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Microsoft Entertainment Pack is a collection of 16-bitcasual computer games for Windows. There were four Entertainment Packs released between 1990 and 1992. These games were somewhat unusual for the time, in that they would not run under MS-DOS. In 1994, a compilation of the previous four Entertainment Packs were released called The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack. A Game Boy Color version was released in 2000.

Microsoft advertised Entertainment Packs for casual gaming on office computers. The boxes had slogans like 'No more boring coffee breaks' and 'Only a few minutes between meetings? Get in a quick game of Klotski'. The marketing succeeded; Computer Gaming World in 1992 described the series as 'the Gorillas of the Gaming Lite Jungle', with more than 500,000 copies sold.^[1]

Minesweeper from pack 1 was later bundled with Windows 3.1, and FreeCell was included in Windows 95. WinChess and Taipei, both written by David Norris,^[2] received remakes in Windows Vista, called Chess Titans and Mahjong Titans, respectively. Mahjong Titans was replaced with Microsoft Mahjong in Windows 8. Microsoft Solitaire Collection also includes versions of Tut's Tomb (as Pyramid) and TriPeaks.

List of games[edit]

Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1[edit]

• Cruel (a card game)
• Golf (a card game)^[a]
• Minesweeper, written by Rob Donner^[b]
• Pegged (a form of Peg solitaire), written by Mike Blaylock
• Taipei (later known as Mahjong Titans and Microsoft Mahjong)^[a][b]
• Tetris (Windows version)^[a]
• TicTactics (a Tic-tac-toe variant)
• IdleWild (a screensaver program), written by Brad Christian

Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2[edit]

• FreeCell (a card game)^[a][b]
• Jigsawed (a Jigsaw puzzle)
• Pipe Dream (by LucasArts), written by Eric Geyser^[a]
• Rodent's Revenge^[a]
• Stones, developed by Michael C. Miller
• Tut's Tomb (a card game)^[a]
• IdleWild (a screensaver program) - 8 new screen savers for this pack

Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3[edit]

• Fuji Golf
• Life Genesis (based on Conway's Game of Life, with a two-player mode added^{[citation needed]})
• SkiFree, written by Chris Pirih^[a]
• TetraVex^[a]
• TriPeaks (a card game)^[a]
• WordZap (a word game)
• IdleWild (a screensaver program) - 8 new screen savers for this pack

Microsoft Entertainment Pack 4[edit]

• Chess
• Chip's Challenge, written by Chuck Sommerville^[a]
• Dr. Black Jack, a card game created by Mike Blaylock, based on the game of the same name^[a]
• Go Figure!
• JezzBall^[a]
• Maxwell's Maniac
• Tic Tac Drop, a form of Connect Four with quadrilateral, triangular and plus-shaped boards and customizable win pattern and number of rows and columns

The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack[edit]

The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack is a collection of 13 games from previous Entertainment Packs. A Game Boy Color version was released in November 2000 in North America and August 2001 in Europe.^[3][4] It was developed by Saffire and published by Classified Games in North America and Cryo Interactive in Europe.

Development[edit]

Microsoft Entertainment Pack was designed by the company's “Entry Business” team, whose job was to make Windows more appealing to homes and small businesses. Ex-Microsoft product manager Bruce Ryan said the company did this because it 'was concerned that the operating system’s high hardware requirements meant that people would only see it as a tool for large enterprises'.^[5] The project had 'almost no budget', and no major video game publishers got involved because they doubted Windows' legitimacy as a gaming platform; therefore Ryan compiled a series of games that Windows employees had been working on in their spare time.^[6] According to Microsoft FreeCell developer Jim Horne, the packs were not copy protected so customers could distribute copies to friends, to encourage using Windows for games. As payment, each author received ten shares of Microsoft stock.^[7]

For much of the early 1990s, the Gamesampler, a subset of the Entertainment Pack small enough to fit on a single high-density disk, was shipped as a free eleventh disk added to a ten-pack of Verbatim blank 3.5' microfloppy diskettes. Games on the sampler included Jezzball, Rodent's Revenge, Tetris, and Skifree. A 'Best of' disk of several of the games was also available at times as a mail-in premium from Kellogg's cereals.^[8]

All games being 16-bit run on modern 32-bit versions of Windows but not on 64-bit Windows. Support for all versions of Microsoft Entertainment Pack ended on January 31, 2003.

