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2. List of self-booting IBM PC compatible games - Wikipedia

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   The phrase "IBM PC compatible self-booting disk" is sometimes shortened to "PC booter". Self-booting disks were common for other computers as well. These games were distributed on 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 " or, later, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ", floppy disks that booted directly, meaning once they were inserted in the drive and the computer was turned on, a minimal ...

3. Maximo (software) - Wikipedia

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   Maximo is enterprise asset management software originally developed by Project Software & Development (later MRO Software) with the first commercial version released in 1985. [2] [3] Purchased by IBM in 2006, it was branded as IBM Maximo Asset Management. With the release of version 8 in July 2021 the product was renamed to IBM Maximo Manage. [4]

4. List of commercial video games released as freeware

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   The ROMs of the game and its sequel were formerly offered by the owner Randel Reiss for free download. In 2021, however, the rights to both games were purchased by Piko Interactive, leding the download links for the ROMs to disappear from Technopop's website, [121] but they are still available for free download on Zophar's Domain.

5. Self-booting disk - Wikipedia

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   On other systems, like the Apple II and Atari 8-bit computers, almost all software is self-booting. On the IBM PC, the distinction is between a self-booting program and one which is started by the user via an operating system such as MS-DOS or IBM PC DOS. The term "PC booter" was not contemporaneous with when self-booting games were being released.

6. Styx (Windmill game) - Wikipedia

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   Styx is a video game released by Windmill Software in 1983 as a copy-protected, bootable 5.25" floppy disk for the IBM PC/XT.It is a clone of the 1981 arcade game Qix.In September 2004 the source code of the game became available "for historical interest" (with other Windmill Software games such as Digger).

7. Alley Cat (video game) - Wikipedia

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   Alley Cat is a video game created by Bill Williams and published by Synapse Software for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. The player controls Freddy the Cat, who enters people's homes through open windows to perform various tasks in order to reach his love, Felicia. [1] A port for the IBM PC as a self-booting disk and the IBM PCjr were published ...

8. Castle Adventure - Wikipedia

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   The game uses the text mode of IBM PC compatibles. It uses special characters from code page 437 to represent monsters, treasures, weapons, props, castle walls, etc. It could be played on even the earliest IBM PC display equipment, such as the IBM Monochrome Display Adapter and the IBM 5151 monitor.

9. The Pawn (video game) - Wikipedia

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   The game itself–story and parser–got mostly positive reviews. In the October 1986 edition of Compute! , Neil Randall described The Pawn as "parod[ying] the entire genre of interactive fiction, showing us that much of it — even the serious stuff — has its shortcomings", giving as example a character campaigning to eliminate mazes in text ...