Bootable Disk
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- Games
There are 135 games documented on PixelatedArcade
supporting Bootable Disk for IBM PC/Compatibles.
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Bootable Disk is part of the category Minimum DOS version.
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Bootable Disk is part of the category Minimum DOS version.
In the 1980's, many IBM PC games came on disks which could be run by simply putting the disk
into the drive and turning on the computer (disks in this format are often
known as PC Booters). IBM DOS, MS-DOS, or an equivalent operating system
was not required as the game disk included it's own custom operating system to run the program.
Although usually not the main reason for its use, this could also act as a simple form of copy protection since the game disk
could not be read or copied by using the usual DOS copy utilities.