Category:Windows
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Manufacturer | Microsoft |
Released | 1985 |
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Total Games | unknown (2,966 present) |
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Windows is the collective name for Microsoft's immensely popular line of operating systems. As well as being widely used by businesses, Windows is the primary operating system PC games are developed for. It is the successor to MS-DOS, which previously held a similar market share in both the home and business markets.
New versions of Windows generally maintain a high degree of compatibility with software developed for past versions of Windows (and limited compatibility with MS-DOS), and new software releases will often work on older versions of Windows. This changed with Windows Vista; some releases (such as Halo 2) are specifically designed to only work with Windows Vista, and so cannot be used on previous versions of Windows.
- Consumer product line
- Windows 1.01 (1985)
- Windows 2.0 (1987)
- Windows 2.1x (1988)
- Windows 3.0 (1990)
- Windows 3.1x (1992)
- Windows 95 (1995)
- Windows 98 (1998) and Windows 98 Second Edition (1999)
- Windows Millenium Edition (2000)
- NT product line
- Windows NT 3.1 (1993)
- Windows NT 3.5 (1994)
- Windows NT 3.51 (1995)
- Windows NT 4.0 (1996)
- Windows 2000 (2000)
- Windows XP (2001)
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 (2003)
- Windows Server 2003 (2003)
- Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (2006)
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (2005)
- Windows Vista (business versions; 2006)
- Windows Home Server (2007)
- Windows Vista (home versions; 2007)
- Windows Server 2008 (2008)
- Windows 7 (2009)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (2009)
- Windows 8 (2012)
- Windows 8.1 (2013)
- Windows 10 (2015)
- Windows 11 (2021)
Games for Windows[edit]
Games for Windows is a brand owned by Microsoft and introduced in 2006 to coincide with the release of Windows Vista. The brand represents a standardized technical certification program and online service for Windows games, bringing a measure of regulation to the PC game market in much the same way that console manufacturers regulate their platforms. The branding program is open to both first-party and third-party publishers.
This was later expanded to include Games for Windows – Live, the online gaming service for Games for Windows-branded PC titles. Not all Games for Windows will have "live" content, but those that do will have access to Microsoft's Live network for online play and other features, including voice chat, messaging and friends lists, accessed from an in-game menu called the "Guide". Users can log in with their Xbox 360 gamer-tags to gain Games for Windows achievements and play games and chat across platforms (not every game supports cross-platform play.) Some features, including cross-platform multi-player and multi-player achievements, initially required a subscription to Live Gold.
However, on July 22, 2008, Microsoft announced at Gamefest 2008 that Games for Windows Live is now free of charge. This means that all users are able to access features that would normally be available to only Gold members, such as the features listed above. In addition, Microsoft also announced that a Games for Windows Live Marketplace will launch this fall. Like its console counterpart, Xbox Live Marketplace, users will be able to download content such as game demos, add-ons, and gamer pics. Some items will be free, while others will need to be paid for using Microsoft Points, as determined by the publisher of said items. Microsoft also plans to make the Games for Windows Live interface more PC friendly, and reduce the technical requirements for developers. This is in direct competition with the leading digital distributor on computers, Steam.
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Pages in category "Windows"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 2,966 total.
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- Galaxy Fight
- Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors
- Galaxy Force II
- Game Dev Story
- Game Dev Tycoon
- Game Tengoku
- Gargoyles
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves
- Gateway II: Homeworld
- Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows
- Gears of War
- Gears Tactics
- Gemfire
- Generation Zero
- Genesis Alpha One
- Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
- GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon
- Gex
- Gex: Enter the Gecko
- Ghost Master
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Ghost Online
- Ghost Pilots
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game
- Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
- Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
- Giants: Citizen Kabuto
- Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
- Ginga Force
- Gish
- Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance
- Gleylancer
- Glittermitten Grove
- Global Agenda
- Glover
- GNOG
- Goat Simulator
- Goblin Hack!
- God Eater 2: Rage Burst
- God Eater 3
- God Eater Resurrection
- God of War (2018)
- The Godfather II
- The Godfather: The Game
- Golden Axe
- Golden Axe II
- The Golden Compass
- Good Robot
- A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build
- GoonZu Online
- Gothic
- Gothic 3
- Gothic Collector's Edition
- Gothic II
- Gothic II: Night of the Raven
- Gothic: Collector's Edition
- Gradius 2
- Gradius Deluxe Pack
- Granblue Fantasy Versus
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
- Granblue Fantasy: Relink
- Grand Ages: Rome
- Grand Chase
- Grand Chase Dimensional Chaser
- Grand Prix Story
- Grand Theft Auto
- Grand Theft Auto 2
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony
- Grand Theft Auto: The Classics Collection
- Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
- Grand Theft Auto: Mission Pack 1: London, 1969
- Grand Theft Auto: Mission Pack 2: London, 1961
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Grandia
- Grandia II
- The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles
- The Great Escape (2003)
- Great Fairy Wars
- Grey Goo
- Grim Fandango
- Grind Stormer
- Guacamelee!
- Guacamelee! 2
- Guardian Force
- Guardians of Middle-earth
- The Guild 2: Pirates of the European Seas
- Guild Wars
- Guild Wars 2
- Guild Wars Factions
- Guild Wars Nightfall
- Guild Wars: Eye of the North
- Guilty Gear
- Guilty Gear 2: Overture
- Guilty Gear Isuka
- Guilty Gear Strive
- Guilty Gear X
- Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2
- Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator
- Guilty Gear Xrd Sign
- Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus R
- Guilty Gear XX ♯Reload
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
- Guitar Hero World Tour
- Gun
- Gunbarich
- Gunbird
- Gunbird 2
- Gunbound
- GunBound Classic
- Gunstar Heroes
- Gunster: Rain of Bullets
- GunZ The Duel
- Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
- Gururin
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- Hack 'n' Slash
- Hades
- Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
- Half-Life
- Half-Life 1: Anthology
- Half-Life 2
- Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Half-Life 2: Episode Two
- Half-Life Platinum
- Half-Life Platinum Collection
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Half-Life: Blue Shift
- Half-Life: Generation
- Half-Life: Opposing Force
- Half-Minute Hero
- Halo 2
- Halo 3: ODST
- Halo Wars
- Halo Wars 2
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Hammerfight
- Happy Feet
- Happyland Adventures
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PC)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (PC)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PC)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Harvest Moon Online
- Harvest Moon: Light of Hope
- Harvest Moon: Mad Dash
- Harvest Moon: One World
- Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos
- Harvestella
- A Hat in Time
- Hatsune Miku Logic Paint S
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix
- Hatsune Miku: The Planet of Wonder and Fragments of Wishes
- HAUNTED: Halloween '85
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
- Hearts of Iron III
- Heavenly Bodies
- Heiankyo Alien
- Hellboy: Asylum Seeker
- Helldorado
- Hellfire
- Hellgate: London
- Hello Kitty Online
- Her Story
- Hero must die. again
- Heroes of Might and Magic
- Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty
- Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
- Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade
- Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
- Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death
- Heroes of Might and Magic IV
- Heroes of Might and Magic V
- Heroes of Might and Magic V Epic Collection
- Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate
- Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
- Heroes of the Storm
- Hexen
- Hexen II
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Hidden Star in Four Seasons
- High Sea Saga DX
- Highway Pursuit
- Hind
- HITMAN
- Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
- Hitman Triple Pack