Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1
The Microsoft Entertainment pack was a collection of 16 bit games designed for Windows 3.x. These games were developed in house by Microsoft to show the gaming ability of Windows at a time when most games were being produced strictly for DOS. The first release was in 1990 with the first pack, and the last 16 bit version released was The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack in 1995.
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Release notes
This is the first Microsoft Entertainment Pack, after the 1991 re-release retroactively named "Volume 1".
Contains the games: Cruel(card game), Golf (card game), Pegged, Tetris, TicTactics, Taipei, and Minesweeper, and a screen saver type application called IdleWild.
Installation instructions
This version is for Windows 3.0 and later.
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 (1990) (3.5-720k) |
1 | English |
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710.48KB | 6 |
 Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 (1990) (5.25-1.2mb) |
1 | English |
|
3.33MB | 4 |
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Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 (1990-08-31 Beta) (5.25-1.2mb) |
1 Prerelease | English |
|
172.4KB | 2 |
|
Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 (1991) (3.5-720k) |
1 | English |
|
1.94MB | 7 |
|
Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1 (1991) (5.25-1.2mb) |
1 | English |
|
2.48MB | 4 |