prgrmr | ghosts from the past

I finally made myself sort through the dozens (hundreds?) of 3.5" diskettes I've accumulated over the last 16 years or so. I came across the game menu I'd made for the boys.

I'd boot the PC to DOS, and had the autoexec.bat file call another batch file which would display this menu:

******************************* GAME MENU ************************************
 1. Android Pinball  21. Rebel Assault I 41. Tyrian           61. CHKDSK
 2. Xargon           22. Rebel Assault II42. Jazz JackRabit   62. SCANDISK
 3. Brix             23. Tie Fighter     43. Holiday Lemmings 63. MEM /C
 4. Overkill         24. Chex Quest      44. Galaga 94        64. 
 5. Slines           25. ABC             45. Lost in Space    65. Sprite builder
 6. Rogue            26. Bandit          46. Alien            66.
 7. SSR              27. K Math          47.                  67. QBExtender
 8. Jet Fighter      28. Electro Body    48.                  68. unload QBE
 9. Robbo            29. Space Goose     49.                  69. Check Mouse
10. Heartlight       30. Major           50. A-Mazing         70. Mouse ON
11. Mother Goose     31. Invaders '78    51. Counter Act      71. Mouse OFF
12. Inspector Gadget 32. Gemtris         52. Handball         72.
13. Battleship       33. Defender        53. Over-a-Barrel    73.
14. 3-D Propeller    34. Snarf           54. Space Defense    74.
15. Sand Storm       35. Jetpack         55. Treasure Slot    75.
16. Dawn Patrol      36.                 56.                  76.
17. Red Baron        37.                 57.                  77.
18. Lemmings         38.                 58.                  78.
19. Gorillas         39.                 59.                  79.
20. Nibbles          40.                 60.                  80. Windows
*****************************************************************************

and then wait for input, and run the appropriate program based on the entry. I'd forgotten I had this, and it's only from 1999.