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[BassGuitari]

I understand the TRS-80 Model 2 was pretty much strictly a business machine, and that as such, no game software was ever released for it (to my knowledge). But has anyone ever converted games or game code for other systems (TRS-80 Model I?)to run on a Model 2? How feasible would it be to convert the code of standard BASIC games of the day (Star Trek, Blackjack, Hammurabi, etc)?

I just got one of these beasts (actually a "Tandy 2," along with a Disk Expansion unit...three 8" floppy drives, yikes!) this weekend and I'd like do have some fun with it. I need to track down a BASIC boot disk or something, first, anyway -it boots to "insert diskette"- but I'm curious as to what the possibilities of playing games on this machine might be.

[Tempest]

I don't think there were. It was strictly a business system and had a different OS.

Tempest

[save2600]

Ira may be of great help...

http://www.trs-80.com/

[AtariLeaf]

Sure there were games for the TRS-80. Scroll down the left side column to see some examples They were in black and white or green and were really nothing to write home about but they existed. Many of the games also later appeared on the Coco.

EDIT - Sorry, didn't read that you were talking about the Model II. Yep, that's the business one. It sucks.

Edited by AtariLeaf, Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:12 PM.

[jhd]

I seem to recall that an early version of Nethack (Hack?) was available on the Model II (or perhaps that was the Model 16, it's been a long time...).

Can the Model II run CP/M? If so, this would expand the selection of text-mode games a bit.

Getting new software onto the machine may present a challenge, however.

[BassGuitari]

jhd, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:28 PM, said:

Can the Model II run CP/M? If so, this would expand the selection of text-mode games a bit.

Yes, it can. I don't have any CP/M boot disks yet, though.

[Gatherer of Data]

According to one of the Adventure International catalog scans I have, the Scott Adams adventures were ported to the Model 2.
Adventure 1-12 on one disk for a mere 129.95$.

Probably rather rare. I wouldn't rule out that there are more games. Infocom for example apparently didn't bring out specific versions of their games though, this was probably one of the systems that was supposed to run their CP/M releases.

Edited by Gatherer of Data, Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:17 AM.

[Keatah]

BassGuitari, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:23 PM, said:

I just got one of these beasts (actually a "Tandy 2," along with a Disk Expansion unit...three 8" floppy drives, yikes!) this weekend and I'd like do have some fun with it. I need to track down a BASIC boot disk or something, first, anyway -it boots to "insert diskette"- but I'm curious as to what the possibilities of playing games on this machine might be.

Ohh but do indeed post some pics of this find! My daddy used to have one of these. I clearly remember playing a lunar lander game on it. But otherwise gaming was next to non-existent here.

[Draikar]

BassGuitari, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:26 PM, said:

Yes, it can. I don't have any CP/M boot disks yet, though.

Good luck finding CP/M on a 8 inch disk, even a copy of a copy is hard to get. I have not found one yet so I will be adding a 5 inch drive for my Model 2 or 16 computer.

[hmexx]

Resurrecting this thread in the hopes of resurrecting the TRS80 Model 2 I found at my parents place, that I used to play with when I was a few years old. A

Does anyone have any clue on where to source a boot disk?

Thanks

[Lorne]

I have the images and can make you one (CP/M or TRS DOS).
Where are you located?
Send me a private message, and we can converse that way.