Difference between revisions of "Windows PC"
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− | Following the demise of [[Sega]]'s own home computers, the [[SC-3000]] and [[AI Computer]], Sega licensed its properties out to third-party publishers during the 1980s | + | Following the demise of [[Sega]]'s own home computers, the [[SC-3000]] and [[AI Computer]], Sega licensed its properties out to third-party publishers during the late 1980s to early 1990s, allowing for Sega titles to appear on home computer platforms, such as the [[Commodore 64]], [[ZX Spectrum]] and [[Amiga]]. Sega did not enter any home computer market itself as a third-party publisher (save for the occasional early 80s release by [[Sega Electronics]]) until November 1995, when it released ''[[Virtua Fighter PC]]'' as a pack-in title with Diamond Multimedia's [[NV1]]-powered graphics cards{{intref|Press release: 1995-11-08: Sega delivers arcade gaming action on the PC}}. In Japan, a [[Sega PC]] unit was established specifically for creating PC titles. |
For most of the 1990s Sega's PC output consisted of [[Sega Mega Drive]], [[Sega Saturn]] and later [[Sega Dreamcast]] ports, usually arriving one or two years after their console counterparts with various degrees of enhancements. Sega's joint venture with [[CSK]], [[SegaSoft]] was more active in the PC space, publishing games during this period before going on to develop and manage the [[Heat.net]] service. A joint venture was also established with [[Soft Bank]] in 1996, creating a short-lived North American publishing arm [[Sega Entertainment (North America)|Sega Entertainment]]{{intref|Press release: 1996-05-15: Sega Entertainment Inc.; new Sega company; new kind of PC gaming}}. | For most of the 1990s Sega's PC output consisted of [[Sega Mega Drive]], [[Sega Saturn]] and later [[Sega Dreamcast]] ports, usually arriving one or two years after their console counterparts with various degrees of enhancements. Sega's joint venture with [[CSK]], [[SegaSoft]] was more active in the PC space, publishing games during this period before going on to develop and manage the [[Heat.net]] service. A joint venture was also established with [[Soft Bank]] in 1996, creating a short-lived North American publishing arm [[Sega Entertainment (North America)|Sega Entertainment]]{{intref|Press release: 1996-05-15: Sega Entertainment Inc.; new Sega company; new kind of PC gaming}}. |
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From a Sega perspective, the Windows PC platform is any computer capable of running the Microsoft Windows operating system, typically Windows 95 and newer. The Windows operating system is so ubiquitous among computers that it can be safely assumed that a PC is a Windows PC unless specifically stated otherwise.
Windows 95 is seen as the catalyst which spurred Windows to become the dominant operating system across all computer platforms. Windows was originally designed for IBM PC compatible hardware, but the vast differences between Windows and the then-dominant operating system, DOS, means "games for Windows" are typically treated differently than "games for DOS".
For the purposes of simplicity, Sega Retro considers the IBM PC line and Windows PCs as two separate platforms. Offshoots such as Windows CE (employed on the Sega Dreamcast), Pocket PC, Windows Mobile and to a lesser extent, the Xbox line, are also treated as separate platforms.
Sega support
Following the demise of Sega's own home computers, the SC-3000 and AI Computer, Sega licensed its properties out to third-party publishers during the late 1980s to early 1990s, allowing for Sega titles to appear on home computer platforms, such as the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amiga. Sega did not enter any home computer market itself as a third-party publisher (save for the occasional early 80s release by Sega Electronics) until November 1995, when it released Virtua Fighter PC as a pack-in title with Diamond Multimedia's NV1-powered graphics cards[1]. In Japan, a Sega PC unit was established specifically for creating PC titles.
For most of the 1990s Sega's PC output consisted of Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn and later Sega Dreamcast ports, usually arriving one or two years after their console counterparts with various degrees of enhancements. Sega's joint venture with CSK, SegaSoft was more active in the PC space, publishing games during this period before going on to develop and manage the Heat.net service. A joint venture was also established with Soft Bank in 1996, creating a short-lived North American publishing arm Sega Entertainment[2].
