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EARLIEST Windows games?: "Windows required"

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First post, by digitaldoofus

Posted on 2010-09-07, 13:32

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I know that Reversi and Solitaire were very early Windows games that Microsoft included with Windows 2 (just Reversi) and Win 3.0 (both Reversi and Solitaire).

But what other VERY EARLY games can you recall that actually *required* Windows in order to run? I guess these would be mostly in the Windows 2 and Windows 3.0 era of games, when Win-only titles were pretty scarce.

Anyone recall some favorite (or not so favorite) titles?

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Reply 1 of 3, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2010-09-07, 17:01

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Reversi was included in Windows 1.x

The 1985 version of Balance of Power required Windows 1.x
It included a Win 1.0 runtime, or you could run under full version of Windows.
A relatively complex game for early Windows.

Reply 2 of 3, by digitaldoofus

Posted on 2010-09-07, 17:08

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ripsaw8080 wrote:
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Reversi was included in Windows 1.x

The 1985 version of Balance of Power required Windows 1.x
It included a Win 1.0 runtime, or you could run under full version of Windows.
A relatively complex game for early Windows.

A worthy title indeed -- and rated by Computer Gaming World as one of the best computer games of all time!

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Reply 3 of 3, by digitaldoofus

Posted on 2010-09-07, 17:14

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I remember I owned (still do...somewhere) a shareware CD set (2 CDs) with tons of early DOS titles, but also a bunch of early Windows games as well. Too bad I can't remember many of the Windows titles. I'll have to dig it out again soon -- I had a LOT of fun trying dozens and dozens of games on this set!

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