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  1. The expansion Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal was released 30 years ago on 16th May 1996 for DOS.

    I believe this was one of the very first official expansions for a PC game, which became quite common for many big games in the following years.

    #1996InVideoGames #90sGames #VideoGameHistory #retrogames #rts #Warcraft

  2. The expansion Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal was released 30 years ago on 16th May 1996 for DOS.

    I believe this was one of the very first official expansions for a PC game, which became quite common for many big games in the following years.

    #1996InVideoGames #90sGames #VideoGameHistory #retrogames #rts #Warcraft

  3. Die Siedler II was released 30 years ago in Germany on 17th April 1996 for DOS.

    Alongside X-Wing and Worms, this was one of the first games that I played for a considerable time and really understood how to play, other than having a turn at platformer or fighting games on a friend's console.

    #1996InVideoGames #90sGames #VideoGameHistory #videogames #retrogames #retrogaming #strategygames #DieSiedler #DieSiedler2 #TheSettlers #TheSettlers2

  4. Die Siedler II was released 30 years ago in Germany on 17th April 1996 for DOS.

    Alongside X-Wing and Worms, this was one of the first games that I played for a considerable time and really understood how to play, other than having a turn at platformer or fighting games on a friend's console.

    #1996InVideoGames #90sGames #VideoGameHistory #videogames #retrogames #retrogaming #strategygames #DieSiedler #DieSiedler2 #TheSettlers #TheSettlers2

  5. While I was playing around with my non-representative list of 517 videogames from 1994 to 2001 that I consider to be classics and thinking about still having only one game for #1996InVideoGames yet, I calculated the percentages for the game releases in each month for the 8 years.

    Not only is the Christmas Window very real, getting games pushed out before the end of the quarter and not when they are ready was also very real.

    #90sGames #VideoGameHistory #retrogaming #gamedev

  6. While I was playing around with my non-representative list of 517 videogames from 1994 to 2001 that I consider to be classics and thinking about still having only one game for #1996InVideoGames yet, I calculated the percentages for the game releases in each month for the 8 years.

    Not only is the Christmas Window very real, getting games pushed out before the end of the quarter and not when they are ready was also very real.

    #90sGames #VideoGameHistory #retrogaming #gamedev

  7. And this concludes the #1995InVideoGames series. It will be continued next year with #1996InVideoGames, though it's going to be a couple of weeks before the first major game's 30th release date.

    Hopefully with all games being posted on time in the correct order, now that I am much better prepared.

  8. And this concludes the #1995InVideoGames series. It will be continued next year with #1996InVideoGames, though it's going to be a couple of weeks before the first major game's 30th release date.

    Hopefully with all games being posted on time in the correct order, now that I am much better prepared.