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name	publisher(developer)	year	description	platform
1620 Blackjack Demonstration	IBM	1962	Source: https://www.blackjackreview.com/wp/2021/10/20/harvey-dubner-the-development-of-the-hi-lo-strategy/*[media=youtube]A35p3R-52Kk[/media]*In the IBM 1620 Blackjack Demonstration the computer is the dealer as the two players play blackjack. The players can choose to hit or fold and the computer will make these choices automatically for itself. Each card drawn is printed by the teletype printer. It is not possible to split hands.	custom
1620 Simulation of a One-Armed Bandit	IBM	1962	Source: https://www.sockscap64.com/games/game/1620-simulation-of-a-one-armed-bandit/*[media=youtube]tg-X7fHevhA[/media]*The 1620 Simulation of a One-Armed Bandit is exactly what it says. The player can spin the wheels by pressing the start key and the computer will show the results of each of three wheels. There are 6 characters which will be chosen randomly depending on predetermined odds. The player receives a pay-off based on the results which are printed by the computer. The player can choose between fifteen different amounts to bet, from five to ninety cents. A player can end his play at any time which enables a new player to start. The machine keeps track of the total winnings and losses of the entire day.	custom
3-K Trivia	IBM	1984		MS-DOS
3D Tic-Tac-Toe	IBM	1962	Source https://www.mobygames.com/game/89751/3d-tic-tac-toe/*[media=youtube]Xft-4d96WdU[/media]This 3D Tic-Tac-Toe conversion ran on the IBM 1620 and has a 3x4x4 grid and allows the player to play against the computer. Various versions of the game exist both written in FORTRAN and Assembly. The game was later reverse engineered and appeared on various other computer systems.**Most likely based on Parker Brothers 1953 board game, Qubic	custom
3D Tic-Tac-Toe	IBM	?	This is an unofficial port obtained through reverse-engineering	DEC PDP-1
Adventure: The Colossal Cave (Microsoft Adventure;ADVENT;Colossal Cave Adventure)	IBM (Microsoft)	1981	[game=#159186]Microsoft Adventure[/game] was mentioned in the IBM press release that first announced their new Personal Computer, on August 12, 1981. It is, in fact, the only entertainment software product in the list, making it the first commercial game announced (and probably released) for the new IBM PC platform. [game=#155716]Donkey[/game] was also among the first games released for the PC, but was not sold as a separate product; it came as a BASIC demonstration program with PC-DOS 1.00, IBM's operating system that they licensed from Microsoft. Notably, Microsoft Adventure did not run on PC-DOS 1.00, but came as a self-booting disk.***Came bundled with MS-DOS 1.0	MS-DOS
Adventures in Math	IBM	1983		MS-DOS
Aeromathics	IBM	1986		MS-DOS
Algebra Drills	IBM	1986		MS-DOS
Alley Cat	IBM (Synapse Software)	1984	Originally released as a IBM PC bootloader but was later re-released as a regular DOS game.***A very nice game in which you play a cat that has to overcome all kind of adventures to find his loved one.	MS-DOS
Arithmetic Games Set 1 (Beano;Rockets)	IBM (Science Research Associates)	1981		MS-DOS
Arithmetic Games Set 2 (Discovery Machine;Number Chase)	IBM (Science Research Associates)	1981		MS-DOS
Attack	IBM	1982		MS-DOS
Battleship	IBM	1983		MS-DOS
BBC Vik: The Baseball Demonstrator	IBM	1961	Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burgeson https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=bbc-vik-the-baseball-demonstrator&page=detail&id=266029 https://archives.museumofplay.org/repositories/3/archival_objects/10552*[media=youtube]p8Rxf_nWoWA[/media]BBC Vik: The Baseball Demonstrator allows the player to "play" baseball against the computer and was created to demonstrate the IBM 1620 computer. Both the player and the computer pick players from a database to form a team and those teams will play against each other. The results of the matches are based on random numbers and batting averages from the database. Each event during the match is printed by the computer, letting the player know who hit the ball, when a base is stolen, a ball is caught, the pitcher hit the batter, etc. The only commands available to the player are cheats to force a hit or miss, or to request a postion of all the runners. A game lasted around 7 to 11 minutes.**Designed for the IBM 1620 but required a 20K memory card upgrade.	custom
Biology Series: Chemicals of Life II - Water, Carbohydrates, and Lipids	IBM	1986		MS-DOS
Biology Series: Chemicals of Life III - Proteins and Nucleic Acids	IBM	1986		MS-DOS
Biology Series: Regulation and Homeostasis - Systems in Balance	IBM	1985		MS-DOS
Blackjack	IBM	1984		MS-DOS
Blackjack Game	IBM (Fairchild Camera and Instrument)	1962	Source: https://www.mobygames.com/game/90828/blackjack-game/ https://theaceswild.com/the-history-of-blackjack/*[media=youtube]6mF8_5s4STE[/media]Blackjack Game is a game created for demonstrative purposes of the IBM 1620 Data Processing System. It allows the player to play a game of blackjack. The main purpose of the game was to show off the randomization method.**Designed to demonstrate computerized randomization.	custom
