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Revision as of 10:51, 24 July 2020

Cover art.

Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2 is a package of multiple entertainment programs including seven single-player games and a screensaver published by Microsoft for Windows 3 in 1991. The various games were made by a variety of developers and included the following:

Title Game Type Developer
FreeCell FreeCell solitaire [[]]
IdleWild (7 new screensavers) Screen saver Bradford Christian
JigSawed Jigsaw puzzle Tito Messerli
Pipe Dream Port of Pipe Mania Eric Geyser
Rattler Race Snake game [[]]
Rodent's Revenge Block-pushing game Christopher Lee Fraley
Stones Tile game Michael C. Miller
Tut's Tomb Pyramid solitaire [[]]

Although FreeCell is often thought of as a default Windows game, it wasn't included by default until Windows 95. This was the first Microsoft product released which contained FreeCell.

Personal

I never owned Entertainment Pack 2, but occasionally I would use a computer that had the pack loaded on it and play the games.

Status

I do not own this title.

Review

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5 5 4 1 5

Best Version: Windows 3

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Good

  • There is a fairly decent assortment of games. Two card games, active and passive puzzle games, and and action video game.
  • Even though it was rare at the time, some of the programs take into account display sizes beyond 640x480 resolution.

Bad

  • All of the games are casual, so they're all lacking depth.
  • The programs are lacking media being mostly devoid of music, sound effects, and animation.
  • Being mostly dependent on puzzle games, the collection is pretty slow-paced.
  • JigSawed is a pretty unimpressive jigsaw puzzle game.

Ugly

  • Nothing.

Media

Links

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