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Purble Place is a suite of three educational computer games [1] developed by Oberon Media that was included with all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. History
Microsoft planned to include games when developing Windows 1.0 in 1983–1984. Pre-release versions of Windows 1.0 initially included another game, Puzzle, but it was scrapped in favor of Reversi, based on the board game of the same name. [1]
Oberon Games developed a number of games for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 [3] [4] such as Chess Titans, Purble Place, and Inspector Parker, some of which were later included in Windows 7 as well. In 2013, the assets of Oberon Media were acquired by iWin, Inc. [5]
Chess Titans, FreeCell, Hearts, Mahjong Titans, Minesweeper, Purble Place, Solitaire and Spider Solitaire, as well as Internet Backgammon, Checkers and Spades were removed. Updated versions of FreeCell, Mahjong, Minesweeper, Solitaire and Spider Solitaire are available in Windows Store.
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Vista also featured new graphics features, the Windows Aero GUI, new applications (such as Windows Calendar, Windows DVD Maker and some new games including Chess, Mahjong, and Purble Place), [37] Internet Explorer 7, Windows Media Player 11, and a large number of underlying architectural changes. Windows Vista had the version number NT 6.0.
Points are awarded for putting colored balls in the correct hole, time left at the end of the round, and for breaking blocks. [2] The game is over when time runs out, or when a ball enters a hole of the wrong color.
The Microsoft Store (formerly known as the Windows Store) is a digital distribution platform operated by Microsoft.It was created as an app store for Windows 8 as the primary means of distributing Universal Windows Platform apps.