The 72 best 16/32-bit home computer games

All systems together, ranked by the scores that magazines gave these games when they came out. Systems: Amiga, Atari ST, classic Mac OS, Amiga AGA (A1200), Acorn Archimedes, Apple IIGS, Atari Falcon, FM Towns. The list draws on 28,780 review scores of 5,068 games.

#	Game	Platform	Year	Score
1	The Pawn	Atari ST	1986	97.6
2	Lemmings	Amiga, Atari ST	1991	94.4
3	Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods	Atari ST, Amiga	1991	94.4
4	Archer Maclean's Pool	Atari ST	1992	94
5	The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100	Amiga	1990	94
6	Dungeon Master	Amiga, Atari ST	1989	93.7
7	Cruise For a Corpse	Atari ST, Amiga	1991	93.7
8	SimCity 2000	Mac OS Classic	1994	93.6
9	Tracker	Atari ST	1987	93.6
10	Sensible World of Soccer	Amiga	1994	93.4
11	EPIC	Atari ST	1992	93
12	International Sensible Soccer: World Champions	Amiga	1994	93
13	Cannon Fodder	Atari ST, Amiga	1994	92.7
14	Flight Simulator II	Atari ST	1986	92.6
15	Midwinter	Atari ST	1989	92.5
16	Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom	Atari ST	1991	92.4
17	Dyna Blaster	Atari ST	1992	92.2
18	Xenon 2: Megablast	Atari ST	1989	92.1
19	Rainbow Islands	Atari ST, Amiga	1990	92.1
20	F-19 Stealth Fighter	Atari ST	1990	92
21	Hunter	Atari ST, Amiga	1991	91.9
22	The Settlers	Amiga	1993	91.9
23	Civilization	Amiga AGA, Mac OS Classic	1994	91.9
24	Lemmings 2: The Tribes	Atari ST, Amiga	1993	91.9
25	Stationfall	Amiga	1987	91.9
26	Mega-lo-Mania	Amiga	1991	91.9
27	Ishar: Legend of the Fortress	Atari ST	1992	91.8
28	Gauntlet	Atari ST	1987	91.8
29	Flashback	Amiga	1992	91.8
30	Another World	Atari ST	1991	91.8
31	Worms: The Director's Cut	Amiga AGA	1997	91.7
32	Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny	Atari ST	1989	91.5
33	Capital Punishment	Amiga AGA	1996	91.5
34	Rody & Mastico II	Atari ST	1990	91.5
35	Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker	Atari ST, Amiga	1991	91.4
36	Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge	Amiga	1992	91.4
37	Kick Off 2	Atari ST, Amiga	1990	91.4
38	Wizkid	Atari ST	1992	91.3
39	Formula 1 Grand Prix	Amiga	1992	91.2
40	First Samurai	Amiga	1991	91.2
41	Populous	Amiga, Atari ST	1989	91.2
42	The Killing Cloud	Atari ST	1991	91.2
43	Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe	Atari ST, Amiga	1990	91.2
44	Frontier: Elite II	Atari ST	1993	91.1
45	Alien Breed 3D	Amiga AGA	1995	91.1
46	Worms	Amiga	1995	91.1
47	Beneath A Steel Sky	Amiga	1994	91.1
48	Stunt Car Racer	Amiga	1989	91
49	Super Cars II	Atari ST	1991	91
50	Shadow Fighter	Amiga AGA	1995	91
51	Syndicate	Amiga	1993	91
52	Sensible World of Soccer '95/'96	Amiga	1996	90.9
53	Gloom Deluxe	Amiga AGA	1996	90.8
54	SimCity	Amiga	1989	90.8
55	The Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown	Amiga	1987	90.7
56	Heimdall	Amiga	1991	90.6
57	Rock Star	Amiga	1990	90.6
58	Sensible Soccer: European Champions	Amiga	1992	90.5
59	SWIV	Amiga	1991	90.5
60	Chaos Strikes Back	Atari ST	1989	90.5
61	Hired Guns	Amiga	1993	90.5
62	Flight of the Intruder	Atari ST	1991	90.5
63	Theme Park	Amiga AGA	1994	90.5
64	Second Samurai	Amiga AGA	1994	90.4
65	Magic Pockets	Atari ST	1991	90.2
66	Carrier Command	Atari ST	1988	90.2
67	The Secret of Monkey Island	Atari ST	1990	90.2
68	Elf	Atari ST	1991	90.1
69	Armour-Geddon	Amiga	1991	90.1
70	Gods	Atari ST	1991	90
71	Project X Special Edition	Amiga	1993	90
72	Colonial Conquest	Atari ST	1987	90

Highly rated, with fewer than 3 reviews

132 titles have a score of 90 or more, but from only one or two reviews, and no Metacritic score.

