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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 Platforms Release Date
box cover thumbnail 10th Frame DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Amstrad CPC 1986-10
box cover thumbnail 15,000 Sudoku Puzzles Windows 2005
box cover thumbnail 3D Slime Sinclair QL 1986
box cover thumbnail 688 Attack Sub DOS, Genesis, Amiga, PC-98 1989-04
box cover thumbnail Argh DOS 1989-01-29
box cover thumbnail Asylum TRS-80, PC Booter 1981
box cover thumbnail Atomix DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 1990
box cover thumbnail Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure DOS, Amiga 1992-12
box cover thumbnail Beyond Columns DOS 1989
box cover thumbnail Big Blue Disk #21 DOS 1988-07
box cover thumbnail Blox DOS 1990-11
box cover thumbnail Bob Morane: Chevalerie 1 DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Thomson TO, Thomson MO 1987
box cover thumbnail Bob Morane: Jungle 1 DOS, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Thomson TO, Thomson MO 1987
box cover thumbnail Bob Morane: Science Fiction 1 DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Thomson MO, Thomson TO 1987-11
box cover thumbnail Cheese Terminator Windows 3.x 1992
Crazy Sudoku Windows 2005
box cover thumbnail Crusher Castle II DOS 1993
box cover thumbnail Cybernetic Hi-School Part 3: Gunbuster MSX, PC-98, PC-88 1990-03-24
box cover thumbnail Cyberstrip Blackjack Windows 3.x, Macintosh 1995
box cover thumbnail Cyberstrip Poker Windows 3.x, Macintosh 1995
box cover thumbnail Denarius Avaricius Sextus DOS 1992-07
box cover thumbnail Drift OS/2, Windows 3.x 1994
box cover thumbnail Eden Blues PC Booter, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC 1987
box cover thumbnail F.Godmom DOS, Windows 3.x 1991
box cover thumbnail Fallout DOS 1991
box cover thumbnail FriendlyWare P.C. Arcade PC Booter 1983
box cover thumbnail GATO DOS, Atari ST, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Macintosh 1984
box cover thumbnail Girlfriend DOS 1993-03
box cover thumbnail Hole-In-One Miniature Golf DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh, Apple IIgs 1988
box cover thumbnail Hugo II: Whodunit? DOS 1991
box cover thumbnail Hugo III: Jungle of Doom DOS 1992-02-20
box cover thumbnail Hugo's House of Horrors DOS, Windows, Windows 3.x 1990-01-01
box cover thumbnail Indiana Jones and his Desktop Adventures Windows 3.x, Macintosh 1996
box cover thumbnail Jazz Jackrabbit CD-ROM DOS 1994
box cover thumbnail Jetpack DOS 1993
box cover thumbnail Jetpack: Christmas Special DOS 1993
box cover thumbnail Karma DOS 1987-05
box cover thumbnail Labyrinth DOS 1986
box cover thumbnail Leather Goddesses of Phobos DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 128, Macintosh, Amstrad PCW 1986-09
box cover thumbnail Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love... DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Windows 1988-10-27
box cover thumbnail Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti... DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Windows 1989-11
box cover thumbnail Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the... DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple II, Apple IIgs, TRS-80 CoCo, Macintosh, Windows 1987-06-04
box cover thumbnail Lord Avalot d'Argent DOS 1994-08
box cover thumbnail Lovely Girls Windows 1998
box cover thumbnail MacPlaymate Macintosh 1986
box cover thumbnail Moorhuhn 2 Windows, PlayStation 2000-08-20
box cover thumbnail OverKill DOS 1992
box cover thumbnail Penthouse Hot Numbers Deluxe Amiga, DOS 1993
box cover thumbnail Poko Memorial: 18 Hole Miniature Golf DOS 1987
box cover thumbnail Pole Chudes: Capital Show DOS, Android 1993

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