Windows Games

This is a compilation of shareware, freeware and public domain games made for DOS, Win 3.x and Windows though the game's instructions do state that all games will run under Windows 95.

There is very little to aid the user in this title, there is no menu system and no master list of contents.

Games are grouped into folders by type and to run them the player browses the disc / folder contents, opens the game folder and double clicks on the game to run it. As the tag-lined title states most of the games will run directly from the disc but some require installation. The game groups are;

• Action: Forty-two game folders of which seven require installation. Among these games are Teen Agent, Here They Come! and Vyper
• Board: Seventeen games, including Patolli and 3-D Tic Tac Toe, of which only three require installation
• Card: Ten games, six of which are ready to use. The card games in this group include Euchre, 31, Solo, Patience, and Solitaire
• Casino: Five games, mainly craps and slot machine games, two of which need to be installed
• Dice: Four games including two versions of Yahtzee, only one game requires installation
• Fun: A single, ready to play game that tries to show that petrol is not expensive
• Mahjongg: Three games including a genuine MahJongg game and the tile matching solitaire variant
• Puzzle: There are twenty-six games in this group and only four require installation. This group includes maze games, jigsaw puzzles and concentration games
• Strategy: This group also has twenty-six games and twenty-three can be run from the CD. Included are a Windows version of Ant Run, King of Dragon Pass demo, Cyberdogs and WinTrek
• Tetris: Eight games including Bedtris, Ctris, and PokerTris, only Cubemaster requires installation
• Word: Five games including two word search games, a hangman game and a crossword type game that can all be played from the CD

Games that can be run directly from the disc are in folders named 'XXXXXXXXX - READY TO USE'.