Games have accompanied Windows since its first years of life. And, in addition, although edition after edition have been improving, these did not change excessively, just some details to modernize them. However, the launch of Windows 10 was a before and after for Microsoft games . And not exactly for good. With this operating system, Windows games stopped being installed as standard. Instead, these were ported to UWP format and made available to users in the Microsoft Store. And, in addition, they were filled with social functions, advertising and payment functions.
The new Microsoft games are free, that’s true. However, these do bring a lot of advertising, in addition to subscription models to entice users to pay. Classic games no longer exist in Windows 10, neither in their store nor as optional features. And it’s a shame.
However, there are several ways to recover them so that we can go back to spending hours in front of Solitaire, Minesweeper, Spider Solitaire and even the famous Pinball that revolutionized Windows XP.
Recover Windows 7 games on Windows 10
Windows 7 was the last Microsoft operating system to bring classic games. And, in addition, it was one of those that touched up the graphics to make these games more beautiful and enjoyable without losing the essence of the classic games of all time. And although we can no longer recover them officially, this package allows us to reinstall them in Windows 10 to enjoy them without problems.
This pack of classic games has been created by the managers of Winaero. This pack consists of a simple installer, free of advertising and unwanted software, that will allow us to bring these classic games back to Windows 10.
Thanks to this pack we will be able to return to Windows 10 the classic games of the 2000s:
- Chess
- White card
- Hearts
- Mahjong
- Minesweeper
- Purble palace
- Lonely
- Spider Solitaire
- Online games
- Backgammon on the Internet.
- Ladies on the Internet.
- Spades on the Internet.
To do this, all we have to do is download the installer from this link . The installer will allow us to choose the games that we want or do not want to install. Therefore, if we do not want, for example, the Hearts game, or Microsoft’s online games, we can disable them to save space.
These games will appear inside a folder, called Games, in the start menu.
From here we are going to be able to launch the classic Windows game that we want. For example, we can go back to spending hours in front of the solitaire by opening this game. And we won’t have to endure advertising or have to pay subscriptions to be able to play.
Best Of Windows Entertainment Pack: Even Weirder And Older Games
But the above are not the only games that have gone through Windows. In the history of Windows we can find much rarer programs and games that have been part of the operating system. Or, at least, of some specific editions of it.
We can retrieve these games thanks to Archve.org. The package, called Best Of Windows Entertainment Pack , allows us to recover very strange Windows games, such as Cruel, Golf, Pegged, Reversi, Snake, Taipei or Tictactics, among others. In addition, we will also be able to download the classic versions of Solitaire and Minesweeper, those from before Windows XP, with their original graphics, without retouching.
We can download these games from this link . Although we can download the executables, one by one, depending on what we need, we will also be able to download them all in a pack from a torrent file. We recommend this second way because it brings the necessary dependencies and libraries for the programs to work well.
The games pack is portable, so we don’t need to install anything to use them again. If we are even going to find classic Windows Paint, the usual version is now fully compatible with Windows 10.
Cadet Pinball, the legendary XP
Maxis Space Cadet was a pinball game that was installed by default in all editions of Windows, from 3.1 to XP. With the launch of Windows XP, this game was renamed “Cadet Pinball”, and gained great popularity in the era of this operating system.
As of XP, this game was no longer installed on the operating system. And, as expected, it was not part of Windows 10 games either. Luckily, there are users who have resurrected it, along with its dependencies, so that we can play it again, even in the latest editions of Windows 10 .
We can download this game for free from this link at Archive.org. The game works without problems from Windows 95 to Windows 10, so we can use it without problems regardless of the OS version we have.
As we see, although Microsoft did not want to bring its classic games to Windows 10, users always find a way to get what we want.
Install modern Windows 10 games
As we have explained, Microsoft has completely changed its classic games. These games are available in the Microsoft Store and, although they are free, they have advertising and paid functions that we can only unlock by subscription.
Also, these games are not installed by default in the operating system. Therefore, in order to enjoy them, it is necessary to download them from the Microsoft Store:
It is true that in the other classic games we could find different card games. Microsoft has taken advantage of its new solitaire app to include them all in one place: from the Klondike to the Spider, FreeCell, TriPeaks and Pyramid.
And in addition, Microsoft has also taken advantage to launch new modern games for the operating system. Among them, we can highlight, for example:
With these games we will be able to entertain ourselves again while we are using the computer. Because a break from time to time never hurts, especially if we spend many hours in front of the computer.
