Mainframe Games List

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Games documented under the Mainframe platform aren't part of a unified platform, but playable on one or more Mainframe or Minicomputers. Mainframes are large expensive computers that have been around since just after World War II and are generally much more powerful than computers people use in their houses. They generally aren't created to play games on, but many games have been created to run on these computers.

This platform is closely tied to the Terminal platform, as usually a mainframe is accessed through an external Terminal. In most cases we will document such games under the Mainframe platform. Notable exceptions are if games are run over larger networks such as PLATO.

Games that were released in a standard BASIC programming language format are also documented under the Mainframe platform as they are likely to be playable on most Mainframe and Mini computers as well as a large number of micro computers.

There are 631 video games on Mainframe. They were released between the years 1948 and 1994. 717 people from 79 developers and publishers are credited with these titles!

There are 49 Mainframe games released in the year 1979.

Title	Released	Genres	Moby Score
3 Cushion Billiards	1979	Sports	n/a
Adventure	1979	Adventure	n/a
Adventure	1979	Adventure	n/a
Adventure/3000	1979	Adventure	n/a
Animal	1979	Puzzle	n/a
Arithmetic	1979	Educational	n/a
BASIC Football Game	1979	Sports	n/a
battlestar	1979	Adventure	n/a
Bball: A Baseball Simulation	1979	Sports	n/a
Brands	1979	Racing / Driving	n/a
Buck Rogers Rides Again	1979	Puzzle	n/a
Card Sharp	1979	Strategy / tactics	n/a
Castlequest	1979	Adventure	n/a
Computer Games for Businesses, Schools and Homes	1979	Compilation	n/a
Cribbage	1979	Strategy	n/a
Educational Dungeon	1979	Educational, Role-playing (RPG)	n/a
Football	1979	Sports	n/a
Fort	1979	Strategy / tactics	n/a
French Military Game	1979	Strategy	n/a
Geography	1979	Puzzle	n/a
Gold Mine	1979	Puzzle	n/a
Greed	1979	Strategy	n/a
Hvolt	1979	Strategy	n/a
Inspector Clew-So	1979	Strategy / tactics	n/a
Mastermind	1979	Puzzle	n/a
Mines	1979	Adventure	n/a
Niche	1979	Educational, Puzzle	n/a
Nim Game	1979	Strategy	n/a
Noughts and Crosses	1979	Strategy	n/a
Parwell	1979	Strategy	n/a
Philosopher's Quest	1979	Adventure	n/a
Quest	1979	Adventure	n/a
Rasputin	1979	Strategy	n/a
Rendezvous	1979	Puzzle	n/a
Reversi	1979	Strategy / tactics	n/a
Ringen	1979	Adventure	n/a
Rocket Launcher Program	1979	Simulation	n/a
Space Maze	1979	Puzzle	n/a
Spider	1979	Puzzle	n/a
Star Ship Simulation	1979	Simulation	n/a
Startrek Simulation Program	1979	Simulation, Strategy	n/a
STTR3 (Star Trek)	1979	Simulation, Strategy / tactics	n/a
The Game of Life	1979	Simulation	n/a
Two Diamonds	1979	Puzzle	n/a
United States War Game: East Versus West	1979	Strategy	n/a
UNIVAC Startrek	1979	Simulation, Strategy / tactics	n/a
Wheel	1979	Gambling	n/a
Zombie	1979	Action	n/a
Zone X	1979	Puzzle	n/a