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UVL: Platform/Operating System Limitation

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UVL: Maintenance

Games by year

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The first UVL: Platform/Operating System Limitation video game was released in 1974.

Scientific Research Inst., Hewlett-Packard and Personal Programming Center published most of these games.

Platforms

custom133
DEC PDP-152
Linux43
Unix23
HP300015
TRS-808
Android7
Mobile7
Tandy Coco6
Amiga5
TI Calculators4
GP2X3
Sol-203
HP-41C3
BSD2
MS-DOS2
WinCE2
Windows2
COSMAC VIP2
Altair 88001
KIM-11
Internet Only1
Apple II E1
Amstrad PCW1
TizenOS1
N-Gage1
Apple III1
Palm1
Oric1
Amiga AGA1

Most common companies

Child groups

Amstrad NC100 NotepadPortable Z80-based portable computer with 64KB RAM released by Amstrad in 1992, predecessor of the NC200.1994 / 200012 games
Amstrad NC200 NotebookPortable Z80-based portable computer with 128KB RAM released by Amstrad in 1993, successor of the NC100.1993 / 200014 games
Apple IGames for the original Apple Computer, retroactively named the Apple I (Apple 1).1976 / 201230 games
AROSAROS is a non-propriety implementation of the AmigaOS 3.1 APIs. Source-compatible not binary-compatible; designed so AmigaOS code will compile on it.2005 / 20142 games
Data General Eclipse MV computer platformsA multitasking computer with virtual memory designed to outdo the PDP-11.2 games
Data General Nova minicomputerDG made this 16-bit single rack-mount machine in 1969. Replaced same year by SuperNova. It automated tasks for the 1st CAT scan machine and played STAR TREK. Influenced designs of Xerox Alto & Apple I.1 game
DECSYSTEM-20 platformThis was a DEC PDP-10, 36-bit mainframe that ran the TOPS-20 OS.1 game
GCOSLater renamed GECOS (the [b]G[/b]eneral [b]E[/b]lectric [b]C[/b]omprehensive [b]O[/b]perating [b]S[/b]upervisor) A multithreaded OS originally by General Electric that was designed for mainframes & batch processing. Remains in use through emulation for1 game
GE-60017 games
Heath H-89 PlatformGames run on the Zenith/Heath H-8/H-89 Platform.1978 / 198217 games
Hewlett-Packard HP-19CA series of programmable hand-held scientific calculators.1974 / 19796 games
Hewlett-Packard 20-series Programmable CalculatorsThe "20-series" were based on a common architecture and ACT chip (CPU) and media format.
Hewlett-Packard HP-25 Programmable calculatorA cost reduced variant of the HP-65 lacking removable media and subroutines.1976 / 197914 games
Hewlett-Packard HP-29CA series of programmable hand-held scientific calculators.1974 / 19796 games
Hewlett-Packard HP-50g Graphic CalculatorA graphic calculator by Hewlett-Packard.1 game
Hewlett-Packard HP-55 Programmable calculatorA low cost alternative to the HP-65. While lacking many of the HP-65 features, it also added many inexpensive features that few calculators have.1975 / 19772 games
Hewlett-Packard HP-65A series of programmable hand-held scientific calculators.1974 / 197718 games
Hewlett-Packard HP-67A series of programmable hand-held scientific calculators.1974 / 197954 games
Hewlett-Packard HP-97A series of programmable desktop scientific calculators.1975 / 197948 games
Honeywell 6000 computer platform1972 / 197718 games
HP 1000 & 2000 platform seriesGames run on early HP 2000 series computers later renamed 1000 series.1970 / 197821 games
HP 2000 minicomputer platformGames run on early HP 2000 series computers. 2000A 2000B 2000C 2000C' 2000E 2000F 2000F-200 2000Access 2000System 2116A 2115A 2114A 2100A 2000F 2100S1970 / 198111 games
HP 3000/e3000 platform seriesGames for the e3000 platform. Manufactured 1973-2001, officially supported until 2008. Supported for 35 years! There has to be many games.1982 / 198715 games
IBM 1130 platformGames for the IBM 1130 platform. Manufactured 1965-02-11 to 1972. Used for much longer.1 game
IRIX operating systemGames for SGI's IRIX OS.1979 / 200637 games
Matra Alice compatibleThese games will run on the Matra Alice series; clone of Tandy TRS-80 MC-10.1984 / 198639 games
MorphOS/QuarkAn operating system for PowerPC based hardware. Designed for maximum compatibility with all Amiga applications.1998 / 20146 games
MOS KIM-1 platformGames for the KIM-1 platform.1977 / 197923 games
NIMROD platformThis computer was designed to play NIM, that's all it did.1 game
Novell NetWareBegan as a disk sharing system and became a type of network operation system.1 game
OpenVMS operating systemGames for OpenVMS.1993 / 19977 games
PandoraA Linux based portable game console & UMPC developed by former distributors & community members of the GP32 & GP2X handhelds.2003 / 201522 games
PDP-10 platform1970 / 198024 games
PDP-11 platform1973 / 198427 games
PDP-11-45 platfrom1 game
PDP-7 platform1 game
Pegasos PlatformRuns on computers based on the Pegasos I or Pegasos II motherboard. This MB is a quasi-amiga clone that also does MacOS, Linux & a variety of PPC OSes2 games
Qnx operating systemQNX/Q-nix is a POSIX compliant, unix-like operating system. 1994 / 20137 games
RISC OS operating systemFamous for fewest & least harmful viruses of any OS & no spyware ever.1992 / 200511 games
Scientific Data Systems Sigma 7 minicomputerSDS released this 32-bit machine with 128 kWords (512K) on memory in 1966. It played STAR TREK. Retired in 1970 when Xerox bought SDS.1971 / 197720 games
Sequent Symmetry platformA series of multiprocessing computers by Sequent Computer Systems Inc.1 game
SkyOS operating systemproprietary1 game
Syllable OSA fork from the former AtheOS.1999 / 20062 games
Tangerine Microtan 651979 single-board microcomputer KIT with 6502 CPU. Used a rack mount system for up to 7 expansions. Precursor to the Oric.1 game
Timex Sinclair TS 1000 & TS 1500The Timex Sinclair 1000 & 1500 were ZX81 variants sold by Timex in partnership with Sinclair Research. Some games were specifically designed for the TS 1000 series.1981 / 19834 games
Windows Phone 7A Windows CE-based OS for mobile phones.2006 / 201310 games
Windows Phone 8A Windows NT-based OS for mobile phones.2 games