Early PC software, forked to 'Early PC Games'

On Wed, 04 May 2005 21:04:39 -0600 woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote: I have the IBM Basic Compiler, version 1.0 and the Pascal Compiler 1.0. There were a useful number of BASIC programs included with DOS 1.0. The amoritzation program comes to mind. There were also some early games. There were also a series of early commercial packaged games for the PC sold on the IBM label. I have the 'Strategy Games' diskette sold by IBM, and also Microsoft Adventure, which is the regular 'UNIX' adventure game ('xyzzy' password, etc.) ported to the PC on a bootable diskette (no DOS required). I knew it first as 'Microsoft Adventure' due to early exposure to it on dad's PC. People from the UNIX culture would obviously object to this name. In the interest of sharing, I just stopped typing this message and shot some photographs of the packages of the early IBM-PC games I have. I've thrown a web page up on it and you're welcome to take a look. http://sasteven.multics.org/IBM-games/EarlyPCGames.html