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Bootloader

Software concept

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166
games
9
platforms

Typical of 1980s computers. A bootloader includes a minimal OS on the same media as the game. To play, one must (re)boot the system while the game's boot disk is in drive.

Notable people involved: Richard Garriott, Dallas Snell, John Miles 'Captain Johnne', Scott Adams and Will Crowther

StarQuest: Rescue at Rigel (MS-DOS)
StarQuest: Rescue at Rigel
DOS 1983
Zaxxon (MS-DOS)
Zaxxon
DOS 1984
Dig Dug (Apple II E)
Dig Dug
IIE 1984-02
Alternate Reality: The City (Macintosh OS Classic)
Alternate Reality: The City
MAC 1986
GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two (Apple II E)
GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two
IIE 1986
Zone 66 (MS-DOS)
Zone 66
DOS 1993
One-on-One (MS-DOS)
One-on-One
DOS 1983
Conflict in Vietnam (MS-DOS)
Conflict in Vietnam
DOS 1986
The Count (Apple II E)
The Count
IIE 1981
Balance of Power (Macintosh OS Classic)
Balance of Power
MAC 1985
Pool of Radiance (Apple II E)
Pool of Radiance
IIE 1988-06
Pirate Adventure (Apple II E)
Pirate Adventure
IIE 1978
To emulate PC bootloader games, you might want to use [[link:http://www.oldskool.org/pc/flopper/ Flopper]].

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Parent group

Loaders

Games by year

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The first Bootloader video game was released in 1978.

Sierra On-Line, Infocom, Electronic Arts and Brøderbund published most of these games.

Related site

Good list of boot-loader games.

Platforms

MS-DOS73
Apple II E68
Mac OS Classic17
Coleco Adam2
TRS-802
Linux1
Windows1
Mac OS X1
Tandy Coco1

Most common companies

Sierra On-Line9
Electronic Arts8
Infocom8
Brøderbund7
Epyx6
Data East6
Mastertronic5
Activision5
Adventure International4
MicroProse4
Datasoft4
Atari3
Scholastic3
Avalon Hill3
Addison-Wesley3
Mindscape3
SSI3
Origin2
Microsoft2
Atarisoft2