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by a_zaydak 1362 days ago
I still have a Tandy2000. I learned to code on it as a kid. I still boot it up every now and again to play some King's Quest.
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Near as I can tell the only graphical game released for the Tandy 2000 was a special edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator that also supported the Tandy 1000 and 1200HD. The 2000 was in their business line, not quite PC compatible but it ran DOS and was supposed to run applications like MultiMate, dBASE, and Basic Four.

The Tandy 1000 line did support Sierra games very well.

> The Tandy 1000 line did support Sierra games very well.

Very true! I wonder if the Sierra games (e.g. King's Quest, Space Quest) were some of the "killer apps" for Tandy computers, i.e. the apps which made people want to buy a Tandy computer. Radio Shack certainly sold Sierra games and I always wanted the latest one for Christmas.

In the business world, things like spreadsheets were the killer apps, but I certainly didn't care about spreadsheets as a kid.

> Very true! I wonder if the Sierra games (e.g. King's Quest, Space Quest) were some of the "killer apps" for Tandy computers, i.e. the apps which made people want to buy a Tandy computer.

Before VGA and Sound Blaster came along, almost certainly. The Tandy 1000 line supported 3-voice sound and more colorful graphics in a manner almost identical to the PCjr, just in a less jank package. So they looked and sounded better on a Tandy than on most contemporary 80s PCs. Sierra games not only were sold at Radio Shack, but Tandy cross-promoted them in their store, even to the point of running special Sierra/Tandy demos on in-store machines to attract buyers.

Microprose games too. Loved their flight sims, tank sim, sub sim, and Command HQ - the first real RTS. All optimized for Tandy 1000s.