Game Groups > Games with boss key

Games which provide a keyboard shortcut (or menu option), which displays a screenshot or small utility mimicking a business-related program or operating system, in order to hide player's activity (playing the game) from their real life boss / parent / teacher / spouse. Sometimes called a panic button.

Made obsolete by multitasking operating systems, in which the player may simply minimize game window or switch to another application.

Using the boss key in Tetris (1987)

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Title	Released	Platforms	Genres	Moby Score
10th Frame	1986	DOS, Atari ST (+4 more)	Sports	6.6
15,000 Sudoku Puzzles	2005	Windows	Puzzle	n/a
3D Slime	1986	Sinclair QL	Action	n/a
4-In-A-Row	1993	DOS	Strategy / tactics	n/a
688 Attack Sub	1989	DOS, Genesis (+2 more)	Simulation	6.7
Argh	1989	DOS	Puzzle	n/a
Asylum	1981	TRS-80, PC Booter	Adventure	n/a
Atomix	1990	DOS, Amiga (+2 more)	Puzzle	7.2
Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure	1992	Amiga, DOS	Action	n/a
Battlepaths	2012	Xbox 360, Windows	Role-playing (RPG)	n/a
Beyond Columns	1989	DOS	Puzzle	n/a
Big Blue Disk #21	1988	DOS	Compilation	n/a
Blox	1990	DOS	Action, Puzzle	n/a
Bob Morane: Chevalerie 1	1987	DOS, Atari ST (+4 more)	Action, Adventure	5.4
Bob Morane: Jungle 1	1987	DOS, Atari ST (+3 more)	Action	n/a
Bob Morane: Science Fiction 1	1987	DOS, Atari ST (+5 more)	Action	5.5
Cheese Terminator	1992	Windows 3.x	Puzzle	n/a
Crazy Sudoku	2005	Windows	Puzzle	n/a
Crusher Castle II	1993	DOS	Action, Puzzle	n/a
Cybernetic Hi-School Part 3: Gunbuster	1990	PC-88, MSX (+1 more)	Adventure, Simulation	n/a
Cyberstrip Blackjack	1995	Windows 3.x, Macintosh	Strategy, Gambling	n/a
Cyberstrip Poker	1995	Windows 3.x, Macintosh	Strategy, Gambling	n/a
Denarius Avaricius Sextus	1992	DOS	Adventure	n/a
Drift	1994	OS/2, Windows 3.x	Action	n/a
Eden Blues	1986	Atari ST, PC Booter (+1 more)	Action	7.8
F.Godmom	1991	DOS, Windows 3.x	Action	n/a
Fallout	1991	DOS	Puzzle	n/a
FriendlyWare P.C. Arcade	1983	PC Booter	Action, Compilation	n/a
GATO	1984	DOS, Atari ST (+4 more)	Simulation	6.2
Girlfriend	1993	DOS	Simulation	n/a
Hole-In-One Miniature Golf	1988	Amiga, DOS (+4 more)	Sports	6.9
Hugo II: Whodunit?	1991	DOS	Adventure	5.8
Hugo III: Jungle of Doom	1992	DOS	Adventure	6.0
Hugo's House of Horrors	1990	DOS, Windows (+1 more)	Adventure	6.1
Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures	1996	Windows 3.x, Macintosh	Action	5.6
Jazz Jackrabbit CD-ROM	1994	DOS	Action	n/a
Jetpack	1993	DOS	Action	7.2
Jetpack: Christmas Special	1993	DOS	Action	n/a
Karma	1987	DOS	Role-playing (RPG)	n/a
Labyrinth	1986	DOS	Puzzle	n/a
Leather Goddesses of Phobos	1986	DOS, Amiga (+9 more)	Adventure	7.4
Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love...	1988	DOS, Amiga (+2 more)	Adventure	7.4
Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti...	1989	DOS, Windows (+2 more)	Adventure	7.4
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the...	1987	DOS, Windows (+6 more)	Adventure	7.7
Lord Avalot d'Argent	1994	DOS	Adventure	n/a
Lovely Girls	1998	Windows	Action, Puzzle	n/a
MacPlaymate	1986	Macintosh	Simulation	n/a
Moorhuhn 2	2000	PlayStation, Windows	Action, Sports	5.6
National Lampoon's Blind Date	1994	Windows 3.x, Macintosh	Adventure	5.6
OverKill	1992	DOS	Action	6.6

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