Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2

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	Jim Horne
IdleWild (7 new screensavers)	Screen saver	Bradford Christian
JigSawed	Jigsaw puzzle	Tito Messerli
Pipe Dream	Port of Pipe Mania	Wes Cherry
Rattler Race	Snake game	Christopher Lee Fraley
Rodent's Revenge	Block-pushing game	Christopher Lee Fraley
Stones	Tile game	Michael C. Miller
Tut's Tomb	Pyramid solitaire	Rick LaPlante

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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Best Version: Windows 3

— This section contains spoilers! —

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

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  Like the first game, the box is a photograph of various toys and games. However, this one seems a bit more abstract.

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