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x MS-DOS MS-DOS Daleks
MS-DOS (pronounced /ˌɛmɛsˈdɒs/, em-es-dos; short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems and was the main operating system for...
Covert Action
Shufflepuck Cafe
Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge
Quiver
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x Apple II 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. In terms of ease of use, features...
Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
Infidel
Bolo
Ultima II
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x Macintosh Macintosh 128k transparency Hidden Agenda
The Macintosh, or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a...
Mickey's Space Adventure
JumpStart 2nd Grade
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
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x Amiga /wikipedia/images/en_id/1602114 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
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x Atari ST Atari 1040STF 16-bit computer (1986) 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
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x Sega Master System 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 (later models of the system used the "Master System" name)....
Alex Kidd in High-Tech World
RoboCop 3
James Bond: The Duel
Krusty's Fun House
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x Mac OS Macintosh Desktop (1984) 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
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x Microsoft Windows Windows logo 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
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x Super Nintendo Entertainment System Super Nintendo Entertainment System-USA 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
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x Mac OS X Leopard Desktop 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
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x BBC Micro BBC Microg 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
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x Game Boy Gameboy Rodland
The Game Boy (ゲームボーイ) is an 8-bit handheld video game device 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, 1990 (1990...
Lock 'n' Chase
The Itchy and Scratchy Game
WWF War Zone
Jeep Jamboree
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x Nintendo Entertainment System 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
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x DOS Screenshot of the MS-DOS command line interpreter COMMAND.COM 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
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x Atari 8-bit family An Atari 800XL, one of the most popular machines in the series 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. Over the following decade several...
Pinball Construction Set
Wishbringer
International Karate
Amaurote
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x MSX 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
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x Commodore 64 Geos C64 Crazy Kong
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January, 1982. Volume production started sometime in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$ 595. Preceded by...
Cybernoid
1942
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Zork I
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x Sega Dreamcast Sega Dreamcast Logo D2
The Dreamcast (Japanese: ドリームキャスト Doriimukaasuto) was 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
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x Nintendo DS Nintendodsfrench Madagascar
The Nintendo DS (ニンテンドーDS, 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 clamshell design,...
Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle
Xiaolin Showdown
Crossword Puzzle
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
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x PlayStation The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey color. Twisted Metal 2
The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation video game console released by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 1994. The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of console and handheld game...
Ace Combat 2
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
Chocobo Stallion
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2
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x PlayStation 2 Official PlayStation 2 logo Columns
The PlayStation 2 (often shortened to 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...
Friends: The One with all the Trivia
The Getaway
Frogger: Ancient Shadow
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
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x PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 TNA iMPACT!
The PlayStation 3 (officially abbreviated as 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 competes with Microsoft's...
The Bigs
Major League Baseball 2K8
Madagascar 2: The Lost Island
Alliance: The Silent War
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x PlayStation Portable Sony PSP 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 announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony press...
After Burner: Black Falcon
FIFA Soccer 2005
Naruto: Narutimate Portable
Ys: The Ark of Napishtim
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x Commodore PET PET2001 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
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x Commodore VIC-20 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
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x Intellivision Intellivisionlogo 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
Armor Battle
Astrosmash
Atlantis
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x Sinclair QL The 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 Game Boy Advance Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2
The Game Boy Advance (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, 2001; in North America on June...
Medal of Honor: Infiltrator
The Simpsons Road Rage
Metal Slug Advance
Hot Wheels Velocity X
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x IBM PC Green screen driven by a Monochrome Display Adapter 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
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x Virtual Boy /wikipedia/images/en_id/2289242 Vertical Force
Nintendo's Virtual Boy (バーチャルボーイ, Bācharu Bōi) (also known as the VR-32 and Virtual Utopia Experience 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...
Galactic Pinball
Virtual Bowling
SD Gundam Dimension War
Golf
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x Vectrex 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
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x Sega CD Mega-CD 2 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
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x FM Towns FMTOWNS 2F 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
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x TurboGrafx-16 The 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
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x Nintendo 64 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
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x ZX Spectrum NEC's μPD780C Z80 clone on a ZX Spectrum board. Badlands
The ZX Spectrum 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 Colour and ZX82, the machine was launched as the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair to highlight the...
Double Dragon
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
Pole Position
Street Fighter II
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x Amstrad CPC   Bubble Dizzy
The Amstrad CPC (short for 'Colour Personal Computer') is a series of 8 bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-'80s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX...
Star Wreck
Cauldron
Jet Set Willy
Prehistorik
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x Arcade game Recent 20th anniversary arcade machine, combining two or more classic video games. 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
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x Xbox 360 Xbox 360 logo 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
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x Xbox Xbox World War II Combat: Road to Berlin
The Xbox (name derived from "DirectX box") is a 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 GameCube. The...
American McGee Presents: Scrapland
The King of Fighters 2003
Top Angler: Real Bass Fishing
NASCAR Thunder 2002
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x Nintendo GameCube Nintendo GameCube Tensai Bit-Kun: Gramon Battle
The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) (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 the Nintendo Wii. The Nintendo...
Room Zoom
Medal of Honor: Frontline
MC Groovz Dance Craze
Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey
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x TRS-80 Color Computer 4k TRS-80 Color Computer from 1981, 26-3001 Dino Wars
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 6809E...
Rocky's Boots
Star Trek
Dungeons of Daggorath
Moon Patrol
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x TRS-80 Model 1      
x SAM Coupé The 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!
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x Amiga 4000 An Amiga 4000 desktop model 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 Mega Drive Logo (Europe & Australasia) Aero the Acro-Bat 2
The Mega Drive (メガドライブ) 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 to the Mega...
Golden Axe II
Barney's Hide and Seek
Wardner
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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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 An IBM Personal System 1 model 2011 Lightspeed
The IBM PS/1 was a brand for a line of personal computers and 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...
x Mac OS 9 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
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x Atari Part of Atari's original logo Eamon
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...
Manhunter: New York
The Tail of Beta Lyrae
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards
Arabian
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x Personal computer Dell 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. This is...
Dungeon Master
2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge
The ClueFinders 4th Grade Adventures: The Puzzle of Pyramids
Gateway
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x Amp'd Mobile Amp'd Mobile logo 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 /wikipedia/images/commons_id/431562 D
A personal computer game (also known as a computer game or 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 titles...
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
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x Unix-like Unix history-simple 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
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x Lynx Lynx Xenophobe
The Atari Lynx is an 16-bit handheld game console that was 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...
Rygar
Hard Drivin'
Block Out
Gauntlet
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x Sinclair ZX81 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
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x Sega 32X Sega Mega Drive 32X Tempo
The Sega 32X (Japanese: セガ スーパー32X) (pronounced Sega three two X), 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...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire
Cosmic Carnage
Space Harrier
World Series Baseball
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x KDE KDE 3.5 Repton
KDE (pronounced /ˌkeɪdiːˈiː/) is a free software project based around its flagship product, a desktop environment mainly for Unix-like systems. The goal of the project is to provide basic desktop functions and applications for daily needs as well as...
KAtomic
KAsteroids
Kolf
Konquest
x IRIX 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
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