Microsoft Ancient Lands (1994) 0 Reference Novelty Windows

Multimedia software from the Microsoft Home series providing reference material of the ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian civilizations. Runs on Windows 3.1 or later.

• 1.0

Microsoft Arcade (1993) 21 Windows

Microsoft Arcade is a pack of classic arcade video games ported to Microsoft Windows.

• 1.x
• Return of

Microsoft Dangerous Creatures (1994) 2 Reference Novelty Windows

Multimedia title from the Microsoft Home series about venomous and dangerous animals, such as spiders, snakes, fish, etc. from around the world. Runs on Windows 3.1 or later.

• 1.0

Microsoft Delta (1993) 0 Windows

Microsoft Delta was a short-lived source code version control system developed internally at Microsoft. It was notable for its ability to handle very large projects, but featured a very poor user interface. It was replaced by Microsoft SourceSafe.

• 1.0

Microsoft Direct X (1997) 9 Windows

Microsoft Direct X is a library addon/update for Microsoft Windows that adds or improves the ability to render high-speed 2D or 3D graphics, and use special input devices, mainly for games.

• 5.0

Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer (1993) 0 Windows

Microsoft Electronic Forms Designer 1.0 is an add on for Microsoft Mail that enables creation and routing of custom electronic forms using Microsoft Visual Basic.

• 1.0

Microsoft Network Driver Development Kit (1990) 0 DOS OS2

This is a set of development tools used to create network drivers for DOS and OS/2.

• 2.x

Microsoft OS/2 SDK (1987) 1 DOS OS2

The Microsoft OS/2 SDK includes pre-release builds of OS/2, beta development tools, sample code, and loads of documentation. These were released prior to the OS/2 1.0 and 1.1 releases. Microsoft charged $3,000 in 1987 for the SDK. It was criticized as overpriced, buggy, and slow.

• 1.00-1.01
• 1.02
• 1.03
• 1.04
• 1.05
• 1.06
• 1.10
• 2.0

Microsoft Pinball Arcade (1998) 7 Windows

Microsoft Pinball Arcade is a pinball video game from Microsoft for Windows 95 - 98. It was released on December 15, 1998 for Microsoft Windows and in 2001 for the Game Boy Color. The game is a collection of seven real pinball tables licensed by Gottlieb. These include: Baffle Ball (1931), Humpty Dumpty (1947), Knock Out (1950), Slick Chick (1963), Spirit of '76 (1976), Haunted House (1982), and Cue Ball Wizard (1992).

• 1.0

Microsoft Productivity Pack (1992) 0 Education Windows

The Microsoft Productivity Pack for Windows is a guided tour through Windows features and usage. It includes lessons on Windows essentials, using applications, managing files, OLE, and TrueType fonts. It was released shortly after Windows 3.1, and targeted at professionals as part of Microsoft's campaign to increase Windows adoption in the business marketplace.

• 3.1

Microsoft Publisher Design Pack (1994) 1 Publishing Windows

The design pack is a set of templates and tools for use with Microsoft Publisher.

• 1

Microsoft SoundBits (1992) 6 Novelty Windows

Microsoft SoundBits is a Windows 3.1 program that adds a variety of annoying sounds to actions such as opening a program, or minimizing a window. Because multimedia! It comes in three different flavors: Hanna-Barbera, Hollywood Movies, and Musical Sounds.

• 1.0

Microsoft Visual Studio (1996) 206 Windows

Visual Studio is an IDE (integrated development environment) for Microsoft Windows that allows developers to develop a variety of applications. It is a bundle of seperate programming products, including Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft J++, Microsoft Visual Basic, and Foxpro

• 97 (5.x)
• 6.0

Microsoft Windows a Vision for the Future (1997) 0 Novelty Document Windows

This is a promotional collection of documents in HTML format released in 1997 describing Microsoft's upcoming plans for future versions of Windows.

• 1997

Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit (1998) 1 Windows

Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit it a set of development tools to enable Windows CE development in Visual Basic, Visual C++ and other languages.

• 5.0
• 6.0

Microsoft Windows Customer Support and Diagnostic Tools (1999) 1 Windows

The Microsoft Windows 2000 Customer Support Diagnostics package consists of important tools and data for diagnosing in-depth Windows 2000 system problems. debugger software, and related debugging tools. This CD was shipped with server versions of Windows 2000.

• 2000

Microsoft Windows Printing System (1992) 0 Windows

The Microsoft Windows Printing System provides bi-directional communications and faster printing with HP Laserjet II and III printers. It includes a visually enhanced print manger and extra fonts.

• 1.0

Microsoft Windows Sound System (1992) 2 Windows

The Microsoft Windows Sound System is a sound card, driver, and set of utilities designed by Microsoft with the intention of setting a hardware and software standard. Many OEMs created compatible hardware and this driver set also support a number of additional cards.

• 1.0
• 2.0

Microsoft Wine Guide (1994) 0 Reference Windows

Wine Guide is a "multimedia" CD of wines from around the world. Enjoy some vintage wine with your vintage computing!

• 1995

Microsoft WinPad SDK (1994) 0 Windows

WinPad is a Personal Information Manager designed for part of a "non-dos" x86 based PDA operating system with a Win API set. The WinPad project was later abandoned in favor of the 32-bit Windows CE.

• 1.x

Microsoft Word (1983) 77 Word Processor DOS OS2 Windows MacOS

The Microsoft Word word processor was first introduced for MS-DOS in 1983. Its design made use of a mouse and WYSIWYG graphics. Its crude WYSIWYG/mouse support was a direct response to the Apple Lisa/Mac, and VisiCorp Visi On. Initially it competed against many popular word processors such as WordStar, Multimate, and WordPerfect. Word for DOS was never really successful.

• 5.x (DOS and OS/2)
• 1.x (Windows)
• 1.x (OS/2)
• 2.x (Windows)
• 6.x
• 95
• 97

Microsoft Word Assistant (1993) 0 Utility Windows

Microsoft Word Assistant contains a font manager, additional TrueType fonts, additional templates, and clipart. Requires Microsoft Word 6.0.

• 1.0

MidiSoft Recording Session (1992) 2 Audio Windows

MidiSoft Recording Session is a MIDI sequencer that uses a music notation based interface. It was sometimes bundled with sound cards.

• 1.07
• 1.12

Midisoft Sound Explorer (1993) 0 Media Player Other Windows

Midisoft Sound Explorer is a collection of Limited Edition version of popular Midisoft application programs. This includes Music Mentor LE, MusicMagic Songbook LE, The World of Music Sampler LE, Sound Impression LE, Multimedia Music Library LE, Studio for Windows LE, and MIDI Kit LE.

• 1993

Mindscape Complete Reference Library (1995) 0 Reference Windows

The Mindscape Complete Reference Library is a low end, and rather buggy, multimedia library targeted at the educational market. It included an encyclopedia, maps, almanac, dictionary, thesaurus, quotes, and a grammar style reference.

• 3.5