Microsoft SoundBits (1992) 1 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 Windows a Vision for the Future (1997) 1 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 Wine Guide (1994) 2 Reference Windows

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

• 1995

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

Mindscape Home Office Assistant (1996) 0 Reference Windows

Mindscape Home Office Assistant is a searchable multimedia collection of home business related books and resources. It includes content such as maps, business document templates, and videos.

• 1.x

Mosbys Medical Encyclopedia (1997) 0 Reference Windows

Mosbys Medical Encyclopedia is a multimedia CD-ROM containing information about medicines, illnesses, and anatomy.

• 2.x

Multimedia Cats (1995) 1 Reference Novelty Windows

A multimedia database, from Inroads Interactive, about all kinds of cats from all around the world. In the event of an Internet apocalypse, all you will need is this CD and a CD of cartoon farting clips.

• 1.0

ODS Menu Planner (1995) 0 Novelty Windows

Menu Planner is a rudimentary low cost application that assists users in planning diet meals. It walks users through a series of "wizard" style selections, keeps track of calories and usage, and provides users with a list of possible meal plans.

• 5.0 (Win)

Rand McNally New Millennium World Atlas (1997) 1 Reference Windows

Rand McNally New Millennium World Atlas is a world map that includes roads, geographical information, statistics, and area profiles.

• 1997

Rand McNally Route Planner (1998) 0 Reference Windows

Rand McNally Route Planner is an electronic atlas on a CD-ROM that enables you to plot routes to plan trips across the USA. It competed with DeLorme Street Atlas, and Microsoft Expedia Streets.

• 1.1

The Software Toolworks Multimedia Encyclopedia (1992) 0 Reference DOS

The Software Toolworks Multimedia Encyclopedia is an early multimedia CD-ROM encyclopedia that features articles, photographs, animation, and sound. It was often bundled with sound cards and new computers. There were versions for DOS, Windows, and Macintosh.

• 1.x

Toolworks Desk Reference (1991) 2 Reference Windows

Toolworks Desk Reference is an electronic version of the New York Public Library Desk Reference. This reference contains a huge collection of various facts about ideas, advice, details and discoveries. It includes twenty-six subject areas and thousands of entries.

• 1.0

Video Tape File System (1991) 1 Utility Reference DOS

Video Tape File System is a database program that you can use to organize your VHS video tapes. You can sort by title, actor, or category, print labels, and print a complete reference. It includes a top 100 movie reviews, can retrieve movie review information from Prodigy, and it includes 50 colored labels to get you started. There were version for Apple II and IBM PC.

• Plus

Webster's Electronic Dictionary and Thesaurus (1992) 1 Reference Windows

Random House Webster's Electronic Dictionary and Thesaurus provides definitions for a very large number of words. It features pronunciations, etymologies, and illustrative sentences with many biographical and geographical entries. The program can search for partial words, mis-spelled words, and using wildcards. Professional Dictionary and Thesaurus, Key Dictionary Plus, Instant Definitions Dictionary, and Funk & Wagnall's Standard Desk Dictionary.

• 1.0

Websters Dictionary (1988) 2 Reference DOS

A computerized version of Webster's Dictionary from Proximity Technology Inc. Once loaded, you can access it from within any DOS application using a hot key.

• 1.x

Whereabouts Deluxe (1991) 0 Novelty DOS

Whereabouts Deluxe flashes a fun, animated, and colorful messages on your PC that tells people your whereabouts. Choose one of 11 bright messages from each volume or create your own custom message.

• 1.x

Windows Personal Librarian (1988) 0 Reference Database Windows

Windows Personal Librarian is a CD database application for Microsoft Windows 2. It installs fine in a VM, but seems to need some additional configuration after that, but there are no instructions. This is likely a "client" tool meant only to display databases created elsewhere.

• 1

Wired for Sound (1992) 3 Novelty Windows

Wired For Sound, from Aristosoft, is a tool that assigns silly sounds to various Windows events. It also includes a set of backgrounds, alternate icons, and alternate cursors, and a talking clock. There were different editions of WFS Pro with different sound sets.

• 2.x
• 3.x

XDict (1997) 0 Reference Windows

A Chinese dictionary

• 1.x

Xmas for Windows (1994) 5 Novelty Windows

What better way to celebrate the winter solstice than to give someone the gift of an ugly Windows 3.1 color scheme, annoying backgrounds, and looping MIDI music that will make you want to rip your ears off of your head? Xmas for Windows, from Sygenex, gives you all of that as well as themed system icons, a screen saver, and several themed games. it does contain the usual religious based Xmas musics and some graphics.

• 3.0
• 8.0