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The Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows introduced in 1990, the same year that Windows 3.0 was launched and ushered
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The Register will draw a discreet veil over the ad-festooned version currently in the Microsoft Store.
Key facts
- The Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows debuted in 1990, the same year that Windows 3.0 was released and ushered in an era of Microsoft desktop dominance
- Red Tetris stickers and shirtless Windows 95 tots
- accidental collectibles gathering dust
- Chen recalled an incident with Windows 95, when an anti-piracy hologram on the case depicted a child pointing at a computer monitor and the Windows 95 logo
- Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen explained the reasoning behind using the sticker instead of simply printing what was in the box
Summary
Red Tetris stickers and shirtless Windows 95 tots - accidental collectibles gathering dust. In a future edition of The Antiques Roadshow, the hosts might get all excited about a mint Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows… with a sticker on the box instead of a printed Tetris promotion. Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen explained the reasoning behind using the sticker instead of simply printing what was in the box. The Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows debuted in 1990, the same year that Windows 3.0 was released and ushered in an era of Microsoft desktop dominance.