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Manufacturer | Microsoft |
Released | 1985 |
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Total Games | unknown (2,906 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 2,906 total.
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- Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile
- Clock Tower
- Clonk Rage
- Code of Princess
- Code of Princess EX
- Colin McRae Rally
- Collection of SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend
- Columns
- Columns III
- Combat Arms
- Comix Zone
- Command & Conquer
- Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
- Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
- Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight
- Command & Conquer: Generals
- Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert: The Aftermath
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert: Counterstrike
- Command & Conquer: Remastered Collection
- Command & Conquer: Renegade
- Command & Conquer: The Covert Operations
- Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
- Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun: Firestorm
- Commander Keen: Secret of the Oracle
- Commander: Conquest of the Americas
- Commandos 2: Men of Courage
- Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
- Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
- Company of Heroes
- Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
- Conflict: Desert Storm II
- Construction Simulator
- Contra Anniversary Collection
- Contra: Operation Galuga
- Contra: Rogue Corps
- Contradiction: Spot The Liar
- Control
- Cookie's Bustle
- Cossacks: European Wars
- Costume Quest
- Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams
- Cotton Boomerang: Magical Night Dreams
- Cotton Fantasy
- Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
- Counter-Strike
- Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
- Counter-Strike: Source
- The Crack of Doom
- Crackdown 3
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called! Flaming Kasukabe Runner!!
- Crazy Taxi
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
- Crazyracing Kartrider
- Creatures 3
- Creepy Road
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
- Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
- CrossCode
- Crossed Swords
- CrossFire
- CROSS†CHANNEL
- Crusaders of Might and Magic
- Cryostasis
- Crysis
- Crysis 2
- Crysis Warhead
- Crystal Crisis
- Cubixx HD
- Cuphead
- Curious George
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- Cursed Mountain
- Cursed to Golf
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On
- Cyber-Lip
- Cyberpunk 2077
- The Cycle: Frontier
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- The Da Vinci Code
- The Daedalus Encounter
- Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Danganronpa 1-2 Reload
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
- Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
- Dangerous Waters
- Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade
- Darius Gaiden
- Dark and Light
- Dark Messiah: Might and Magic
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
- Dark Seed
- Dark Souls
- Dark Souls II
- Dark Souls III
- Dark Void
- Darksiders
- Darksiders Genesis
- Darksiders II
- Darksiders III
- Darksiders: Warmastered Edition
- Darkspore
- Darkstone
- Darwinia
- Dave the Diver
- Dawn of Fantasy
- Dawn of Man
- Day of Defeat: Source
- Daytona USA
- DC Universe Online
- De Blob
- Dead Cells
- Dead Island
- Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
- Dead or Alive 6
- Dead Rising 2
- Dead Space
- Dead Space 2
- Dead Space 3
- Dead to Rights
- Death Rally
- Death Stranding
- Death to Spies
- Death to Spies: Moment of Truth
- Deathsmiles
- Deathsmiles I-II
- Defender of the Crown
- Deimos Rising
- Deltarune
- Demigod
- The Demon Crystal
- Demon's Tilt
- DemonCrawl
- Deponia
- Descent 3
- Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War
- Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
- Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
- Detroit: Become Human
- Deus Ex
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
- Devil May Cry 4
- Devil May Cry 5
- Devil May Cry HD Collection
- Diablo
- Diablo Battle Chest
- Diablo Hellfire Bundle
- Diablo II
- Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
- Diablo III
- Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
- Diccuric
- Die Hard Trilogy
- The Dig
- Digimon Survive
- Digimon World: Next Order
- Dino Crisis
- Dinosaur
- The DioField Chronicle
- DiRT 3
- DiRT Rally 2.0
- Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories
- Disciples: Sacred Lands
- Disciples: Sacred Lands - Gold Edition
- Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
- Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
- Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
- Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny
- Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
- Disney Universe
- Disney's Hades Challenge
- Disney's Toontown Online
- Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
- Divine Souls
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2
- DNF Duel
- Dofus
- Dogyuun
- Dogz and Catz
- Dogz and Catz I: Your Virtual Petz
- Dominions 3: The Awakening
- Dominions II: The Ascension Wars
- Dominions: Priests, Prophets & Pretenders
- Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers
- Doom
- Doom & Destiny
- Doom (2016)
- Doom 3
- Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
- Doom 64