5 surprising facts about the appearance of "Kerchieves" and "Minesweeper" Bashny.Net

Raise your hand, someone who has never played in the "Solitaire" and "Minesweeper!" So we thought, all played. These simple and fun games included in the basic set of Windows, so everyone who saw Windu, and saw them. And not just seen, and sat them for hours! Editorial learned with surprise that the "Klondike", "FreeCell" and "Minesweeper" appeared in Windows is not a coincidence ...



< 1. The oldest of these games, "Solitaire", appeared in the version of Windows 3.0 in 1990. The purpose of solitaire was the fact that a whole generation of computer users who are accustomed to the text command line interface, taught themselves to effectively use the mouse, without even realizing it. Nick still pulls labels from place to place, and this fact proves that the plan worked.

. < 2 A logical puzzle with numbers "Minesweeper" has appeared in Windows 3.1 - not to demonstrate that Windows is such a wonderful gaming system, and training for precision mouse control, users
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< 3. «FreeCell" for Windows 3.1 came out as part of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack Volume 2 and was included with the package Win32s, which run 32-bit applications to 16-bit version of Windows 3.1. It was the touchstone by which Microsoft has tested Win32s. If the package is not installed correctly, the "FreeCell" does not start. The fact that people thought the game really is a hidden system test.

< 4. With time, people got so used to these games that Microsoft has decided to leave them in future versions of the operating system, although they have met their objectives. Only in 2012 there was no Windows 8 games: the user is prompted to download solitaire games (Solitaire Collection) and "Minesweeper" by itself, with no advertising for the version you had to pay
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< 5. The latest versions of Windows 10, Microsoft has returned "Solitaire." If you look for other games in the search box, then the user will show the links to the Windows Store, where you can download these games. Maybe this is also not by chance - a great motivation for users to learn how the Windows Store. Perhaps the hidden training is still ongoing, many years later?

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