"Lee K. Seitz" wrote: > > >From what I recall, it was aimed at business users and flopped quite > quickly, so I'm guessing not. But I figured if anybody knows, it'd be > you guys. BTW, I'm not saying the games had to only appear on the > Apple ///, just be written specfically for it and not the Apple II.
I can remember *versions* of games that came out from one platform that were released/enhanced/upgraded/downgraded to run on other Apple variations, but the Apple /// was not one of them. Specific variations from the original that I can remember are: - Apple IIGS (obviously) - Apple IIe (graphics upgrade to use double hi-res) - Apple II+ (game had downgrade modifications done to work from original 64K version) - Apple IIc (NO IDEA, read below) IIGS upgrades were obvious so I won't go into them. The IIe versions to use double hi-res I believe were Pengiun IF with graphics, if memory serves. The II+ versions I remember seeing were "downgrades" to run on II+ boxes (I believe Applewriter was one that I saw, and a special educational institution-only version of Carmen Sandiego was another). The IIc stuff, though, baffles me -- I remember seeing some game that said it had been upgraded to use the "IIe/IIc" (as written on the sticker) and when I tried it it actually produced a menu asking me what type of machine I had, IIe or IIc. That may have just been a red herring. As for the second part of your question: No, I can't specifically remember any personal computers that didn't have commercial games specifically written for or ported to them. There were initially many variations early IBM PC games made to accomodate non-100% IBM PC compatible variations like the DEC Rainbow (these were mostly Infocom parser variations) but that's UNinteresting ancient history ;-) -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious PC games project? Drop by http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.demodvd.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
