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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Facemaker	Spinnaker Software	1982
Hangman	author	1982	Also released on the compilation "Allendale County Schools Educational Programs".
Global Thermonuclear War	PC-SIG;Starfire Games (PC-SIG)	1983
Juggles' Butterfly	IBM (The Learning Company)	1983
KinderComp	Spinnaker Software	1983
Mine Shaft	IBM (Sierra On-Line)	1983	Tandy/PCjr Graphics did not exist until 1984, so the game was patched or republished for this.
Mouser	IBM (Gebelli Software)	1983	Tandy/PCjr Graphics did not exist until 1984, so the game was patched or republished for this.
ScubaVenture	IBM (Gebelli Software)	1983
The Witness	Infocom	1983
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.
BC's Quest for Tires	Sierra On-Line (Sydney Development)	1984	There were separate PCjr and Tandy 1000 packages and each package did have a different version of the game. Most notably the branding on the title screen. However, either one ran on either system. And, if ran on T1k, either would run in the enhanced graphics mode (both versions were FAT binaries). Although it used Tandy mode, the underlying graphics data was unchanged. Resulting in a close replication of the PCjr gaming experience. Sierra released patches so the game (either version) could take full advantage of Tandy graphics and be installed on a hard drive. But these patches broke PCjr compatibility.
Crossfire	IBM (Sierra On-Line)	1984	This version is the more difficult
Demon Attack	Tandy;Imagic (Imagic)	1984	The only visual difference between the Tandy 1000 and PCjr. version of the game is the added title screen in the Tandy 1000 version, while the PCjr. version directly starts in a demo mode. It should be noted that the Tandy 1000 version does not run on the PCjr and vice versa.
Fraction Fever	Spinnaker Software (Tom Snyder Productions)	1984
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2.0	Microsoft	1984	They also released a couple of scenery disks.
Microsurgeon	Imagic	1984
Montezuma's Revenge	BCI Software	1984
Mr. Cool	Sierra On-Line	1984
PC Pool Challenges	IBM (HesWare)	1984	I have my doubts that IBM published a game for Tandy Graphics. This was most certainly intended for PCjr.***This game seemed to appear under a couple of modified versions. For example as "PC Pool" by Dave Jurich, or "Billiard" by Mike Winlok.
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns	Activision	1984
River Raid	Activision	1984	The player must maneuver their jet plane up the river just inches from the surface of the water. So low that the plane can collide with the banks of the river or canyon walls in some places. The goal is to shoot all enemy ships, helicopters, bridges, planes, and fuel tanks and do not collide with them. Also, fuel can be stolen from the tanks by flying over them, this is necessary to keep the player's jet flying. While the game does not have a proper ending, there is an obvious point where there is no more to be seen.[spoiler=ending;close]The river is an endless loop and decent players will be able to advance far enough to see the section of river they started at, perhaps even multiple times. The 'end' of the loop is a climatic as it is the most difficult section of the river.[/spoiler] Requires a cartridge port and PCjr or Tandy 1000 (8088 or 8086 CPU, 64 KB RAM. Optional Tandy/PCjr Sound Card, Optional Tandy/PCjr Analog Joystick. [Zerothis]
Rocky's Boots	The Learning Company;IBM (The Learning Company)	1984	Released as normal DOS version from The Learning Company as well as a PCJr. version from IBM.
Suspect	Infocom	1984
Time Bound	Children's Computer Workshop;CBS	1984
Touchdown Football	IBM (Imagic)	1984
Troll's Tale	Sierra On-Line	1984	According to Al Lowe, "feel free to copy them and share them with your friends." He only provides the DOS & Apple ][ versions.
Webster: The Word Game	CBS Software (Heuristic Software)	1984	Noah Webster has been called "Father of American Scholarship and Education". He is know for his Dictionaries that happened not to preclude words based on his personal taste. He did, said, and wrote things that were somewhat counter-culture in his lifetime. I'm certain he would have approved of this game based on its content. But I still have to wonder how he would react to use of the phrase "demon words" for potentially high scoring words and the title art including a devil flipping off the viewer.
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown	Sierra On-Line	1984	King's Quest was created for the PCjr and Sierra staked the company on it. The PCjr was canceled, but, Tandy cloned the design and King's Quest instead, debuted as a Tandy 1000 pack-in game specifically designed for Tandy's 16 color graphics and 3 voice sound. This entry is about the later MS-DOS specific version with additional sound and graphics options. Eventually there was a VGA patch. There was a much later DOS remake with another engine.*King's Quest Collector's Edition published 1994, UPC:0-20626-83312-7, includes this version on the 1st CD.*King's Quest I [52]
Combat: Conflict Simulation	PC-SIG	1985
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne	Sierra On-Line	1985	King's Quest Collector's Edition published 1994, UPC:0-20626-83312-7, includes this version on the 1st CD.
Knoxblock!	Compudent	1985	Released as part of the "Compudent's Spielekiste" compilation under the title "Bricks" in 1985. It is very well possible that this is only a modified version of another game (as most of the games in the compilation are). The game Knoxblock might be the original game, but is listed on other sites as being from 1986. Either the year is wrong or there it is another modified version.
Telengard	Avalon Hill	1985	This is the IBM-PC version, it was not done with code ported from another version. It was started from scratch and written in C (the other version used BASIC). The C source code was subsequently lost. This version is available to try for free at Dan L.'s site (but is apparently not freeware). [Zerothis]
Ghostbusters	Activision	1986
James Bond 007: Goldfinger	Mindscape (Angelsoft)	1986
Moonmist	Infocom	1986
Laser Strike	Compute	1986
Bruce Lee	Datasoft	1987
Test Drive	Accolade (Distinctive Software)	1987	[media=youtube]bvnWytXF9zo[/media]***Supports IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, Models 25/30/50/60 or Tandy 1000 Series, 3000, 4000 EGA, CGA, Hercules MGA, Tandy 4 Color Requires 256K (CGA, MGA), 384K (EGA, Tandy) memory
The Demon's Forge	Mastertronic (Sabre Software)	1987	This IBM-DOS version was released together with the Apple II version on a "flippy" disk (side A contains DOS version, side B the Apple II version).
Lucky Seven	?	1990

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