Windows 93

History

Version 0

Version 0 is an initial proof-of-concept build that jankenpopp gave to Zombectro. It features an interactive start menu and draggable icons. The version only had 1 working app.

Version 1

Version 1 is the first release version, finished on November 1, 2014. It added more functionality to windows and the start menu, and introduced several apps (for a total of 38), including a fully-functional web browser.

Version 2

Version 2 is the previous version of Windows 93, published on June 10, 2017. Version 2 added the A: drive which allows users to store files, run custom JavaScript and apply custom CSS from the browser's local storage. It introduced several more apps, including Trollbox, a web chat application; and Bindowzuchan, an imageboard (the latter of which is discontinued).

Version 3 (Public beta)

Version 3 is the latest version of Windows 93, currently in public beta, which was released on February 14, 2023. It was released with a complete rework of the Sys42 framework. It removed almost all the apps from Version 2 and added some new ones. Trollbox was brought back in the winter of 2023.

Popularity

When Windows 93 was released in October of 2014, It amassed 4,000,000 users in two weeks.

Applications

The website contains many applications:

Version 1 and 2

• Terminal: Executes commands
• Cat Explorer: A semi-functional web browser
• Trollbox: A live chat.
• 93 Realms: A text-based RPG
• ANSI Love: An image browser
• ASCII Gallery: A gallery of ASCII Art
• MIDI Jukebox: A MIDI music player
• Potato.yt: A YouTube video
• Recorder: An audio recorder
• Piskel: A Pixel Art editor
• CodeMirror: An Integrated Development Environment
• HexEd: A Hex editor
• 3D: Creates 3D text saying "Windows93"
• Calc: A Calculator
• Bananamp: An audio player
• SAE: A Commodore Amiga emulator
• Maze 3D: A 3D maze rendered with characters
• Poney Jockey: Meme soundbard
• Byte Beat: Music composition application
• Speech: Voice synthesizer
• FX: Applies effects to the screen
• Robby: A thief simulator with text-based graphics
• Virtual PC: Launches another instance of Windows93 inside the current instance
• Hampster: Displays GIFs of hampsters with music

Version 3

• Chess960: A chess implementation
• Diapson: Simulates various instruments
• I know basic: A BASIC interpreter, with support for three different versions.
• ImageViewer: An image viewer
• Karoké: A karaoke application
• MediaPlayer: A video and audio player
• TextEdit: A text editor that imitates Windows Notepad
• GAFA 3D: Full name Castle GAFA 3D; Parody game of Wolfenstein 3D
• KOF '93: Full name: King of Fighters; Parody game of Street Fighter

Cultural references

Windows 93 includes the Playstation 1 bootup sound when entering the system, it also includes an ASCII rendition of Star Wars: A New Hope.

References

References

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2. (March 9, 2015). ""Windows 93": a psychedelic nightmare that could have been".
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4. (October 27, 2014). "WINDOWS 93, A Surreal Online Version of a Nonexistent Computer Operating System".
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7. (2019-04-25). "Vuelve a los noventa con Windows 93, una genial mezcla de Windows 95 y 3.1".
8. (2015-03-06). "Windows93, un «Windows» online que no puedes dejar de visitar".
9. Kwame Opam. (October 27, 2014). "Windows 93 is your new favorite operating system".
10. Timothy J. Seppala. (October 27, 2014). "Windows 93 is like your childhood computer on acid".