Microsoft Made a Throwback 'Stranger Things' Video Game in Its New Windows 1.0-Inspired App

It also includes old favorites like Paint and Write

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Microsoft is hoping the fanfare of “Stranger Things” and the nostalgia of 1985 will remind computer nerds of something else from that year: Windows 1.0.

To promote the third season of Netflix’s hit show, Microsoft has released a PC-based app called Windows 1.11 that includes a “Stranger Things” video game designed to fit the era along with old favorites like Microsoft Paint and Write. The app, available today, was released just days after the show’s latest season debuted on Netflix on July 4.

The ‘Stranger Things’ video game is available today.
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