Sharp MZ-700 and MZ-800 Games — Japan’s Clean Computer Software
The Sharp MZ-700 and MZ-800 series maintained Sharp’s distinctive ”clean computer” philosophy — machines that loaded their operating system and software from external media rather than storing BASIC in ROM. This design gave the MZ platform exceptional flexibility, running multiple BASIC dialects, CP/M, and other operating systems from cassette or disk. The MZ-700 (1982) and MZ-800 (1984) developed a dedicated following in Japan and found export markets in Europe, particularly in Germany where Sharp had strong distribution.
MZ-700 and MZ-800 software reflects the platform’s Japanese engineering character — games and applications that exploited the hardware’s colour capabilities and the flexibility of the clean computer architecture. Software for these machines is rare outside Japan, and this collection represents a genuine preservation effort for a platform that is poorly documented in Western collecting communities.
Tietokonemuseo Ata’s games:
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3-D Way Out, SuperBiorythm, Data Universal / Battle, Mog Mog L T (2)
10 Games for Sharp CIB T
10 Plays For MZ-700 L T (2)
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Account Management, Address Data L (2)
Advoka, Head Driver, Egg, Account Management, Address Data L T (3)
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Basic, Applications L T
Basic L T
Basic MZ-700 / Applications MZ-800 L D (2)
Basic MZ-800 / Utilities MZ-800 L D (2)
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Decathlon L T
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Electron 22622 L T
Extra Star Avengers CIB T
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Fighter Command L T
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Jousiammunta L T
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Le Mans Turbo CIB T
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Maantieto, Hangman L T
Moty CIB T
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Perussanojenkäsittely v1.0 L T
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Zexas L T