One game was a 3D version of Tic Tac Toe ("3-D TicTacToe") with the player competing against the computer. He joined Microsoft in 1989 along with Curt Johnson and the pair wrote several games under the label "Duff Software" in spare time. One of the employees who submitted games was Robert Donner. WEP was so successful Microsoft quickly released three more packs with the original release rebranded "Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1". The pack was advertised with the slogan "Now you can use the incredible power of Windows 3.0 to goof off". Employees were asked to submit programs and "Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows" was released on 8 October 1990 with seven games and a screensaver retailing for $39.95. Windows 3.0 debuted on and Microsoft decided the new operating system needed some games. WEP was the first collection of games developed by Microsoft for Windows 3.0 instead of MS-DOS. Windows Minesweeper was first released as part of the Windows Entertainment Pack (WEP) on 8 October 1990.
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