Who wants to see an early desktop from Microsoft, can use one provided by archive.org software collections for the future. The title can try Curious directly in the browser.
A large collection of software for Microsoft Windows 3.11 now offers the Internet Archive archive.org to. The operating system is the final development of the first successful GUI desktops of the group and added the environment analogous to the name “for Workgroups” among others some network features added. Many users still remained, however, in MS-DOS, only with Windows 95 managed Microsoft the final change of its user base.
According to can be found in the software collection next to the simple desktop far less known titles than with the archived MS-DOS games. Among the renowned programs is likely to be next to office-favorites like Solitaire and Minesweeper simple games like SkiFree from the hotel’s Entertainment Pack or Roguelike Caste of the Winds. Rather amusing are the interactive demo for Windows 95 or a simulation of the US presidential election in 1992 in the comic style, where you can delight candidates with cake.
Users can try the program directly in the browser. The environment uses the well-known from the desktop DOSBox, which requires JavaScript. Some titles can be downloaded, for example, while the desktop itself is only available as streaming. For slow games emulation works quite well, with titles that require quick reactions, but users may be better off with a locally attached DOSBox. (fo)
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