/vr/ - Retro Games

Why did Sierra composers adore Apple IIGS, giving its ports of AGI engine games unique soundtrack arrangements for IIGS's wavetable chip, while at the same time they gave zero fucks about Amiga's audio capabilities and just sampled a square wave and ported PC audio as it was?

>>6582538
>pretty much the worst home computers of the early to mid '80s
>absolute dogshit compared to anything post-1986
>only redeeming features are cheapness and BASIC language
>mainly sold as the "budget" models
move over cuck, best '80s classic home computer coming through...
>huge software library
>compatible with older systems
>superior home ports and other games, including masterpieces never properly done on other systems
>still available used for reasonable prices thanks to giant amount sold to schools

>>3465030
A IIGS really?

>>3439991
The Macintosh was one of Apple's biggest mistakes. The Apple 2GS was cheaper even with a monitor, and even though it had a slower CPU it was a much more capable machine. It could have been an actual competitor against the Amiga and IBM PC but instead we got Steve Jobs' shitty monochrome all-in-one with virtually no multimedia, gaming, and entertainment capabilities whatsoever.

The Apple 2 GS was everything people could have wanted from a 16-bit successor to the Apple 2 but they threw it under the bus to make way for a shitty machine that no-one wanted fueled by Steve Jobs' autism. The original Mac is the reason Apple was pretty much irrelevant for most of the 90s.

How does this compare in overall to the Atari ST?

Also, do any of you fags think it should have been named the AppleIV?