Microsoft Classic Board Games

Moby ID: 5762

Released

2000 on Windows

Credits

54 people

Publishers

Microsoft Corporation

Developers

Oxford Softworks

Moby Score: n/a
Critics: 66% (3)
Players: (2)
Collected By: 4 players

Genre: Puzzle
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Side view
Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Board game
Cards / tiles
Chess
Tile matching puzzle
Interface: Point and select

ESRB Rating: Everyone

Business Model: Commercial
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Mouse

Description

Microsoft Classic Board Games is a collection of 12 board game conversions for Windows:

Chess
Checkers
Backgammon
Reversi
Chinese Checkers
4-in-a-line
Taipei
Shogi
Dominoes
Go
Chinese chess
Gomoku

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Credits (Windows version)

54 People · View all

Managing Director	Julian Swallow
CTO	John Holloway
General Manager	Calvin Hutt
Interface Programmers	Matt Grogan Ed A. Hollingshead Martin Kane Will Nichols Nat Snell
AI Programmers	Michael Reiss Jeff Rollason Farams Shemirani Ren Wu
Lead Artist	Kirstie Berry
Artist	Paul Robinson
Quality Assurance Manager	Darryl Shaw
Quality Assurance Supervisor	Steve Hart
Quality Assurance	Amy Bradshaw Holly Bradshaw
Vice President of Games Publishing (MS)	Ed Fries
Life Games Product Unit Manager (MS)	Shane Kim
Life Games Lead Program Manager (MS)	Bonnie Ross-Ziegler
Program Management (MS)	Mitch Bate
Product Planning (MS)	Phil Platt
Product Management (MS)	Barbara Carter
Software Test Lead (MS)	Humberto Castañeda
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 66% (based on 3 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.9 out of 5 (based on 2 ratings with 0 reviews)

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MobyGames ID: 5762

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Game added by phlux.

Game added February 5, 2002. Last modified August 17, 2023.