Game	Platform	Year	Score
Balance of Power	Atari ST	1987	100
Spellbreaker	Mac OS Classic	1985	100
Stationfall	Atari ST	1987	100
ChipWits	Mac OS Classic	1984	100
Dragonworld	Mac OS Classic	1984	100
Fahrenheit 451	Mac OS Classic	1985	100
Go	Mac OS Classic	1987	100
Horizon CE1	Atari ST	1990	100
Hyperforce	Atari ST	1989	100
Jinxter	Archimedes	1989	100
La Bosse des Maths 3ème	Amiga	1988	100
La Ferme les Cris des Animaux	Atari ST	1990	100
Nevyron	Archimedes	1990	100
Suspect: An Interactive Mystery	Mac OS Classic	1984	100
The Guild of Thieves	Archimedes	1990	100
The Magician	Atari ST	1991	100
The Pawn	Archimedes	1989	100
Trinity	Amiga	1986	100
Troubadours	Atari ST	1988	100
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds	Mac OS Classic	1990	100
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	Mac OS Classic	1985	100
Black & White	Mac OS Classic	2001	97
Obsession	Atari ST	1994	96
Psion Chess	Atari ST	1986	96
Starball	Atari ST	1994	96
Unreal Tournament	Mac OS Classic	2000	96
Ballyhoo	Atari ST	1986	95
Bureaucracy	Atari ST	1987	95
Hook	Atari ST	1992	95
Alien Mind	Apple IIGS	1988	95
Heretic 2	Amiga AGA	1999	95
Quake	Amiga AGA	1998	94.5
Fun School 3 for 5 to 7 Year Olds	Atari ST	1990	94
Sensible Soccer: European Champions	Archimedes	1992	94
Stardust	Atari ST	1995	94
Genetic Species	Amiga AGA	1998	93.5
Malice	Amiga AGA	1998	93
Ballzone	Atari ST	1988	93
Harukanaru Augusta: New 3D Golf Simulation	FM Towns	1990	93
Helcat Over the Pacific	Mac OS Classic	1992	93
MasterBreak	Atari ST		93
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault	Mac OS Classic	2002	93
Syndicate: American Revolt	Amiga	1994	93
T-Zero	Amiga AGA	1999	93
The Secret of Monkey Island	Mac OS Classic	1992	93
Towers II: Plight of the Stargazer	Atari Falcon	1995	93
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos	Mac OS Classic	2002	93
Llamatron	Atari ST	1991	92.5
The Adventures of Moktar	Amiga	1991	92.5
Myst	Amiga AGA	1998	92
Myth: History in the Making	Atari ST	1992	92
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers	Mac OS Classic	1991	92
Tesserae	Mac OS Classic		92
Testament	Amiga AGA	1997	92
The Chaos Engine 2	Amiga AGA	1996	92
Trapped 2	Amiga AGA	1997	92
Vegas Gambler	Amiga	1989	92
WipEout 2097	Amiga AGA	1999	92
Prince of Persia	Mac OS Classic	1992	91.5
Snow Bros.	Amiga	1991	91.5
Super Skidmarks	Amiga AGA	1995	91.5
The Ancient Art of War	Mac OS Classic	1985	91.5
Head Over Heels	Atari ST	1989	91
The Halley Project: A Mission In Our Solar System	Amiga	1986	91
Bargon Attack	Atari ST	1992	91
Blue Angel 69	Atari ST	1989	91
Colonization	Amiga AGA	1995	91
Fun School 3 for the Under 5s	Atari ST	1990	91
Gnome Ranger	Mac OS Classic	1987	91
Hellowoon: Das Geheimnis des Zauberstabs	Atari ST	1987	91
Llamazap	Atari Falcon	1993	91
Pyramino	Atari ST	1987	91
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective	Amiga	1991	91
Super Twintris	Amiga	1991	91
The Mission	Amiga	1990	91
International Sensible Soccer: World Champions	Atari ST	1994	90.5
The Shadow of the Third Moon	Amiga AGA	1997	90.5
Toki	Atari ST	1991	90.5
Awélé	Mac OS Classic	1985	90
Foundation	Amiga AGA	1998	90
Tass Times in Tonetown	Mac OS Classic	1986	90
4D Boxing	Mac OS Classic	1991	90
