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Encarta 95 - Different versions?

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First post, by s0ren

Posted on 2016-10-11, 11:47

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Does anyone here know if there are more than one version of Encarta 95 or expansions of some sort?

I have the original disk from back in the day from when i got my first PC in 1994, but i am 100% sure that it used to have articles and video clips about Star Wars and 2001 a space odyssey. I know because i watched those clips probably 1000 times. However, these articles and video clips are no where to be found on the Encarta 95 disk. I can see online that later versions of Encarta had these articles and clips, but i am sure i never had another version than the 95 edition, so i am a bit puzzled.

Reply 1 of 6, by TheMobRules

Posted on 2016-10-11, 15:37

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Are you sure the clips were from Encarta? I had both Encarta 95 and Cinemania 94 at the time and I remember watching Star Wars and Godfather clips many times, but I'm almost certain those were on Cinemania...

For reference, the clip from Star Wars was the end of the Kenobi vs Vader duel, when the rest of the team escapes the Death Star.

Reply 2 of 6, by s0ren

Posted on 2016-10-11, 15:42

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Doh, you are absolutely right! Thanks a lot for clearing that up for me! I had mixed them up in my head.

Now, time to find the Cinemania CD 😁

Reply 3 of 6, by konc

Posted on 2016-10-11, 16:26

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Pretty irrelevant since the OP's issue is solved, but for what it matters Encarta 95 did have more than one revisions. I was working in a computer store back then and, of course, this was a big thing in the first multimedia PCs era so we were ordering copies like crazy. Parents buying their elementary school kid first computer & Encarta batch were a standard 😉 There were later revision copies coming in a different box (this by itself doesn't mean anything, boxes change way more often than the content), but we did have boxes stating in a red star badge (sorry #1, don't know the proper word in English) that it contained some updated content (sorry #2, can't remember for sure the actual words used and I don't want to write stuff out of my imagination). Just mentioning it since the topic regards Encarta.

Reply 4 of 6, by s0ren

Posted on 2016-10-11, 18:10

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Kokkino asteri? Nah i dont know what its called either, but i understand you 😀 Mine is an OEM version, i wonder if i can find the revised version online somewhere. Interesting to know!

Reply 5 of 6, by konc

Posted on 2016-10-11, 19:40

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s0ren wrote:
Kokkino asteri?

hahaha seriously? kudos (since we're talking Greek!) for getting into the trouble to translate this 🤣 🤣
Yep, it's that red star with multiple spikes having some written text inside

Reply 6 of 6, by s0ren

Posted on 2016-10-12, 08:23

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konc wrote:
s0ren wrote:
Kokkino asteri?

hahaha seriously? kudos (since we're talking Greek!) for getting into the trouble to translate this 🤣 🤣
Yep, it's that red star with multiple spikes having some written text inside

Parakalo re, milao ligo elinika. I havent been able to find any information about the later version of Encarta 95, but at least i found my Cinemania 94 disc 😀 My IMDB of 1994!

Oh the memories. Hadnt heard the term "Multimedia PC" for ages.

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