Windows XP

Software theme

Runs natively on WinXP and is supported by the developers/publishers on it.

771
games
3
platforms

Alternate names: WinXP, Windows NT 5.1, Windows NT 5.2

Backwards compatibility:
* DOS : poor, through NTVDM; high resolution modes unsupported and screen updating is limited; 16-bit support non-existent on 64-bit versions.
* Win95 : poor
* Win98 : good
* NT4 : full(?)
* Win2k : full

The 16-bit subsystem required for DOS and Win3.1 is not present in x64 editions.

DirectX:
* Shipped with DirectX 8.1
* DirectX 9.0c last to support

Windows Home Server and Windows Server 2003 belong to same group but are not intended for gaming.
64bit versions are 5.2 and 32bit versions 5.1

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Parent group

Microsoft Windows

Games by year

95979901030507091113151719 1203060900 ABCDEFGH
A2000 - DirectX 8 released
B2001 - XP released
C2002 - XP SP1 released
2002 - DirectX 9 released
D2004 - XP SP2 released
E2007 - Vista released
F2008 - XP SP3 released
G2009 - WXP's general support ceased by MS
2009 - Windows 7 released
H2014 - WinXP planned end of support

The first Windows XP video game was released in 1995.

Ubisoft, Paradox Interactive and Electronic Arts published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 766
Linux 4
Mac OS X 1