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Fuck that's crazy has itsrealy beeen 20 yearsThat default wallpaper has got to be one of the most iconic pictures, like ever.
My childhood OS was windows Vista and then it was Windows 8.Windows XP was my childhood OS.
If aint' fixed don't break itDon't a lot of government computers still run it in fears of errors from updating?
I'm not tech-savvy enough to really give a detailed review, but I LOVED this OS and still do just for the aesthetic. That default wallpaper is amazing of course, but more than that, the sound design was great too. The booting up sound, etc. are all really memorable. Plus it had all those built-in games, esp. Space Pinball. Man, Space Pinball.Sorry, I'm a few days late because this week has been crazy. Anyway, on October 25th, 2001, Windows XP was officially fully released for all use. Do you remember using the operating system? Did you dislike it, even? Just let me know!
I think they had to move on because Microsoft stopped providing support. If someone developed a major exploit, it wouldn't get protection patched in which would be very very bad. Some private sector stuff, like electronic billboards, still run it though. The risks just aren't comparable though.Don't a lot of government computers still run it in fears of errors from updating?
I'm fairly sure that it is THE most viewed image in history. I read that somewhere a while agoThat default wallpaper has got to be one of the most iconic pictures, like ever.
I used windows XP ever since (up until 2012/2013) we got that HP desktop tower (now it's at the junkyard rip). I used to watch GMod videos on it as well as playing flash/shockwave games, I also played some obscure games on it. Here's the list of hidden gems and obscure shit I used to play.
Ricochet Xtreme (I only played the demo one hour timed on it, in fact most of these PC games I play are 60 min timed. Watch a long play of it, seriously, it's a stylized version of Arkanoid.),
Blasterball 2 Revolution (Another arkanoid game that came out in like 1999/2000. I'll give you a YT link to its music by the way. Horribly bitcrushed and low quality warning ahead.),
Tornado Jockey (God that was a fun game, I can recall a certain moment there is a Godzilla reference in here.),
some hit and run racing game where you shoot cars and drive in an endless road doing objectives (I can't remember the name for the life of me.)
Orbz (It's a bit fuzzy from what I can recall but I remember playing this game a lot when I was young. It's a game where you launch your orb into stars to rack up points. Yellow stars give you 100, orange gives you 200, red gives you 300, and purple stars which they appear and disappear randomly and gives you 400 points. I also remember you can do tricks to rack up a score multiplier as well. Oh and it has multiplayer. Online multiplayer. Also this game came out on the original Xbox which it's super rare to find nowadays. Is anyone recalled this game from their memory, please do tell me. I hate being the only user here who played this game a lot. RIP Trymegames dot com, I miss you so so much.)
Overball (You're a ball rolling around an obstacle course, with monsters! Also your ball goes to heaven when you die by the way.)
And a couple other games that it's not worth mention such as several hidden gem space shooter games (Clash N' Slash is super fun though.), some racing games, and a few others.
God I miss the XP era of hidden gem video games. I deeply miss it. Most of these games are archived, but a few like Orbz are still out there, it's just that they're so rare to find a PC copy floating around the internet nowadays.