Aside from novelty items such as Sonic the Hedgehog The Screen Saver, Sega did not begin publishing PC-exclusive titles until 1997, when it began releasing PC strategy games for the Japanese market. Sega's first PC exclusive title to be released in the West was 1999's Yoot Tower.
Sega became more involved in PC development in the mid-2000s, after Sports Interactive was acquired. The subsequent purchasing of The Creative Assembly soon meant that Sega was managing both the annual Football Manager series and the real-time strategy franchise, Total War. The transfer of Relic Entertainment from the defunct THQ in 2013 would give Sega a surprise monopoly in the PC strategy market.
As console hardware converged more towards PCs in the mid-2000s, it also became more common to see multi-platform releases also include PC ports. That is to say, a game like 2011's Sonic Generations, typically viewed as a console game, was simultaneously launched on the PC due to the relative ease of making the conversion.
Advances in internet download speeds and the creation of platforms such as Steam meant that physical copies of PC games became far less common across North America during the late 2000s. In Europe, the change from physical to digital has been more gradual, and in countries where the online infrastructure is either lackluster or highly regulated, boxed versions of PC games are often still preferable.
List of Sega games for Windows PCs
- 10SIX
- A Total War Saga: Troy
- Advanced Daisenryaku 2001
- Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Kanzenban
- Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 Power Up Kit
- Advanced Daisenryaku 5
- Advanced Daisenryaku 98
- Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II
- Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II Kanzenban
- Advanced Daisenryaku 98 II Power Up Kit
- Advanced Daisenryaku 98 Power Up Kit
- Advanced Daisenryaku IV
- Age of Empires IV
- Alien: Isolation
- Aliens vs. Predator
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Alpha Protocol
- Atlantis II
- Baku Baku Animal
- Baldur's Gate
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
- Beijing 2008
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
- Binary Domain
- Bug Too!
- Bug!
- Charlotte's Web: Wilbur and Friends
- Comix Zone
- Company of Heroes
- Company of Heroes 2
- Company of Heroes 2: All Out War Edition
- Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault
- Company of Heroes 2: Platinum Edition
- Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies
- Company of Heroes 2: Two Fronts Edition
- Company of Heroes 3
- Condemned
- Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover
- Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover Style Pack 1
- Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover Style Pack 2
- Crazy Taxi
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On
- Daytona USA
- Daytona USA Deluxe
- Daytona USA Deluxe Special Edition
- Dennou Senki Virtual-On for Power VR
- Derby Owners Club Online
- Dragon's Dream
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Emperor of the Fading Suns
- Empire: Total War
- Empire: Total War: The Complete Edition
- Endless Space 2
- Enemy Zero
- Fatal Abyss
- Flesh Feast
- Football Manager 2005
- Football Manager 2006
- Football Manager 2007
- Football Manager 2008
- Football Manager 2009
- Football Manager 2010
- Football Manager 2011
- Football Manager 2012
- Football Manager 2013
- Football Manager 2014
- Football Manager 2015
- Football Manager 2016
- Football Manager 2017
- Football Manager 2018
- Football Manager 2019
- Football Manager 2020
- Football Manager 2021
- Football Manager 2022
- Football Manager 2023
- Football Manager 2024
- Football Manager Live
- Formula Karts Special Edition
- Full Spectrum Warrior 2: Ten Hammers
- Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren Gaiden: Onnakenshi Asuka Kenzan! for Windows
- Galapagos
- Garfield: Caught in the Act
- Ghost Master Nihongo-ban
- Golf: The Ultimate Collection
- Grossology
- Guru Guru Onsen 2
- Halo Wars 2
- Hundred Swords
- Icewind Dale
- Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile
- Incubation
- Iron Man
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (PC)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Bonus Pack
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Power-Up Kit
- Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
- Kaseki Play
- Last Bronx
- Legacy Online
- London 2012
- Lose Your Marbles
- Manx TT Super Bike
- Medieval II: Total War
- Medieval II: Total War: The Complete Edition
- Medieval: Total War
- Miffy Hajimete Deau Pasokon Soft 1: Seikatsu
- Miffy Hajimete Deau Pasokon Soft 2: Oekaki
- Miffy Hajimete Deau Pasokon Soft 3: Kazu to Katachi
- Motorsport Manager
- NBA Action 98
- NHL Eastside Hockey Manager
- NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2005
- NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007
- Napoleon: Total War
- Net Fighter
- Neverwinter Nights
- Obsidian
- OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
- Pack Légion
- Panzer Dragoon
- Paso Pico Ai to Yume no Kuni Sanrio Puroland Chanto Dekiru kana? Minna to Tanoshii o-Yuugikai
- Paso Pico Doraemon: Nobita no Machinaka Doki Doki Tanken!
