What is List of games included with Windows?
{{Article issues| {{complex|date=May 2023}} {{no sources|date=May 2023}} }} [[Video game|Video games]] have been a part of [[Microsoft Windows]] [[operating systems]], starting with [[Windows 1.0|Windows 1.0x]]. [[Microsoft]], the company behind [[Windows]], has included [[Video game|games]] in various versions of [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], like the [[Microsoft Entertainment Pack]] and [[Microsoft Plus!]] Some of these games have also been included in later versions of [[Windows]]. One popular game, [[Microsoft Solitaire]], has been included in every version of [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] except for [[Windows 8]] and [[Windows 8.1|8.1]]. The newest version of [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Windows 11]], comes with [[Microsoft Solitaire Collection]] and [[Surf (browser game)|Surf]]. == History == When [[Microsoft]] was developing [[Windows 1.0]] in the early [[1980]]<nowiki/>s, they planned to include [[Video game|games]]. Initially, they developed two games called [[Puzzle video game|Puzzle]] and [[Chess]], but later decided to include [[Reversi (game)|Reversi]] instead, based on the popular [[board game]]. [[Reversi (game)|Reversi]] was included in [[Windows]] versions up to [[Windows 3.1]]. In [[1988]], an intern named [[Wes Cherry]] developed [[Solitaire]], with the card deck design by [[Susan Kare]], who was known for her work on the [[Macintosh 128K|original Macintosh]]. The purpose of including [[Solitaire]] was to help users feel more comfortable with the [[operating system]], especially since [[Graphical user interfaces and consoles|graphical user interfaces]] were still new to many people. It helped familiarize users with using a [[Mouse (computer)|mouse]], such as the drag-and-drop technique for moving cards. [[Solitaire]] and another game called [[FreeCell]] were among the most popular [[Windows]] programs, even surpassing productivity applications like [[Microsoft Word]] and [[Microsoft Excel|Excel]], according to [[Microsoft]] [[telemetry]]. However, there were concerns about [[Employee|emp