Compaq-DOS (included games)

## Description

Unlike IBM’s PC-DOS, most OEM-branded MS-DOS versions did not include BASIC
sample programs (entertaining or otherwise). An early exception was Compaq-DOS
– the edition licensed for Compaq’s Portable/Plus/DeskPro series of PC
compatibles. This one sported its own demo suite, including _Time to Play_ , a
collection of games (plus the non-game _Biorhythms_ program). By version 3.31
this was phased out, but the first few releases each offered a different
lineup:

* v1.x: _Cat and Mouse, Geography Challenge, Biorhythms_
* v2.x: _Compaq Portable, Geography Challenge, Biorhythms_
* v3.x: _Compaq Portable, USA Geography Challenge, European Geography Challenge, Biorhythms_

Cat and Mouse: as the titular feline, your job in this action game is to catch
up with the little mice that run around the playfield, and capture them with a
keypress before they can get to the edge of the screen (you see, the edge is
made of cheese). The mice make their attempts one at a time, and after 10 of
them you’re graded for your efforts.

Compaq Portable: v2.x replaces the rodents with a more motivational prize –
actual Compaq machines! The PCs appear randomly in the corners of an ever-
changing maze, and you (as a Compaq enthusiast, of course) must navigate the
shifting walls and pick up as many as you can in 60 seconds.

Geography Challenge: this tests your savvy with maps, by flashing the location
of a US state capital and asking you to name both the state (or its
abbreviation) and the capital; at the end of the quiz it lets you know how
well you’ve done. For v3.x this US-centric version was retitled _USA Geography
Challenge_ , and joined by a _European_ counterpart, which does the same with
countries across the pond.

Compaq-DOS (included games)