Microsoft Entertainment Pack
In the mid ‘90s, this was the peak of gaming. The pleasure of the Microsoft Entertainment Pack floppy disk, and its numerous squeals, are hard to compare to a modern world where an unbridled access to dopamine has left me unable to experience any semblance of real joy.
But things were simpler in 1995. Each edition of Microsoft Entertainment Pack had around 8 games, with classic titles like Chip’s Challenge, Minesweeper, Rodent’s Revenge, JezzBall, Pipe Dream and, of course, 10,000 different versions of Solitare.
But SkiFree was the mother of them all. I’ve played some other cool video games since then, but I’m not convinced things have gotten better. You can play an emulator of SkiFree here (though I can’t promise this link will work if you’re reading this 5 years from now).
