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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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- Observation
- Observer
- Octodad
- Octodad: Dadliest Catch
- Octopath Traveler
- Octopath Traveler II
- The Oddboxx
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- Ogre Tale
- Oh! Edo Towns
- Ōkami
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game
- On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness
- One Piece Odyssey
- One Piece: Burning Blood
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
- One Piece: Unlimited World Red
- One Piece: World Seeker
- One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
- Oni
- Onimusha: Warlords
- Operation Europe: Path to Victory
- Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
- Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
- The Orange Box
- Orcs Must Die! 2
- Order of War
- The Oregon Trail
- Organ Trail
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps
- Osmos
- Out of Order
- Out Zone
- Outer Wilds
- The Outer Worlds
- OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
- Over the Hedge
- Over Top
- Overcooked!
- Overcooked! 2
- Overcooked! All You Can Eat
- Overload
- Overlord (2007)
- Overpass
- Overwatch
- Overwatch 2
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- P.T.O. II: Pacific Theater of Operations
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
- Pac-Man Museum+
- Pac-Man World 2
- Pac-Man World 3
- Pac-Man World Rally
- Pac-Man World Re-PAC
- Painkiller
- Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening
- Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet
- Pajama Sam: Life Is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff!
- Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside
- Pandemonium!
- Pang Adventures
- PangYa
- Panzer Dragoon
- Panzer Dragoon: Remake
- Panzer General
- Panzer General II
- Paparazzi! Tales of Tinseltown
- Papers, Please
- The Path
- Pathologic 2
- Patrick's Parabox
- Pawly Pets: My Animal Hospital
- Payday 2
- Peasant Knight
- Peglin
- Penumbra: Black Plague
- Penumbra: Requiem
- People's General
- People's Tactics
- Perfect Cherry Blossom
- Perfect Dark (2022)
- Perfect World
- Persona 3 Reload
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
- Persona 4 Golden
- Persona 5 Royal
- Persona 5 Strikers
- Persona 5 Tactica
- Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
- Petz: Dogz 2 and Catz 2 (PC)
- Phantasmagoria
- Phantasmagoria of Flower View
- Phantasy Star II
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
- Phantasy Star Online
- Phantom Brave
- Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds
- Phantom Breaker: Omnia
- Phantom Kingdom Portable
- Pharaoh
- Phoenix Point
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy
- Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons
- Pillar
- Pillars of Eternity
- Pineview Drive
- Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink
- Pink Panther: Passport to Peril
- Pippa Funnell: Take the Reins
- Pirate King Online
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
- Pitfall!
- Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
- PixARK
- Pizza Tower
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- Planet Coaster
- Planetary Annihilation
- PlanetSide 2
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
- Please Fix The Road
- Pleasure Goal: 5 on 5 Mini Soccer
- Pocket Academy
- Pocket Bravery
- Pocket League Story
- Pocket Tanks
- Pocky & Rocky Reshrined
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gold Rescue Team
- The Polar Express
- Pool Slide Story
- Pop'n Pop
- Popful Mail
- Port Royale 2
- Portal
- Portal 2
- Postal
- Postal 2
- Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
- Potionomics
- Power Golf
- Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
- Power Spikes II
- PowerSlave
- Prehistoric Isle 2
- Prey
- Primal Carnage
- Prince of Persia (2008)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
- Princess Maker
- Princess Maker 2
- Princess Maker 4
- Princess Maker 5
- Princess Maker: Faery Tales Come True
- Princess Maker: Go! Go! Princess
- Prison Architect
- Pro Evolution Soccer 6
- Project Nomads
- Project Snowblind
- Project Spark
- Project Torque
- Prototype
- Pseudoregalia
- Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
- Psychic Force 2012
- Psychonauts
- Psychonauts 2
- Pulstar
- The Punisher (2005)
- Puyo Pop Fever
- Puyo Puyo
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Puyo Puyo Champions
- Puyo Puyo Sun
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
- Puzzle Bobble
- Puzzle Bobble 2
- Puzzle Bobble 2X / Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition & Puzzle Bobble 3 / Bust-A-Move 3 S-Tribute
- Puzzle Bobble 3
- Puzzle Bobble 4
- Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
- Puzzled