PC & COMPUTER
Windows 95/98
Microsoft · 1995–2001
The Win9x era: DirectX's first decade, big boxes, and the install wizard.
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News
NewsPharaoh gets an official website ahead of its fall releaseImpressions Games has launched pharaoh1.com, the official site for its ancient Egypt city builder Pharaoh, with new screenshots ahead of a fall release on PC.→NewsKingpin: Life of Crime Ships to StoresInterplay has shipped Kingpin: Life of Crime, Xatrix's Quake II-engine crime shooter with a Cypress Hill soundtrack, for Windows 95/98/NT.→NewsFlight Unlimited III packs 10,000 square miles of SeattleLooking Glass' summer flight sim Flight Unlimited III features 10,000 square miles of satellite-sourced Seattle terrain, from Mt. Rainier to the Space Needle.→NewsVoodoo3 Boards Top PC Data’s May Sales Chart AgainPC Data says the Voodoo3 2000 and 3000 were May's two best-selling retail video cards, with 3dfx taking 37.6 percent of all boards sold.→NewsDeadlode II Quake II Mission Pack Lands July 1The Coven's Deadlode II, a Team Fortress-style multiplayer mission pack for Quake II, arrives July 1 for $10 plus postage, sold direct.→NewsMonolith Releases Rage of Mages II: Necromancer DemoMonolith has released a playable demo of Rage of Mages II: Necromancer, the RPG and real-time strategy hybrid made with Nival.→NewsHalf-Life Game of the Year Edition Ships June 30 with Team Fortress ClassicHalf-Life Game of the Year Edition ships June 30 with new multiplayer content and Team Fortress Classic, after 40+ awards and a million copies sold.→NewsTetris Creator’s Pandora’s Box Gets a Free Trial DownloadMicrosoft has released a free trial of Pandora's Box, the new puzzle game from Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov, with eight puzzles across two cities.→NewsMicrosoft Plans Game Ratings Blocker for Next WindowsMicrosoft will build a game ratings blocker into next year's Windows, checking rating data embedded directly in the games themselves.→NewsTotal Annihilation: Kingdoms Hits Stores June 25 for $44.99Cavedog's fantasy RTS Total Annihilation: Kingdoms hits shelves June 25 in over 45 countries at $44.99, with a 48-mission campaign that switches sides.→NewsAcclaim Announces South Park: Chef’s Luv Shack Trivia GameAcclaim's South Park: Chef's Luv Shack, a four-player trivia party game hosted by Chef, hits PC, Nintendo 64, and PlayStation this fall.→NewsSierra Names Its Babylon 5 Space Sim: Into the FireSierra's space combat sim is officially Babylon 5: Into the Fire, with original cast members filming new game segments on the show's actual set.→NewsSystem Shock 2 Contest Winner Will Be Killed by SHODANBrian Norris of St. Louis beat 4,500 entrants for the honor of being killed by SHODAN in System Shock 2, due this summer from Looking Glass Studios.→NewsTHQ Releases Ultimate 8 Ball for PC at $19.99THQ's Ultimate 8 Ball brings 14 pool modes, 15 table shapes, and online play to the PC for $19.99, developed by Mirage Technologies.→NewsActivision Ships Heavy Gear II to Stores This WeekHeavy Gear II ships to over 10,000 North American stores this week: 62nd-century squad combat for Windows 95/98 with a new hardware-only 3D engine, $49.95.→NewsSierra’s Field & Stream Ultimate Fishing Trip Lands in StoresSierra bundles Trophy Bass 2 Deluxe and Trophy Rivers as the Field & Stream Ultimate Fishing Trip, in stores this week for $29.95 on Windows 95/98.→NewsMicroworkz iToaster, a Windows-Free PC, Ships July 15Microworkz.com will ship the iToaster on July 15: a low-cost PC that skips Windows entirely, styled like a stereo component. A kid-safe version is coming too.→NewsNashville Player Wins a Toyota Tundra in Zone Racing TournamentShelton Williams of Nashville won the MSN Zone's Tundra Madness tournament, taking home a real Toyota Tundra after racing in Monster Truck Madness 2.→NewsPsygnosis Updates the Drakan Demo, the Last Before ReleasePsygnosis released an updated Drakan demo (v2b) with refined AI, arrow pickup, bug fixes, and Arokh's lightning attack, the last demo before the game ships.→NewsValve Ships Uplink as a 10 MB Half-Life ModValve has released the Half-Life Uplink demo as a 10.4 MB mod that reuses installed game files, down from the 50 MB standalone download.→NewsKingpin Goes Gold, Hits Stores by End of JuneXatrix has finished Kingpin and sent it off to manufacturing after 13 months of work. The shooter should be in stores by the end of June.→NewsDark Reign 2 Gets an Official Site Ahead of Winter LaunchActivision and Pandemic Studios launched the official Dark Reign 2 site with news, screenshots, interviews, and faction sub-sites ahead of a winter '99 release.→NewsNeed for Speed: High Stakes Ships for the PCNeed for Speed: High Stakes is shipping for PC with polygonal crash damage that affects handling, 3-D interiors, and features from the PlayStation version.→NewsDescent 3 Now on Store Shelves for WindowsInterplay's Descent 3 is at retail for Windows 95/98/NT, adding open-atmosphere flight, ten new weapons, and a $50,000 online championship on HEAT.NET.→