Windows CE
From Sega Retro
Windows CE is an operating system developed by Microsoft developed with embedded systems in mind. It was originally developed for handheld computers, with the first release debuting in 1996.
The Sega Dreamcast is known for running an optimised version of Windows CE (with DirectX) as an operating system. It was developed between Microsoft and Sega over a period of two years, with the original intention of being the primary operating system of the console. It was Microsoft's first meaningful foray into the video game console market, which would continue with the Xbox a few years down the line.
In the end, Sega chose to go down a different route than what was originally planned - bundling simple operating systems within the discs themselves. Running games through Windows CE was still an option for developers, but most games used Sega's proprietary software instead. The limited adoption of Windows CE is often blamed on console programmers lacking the experience to deal with the OS, and a lack of advantages that Windows CE offered over the competition.
Dreamcast games utilising Windows CE
- 4x4 Evolution (2000)
- Armada (1999)
- Atari Anniversary Edition (2001)
- Bang! Gunship Elite (2000)
- Bust-A-Move 4 (2000)
- Caesars Palace 2000: Millennium Gold Edition (2000)
- Championship Surfer (2000)
- Cherry Blossom (2004)
- Densha de Go! 2: Kousoku-hen 3000 Bandai (2000)
- Dreamcast Express Vol. 6 (2000)
- Ducati World Racing Challenge (2001)
- Eisei Meijin III: Game Creator Yoshimura Nobuhiro no Zunou (1999)
- For Symphony: With All One's Heart (2003)
- Fragrance Tale (2001)
- Get!! Colonies (2000)
- Giant Killers (2001)
- Happy Lesson (2001)
- Hello Kitty no Garden Panic (1999)
- Hello Kitty no Lovely Fruit Park (1999)
- Hello Kitty no Magical Block (2000)
- Hello Kitty no Waku Waku Cookies (2000)
- Hidden & Dangerous (2000)
- Hoyle Casino (2000)
- Hundred Swords (2001)
- Jimmy White's 2: Cueball (1999)
- Kaitou Apricot (2003)
- KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (2000)
- Kita e. White Illumination (1999)
- Kitahei Gold (1999)
- Marionette Company (1999)
- Marionette Company 2 (2000)
- Maximum Pool (2000)
- Microsoft WebTV Setsuzoku Kit (1999)
- Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 1 (2000)
- Midway's Greatest Arcade Hits Volume 2 (2001)
- Miss Moonlight (2001)
- Morita no Saikyou Reversi (1999)
- Morita no Saikyou Shougi (1999)
- Net de Para: Nekosogi Paradise (2000)
- The Next Tetris: On-Line Edition (2000)
- NFL QB Club 2001 (2000)
- NFL Quarterback Club 2000 (1999)
- Nightmare Creatures II (2000)
- Nishikaze no Rhapsody (2001)
- Plus Plumb (1999)
- Princess Maker Collection (2001)
- Q*bert (2000)
- Railroad Tycoon II (2000)
- Resident Evil 2 (1999)
- Rune Jade (2000)
- Sega Rally 2 (1998)
- Sekai Fushigi Hakken! Troy (1999)
- Shinseiki Evangelion: Typing E-Keikaku (2001)
- Shinseiki Evangelion: Typing Hokan Keikaku (2001)
- Sno-Cross Championship Racing (2000)
- Soukou no Kihei: Space Griffon (1999)
- South Park: Chef's Luv Shack (1999)
- Spirit of Speed 1937 (2000)
- StarLancer (2000)
- Super Producers: Mezase Show Biz Kai (1999)
- Super Robot Taisen Alpha For Dreamcast (2001)
- Super Runabout (2000)
- Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition (2000)
- Sweet Season (2003)
- Taxi 2: Le Jeu (2000)
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (2000)
- Tomb Raider: Chronicles (2000)
- Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (2000)
- Tsuushin Taisen Logic Battle Daisessen (2000)
- UnderCover AD2025 Kei (2000)
- Urban Chaos (2000)
- Virtua Cop 2 (1995)
- Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire (2000)
- Wild Metal (2000)
- World Neverland Plus: Olerud Oukoku Monogatari (1999)
- Worms Armageddon (1999)
- Worms World Party (2001)
- Yoshia no Oka de Nekoronde... (2001)
- Yuki Gatari (2002)
Magazine articles
- Main article: Windows CE/Magazine articles.