Bouncy Bee Learns Letters	IBM	1985		MS-DOS
Bumble Games	IBM (The Learning Company)	1983	6 (4) games designed for children age 4-10. Bumble Dots: This is a drawing game on an 11x11 grid. Butterfly Hunt. Find the Butterfly on a 5x5 grid. Direction clues are given each time the player misses. Find the Bumble. Find Bumble on a 4x4 grid. Direction clues are given each time the player misses. Find Your Number. Its the 'I'm thinking of a number between' 1 an 5, higher, lower type game. Tic Tac Toc: A 5x5 tic tac toe varient requiring 4 in a row to win. Visit From Space. Find Bumble's alien cousin on a 5x5 grid. Direction clues are given each time the player misses. Requires 8088/8086 CPU, DOS 1.0 to 2.11, 64KB RAM, CGA video, PC Speaker, keyboard, BASIC. Come on one 5.25' disk. 1 player or 2 Players taking turns.	MS-DOS
Bumble Plot	IBM (The Learning Company)	1983		MS-DOS
Casino Games (Juego del Casino)	IBM	1982		MS-DOS
Checker Demonstration Program	IBM	1961	Sources: https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/188339 http://www.digra.org/cfp-panel-on-early-videogames/ http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/pgmCatalog/C20-8090_Catalog_of_Programs_for_IBM_Data_Processing_Systems_KWIC_Index_Apr62.pdf*[media=youtube]BDBVohST6N0[/media]*The Checker Demonstration Program allows players to play Checkers against the computer. All the normal checker rules apply, moves are printed for both the player and computer. The computer can made to punch out a card of the current game state which can be loaded up at a later time to continue play.	custom
Chess (OS/2 Chess)	IBM	1992	This game comes with all versions of OS/2 including eComStation [Zerothis]	OS/2
Crossfire	On-Line Systems;IBM	1982	Tandy/PCjr Graphics did not exist until 1984, so the game was patched or republished for this.	MS-DOS
Crossfire	IBM (Sierra On-Line)	1984	This version is the more difficult	MS-DOS
Crypto-mania	IBM	1984		MS-DOS
Disney's Magic Artist Deluxe	IBM	?	This is a proprietary game. [Zerothis]	Linux
Donkey (DONKEY.BAS;PC-DOS)	IBM	1981	A simple game packaged with early versions of Microsoft BASIC to display what the language could do. Drive your car down the road, switching lanes to avoid donkeys as long as you can. [Jacquismo]	MS-DOS
Doom for OS/2	IBM (IBM;SoftPort)	?	id Software initially had no interest in porting DOOM to OS/2, due to many of the operating system's initial gaming barriers. But they gave the DOOM source code to IBM and invited them to do an OS/2 port. IBM decided not to finish their gaming development tools and never got network play running (due to the different way OS/2 did network) and decided not to officially publish the game due to this deficiency. They did however, 'leak' a networkless version of the game (or it was truly a well timed accident). While this was happening, the Windows95 beta with a copy of WinDoom complete with networking was being leaked by Microsoft. This is the first game to use DIVE and DART. Unlike WinDoom, this version had no limits on screen resolution or color depth. This package will run any Doom or Doom II .wad file. [Zerothis]	OS/2
Electronic Grammar: Parts of Speech	IBM	1986		MS-DOS
Fact Track	IBM (Science Research Associates)	1981		MS-DOS
Freddy's Rescue Roundup	IBM	1984		MS-DOS
Free Enterprise	SRA (IBM)	1983		Apple II E
Gorillas (GORILLA.BAS;Gorilla)	QB64Team (IBM;QB64Team)	2007	This game was initially included with QB64 but was removed do to copyright concerns. QB64 Does not support the [code]DEF FN[/code] QuickBASIC statement directly requiring slight alterations to the code to make it a QB64 game.	Linux
Havoc (IBM FunPack for OS/2 Warp)	IBM	1995		OS/2
IBM Backgammon	IBM	1984		MS-DOS
IBM Cube	IBM	?		OS/2
IBM PC Blackjack (CCII Blackjack;Blackjack;Key-Punch BlackJack)	IBM;Bahre-Datentechnik;International PC Owners	1982		MS-DOS
Imperial Space Command	IBM	1986		MS-DOS
Juggles' Butterfly (Juggles' Rainbow)	IBM (The Learning Company)	1983		MS-DOS
Jungle Book	IBM (Powerhouse Entertainment)	1996	Deep within India's Black Jungle, a scandalous crime has taken place. Someone has stolen the jeweled crown of King Louie, the orangutan who rules Monkey City. Now he's hoppin' mad and there will be no peace until his crown is returned. Mowgli and his friends are counting on you to help recover this sacred treasure and restore calm to the jungle world. Not to be confused with the Disney title of the same name, yet based on Disney's 1994 live-action adaptation of the acclaimed book, you must get the crown back by solving puzzles and watching FMV sequences. The game comes with a microphone that lets you interact with the game.	Windows
Klondike Solitaire	IBM	1992		OS/2
Liptocoe	IBM	1985		MS-DOS
M.U.L.E. (MULE)	IBM (Ozark Softscape)	1985		MS-DOS
Mahjongg Solitaire (IBM Mah Jongg Solitaire)	IBM (PSP Boca Programming Center)	?		OS/2
Matrix Madness	IBM	1984		MS-DOS
Maxit (Max-It)	IBM	1982	I also found a German version by author E. Witt from 1989 which I'm pretty sure is based on this, as well as a PCJr version by Gary West published in the compilation "Allendale County Schools Educational Programs".	MS-DOS

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