Don’t want Windows 10? No problem, upgrade to Windows 3.1 instead

We suggest starting with the Windows 3.x Showcase, which is a curated gallery of some of the most recognizable games and programs from the retro operating system. They have created the Internet Arcade, allow you to play some classic coin-op games dating back to the 1970s. There are also a lot of weird shareware games – the Windows 3.1 era saw the birth of a little thing called the internet and the concept of downloading and sharing games.

This week the Internet Archive added more than 1,000 Windows 3.1 programs to its free collection of browser-emulated software. For instance, you can play Roulette by clicking here.

Favorite titles like Monopoly, Wheel of Fortune, Checkers and Connect 4 are available and work the same way you remember them.

Believe it or not, there are places that still use the ancient Windows platform. The crash also revealed to the media that the airport still relies on an operating system that originally launched in 1992 and hasn’t been supported by Microsoft since 2001.

There’s even a hilarious presentation app running on Windows 3.1 that touts the upcoming Windows 95, its Start Menu and the new operating system’s capabilities.

Did you use Windows 3.1? All of the programs will run in an internet browser, because the emulator converts Windows runtimes into JavaScript code that can be interpreted by your browser.

Archive.org is becoming a super popular online library for retro programmes, games and even malware from times gone by.