After the release of Windows 3.1 (Multimedia Windows
),
US developers switched to 256 colors
more and more. 16-color games remained popular in
Europe and Japan, however.
After the release of Windows 95, the number of new 16-bit games significantly decreases.
| Dodger | Arcade | 96 | |
Ivan Mackintosh |
| Gems 1.4 | Columns | |
Kurt Lundqvist | |
| Jotto | Puzzle | |
Peter Donnelly | |
| Notrix | Board | |
M. Fokkens | |
| Othello Windows | Othello | |
Jacques Métois | |
| ProjectBrasil 3.0 | strat |  |
Alex Pato Hoffmann | |
| Simon Reversi | Othello |  |
C.K. Wong | |
| RiskIt | Board |  |
Gottfried Nestyak | |
| Volutare 96 | Puzzle | |
Bela von Hoffmann | |
| X-Ray | Puzzle | |
Kerry C. Imming | |
| A1 Collex | Puzzle | 97 | |
Michael Treciokas |
| Florida Fun | Board | |
Olivier Thill | |
| Fyrad | Connect Four | |
Peter Sunna | |
| K-Chess Elite | Chess |  |
Rob McDonell | |
| Katrix | Puzzle | |
Jan Kästner | |
| Mancala for Windows 3.x | Mancala | Artin | ||
| Master Mind | Master Mind |  |
Ignacio Pérez Gil | |
| Parchís | Ludo | |
Ignacio Pérez Gil | |
| Qúbix | 3D Tic-Tac-Toe | |
Ignacio Pérez Gil |
1997 was the year Windows 95 really established itself as a game platform. Many developers already experiment with hi-color. But a few remain faithful to their old tools.
| 4 en linea | Connect Four | 98 | |
Angel Villoria Marcos |
| Quick Backgammon | Board | |
Geert Verkade | |
| Wari 2000 | Mancala | |
Arthur Crump | |
| Atomic for Windows | Puzzle | 00 | |
Philippe Lesire |
| Hexagon | Puzzle | |
Peter Balch | |
| Booby Reversi | Othello | 03 | |
Toshihiko Okuhara |
These games are entirely unproblematic. Any computer with Windows 3.1 will do, there still should be a lot around. You won't have to make any modifications. A sound card is hardly necessary, since very few of these games have any sound at all. Harddrive space will not be an issue, since these games are very small. I play them on my IBM PS/2 9557.
A notable exception on both counts is the 1996 re-release of SimCity for Windows, which has sound and music that is best played with a wavetable device, takes up more than 3MB harddrive space and thus is more similar to the games with 256 colors.
