Yesterday I linked to a Windows 3.x NYT crossword puzzle app from 1992 that you can play directly on the Internet Archive. I was a Windows user back in the day (my conversion to Apple didn’t happen until the early 00s) and so of course I had to see what other Win3.x games they had in their collection and re-discovered a couple of old favorites:The Incredible Machine. I loved this game…it was an early physics puzzler where you had to build contraptions to accomplish certain goals (like getting a ball into a hoop) with a limited selection of materials. (I just played for 20 minutes and I still love it.)Tripeaks. I’d forgotten about this solitaire variant.Freecell. This isn’t the official Microsoft version, but it’s close enough. I played Freecell much more than solitaire or Tripeaks.Pipe Dream. I actually had this one on Nintendo, I think. Or maybe my neighbor did? Another fun little puzzler.Minesweeper. Everyone’s played this at some point.Tetris. Ditto. Although I played mostly on my Game Boy.Klotski. Ok this one was the biggest nostalgia bomb of all. The name sounded familiar so I clicked on it and wow, I played so much of this one and had completely forgotten all about it until I played the demo. Wow wow wow.Doom. Of course.Ok, that’s enough, I need to get back to work! Tags: video games · Windows 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →