![]() So in 1990, Microsoft began selling their Windows Entertainment Pack which housed the now legendary Minesweeper and the already world-renowned Tetris among others. As story has it, the folks at Microsoft wanted to convince more offices and home computer owners that they had more to offer than the competition. It didn’t necessarily do much for the home computer owners unless they were using it for work. Windows is currently a great operating system for doing ANYTHING and EVERYTHING in 2018, but there was a time when Windows was viewed as a business tool and ONLY a business tool. Surely there is something out there for the desk jockeys who want to casually blow off some steam…Įnter Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows.Įveryone was using a Windows operating system in the average 1989 office workplace. The depth of immersion into a series like The Legend of Zelda might not appeal to your everyday office man. We bought Sega Genesises and Super Nintendos and maybe a Game Boy! But hey… Let’s be realistic. ![]() ![]() We saw a glimpse of it in movies like The Lawnmower Man (ugh), but all we could do was dream of the future and live in the here and now. Next level technology was already in everyone’s homes, but on the horizon was something greater: games in full three dimensions with realistic lifelike graphics. ![]()
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