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x MS-DOS

Daleks

MS-DOS (pronounced /ˌɛmɛsˈdɒs/, em-es-dos; short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system commercialized by Microsoft. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems and was the main operating system...

Covert Action

Shufflepuck Cafe

Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge

Quiver

x Apple II

Phantasie

The Apple II (often rendered or written as Apple ][ or Apple //) was one of the first highly successful mass produced microcomputer products, manufactured by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) and introduced in 1977. It was among the first home...

Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It

Infidel

Bolo

Ultima II

x Macintosh

Hidden Agenda

Macintosh, or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The Macintosh was introduced on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and...

Mickey's Space Adventure

JumpStart 2nd Grade

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra

x Amiga

Double Dragon

The Amiga was a family of personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. Development on the Amiga began in 1982 with Jay Miner as the principal hardware designer. Commodore International bought Amiga Corporation and introduced the...

Zork II

Ninja Spirit

SimAnt

Sleepwalker

x Atari ST

Moonmist

The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was commercially available from 1985 to the early 1990s. It was released by Atari Corporation in 1985. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit...

1943: The Battle of Midway

Atomino

Silkworm

After Burner

x Sega Master System

Global Gladiators

The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986. Its original Japanese incarnation was the Sega Mark III (although the "Master System" name has also been used in...

Alex Kidd in High-Tech World

RoboCop 3

James Bond: The Duel

Krusty's Fun House

x Mac OS

Alternate Reality

Mac OS is the trademarked name for a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. (formerly Apple Computer, Inc.) for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with...

Silver

Apeiron

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

Thousand Parsec

x Microsoft Windows

Mall Tycoon 2

Microsoft Windows is a series of software operating systems and graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing...

Soul of the Ultimate Nation

BlackSite: Area 51

Vendetta Online

Armada Online

x Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia (Oceania), and South America between 1990 and 1993. In...

Ms. Pac-Man

Clock Tower: The First Fear

Battle Tycoon

True Golf: Wicked 18

x Mac OS X

The Sims

Mac OS X (pronounced /mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn/) is a line of computer operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., and since 2002 has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems. It is the successor to Mac OS 9, the final release...

The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer

Black & White 2

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

The Sims: House Party

x BBC Micro

Lunar Jetman

The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, was a series of microcomputers and associated peripherals designed and built by Acorn Computers for the BBC Computer Literacy Project, operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Designed with an...

Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge

The Hobbit

Mr. Mephisto

Jet Set Willy

x Game Boy

Rodland

The Game Boy (ゲームボーイ, Gēmu Bōi) is an 8-bit handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on April 21, 1989 (1989-04-21), in North America on July 31, 1989 (1989-07-31), and in Europe on September 28,...

Lock 'n' Chase

The Itchy and Scratchy Game

WWF War Zone

Jeep Jamboree

x Nintendo Entertainment System

Bard's Tale II

The Nintendo Entertainment System (abbreviated to NES or Nintendo) is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia in 1985. In most of Asia, including Japan (where it was first launched in 1983),...

Double Dragon II: The Revenge

Takeshi no Chousenjou

Fantastic Dizzy

Caveman Ughlympics

x DOS

Mission Critical

DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is a shorthand term for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft...

Bandit Kings of Ancient China

Slipstream 5000

BloodNet

Arya Vaiv

x Atari 8-bit family

Popeye

The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers manufactured from 1979 to 1992. All are based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU and were the first home computers designed with custom coprocessor chips, giving them the most powerful graphic,...

Pinball Construction Set

Wishbringer

International Karate

Amaurote

x MSX

Hang-On

MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s. It was a Microsoft-led attempt to create unified standards among hardware makers, conceived by one-time Microsoft Japan executive Kazuhiko Nishi. Despite Microsoft's...

Konami Game Master

Parodius

Oil's Well

Shalom

x Commodore 64

Crazy Kong

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of 595 USD. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of RAM with sound and...

Cybernoid

1942

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Zork I

x Sega Dreamcast

D2

The Dreamcast (ドリームキャスト, Dorīmukyasuto) is the last video game console made by Sega, and is the successor to the Sega Saturn. The Dreamcast is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles and was released in late 1998, before its...

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing

Tomb Raider Chronicles

Airforce Delta

Psychic Force 2012

x Nintendo DS

Madagascar

The Nintendo DS (ニンテンドーDS, Nintendō Dī Esu, sometimes abbreviated to DS or NDS) is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in 2004 in Canada, the United States, and Japan. The console features a...

Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle

Xiaolin Showdown

Crossword Puzzle

Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects

x PlayStation

Twisted Metal 2

The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or PSX due to its internal code name PlayStation eXperimental) is a 32-bit fifth generation video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 1994. The name "PlayStation" is the...

Ace Combat 2

Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero

Chocobo Stallion

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2

x PlayStation 2

Columns

The PlayStation 2 ("PS2") is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation series of video game consoles. Its...

Friends: The One with all the Trivia

The Getaway

Frogger: Ancient Shadow

Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude

x PlayStation 3

TNA iMPACT!

The PlayStation 3 (officially marketed PLAYSTATION 3, commonly abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3...

