Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3

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Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3 is a package of multiple entertainment programs including seven games and a screensaver developed and published by Microsoft for Windows 3 in 1991. This is the third title in the series. The various games were made by a variety of developers and included the following:

Games

Title	Game Type	Developer
Fuji Golf	Golf game	Chiki Nagai
IdleWild (8 new screensavers)	Screen saver	Bradford Christian
Klotski	Sliding block puzzle	ZH Computer
LifeGenesis	Conway's Game of Life	Jim Horne
SkiFree	Action game	Chris Pirih
TetraVex	Tile placement game	Scott Ferguson
TriPeaks	Tri Peaks solitaire	A RHogue Child
WordZap	Word game	Michael F. C. Crick

Personal

I never owned Entertainment Pack 3, and I don't think I even even knew anyone who had it at the time, but I've since played most of the games in the pack. I have beat TriPeaks, LifeGenesis on all difficulties, and TetraVex up to 5x5.

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. A card game, two sports games, a word game, and some puzzle games.
• Even though it was rare at the time, some of the programs take into account display sizes beyond 640x480 resolution.

Bad

• None of the games have much depth.
• The programs are lacking media being mostly devoid of music, sound effects, and animation.
• Although several of the games could have easily benefited from multiplayer, they're mostly single player games.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Media

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  Like the previous boxes, this package uses a photograph of various toys and games, again, many of which are not represented among the software.

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