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The Great Operating System Games

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the remember-.bas-files dept.

harrymcc writes "For decades, the simple little games that come with operating systems have been some of the most-used software on the planet. Legendary geeks such as Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, and Andy Herzfeld have tried their hands at writing them. And yet they get no respect — or, actually, attention of any kind. Technologizer's Benj Edwards aimed to rectify that with a look at forty years' worth of bundled OS games, from 1971 Unix text-based ones to Woz's Little Brick Out to such Windows mainstays as Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Reversi." Article is an annoyingly long slide show (would it kill people to put a reasonable amount of content on pages?) but there's some fun stuff in there.

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  1. Xbill by netsuhi.com · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Along with the classin Linux game Xbill (named after you know who)

    1. Re:Xbill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      They went into minutiae about winblows

      You sound like a fucking idiot and a fanboy when you say that, and no one will ever take seriously anything you say after it.

  2. Ski-Free by adeft · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I used to stay in from Recess to play ski-free. Never did make it past that abominable snowman....

  3. Apple? by Duradin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is this slideshow-fest in Apple? Seemed most of the slides were non-Apple.