The Bigs

Major League Baseball 2K8

Madagascar 2: The Lost Island

Alliance: The Silent War

x PlayStation Portable

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo

The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the console was first announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony...

After Burner: Black Falcon

FIFA Soccer 2005

Naruto: Narutimate Portable

Ys: The Ark of Napishtim

x Commodore PET

Pirates Cove

The PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) was a home/personal computer produced by Commodore starting in 1977. It was a top seller in the Canadian, US, and UK educational markets, and was Commodore's first full-featured computer and would form the...

The Count

Lords of Karma

Voodoo Castle

Adventureland

x Commodore VIC-20

Arcadia

The VIC-20 (Germany: VC-20; Japan: VIC-1001) is an 8-bit home computer which was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 was the first...

Jetpac

Battlezone

Apple Panic

B-1 Nuclear Bomber

x Intellivision

ABPA Backgammon

The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1979. Development of the console began in 1978, less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. The word intellivision is a portmanteau of "intelligent...

ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Cloudy Mountain

Mattel

Armor Battle

Mattel

Astrosmash

Mattel

Atlantis

Imagic

x Sinclair QL

The Pawn

The Sinclair QL (for Quantum Leap), was a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, as the successor to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. The QL was aimed at the hobbyist and small business markets, but failed to achieve commercial success....

Mortville Manor

Silicon Dreams

x Game Boy Advance

Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2

The Game Boy Advance (ゲームボーイアドバンス, Gēmu Bōi Adobansu, often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21,...

Medal of Honor: Infiltrator

The Simpsons Road Rage

Metal Slug Advance

Hot Wheels Velocity X

x IBM PC

Gun.Smoke

The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981. It was created by a team of engineers and...

Castle Master

Stolen

Driller

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

x Virtual Boy

Vertical Force

Nintendo's Virtual Boy (バーチャルボーイ, Bācharu Bōi) (also known as the VR-32 during development) was the first portable game console capable of displaying "true 3D graphics" out of the box. Most video games are forced to use monocular cues to achieve the...

Galactic Pinball

Virtual Bowling

SD Gundam Dimension War

Golf

x Vectrex

Pole Position

The Vectrex is an 8-bit video game console that was developed by Western Technologies/Smith Engineering. It was licensed and distributed first by General Consumer Electric (GCE), and then by Milton Bradley Company after their purchase of GCE. It was...

Star Castle

Starhawk

Scramble

Armor Attack

x Sega CD

Bram Stoker's Dracula

The Mega-CD (メガCD, Mega Shī Dī) is an add-on device for the Mega Drive video game console, designed and produced by Sega and released in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and North America. In North America, it was renamed Sega CD, as the name...

Theme Park

Who Shot Johnny Rock?

Night Trap

A/X-101

x FM Towns

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

The FM Towns (commonly spelled FM-Towns, FM TOWNS, or FM-TOWNS) system is a Japanese PC variant, built by Fujitsu from February 1989 to the summer of 1997. It started as a proprietary PC variant intended for multimedia applications and PC games, but...

The Case of the Cautious Condor

Ultima VI

King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!

LOOM

x TurboGrafx-16

KiKi KaiKai

The TurboGrafx-16 (in full, the TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem), known in Japan as the PC Engine (PCエンジン, Pīshī Enjin), is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on...

Legendary Axe

Bomberman

Cadash

Street Fighter II

x Nintendo 64

Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Basic-han 2001

The Nintendo 64 (ニンテンドウ64, Nintendō Roku Jū Yon, NINTENDO64), often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo's third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released on June 23, 1996 in Japan, September 29, 1996...

Earthworm Jim 3D

Space Station Silicon Valley

Rat Attack

Mega Man Legends

x ZX Spectrum

Badlands

Teque

Domark

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum (Pronounced: "Zed Ecks Spectrum" from its original British English branding) is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. Referred to during development as the ZX81...

Double Dragon

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

Pole Position

Street Fighter II

Go!

x Amstrad CPC

Bubble Dizzy

The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8 bit home computers produced by Amstrad during the 1980s and early 1990s. "CPC" stands for 'Colour Personal Computer', although it was possible to purchase a CPC with a green screen (GT64/65) as well as with the...

Star Wreck

Cauldron

Jet Set Willy

Prehistorik

x Arcade game

Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes

An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, typically installed in businesses such as restaurants, public houses, video arcades, and Family Entertainment Centers. Most arcade games are redemption games, merchandisers (such as Claw crane...

Sega Bass Fishing

Bakutotsu Kijuutei

Alien Storm

Pac-Mania

x Xbox 360

Tony Hawk's Project 8

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. A prominent feature of...

F.E.A.R. 2

APB

Unreal Tournament III

Call of Duty 2

x Xbox

World War II Combat: Road to Berlin

The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast, and Nintendo's Nintendo GameCube. The integrated Xbox...

American McGee Presents: Scrapland

The King of Fighters 2003

Top Angler: Real Bass Fishing

NASCAR Thunder 2002

x Nintendo GameCube

Tensai Bit-Kun: Gramon Battle

The Nintendo GameCube (ニンテンドーゲームキューブ, Nintendō Gēmukyūbu) is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to Nintendo's Wii. The Nintendo GameCube...

