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Manufacturer | Microsoft |
Released | 1985 |
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Total Games | unknown (2,908 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 2,908 total.
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- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
- Sonic X Shadow Generations
- Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God
- Soul Hackers 2
- Soul Nomad & the World Eaters
- Soulcalibur VI
- South Park
- South Park Rally
- South Park: Chef's Luv Shack
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Spac3 Invaders Extr3me
- Space Channel 5: Part 2
- Space Cowboy Online
- Space Engineers
- Space Giraffe
- Space Haven
- Space Mouse
- Space Mouse 2
- Space Rogue (2016)
- Space Trader: Merchant Marine
- SpaceChem
- Spelunky
- Spelunky 2
- Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
- Spider-Man (2000)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Spider-Man 2: The Game
- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
- Spidersaurs
- Spinmaster
- The Spirit Engine 2
- Spirit Hunter: Death Mark
- Spirit of the North
- Splatterhouse
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
- Spore
- Spy Fox 2: "Some Assembly Required"
- Spy Fox 3: "Operation Ozone"
- Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"
- Squadron 42
- Stakes Winner
- Stakes Winner 2
- Star Citizen
- Star Cruiser
- Star Ocean: The Divine Force
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope
- Star Ocean: The Second Story
- Star Sonata
- Star Trek Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates
- Star Trek: Armada
- Star Trek: Borg
- Star Trek: Bridge Commander
- Star Trek: Elite Force II
- Star Trek: Hidden Evil
- Star Trek: Klingon
- Star Trek: New Worlds
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard
- Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
- Star Trigon
- Star Wars Battlefront II (2017)
- Star Wars Galaxies
- Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
- Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- Star Wars: Battlefront
- Star Wars: Battlefront (2015)
- Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection
- Star Wars: Battlefront II
- Star Wars: Dark Forces
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- Star Wars: Episode I Racer
- Star Wars: Force Commander
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Star Wars: Rebellion
- Star Wars: Republic Commando
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- Star Wars: Starfighter
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Defender of the Empire
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Enemies of the Empire
- Star Wars: X-Wing
- Star Wars: X-Wing - B-Wing
- Star Wars: X-Wing - Imperial Pursuit
- Star Wars: Yoda Stories
- StarCraft
- StarCraft: Brood War
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
- StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
- StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
- StarCraft: Insurrection
- StarCraft: Retribution
- Stardew Valley
- Starfield
- Starport: Galactic Empires
- Starship Titanic
- Starshot: Space Circus Fever
- State of Decay 2
- Station Manager
- Stay Cool, Kobayashi-san!
- Steel Empire
- Steel Storm: Burning Retribution
- Stellar Frontier
- StepMania
- Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
- Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
- Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town
- Storyteller
- Strange Horticulture
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
- Stranger of Sword City
- Stray
- Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
- Street Fighter 6
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Street Fighter Alpha 2
- Street Fighter IV
- Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation
- Street Fighter V
- Street Fighter X Mega Man
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Street Hoop
- Streets of Kamurocho
- Streets of Rage
- Streets of Rage 2
- Streets of Rage 3
- Streets of Rage 4
- Streets of SimCity
- Strider (2014)
- Strife
- Strikers 1945
- Strikers 1945 II
- Strikers 1945 III
- Strikers 1945 Plus
- Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People
- Stronghold (2001)
- Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
- Stupid Invaders
- Subterranean Animism
- Sudden Attack
- Suikoden
- Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars
- Summoner
- Sunes Sportlov
- Sunken Fossil World
- Super 3D Noah's Ark
- Super Baseball 2020
- Super Bomberman R
- Super Bomberman R 2
- Super Bomberman R Online
- Super BurgerTime
- Super Dodge Ball (Neo Geo)
- Super Double Dragon
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission
- Super Meat Boy
- Super Meat Boy Forever
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
- Super Neptunia RPG
- Super Puzzle Bobble
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- Super Robot Wars 30
- Super Sidekicks
- Super Sidekicks 2: The World Championship
- Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory
- The Super Spy
- Super Street Fighter II
- Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
- Super Thunder Blade
- Superliminal
- Supreme Commander
- Supreme Commander 2
- Surgeon Simulator
- The Sushi Spinnery
- SWAT 4
- Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris
- Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet
- Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization
- Sword of Fargoal
- Sword of the Stars
- Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter
- Sword of Vermilion
- Swords of Chaos
- Syndicate
- Syndicate: American Revolt
- System Shock
- System Shock 2