Best of Windows Entertainment Pack
Overview
16-bit
-16-bit architecture:The HP BPC, introduced in 1975, was the world's first 16-bit microprocessor. Prominent 16-bit processors include the PDP-11, Intel 8086, Intel 80286 and the WDC 65C816. The Intel 8088 was program-compatible with the Intel 8086, and was 16-bit in that its registers were 16...
simple games sold separately from Windows. It was published in the Microsoft Home
Microsoft Home
Microsoft Home is a defunct line of software applications and personal hardware products published by Microsoft. Microsoft Home software titles first appeared in the middle of 1993. These applications were designed to bring multimedia to Microsoft Windows and Macintosh personal computers...
series of software. They were selected as the best games from the previously released Microsoft Entertainment Pack
Microsoft Entertainment Pack
The original Microsoft Windows Entertainment Pack is a collection of simply-designed 16-bit computer games for Windows. These games were somewhat unusual for the time, in that they would not run under MS-DOS. Many of the games were later released in the Best of Windows Entertainment Pack...
series. The games were:
- Chip's ChallengeChip's ChallengeChip's Challenge is a tile-based, puzzle video game for several systems, including the hand-held Atari Lynx, Amiga, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, DOS, and Windows . It has also been ported to the TI-84+ calculator and the TI-89 Titanium...
- a puzzle game where you needed to collect all the chips on each level. - Dr. Black JackDr. Black JackDr. Black Jack is a computer game featured on the Windows Entertainment Pack. It is based on the popular card game Blackjack . The minimum bet is 10 points per deal.It was created by Mike Blaylock on 7 September 1992....
- a blackjackBlackjackBlackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...
game tutor - FreeCellFreeCell (Windows)FreeCell, as included in Microsoft Windows, is a computer implementation of the card game FreeCell.-History:The first computer version of the game is believed to have been created by Paul Alfille in 1978 for the PLATO system. Microsoft developer Jim Horne, who learned the game from the PLATO...
- a solitaire card game that is now bundled with Windows - GolfGolf (Patience)Golf is a Patience game where players try to earn the lowest number of points over the course of nine deals . It has a tableau of 35 face-up cards and a higher ratio of skill to luck than most other solitaire card games.-Setup:From a standard 52-card pack, deal 3 cards to each player...
- the traditional solitaireSolitaireSolitaire is any tabletop game which one can play by oneself or with other people. The solitaire card game Klondike is often known as simply Solitaire....
variant - JezzBallJezzBallJezzBall is a video game in which red-and-white balls, referred to as atoms, bounce about a rectangular field of play, or room. The player advances to the next level by containing the atoms in progressively smaller spaces, until at least 75% of the area is blocked off...
- a game of reflexes in which the player had to trap bouncing balls in small boxes - Pipe Dream - in which the player needed to build a system of interconnected pipes of a certain length
- Rodent's RevengeRodent's RevengeRodent's Revenge is a puzzle video game, created in 1991 by Christopher Lee Fraley. It was distributed as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack. The player takes on the role of a mouse, with the objective being to trap cats by pushing blocks around, whilst avoiding obstacles.- Levels :To win a...
- in which a mouse needs to trap cats by pushing boxes - SkiFreeSkiFreeSkiFree is a computer game created by Chris Pirih, who was working as a programmer at Microsoft at the time.The object of the game is simple: to ski down an endless slope and avoid the obstacles.-History:...
- a fairly simplistic skiingSkiingSkiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
game - TaipeiMahjong solitaireMahjong solitaire is a solitaire matching game that uses a set of Mahjong tiles rather than cards. It is also known as Shanghai solitaire, electronic or computerized mahjong, MahJong solitaire, solitaire Mahjong and, erroneously, as Mahjong...
- a version of Mahjong solitaireMahjong solitaireMahjong solitaire is a solitaire matching game that uses a set of Mahjong tiles rather than cards. It is also known as Shanghai solitaire, electronic or computerized mahjong, MahJong solitaire, solitaire Mahjong and, erroneously, as Mahjong... - TetraVexTetraVexTetraVex is a puzzle computer game, available for Windows and Linux systems.- Gameplay :TetraVex is an edge-matching puzzle. The player is presented with a grid and nine square tiles, each with a number on each edge. The objective of the game is to place the tiles in the grid in the proper...
- a puzzle game of arranging tiles - TetrisTetrisTetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
- the classic game of falling blocks - TriPeaksTri PeaksTri Peaks is a solitaire card game that is akin to the solitaire games Golf and Black Hole. The game uses one deck and the object is to clear three peaks made up of cards....
- a gambling solitaire card game - Tut's TombPyramid (solitaire)Pyramid is a solitaire game where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation.-Rules:Pairs of cards can be removed if their values total 13. In this game, Jacks value at 11, Queens at 12, and Kings at 13. Thus, kings can be removed immediately. Cards must not be covered....
- another solitaire card game
A multicart
Multicart
In video game parlance, a multicart is a cartridge that contains more than one game. Typically, the separate games are available individually for purchase or were previously available individually . For this reason, collections, anthologies, and compilations are considered multicarts...
containing seven games was released for the Game Boy Color
Game Boy Color
The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...
as simply Microsoft Entertainment Pack.
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