In the copies of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000source code which leaked in 2004, there are 32-bit versions of Cruel, Golf, Pegged, Reversi, Snake (Rattler Race), Taipei and TicTactics.^[9] However, FreeCell and Minesweeper have had official 32-bit versions bundled even with early versions of Windows NT. The original game developers of some of the games such as SkiFree,^[10] TriPeaks,^[11] and WordZap^[12] now offer 32-bit versions. Third party developers have also created 32-bit freeware clones of Klotski,^[13]TetraVex,^[14]Rodent's Revenge,^[15]Tetris,^[16] and Taipei.^[17]

Reception[edit]

Digital Trends noted, 'For many, the simple but enjoyable games found in the Entertainment Pack provided a first taste of early PC gaming and served as a gateway to more complex classics.'^[18]PC World described the pack as having 'standout time-wasters'.^[19]

See also[edit]

• Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection – a later 32-bit collection for Windows 95

Notes[edit]

1. ^ ^{abcdefghijklm}Included in Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack
2. ^ ^abcBundled in some later versions of Windows

References[edit]

1. ^'Welcome To Gaming Lite'. Computer Gaming World. September 1992. p. 74. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
2. ^https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Ziggurat
3. ^'Microsoft: The Best of Entertainment Pack preview'. IGN. Ziff Davis. June 9, 2000. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
4. ^'Microsoft: The Best of Entertainment Pack – Release Details'. GameFAQs. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
5. ^http://www.businessinsider.com.au/bill-gates-was-a-microsoft-minesweeper-addict-2015-8
6. ^http://www.businessinsider.com.au/bill-gates-was-a-microsoft-minesweeper-addict-2015-8
7. ^Dear, Brian (2017). '27. Leaving the Nest'. The Friendly Orange Glow. New York: Pantheon Books. pp. 502–503. ISBN9781101871560.
8. ^Vincent, Brittany (April 6, 2018). 'Remembering SkiFree, and the Yeti that still haunts our dreams'. PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
9. ^'We Are Morons: a quick look at the Win2k source'. Kuro5hin.org. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2012.Alt URL^{[dead link]}
10. ^Chris (February 10, 2010). 'The most officialest SkiFree homepage'. Ski.ihoc.net. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
11. ^'TriPeaks Homepage'. Rhogue.com. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
12. ^'Classic WordZap'. Wordzap.com. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
13. ^'Klotski homepage'. Phil.freehackers.org. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
14. ^'Tetravex Game in Delphi'. Delphi.about.com. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
15. ^'Rodent's Revenge 2000'. Web.archive.org. August 22, 2007. Archived from the original on August 22, 2007. Retrieved January 6, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
16. ^'CrystalOffice Games'. Crystaloffice.com. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
17. ^'Taipei'. github.com. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
18. ^http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-entertainment-pack-retrospective/
19. ^http://www.pcworld.com/article/2911942/classic-puzzler-chips-challenge-and-an-unreleased-sequel-hitting-steam-in-may.html

External links[edit]

• Microsoft Entertainment Pack series at MobyGames

Black Jack, also known as Captain Blackjack, is a 1950 adventure film written and directed by Julien Duvivier and starring George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Patricia Roc and Dennis Wyndham.^[1] Set on the Mediterranean, it tells the story of a man who does evil deeds. Although his conscience is awakened and he has fallen in love, escaping his past proves impossible. The English-language film was a co-production between France, Spain and the United States.

Plot[edit]

Demobilised after World War II, Mike Alexander pursues any deals, legal or not, which will make him a fortune. He has acquired a yacht in Mallorca, where he hears of a cargo ship in difficulty, the Chalcis, which is full of refugees. He agrees to take the six richest off the ship, but is sickened by the distress of the rest and tells the captain to put them ashore on an isolated island. He also sees an attractive young woman, Ingrid, who refuses his offer of a free trip to safety. The captain scuttles the ship in a hidden cove and takes Ingrid to Tangier.

Shortly after, Ingrid turns up in Mallorca as companion to an eccentric American millionairess, Emily Birk. Again she refuses the advances of Alexander, even when he says his fortune is arriving soon. Mrs Birk tells her she is really a cop and is after Alexander, an evil crook who is expecting a cargo of drugs. Ingrid agrees to go with Alexander to the island where the Chalcis is lying and they are sickened to find all the refugees locked in the hold by the captain and dead. When Alexander's drugs arrive, concealed in a schooner, they are lifted by Mrs Birk, who is not a cop but a dealer, and hidden in the wreck of the Chalcis. Alexander finds this out and, his cover blown, destroys the consignment. To escape the law, he then heads in his yacht for Tangier and Ingrid agrees to flee with him. In an ending that was in accord with the Motion Picture Production Code, police launches pursue them and shoot Alexander dead.

Cast[edit]

• George Sanders as Mike Alexander
• Herbert Marshall as Doctor James Curtis
• Patricia Roc as Ingrid Dekker
• Agnes Moorehead as Emily Birk
• Marcel Dalio as Captain Nicarescu
• Dennis Wyndham as Fernando Barrio
• Howard Vernon as Schooner Captain
• José Nieto as Inspector Carnero
• Jolie Gabor as jeweler

References[edit]

1. ^'BLACK JACK (1950) BFI'. Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2015-07-02. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2016-01-06.

External links[edit]

• Black Jack on IMDb

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