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List of Microsoft games: 1979–2000

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|text=For later games published by Microsoft, see List of Xbox Game Studios video games and List of Microsoft Gaming video games}}

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This is a list of games that were published by Microsoft from 1979 to 2000 before the foundation of Microsoft Games division, now known as Xbox Game Studios.

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!Platform(s)

!Release date

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!Ref(s)

Microsoft Adventure

|TRS-80

|{{Date table sorting|1979|

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|Softwin Associates

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|Olympic Decathlon

|TRS-80

|{{Date table sorting|1980||}}

|Timothy W. Smith

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|Microsoft Adventure

|Apple II

|{{Date table sorting|1981||}}

|Softwin Associates

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|Olympic Decathlon

|Apple II

|{{Date table sorting|1981||}}

|Timothy W. Smith

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|DONKEY.BAS

|PC DOS

|{{Date table sorting|1981|8|}}

|Bill Gates, Neil Konzen

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0

|PC Booter

|{{Date table sorting|1982||}}

|Sublogic

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator 2.0

|PC Booter

|{{Date table sorting|1984|5|}}

|Sublogic

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator

|Mac OS

|{{Date table sorting|1986|5|}}

|Sublogic

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator 3.0

|DOS

|{{Date table sorting|1988||}}

|Sublogic

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0

|DOS

|{{Date table sorting|1989||}}

|The Bruce Artwick Organization

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|Chip's Challenge

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1991||}}

|Microsoft

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|Gorillas

|MS-DOS

|{{Date table sorting|1991||}}

|Microsoft

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|Nibbles

|MS-DOS

|{{Date table sorting|1991||}}

|Rick Raddatz

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|Pipe Dream

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1991||}}

|Microsoft

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|Rattler Race

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1991||}}

|Microsoft

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|JezzBall

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1992||}}

|Marjacq Micro

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|Microsoft Golf

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1992||}}

|Access Software

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|Microsoft Arcade

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1993||}}

|Microsoft

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.0

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1993||}}

|The Bruce Artwick Organization

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| rowspan="2" |Gahan Wilson's The Ultimate Haunted House

|Mac OS

| rowspan="2" |{{Date table sorting|1994||}}

| rowspan="2" |Brooklyn Multimedia

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|Microsoft Windows

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|Microsoft Arcade

|Mac OS

|{{Date table sorting|1994||}}

|Microsoft

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|Microsoft Space Simulator

|DOS

|{{Date table sorting|1994||}}

|The Bruce Artwick Organization

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| rowspan="2" |Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body

|Mac OS

| rowspan="2" |{{Date table sorting|1994||}}

| rowspan="2" |Music Pen

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|Microsoft Windows

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|Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1994||}}

|Lobotomy Software

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|Minesweeper

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1995|8|24}}

|Microsoft

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|Hover!

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1995|8|}}

|Microsoft

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|Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1995|10|24}}

|Music Pen

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|Fury³

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1995||}}

|Terminal Reality

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.1

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1995||}}

|The Bruce Artwick Organization

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|Microsoft Golf 2.0

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1995||}}

|Access Software

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|Microsoft Solitaire

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1995||}}

|Microsoft Casual Games

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|Deadly Tide

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|10|3}}

|Rainbow Studios

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|Hellbender

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|10|3}}

|Terminal Reality

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|Monster Truck Madness

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|10|3}}

|Terminal Reality

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|NBA Full Court Press

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|10|3}}

|Beam Software

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|Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores in the Age of Dinosaurs

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|10|9}}

|Music Pen

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|Gex

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|11|7}}

|Kinesoft

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator for Windows 95

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|11|7}}

|Microsoft

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|Microsoft Golf 3.0

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|11|7}}

|Access Games

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|Microsoft Soccer

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|11|7}}

|Lobotomy Software

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|NetWits

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996|12|17}}

|R/Greenberg Associates

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|Beyond the Limit: Ultimate Climb

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996||}}

|Magnet Interactive Studios

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| rowspan="2" |Close Combat

|Mac OS

| rowspan="2" |{{Date table sorting|1996||}}

| rowspan="2" |Atomic Games

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|Microsoft Windows

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|Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996||}}

|DreamWorks Interactive

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|Microsoft Return of Arcade

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996||}}

|Microsoft

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|Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean

|Mac OS

|{{Date table sorting|1996||}}

|Music Pen

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|Someone's in the Kitchen!

