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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Adventure	?	?
Adventure - The Colossal Cave	?	?	This is the OS/2 version of Colossal Cave John W. Kennedy. It is based Jerry D. Pohl's version. The scores are divided into treasures, survival, and score. [Zerothis]
BattleBall	?	?	This is the sport of soccer played in tanks or helicopters instead of on foot. [Zerothis]
Bummer!	?	?	This is an implementation of the traditional board game Sorry. [Zerothis]
Card Games for OS/2	BMT Micro	?	Different game than [game=#177159]this one[/game] [Zerothis]
Card Games for OS/2	BMT Micro	?	Different game than [game=#177139]this one[/game] [list][]Arachnid []Astra []Calculation []Elevens []FreeCell []Kin Solitaire []King'n'Ace []Klondike []Klondike 104 []Scrooge []Shift []TidyUp [*]Towers[/list] [Zerothis]
Connect Four PM	?	?	A different game from [game=#177152]this one[/game] and [game=#177558]this one[/game] [Zerothis]
Doom for OS/2	?	?	This is a direct port of WinDoom. [Zerothis]
Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy	Stardock	?
GNU Chess	?	?	PM Version. A different game from [game=#177434]this one[/game]. [Zerothis]
GNU Chess	?	?	Text-only version. A different game from [game=#177175]this one[/game]. [Zerothis]
GnuGO	?	?	A port of GnuGO that can be run in plain text or with an optional Java GUI interface. [Zerothis]
Gomoku	?	?	This game is only for the PowerPC edition of OS/2. [Zerothis]
Gomoku	author	?	Comes in x86 regular or PowerPC and plain or Java interfaces. [Zerothis]
InfinityCat	Sofiya	?	InfinityCat is a M.U.G.E.N. clone.
koules	Team OS\|2 Aarhus	?	This game was published and developed by Team OS/2 Aarhus [Zerothis]
Lottery Strategy Game	?	?	This game unfact has two titles, one cannot disply properly on UVL at this time; "Lottery Strategy Game (6/49)" and "6/49 - Strategy Game". [Zerothis]
MineSweeper	?	?	A different game from [game=#177169]this one[/game] [Zerothis]
MineSweeper	?	?	A different game from [game=#177156]this one[/game] [Zerothis]
SeaHaven Towers	?	?	This card game is included in eComStation. [Zerothis]
Chess	IBM	1992	This game comes with all versions of OS/2 including eComStation [Zerothis]
Galactic Civilizations II	Stardock	1995	The later Galactic civilization game that was created for Windows were made from scratch, not ports of the OS/2 originals. [Zerothis]
Star Emperor	IBM (Stardock)	1995	Released as part of IBM's Family FunPak for OS/2 This game is heavily based on Galactic Civilizations. Due to fraud by the publisher of GC, Stardock was cheated out of all royalties. Developing Star Emperor for IBM, was a way to get paid for their work before a successful court case allowed Stardock to take back publishing rights from the fraudulent publisher.
Tunnel Wars	?	1995	This game was intended to show the multithreading capability of OS/2. Every object in the game uses its own thread. [Zerothis]
Sim City 2000	Maxis (WinWare Corporation)	1996	MSRP: US$29.95 This product was unknown until a customer requested it from Maxis. At that time Maxis admitted the game's existence and said they would sell it directly to customers that requested it. The customer posted the news on Usenet and many OS/2 users bought this game despite Maxis' efforts to keep the product secret and make no money from it. By 1995 a demo version was available on various BBS, IRC, FTP, and web page sources. This version is fully compatible with 'DOS' and/or 'Windows' expansion packs for SimCity 2000. [Zerothis]
Galactic Civilizations	Advanced Idea Machines;Stardock (Stardock)	1996	The later Galactic civilization game that was created for Windows were made from scratch, not ports of the OS/2 originals. [Zerothis]***When IBM split with Microsoft, they recognized that OS/2 had far more technical potential as a gaming platform than Windows. They donated software, compilers, and documentation to Stardock expecting it could lead to a full developer-publisher relationship and great games for OS/2. Before they got too serious, they found out that Stardock Systems was a kid in a dorm room, Brad Wardell, and his secretary mom. Mom set about incorporating the company and putting together some nice looking paperwork to make the company look professional. Brad Wardell, with questionable knowledge of the C language and help from 3 friends, created the game that holds the records having the most windows in its interface. He did know how to to graphics on OS/2, but did know how to make a window with a background. Since every object/graphic in the game is a window, the game has thousands of Windows (perhaps OS/2 is the only OS that could pull this off without suffering major performance issues). All reports suggest the GalCiv sold very well, but official records were not kept. The publisher, apparently another kid in another dorm, a fact previously unknown to Stardock, never paid the royalties for Galactic Civilization and the company did not have the resources to pursue legal recourse. So, Wardell release an $15 expansion pack for GalCiv . 1000 GalCiv owners bought one and he paid his 4 employees, 3 of whom had had enough of the gaming industry and got normal jobs. They also created Star Emperor based on GC, and it was published by IBM. With the remaining profit, Stardock Systems preceded to become a successful OS/2 developer. Stardock Systems eventually took their original publisher to court and got back publishing rights to Galactic Civilizations. [Zerothis]
Super Star Trek	author	1997	The Organian Peace Treaty has collapsed, and the Federation is at war with the Klingon Empire. Joining the Klingons against the Federation are the members of the "Romulan Star Empire." As commander of the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise, your job is to wipe out the Klingon invasion fleet and make the galaxy safe for democracy. Your battleground is the entire galaxy, which for convenience is divided up into eight rows of eight quadrants each, like a checkerboard. Rows are numbered from top to bottom, and columns are numbered left to right, so quadrant 1 - 8 would be in the upper right hand corner of the galaxy. You have weapons: phasers and photon torpedoes. You have a defense: deflector shields. You can look at things: long-range scaners, short-range scanners, and a star chart. You can move about, under warp drive or impulse power. You can also dock at a starbase, rest while repairs are being made, abandon ship, self destruct, or give up and start a new game. The Klingons are waiting.

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