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. 3 Other Windows PC games also released for Sega systemsįollowing 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 as licensed software on home computer platforms, such as the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amiga.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. 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".įor the purposes of simplicity, Sega Retro considers the IBM PC line and Windows PCs as two separate platforms.
Windows 95 is seen as the catalyst which spurred Windows to become the dominant operating system across all computer platforms.
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. You can help Sega Retro by adding to it.įrom a Sega perspective, the Windows PC platform is any computer capable of running the Microsoft Windows operating system, typically Windows 95 and newer.
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