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996||}}

|DreamWorks Interactive

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|The Neverhood

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1996||}}

|The Neverhood

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|Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the Rainforest

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1997|5|}}

|Music Pen

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|Age of Empires

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1997|10|15}}

|Ensemble Studios

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|CART Precision Racing

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1997|12|1}}

|Terminal Reality

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|Battle Arena Toshinden 2

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1997||}}

|Kinesoft

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| rowspan="2" |Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far

|Mac OS

| rowspan="2" |{{Date table sorting|1997||}}

| rowspan="2" |Atomic Games

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|Microsoft Windows

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|Dilbert's Desktop Games

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1997||}}

|Cyclops Software

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|Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1997||}}

|BlueSky Software

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|Microsoft Entertainment Pack: The Puzzle Collection

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1997||}}

|Microsoft

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator 98

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1997||}}

|Microsoft

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|Barney Under the Sea

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998|4|}}

|7th Level

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|Monster Truck Madness 2

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998|5|12}}

|Terminal Reality

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|Microsoft Baseball 3D 1998 Edition

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998|5|31}}

|Wizbang!

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|Motocross Madness

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998|8|14}}

|Rainbow Studios

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|Urban Assault

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998|9|15}}

|TerraTools

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|Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998|11|5}}

|Microsoft

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|Arthur's Math Carnival

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998||}}

|ImageBuilder Software

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|Barney's Fun on Imagination Island

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998||}}

|7th Level

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|Microsoft Golf 1998 Edition

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998||}}

|Friendly Software

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|Microsoft Pinball Arcade

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998||}}

|Mir Dialogue

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|Microsoft Revenge of Arcade

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998||}}

|Microsoft

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|Microsoft Spider Solitaire

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998||}}

|Microsoft

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|Outwars

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1998||}}

|SingleTrac Entertainment

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|Close Combat III: The Russian Front

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999|1|15}}

|Atomic Games

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|Midtown Madness

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999|5|27}}

|Angel Studios

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|Links Extreme

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999|6|15}}

|Access Software

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|Pandora's Box

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999|9|19}}

|Microsoft

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|Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999|9|27}}

|Ensemble Studios

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|Links LS 2000

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999|10|27}}

|Access Software

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|Asheron's Call

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999|10|31}}

|Turbine Entertainment

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|Microsoft Baseball 2000

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999||}}

|Wizbang!

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|Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999||}}

|Microsoft

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|Microsoft International Soccer 2000

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999||}}

|Rage Games

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|NBA Inside Drive 2000

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|1999||}}

|High Voltage Software

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|Allegiance

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|3|16}}

|Microsoft Research Games

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|The Magic School Bus Explores Bugs

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|3|30}}

|KnowWonder

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|The Magic School Bus Explores Bugs

|Mac OS

|{{Date table sorting|2000|3|}}

|KnowWonder

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|Starlancer

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|4|27}}

|Warthog, Digital Anvil

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|Motocross Madness 2

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|5|25}}

|Rainbow Studios

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|Magic School Bus in Concert

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|7|18}}

|KnowWonder

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|Magic School Bus Lands on Mars

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|7|28}}

|KnowWonder

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|Crimson Skies

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|9|18}}

|Zipper Interactive

|{{Cite web|title=Crimson Skies Goes Gold|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/crimson-skies-goes-gold/1100-2627414/|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}

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|Midtown Madness 2

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|9|22}}

|Angel Studios

|{{Cite web|title=Midtown Madness 2 Gold|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/midtown-madness-2-gold/1100-2628299/|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}

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|Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|10|13}}

|Microsoft

|{{Cite web|title=Combat Flight Simulator 2 Hits Stores|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/combat-flight-simulator-2-hits-stores/1100-2639335/|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}

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|Links LS Classic

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|11|17}}

|Access Software

|{{Cite web|title=Links LS Classic Ships|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/links-ls-classic-ships/1100-2655699/|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}

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|MechWarrior 4: Vengeance

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|11|24}}

|FASA Studio

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|Microsoft Classic Board Games

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000|11|29}}

|Oxford Softworks

|{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Eden |title=Review - Microsoft Classic Board Games |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=28981&tab=review |website=AllGame |publisher=RhythmOne |access-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115013051/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=28981&tab=review |archive-date=15 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}

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|Magic School Bus in Concert

|Mac OS

|{{Date table sorting|2000||}}

|KnowWonder

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|Magic School Bus Lands on Mars

|Mac OS

|{{Date table sorting|2000||}}

|KnowWonder

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|Metal Gear Solid

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000||}}

|Digital Dialect

|{{Cite web|title=Metal Gear Gold|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/metal-gear-gold/1100-2630146/|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}

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|Microsoft Baseball 2001

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000||}}

|Microsoft

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|Microsoft Casino

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000||}}

|Glass Eye Entertainment

|{{Cite web|title=Microsoft Casino Opens Its Doors|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-casino-opens-its-doors/1100-2649354/|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}

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|Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000||}}

|Macrovision

|{{Cite web|title=Microsoft Golf 2001 in Stores|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-golf-2001-in-stores/1100-2624555/|access-date=October 13, 2020|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}

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|Microsoft Return of Arcade: Anniversary Edition

|Microsoft Windows

|{{Date table sorting|2000||}}

|Microsoft

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See also

References

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