10 PCWorld AUGUST 2019NEWS
Microsoft’s retro Windows teasers
emerge as a Stranger Things
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Between Windows 1.1, two retro theme packs, and a Stranger Things 3 game, Microsoft is
really going all out on nostalgia. BY MARK HACHMANF
inally, we know what Microsoft’s
teasing Twitter posts (go.pcworld.
com/teas) have all been about:
the release of Windows 1.11, an
app that mimics the look and feel of an early
version of Windows in conjunction with the
Netflix show, Stranger Things.
Microsoft’s Windows 1.11 app (go.
pcworld.com/w111) opens a Windows1.0-like shell where users can dig through file
trees and open up clips and teaser stills from
the show. The app warns of “glitches” that
you’ll experience, which manifest almost
immediately; clicking on a file opens a
cascade of images that indicates something
is very wrong.
Microsoft touts the app as “1985 nostalgia
with a special edition Windows 10 PC app