Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection (1997)
Genres:Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Puzzle, Sport, Card & Board Game
Themes:Party, Educational, Kids
Game modes:Single player
Story:The Microsoft Entertainment Pack was a pack of simple casual games released in 1990. At the time it was one of the first Windows only PC games on the market.
Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection features ten new puzzle games, designed by Alexei Pajitnov, the creator of Tetris. The puzzle games are:
- Fringer
- Finty Flush
- Mixed Genetics
- Rat Poker
- Lineup
- Jewel Chase
- Color Collision
- Charmer
- Spring Weekend
- Muddled CasinoShow more
Vote to bring this game to GOG and help preserve it.80
Wow, no love for the broke gamer? This collection of games were great for killing time and chasing high scores, and even better at having my noggin' fire on all cylinders. Just from looking at the screenshots I remember each game's soundtrack and sound effects and it puts me right back on our family computer in the living room trying to make it further than the previous session! This was my favorite step up from Mega Math Blaster on the PC. Even though they were puzzle games and kept me thinking just as hard, I didn't put them in the same category at that time as my strictly "learning" game. I need this in my life again.
I have been trying to remember the name of Jewel Chase for a very long time. If this game pack doesn't come to GoG, at least it gave me that as I've rediscovered it here.
Fond memories of all the games here, even if Jewel Chase is the one that my brain held on to. The screenshots are bringing back memories I didn't know I still had.
This was one of the first CD ROM games I ever got my hands on as a kid. The first thing I really remember playing with my parents. This game helped me understand the workings of a computer.
Mom's favorite was the rope game Fringer. Dad's was the the jewel game Finty Flush...mine bounced between Color Collision and Jewel Chase and both my brother and sister enjoyed Mixed Genetics and Rat Poker. We all loved this collection. Crazy seeing it again nearly 3 decades later
Id love to see this make it into the archives, this is about as deep a cut as Redline Racer with the families first Gateway Computer.
Tokyo JungleIn Tokyo Jungle, everything is the enemy, and only the strongest will survive!
With over 50 playable animals to choose from, unleash your inner beast to hunt your way to the top of Tokyo's post-apocalyptic food chain. Whether in Story or Survival Mode, you never know where your next meal will come from or the dangers you'll face, so be prepared for anything and everything. Forage through this desolate but dangerous city to complete story-based challenges using a variety of survival skills, from all-out attack to stealth. Beware-- you are not the only animal out there hunting for survival!Action Comedy Stealth Sandbox Survival
Divinity: Original Sin - The Source SagaThis bundle includes both Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition, and Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, the sequel. Both games and their DLCs will be available in your library after purchase. Two of the most acclaimed RPGs. Play alone, as a party of 4 friends online, or as a duo on the couch. Experience the adventures that changed the genre forever. Wield world-changing magic and craft your party in two award-winning adventures. Write your name into Divinity's history as you forge your own path through a vibrant, reactive world. Your imagination is the limit as you strive to restore Divinity and save the world. Divinity: Original Sin 2's critically-acclaimed campaign lets you take the role of a Godwoken - a hunted user of forbidden magic - on a mission to restore divinity to the world. In Divinity:Original Sin you travel back centuries to where it all began. Together with the famed wizard Zandlor you and your fellow Source Hunter must stop the Void Dragon from devouring the world. Dive into the series that critics say sets the bar for modern RPGs, with a world that reacts to your choices and innovative combat that lets you combine the elements to rain destruction on your foes. Play alone, with friends online, or in couch co-op mode and explore over 200 hours of RPG, wrapped in one cost-saving bundle. There's never been a better time to awaken your powers and claim the history of Divinity as your own.Fantasy
Katamari Damacy REROLLWhen the King of All Cosmos accidentally destroys all the stars in the sky, he orders you, his pint-sized princely son, to put the twinkle back in the heavens above. Join the King and Prince of Cosmos on their wacky adventure to restore the stars at home or on the go – now in full HD!Action Fantasy Comedy
Disgaea 5: Alliance of VengeanceDisgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a tactical role-playing video game. The evil demon emperor Void Dark devastates numerous Netherworlds after coming to power, with the help of an army of over one million soldiers known as The Lost. Following this, the Overlords of the Netherworlds under Void Dark's rule attempt to rise up and take revenge. The game involves the player traveling across different Netherworlds in an attempt to bring the Overlords and heirs of each different world to join forces together to fight against Void Dark. The game will feature new systems not seen within prior titles in the Disgaea series. In addition, the number of characters displayable on-screen has increased to 100, compared to 10 characters on the earlier PlayStation 3 titles.Action
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98The late-1997 edition of FIFA was heavily tied in with the qualifying procedure for the 1998 World Cup. In the Road to the World Cup mode, you take a team from first qualification through to the main tournament, using the varying systems in different parts of the world. The game features 16 distinct outdoor stadia. The League play features 189 clubs and 11 leagues. Each team has specific crowd chants incorporated into the ambient sound.
The action is faster than in previous versions, and AI has been expanded. Players have distinct facial feature and hair styles. Each match is introduced by Des Lynam and commentated on by John Motson and former Scotland international Andy Gray.Non-fiction
Vampire Hunter DVampire Hunter D is a PlayStation video game based on the series of books and movies of the same name. Along with Countdown Vampires, it is one of the few survival horror games to revolve around vampires.Action Horror Survival
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War CrisisBohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2 million copies have been sold since its release.Action Historical Warfare
Stronghold 2Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you joust over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay. Will you entertain with medieval tournaments or rule with an iron fist and dispense feudal justice to overworked and malnourished peasants? With powerful barons jostling for power over a disintegrating kingdom, it is up to you to stem the tides of ambition and unite the land under the one true King!
Building on the sim gameplay of the original Stronghold, Stronghold 2 allows players to rule as they please and still conquer each skirmish. Unhappy peasants turn to crime and must be punished, rival lords can raise entire armies on their title alone and sieges must be fought tooth and nail, with close combat taking place inside castle structures. Stronghold 2 Online extends this gameplay to competitive multiplayer for up to eight players, with offline skirmish mode also available against computer-controller opponents.
The online services used GameSpy which was shutdown. The Steam Edition is the only version of Stronghold 2 that still features multiplayer using Steam Multiplayer.Action Historical Warfare Sandbox
Yakuza 4Yakuza 4 is the fourth game in Sega's crime drama series, known as 'Ryu ga Gotoku' in Japan. As a first for the series, the story is split between the viewpoints of four different protagonists.Open world Action Sandbox
Dynasty Warriors: OriginsExperience an unrivaled sense of realism on the battlefield, fueled by exhilarating 1 vs. 1,000 action and the rush of massive armies! A nameless hero conquers the turbulent and chaotic Three Kingdoms in this latest DYNASTY WARRIORS series entry.Action