- Paso Pico Doraemon: Nobita to Himitsu Dougu o Mitsukeyou!
- Paso Pico Doraemon: Nobita to Maigo no Kyouryuu
- Paso Pico Doraemon: Time Machine de Daibouken!
- Paso Pico Go! Go! Paso Pico Land Tanoshii Kodomo Zukan
- Paso Pico Godzilla Doki Doki Kaijuu-tou!!
- Paso Pico Hello Kitty no Suteki na o-Tanjoubi
- Paso Pico McDonald's de Asobo!
- Paso Pico Sanrio Puroland Asobinagara Oboeyou! Hiragana Katakana
- Phantasy Star Online 2
- Phantasy Star Online 2 Cloud
- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
- Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis Cloud
- Phantasy Star Online Ver. 2
- Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst
- Phantasy Star Universe
- Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus
- Plane Crazy
- Planescape: Torment
- Platoon Leader
- Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Online
- Puyo Pop Fever
- Puyo Puyo Tsuu
- Renegade Ops
- Rocket Jockey
- Rome II: Total War
- Rome II: Total War - Caesar Edition
- Rome II: Total War - Emperor Edition
- Rome II: Total War - Enemy at the Gates Edition
- Rome II: Total War - Spartan Edition
- Rome: Total War
- Rome: Total War - Alexander
- Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion
- Rome: Total War Gold Edition II
- Rome: Total War: The Complete Edition
- Rusty Hearts
- Ryu ga Gotoku Online
- Sakura Taisen
- Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou Koto Nakare
- Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka
- Sakura Taisen 3: Paris wa Moeteiru ka Desktop Accessories
- Sakura Taisen 4: Koi Seyo, Otome
- Sakura Taisen Denmaku Club
- Sakura Taisen Denmaku Club 2
- Sakura Taisen Digital Data Shuu Taisho Juu ni Nendo Dennou Kiroku Nenkan
- Sangokushi Taisen: Infinity Online
- Scud: Industrial Evolution
- Sega Bass Fishing
- Sega CD 4
- Sega GT
- Sega Game Honpo
- Sega II 350 in 1
- Sega Kara for PC
- Sega Marine Fishing
- Sega Rally 2
- Sega Rally Championship
- Sega Rally Revo
- Sega Shooting Double Pack
- Sega Splash! Golf
- Sega Swirl
- Sega Touring Car Championship
- Sega UFO Catcher Online
- Sega Worldwide Soccer 97
- Sega Worldwide Soccer 98
- Segata Sanshirou Choujin Densetsu
- Shenmue III
- Shining Tears Material Collection
- Shining Wind Fan Fest
- Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
- Shogun 2: Total War
- Shogun 2: Total War: The Complete Edition
- Shogun: Total War
- Shogun: Total War: The Complete Edition
- Silver
- Sky Target
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
- Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
- Sonic Generations
- Sonic Heroes
- Sonic Mania
- Sonic R
- Sonic Riders
- Sonic Speed Simulator
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD
- Sonic the Hedgehog The Screen Saver
- Sonic's Schoolhouse
- Space Siege
- Stormrise
- Streets of Rage 4
- The Club
- The Golden Compass
- The House of the Dead
- The House of the Dead 2
- The House of the Dead III
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- The Matrix Online
- The Space Bar
- The Typing of the Dead
- The Typing of the Dead 2
- The Typing of the Dead 2003
- The Typing of the Dead 2004
- The Typing of the Dead EX
- The Typing of the Dead Featuring Rakuten Minna no Shushoku Katsudou Nikki
