)
Stupid Balloon Game - DMA audio (link)
Styx II - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Substation - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Supa Zazai Da! - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Super Pac-Man - DMA audio (link)
System IV Mister Tenqus Adventure - Blitter (link)
Take It - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Team - Blitter, DMA audio, h/w scrolling (link)
Tetris II Strikes Back - Stereo DMA audio (link)
The Errand Boy - far better palette (link)
Thrust 0.5 - Blitter (link)
Tiny Skweeks - DMA audio (link)
Tiptronix - Blitter (link)
Titan - DMA, h/w Scrolling (link)
TomTar - DMA audio (link)
Top Banana - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Torment - DMA audio (link) *NEW*
Tower Power - DMA audio (link)
Trapped II - DMA audio (link)
Treasure In Cave - DMA audio (link)
Trucker - h/w Scrolling/palette? (link)
Ultimate Arena - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Ultimate 'tris Game - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Uridium - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Utopos - Blitter, h/w scrolling, DMA audio (link)
Vaxine - DMA audio, more colours (link)
Walz - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Warriors of Light - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Whack a Virus - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Whipper Snapper's Race - DMA audio (link)
Whitewater Madness - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Winglord - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Wings Of Death - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Wolfenstein 3D - DMA audio, more colours (link)
Word Up - DMA audio (link)
Worm Race - DMA audio (link)
Wrecking Ball - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Xenon II - DMA audio (link)
Yopaz - DMA audio (link)
Zaptastic - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Zero 5 - Blitter, DMA audio (link)
Zool - Blitter, h/w scrolling (link)
Zuffers - DMA audio (link)