Windows to the World

Windows to the World is a compilation of shareware/freeware games and software. The software installs as a series of 'packs', pack's one to five can be run from the CD while packs six, seven and eight must be installed on the hard drive. Each 'pack' is installed separately and creates a separate program group.

This CD contains the following products:* Pack 1:

Bow and Arrow a simple shooter by John Di Troia,

Confound Game an implementation of the board game by Pete Koziar,

Squeeze Play a crate moving puzzler from company="Henderson Graphics">Henderson Graphics,

Super Craps a mouse controlled casino game from Chris Peterson of Texas,

Tail Gunner a shooter from Diversions Software,

Tiles and Tribulations: a puzzle game from Technological Computer Innovations

Emlith, MacBlaster, Missile Attack!, Ms. Chomp, and Slam!

• Pack 2:

Brain Cubes: a puzzle from Lithuanian developer Michael Dvorkin,

Peg Puzzle a monochrome implementation by Oscar Waddell,

Pipe Dream a Windows 3.x version by Scott Thompson

MLC GuessIt! a hangman game from the Minnesota Literary Council,

Hop aka "Windows Hop-Over Puzzle!" by David A. Feinlab,

KenoPro by Dennis Pipes,

Chomp, Get the Girl!, Hurricane, and MicroMan

• Pack 3: Bridge For Windows: An implementation of the card game by David Fullerton,

Destroyer For Windows: A Battleships game by Don E. Krafcheck,

PaiGow Poker For Windows: A poker game by Chris Straghalis,

Prarie Dog Hunt 2: Judgement Day: a shooter from Diversions Software,

Runner: A puzzler / strategy game from SouthBay Software of Torrence, California,

Stellar Explorer: a Star Trek variant,

WinChess: This game by "David Norris has 13852 positions in the opening book,

Alien Force, Hexxagon, Bang! Bang!, and a New Testament viewer.

• Pack 4:

Box World: A crate moving puzzler from Jeng-Long Jiang,

CardShark Hearts: A version of the popular card game from Nelson Ford,

EmPipe: A Pipe Dream variant,

Gold Hunt: A treasure hunting game,

Hangman For Windows from Pocket-Sized Software, this looks like an earlier version of their Hangman 2,

Player's Blackjack from MRK Interactive,

Watzi for Windows: A freeware Yahtzee game from JTC Software,

Simon, Hyperoid, Comet Busters! and 4 Play

• Pack 5:

BlackJack For Windowsfrom John Washburn,

Fortress: a turret shooter from Diversions Software,

Hearts for Windows: Another version of the popular card game this time from Paul Padriana,

Roulette: From Canadian developer A. J. Withers,

Sheepshead: A solitaire game Video Draw Poker Challenge: Video poker that can be played as tens or better, jacks or better, or Jokers wild,

Worm War: This is a Centipede style game,

Zanti: A Pipe Dream variant guiding alien ants from their spaceship along the path of peace,

Paulie Python, Jewel Master, Columns

• Pack 6:

Tank Tracker: a shooter from Albert C. Ashton,

World Empire III, Castle of the Winds I: A Question of Vengeance,

Screen Peace: A screen-saver manager; Sieze The Day: a desktop calendar program; Three drawing packages: Paint Shop Pro, Leonard's Sketch and SmartDraw!; Crystal Walls: A Windows 3.x wallpaper changer and screen saver; and Address Manager a self explanatory non gaming title

• Pack 7:

Space Interceptor : An Asteroids game,

Super Concentration: The trusty card game without which no compilation is complete,

Hexxagon: A single line slot machine game,

Ecneuqes: A strategy game played with two decks of cards,

CuBIC: a Rubik's Cube puzzle from Geoffrey S. Chappell, WinPoker v3.0: A video poker game with seven variations,

Nitemare-3D, Warheads for Windows and GNU Chess 3.21

• Pack 8:

WinFish: A fishing game and WinCheck a home finance, non-gaming title.

Where a game in the above list is already present on the database at the time this entry was created a link has been provided, where the game is not present additional text has been added to prevent confusion with any similarly named game.