The Old New Thing

Wildly popular computer game? The Windows product team has you covered

October 6, 2010 Oct 6, 2010 10/6/10

Raymond Chen

In Windows 95, the most heavily-tested computer game was DOOM. Not because the testers spent a lot of time developing test plans and test harnesses and automated run-throughs. Nope, it was because it was by far the most popular game the Windows 95 team members played to unwind. It was a huge breakthrough when DOOM finally ran inside...