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2000 - 2020

Microsoft Internet Games

“Microsoft's Internet Games connected familiar casual games with opponents online from supported Windows releases.”

Birth year
2000
Shutdown year
2020
Lifespan
20 years
Peak era
Company
Microsoft
Category
Games

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What Was It?

Microsoft's Internet Games connected familiar casual games with opponents online from supported Windows releases. A small bundled diversion could suddenly involve another person rather than only the computer.

The closure of the matching services ended that original online route, even though the underlying game ideas remained easy to find elsewhere.

The Story

  • 2000 The product era documented here begins in 2000. Microsoft's Internet Games connected familiar casual games with opponents online from supported Windows releases.
  • 2020 Microsoft shut down the matching services for these classic bundled Internet Games in 2020.

How It Died

Microsoft shut down the matching services for these classic bundled Internet Games in 2020.

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