---
title: "August 18, 2026"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/august-18-2026-lqmd5qejr
source_url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260818-00
type: article
source: "The Old New Thing"
published: 2026-08-19T16:27:11.515Z
updated: 2026-08-19T17:19:47.946Z
tags: ["microsoft", "windows"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# August 18, 2026

**[The Old New Thing](https://daily.dev/sources/oldnewthing)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A short historical anecdote about the Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows, explaining that the box carried a sticker touting the inclusion of Tetris as a contingency plan, likely tied to licensing or marketing considerations of the era.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260818-00>

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