- The Typing of the Dead Typing Lariat
- The World End Eclipse
- Three Dirty Dwarves
- Tomcat Alley
- Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
- Total War: Arena
- Total War: Attila
- Total War: Attila - Tyrants & Kings
- Total War: Eras
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Total War: Three Kingdoms - Royal Edition
- Total War: Warhammer
- Total War: Warhammer - Dark Gods Edition
- Total War: Warhammer - Old World Edition
- Total War: Warhammer - Savage Edition
- Total War: Warhammer II
- Type da Puyo Puyo
- Typing Space Harrier
- Universe at War: Earth Assault
- Valkyria Chronicles
- Vancouver 2010
- Vigilance
- Viking: Battle for Asgard
- Virtua Cop
- Virtua Cop 2
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Virtua Fighter 2 The Screen Saver
- Virtua Fighter 3 Win-PC-Collection
- Virtua Fighter PC
- Virtua Tennis
- Virtua Tennis 2009
- Virtua Tennis 3
- Virtua Tennis 4
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
- Warrior Kings: Battles Nihon Gohan
- Web Vengeance
- World Series Baseball '96 (PC)
- World Snooker Championship 2005
- Worldwide Soccer Championship
- Worms 3D
- Worms Forts: Under Siege
- Yakyuu Tsuku!!
- Yoot Tower
Compilations
- 3D Power Pack
- Advanced Daisenryaku 98 with Power Up Kit
- Arcade Collection
- Coffret Sonic
- Company of Heroes Anthology
- Diversión Total
- Dreamcast Collection (game)
- Empire: Total War Downloadable Content Collection
- Empire: Total War Gold Edition
- Empire: Total War/Napoleon: Total War
- Family Pack
- Last Bronx & The House of the Dead 2
- Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms
- Medieval II: Total War Gold Edition
- Pack 2 Jogos
- Pack Domination
- Pack Médiéval
- Rome: Total War Anthology
- Rome: Total War Gold Edition
- Sakura Taisen Premium Edition
- Sega Archives from USA Vol. 1
- Sega Archives from USA Vol. 2
- Sega Archives from USA Vol. 3
- Sega Bass Fishing/Sega Marine Fishing
- Sega CD (PC)
- Sega Collector's Edition
- Sega Family Fun Pak
- Sega Mega Drive Classic Collection Gold Edition
- Sega Mega Drive Classic Collection Volume 1
- Sega Mega Drive Classic Collection Volume 2
- Sega Mega Drive Classic Collection Volume 3
- Sega Mega Drive Classic Collection Volume 4
- Sega Mega Pack
- Sega Memorial Selection
- Sega Puzzle Pack
- Sega Rally Championship PC/Sega Touring Car Championship
- Sega Smash Pack (PC)
- Sega Smash Pack 2
- Sega Total
- Shogun 2: Gold Edition
- Shogun: Total War/Medieval: Total War
- Sonic & Garfield Pack
- Sonic & Knuckles Collection
- Sonic Action 4 Pack
- Sonic Action Pack
- Sonic Collector's Edition
- Sonic Double Pack
- Sonic Gold Edition
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus
- Sonic PC Collection
- Sonic R/Sonic 3D
- Sonic Speed Pack!
- Speed Pack
- Taito Legends
- Total War Anthology
- Total War Collection
- Total War: Ages
- Total War: Battle Pack
- Total War: Collection
- Twin Pack: Sega Smash Pack & Sega Smash Pack 2
- Twin Pack: Sonic 3D Blast & Sonic R
- Twin Pack: Sonic CD and Sonic & Knuckles Collection
- Virtua Fighter 2 & Formula Karts
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Master Collection
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Master Collection
- Épico Total