Room Zoom

Medal of Honor: Frontline

MC Groovz Dance Craze

Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey

x TRS-80 Color Computer

Dino Wars

R.G. Kilgus

Tandy Corporation

The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (also called Tandy Color Computer, or CoCo) was a home computer launched in 1980. Despite the name, the "Color Computer" was a radical departure from earlier TRS-80 Models - in particular it had a Motorola 6809...

Rocky's Boots

Star Trek

Dungeons of Daggorath

Moon Patrol

x TRS-80 Model 1

x SAM Coupé

Prince of Persia

The SAM Coupé (Pronounced: "Sam Coo-Pay" from its original British English branding) is an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in late 1989. It is commonly considered a clone of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer, since it features a...

Pipe Dream

Manic Miner

Astroball

Splat!

x Amiga 4000

Alien Breed 3D

The Commodore Amiga 4000, or A4000, was the successor of the A2000 and A3000 computers. There are two models, the A4000/040 released in October 1992 with a Motorola 68040 CPU, and the A4000/030 released in April 1993 with a Motorola 68EC030. The...

Alien Breed: Tower Assault

Pinball Illusions

x Sega Genesis

Aero the Acro-Bat 2

The Mega Drive (メガドライブ, Mega Doraibu) is a fourth-generation video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 and Europe in 1990. The console was released in North America in 1989 under the name Genesis, as Sega was unable to secure legal rights...

Golden Axe II

Barney's Hide and Seek

Wardner

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

x Berkeley Software Distribution

Warcraft II

Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD, sometimes called Berkeley Unix) is the UNIX operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995. Historically,...

PlaneShift

Teeworld

Widelands

x IBM PS/1

Lightspeed

The IBM PS/1 personal computer was IBM's return to the home market in 1990, five years after the IBM PCjr. It was replaced by the IBM Aptiva in September 1994. Like the PCjr, the PS/1's name suggested a more limited machine than IBM's business line,...

x Mac OS 9

GLtron

Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's "Classic" Mac OS. Introduced on October 23, 1999, Apple positioned it as "The Best Internet Operating System Ever," highlighting Sherlock 2's Internet search capabilities, integration with Apple's free...

Oni

Pro Pinball: Timeshock!

SimTower

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

x Atari

Broadsides

Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA). Atari Interactive has in...

Lords of Karma

Eamon

Manhunter: New York

The Tail of Beta Lyrae

x Personal computer

Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~

A personal computer (PC) is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator. As of...

Dungeon Master

2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge

The ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures: The Puzzle of Pyramids

Gateway

x Amp'd Mobile

Dirge of Cerberus: Lost Episode -Final Fantasy VII-

Amp'd Mobile was a mobile phone service launched in the United States in late 2005. The company was a Mobile Virtual Network Operator. Its primary non-Venture Capital investors were MTV Networks and Universal Music Group. The service targeted at 18...

x Personal computer game

D

A personal computer game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine. Computer games have evolved from the simple graphics and gameplay of early...

Kart Attack

Yulgang

Lotus Challenge

Cosmic Osmo’s: Hex Isle

x NEC PC-8801

Golf

The NEC PC-8801 was an early Zilog Z80-based computer exclusively released in Japan, where it became very popular, by NEC Corporation in 1981. It was informally called the "PC-88". For its time, the PC-8801 had a high display resolution, but could...

Chack'n Pop

Thunder Force

Mario Bros. Special

Valis

x Unix-like

OpenTibia

A Unix-like (sometimes shortened to *nix to circumvent trademark issues) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX...

Freedroid RPG

Pingus

C-evo

Space Girl

x Lynx

Xenophobe

The Atari Lynx was a handheld game console released by Atari Corporation in 1989. The Lynx holds the distinction of being the world's first handheld electronic game with a color LCD display. The system is also notable for its forward-looking...

Rygar

Hard Drivin'

Block Out

Gauntlet

x Sinclair ZX81

3D Monster Maze

The Sinclair ZX81 was a home computer released in 1981 by Sinclair Research. It was the follow-up to the Sinclair ZX80. The machine's distinctive appearance was the work of industrial designer Rick Dickinson. Video output, as in the ZX80, was to a...

Frogger

Amidar

1K ZX Chess

Cassette 50

x Sega 32X

Tempo

The Sega 32X (Japanese: セガスーパー32X), codenamed Project Mars, is an add-on for the Sega Mega Drive video game console by Sega. In Japan, it was distributed under the name Sega Super 32X. In North America, its name was the Sega Genesis 32X. In Europe,...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire

Cosmic Carnage

Space Harrier

World Series Baseball

x KDE

Repton

KDE (K Desktop Environment) (pronounced /ˌkeɪdiːˈiː/) is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily...

KAtomic

KAsteroids

Kolf

Konquest

x IRIX

Oolite

IRIX is a computer operating system developed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) to run natively on their 32- and 64-bit MIPS architecture workstations and servers. It is based on UNIX System V with BSD extensions. IRIX is the origin of the XFS file...

Quake III Arena

Quake

Tamakeri

BZFlag