A Mind Forever Voyaging	Atari ST	1985	90
A-Train	Mac OS Classic	1992	90
Arkanoid	Apple IIGS	1988	90
Blades of Exile	Mac OS Classic	1996	90
Borrowed Time	Mac OS Classic	1986	90
Brixx!	Archimedes	1990	90
Clive Barker's Undying	Mac OS Classic	2002	90
Corruption	Archimedes	1988	90
Descent³	Mac OS Classic	1999	90
Dungeon Master	Apple IIGS	1989	90
Electronic Jigsaw Puzzle	Atari ST	1987	90
Faces ...tris III	Mac OS Classic	1990	90
Fish!	Archimedes	1990	90
Football Manager	Atari ST	1988	90
Fun School 3 for the over 7s	Atari ST	1990	90
Heimdall 2	Amiga AGA	1994	90
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders	Amiga AGA	1999	90
Herewith the Clues	Archimedes	1990	90
Hexen: Beyond Heretic	Amiga AGA	1999	90
Holed Out	Archimedes	1989	90
Hollywood Hijinx	Atari ST	1986	90
Hoyle: Official Book of Games - Volume 2: Solitaire	Mac OS Classic	1991	90
Inertia	Archimedes	1990	90
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast	Mac OS Classic	2002	90
Jonathan	Amiga	1993	90
Leisure Suit Larry 5: Passionate Patti does a Little Undercover Work	Mac OS Classic	1991	90
Les Castors Juniors dans la Foret	Amiga	1990	90
Microdrive	Archimedes	1990	90
Mixed-Up Mother Goose	Atari ST	1987	90
Moonbase	Mac OS Classic	1991	90
Napalm: The Crimson Crisis	Amiga AGA	1999	90
Neuromancer	Apple IIGS	1989	90
Pac-Mania	Archimedes	1989	90
Pon!	Archimedes	1990	90
Pool of Radiance	Mac OS Classic	1989	90
Portal 2	Mac OS Classic	2011	90
Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth	Mac OS Classic	1988	90
Rody & Mastico II	Amiga	1990	90
Sargon 4	Mac OS Classic	1988	90
Scooby & Scrappy Doo	Atari ST	1991	90
Son Shu-Shi	Atari ST	1991	90
Spaceship Warlock	Mac OS Classic	1991	90
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force	Mac OS Classic	2000	90
Stratego	Mac OS Classic	1990	90
Tennis Cup II	Atari ST	1992	90
The 7th Guest	Mac OS Classic	1993	90
The Chessmaster 2100	Apple IIGS	1988	90
The Puzzle Gallery: At the Carnival	Mac OS Classic	1989	90
Theme Park	Mac OS Classic	1994	90
Trex Warrior: 22nd Century Gladiator	Amiga	1991	90

How the ranking works

The scores are the ones magazines gave when the games came out, all converted to a 0–100 scale. Only one review per magazine counts for a game: the most recent.
A game's score is half the average, half the median of its magazine reviews. A title opens the game's page on uvlist.net; a score opens the report with every review behind it.
A game needs at least 3 magazine reviews to be ranked. With equal scores, the game with more reviews comes first.
Metacritic already sums up many reviews, so it is never mixed with the magazines: it is used only for games with fewer than 3 magazine reviews, as their only score.
Each list shows every game with a score of 90 or more. Games with fewer than 3 reviews and no Metacritic score are shown apart: their score is promising, but rests on one or two opinions.
A title released on several systems of the group appears once, at the rank of its best version; every version good enough to make the list is shown under it.

The lists are rebuilt each time reviews are added. To filter by genre, year, magazine or publisher, explore all the scores in the report.

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