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Space Cadet wasn't bundled with Windows, was it? It was included in Microsoft Plus! 98 but not Windows 98.
by stavros 6mo ago
Space Cadet wasn't bundled with Windows, was it? It was included in Microsoft Plus! 98 but not Windows 98.
- GranPC 6mo agoIt was bundled with XP.
- seba_dos1 6mo agoIt was, but in NT 4.0, 2000, Me and XP.
- TazeTSchnitzel 6mo agoThings included with Plus! packs were often rolled into subsequent versions of Windows, and Pinball is such an example.
- chungy 6mo agoIt was actually part of Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95. It wasn't directly available for Windows 98 at all, but the Windows 98 install disc does include an INF file so you can install it, provided you have a copy of Plus! for Windows 95. It was also included with Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows XP (both the original and x64 versions). Finally removed in Vista to never return.
- sakjur 6mo agoRaymond Chen has two blog posts that first describes why Space Cadet was removed because of a 64-bit rounding mode bug and then a follow-up post a decade later clarifying that that might not be the full story. It's a fun bit of Windows history trivia. - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20121218-00/?p=5803 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20121218-00/?p=58... - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220106-00/?p=106122 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220106-00/?p=10...