Why was Pinball removed?
 They had to make some tough choices on what to bring forward. Pinball was one of the least popular of the bunch so it was removed.

 I notice when Solitaire is maximized, the cards become blurry even with a high-end 128MB graphics card. Is this issue going to be resolved in future builds?
 The high-resolution artwork does not get used until your game window is maximized beyond 1024×768.

 Can all 32,000 FreeCell games really be won?
 That’s a question that’s been debated for a long time! They did keep the game seeds the same as they were in XP, as there are people that are working their way through each one.

 Is the games list now fixed, or are you still open to adding more titles to it?
 The games list is now fixed.

 Can all Spider Solitaire games be won?
 It is a random deal in Spider Solitaire just like Solitaire so the answer is no.

 Is it true that Vista won’t include single player online game just what we have on XP?
 There are no online games included in Vista. All of the games are single player only, with the exception of Chess Titans which can be played by 2 players on the same computer.

 Are there any more thoughts on adding to the current list of games, or is what available in the Games folder pretty much it?
 You can go buy Rise of Legends and Halo for PC or any other game and they will show up in Games Explorer.

 Any plans to extend the gaming experience beyond the desktop games?
 Gaming is an important part of Windows Vista. They’ve done a lot of work with the Games Explorer, Parental Controls, the XBOX 360 Controller for Windows, DirectX 10 and more that should make gaming even better.

 Apparently the games use a custom framework and pure Direct3D. Are there any plans to take advantage of Windows Presentation Foundation, or is this planned for the next major version of Microsoft Windows?
 No plans at this time.

 Moving forward, what can we expect to see in future builds of Vista such as Beta 2; will there be any additional surprises coming for in-boxed games?
 Beta 2 was a “feature complete” milestone for Microsoft, so from here on in, it is just bug fixing and stabilisation.

 Will you provide any extras in the Vista Ultimate Extras, such as additional background themes for Solitaire Classic and Spider, and additional Game Levels maybe?
 No set plans at this point, but you never know.

 Will there be any cheats in these games as there were some cheats by finishing any game of Solitaire by pressing a key combination in XP, so will these be available in Vista as well?
 No, there are no cheats in any of the games.

 Why is the gaming aspect so important for a new OS release ?
A There are statistics out there suggesting that games are some of the most heavily used applications on Windows, games drive hardware and new computer purchases, and gaming is still one of the major differentiators between Windows and other OS’s (Mac, Linux, etc).

 Will all Vista games will be available in all languages?
 The plan is to translate all the games for each language Vista ships in.

 I noticed some of the games have “Oberon Games and Microsoft” as developers. What part played Oberon Games in the development of the games?
 Oberon Games is the developer for all of the games. The games that list both developers are the legacy games that were brought forward. Oberon did the updates, Microsoft did the original code base.

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