D&D vs Windows

[Agamon]

oD&D = DOS

AD&D1E = Windows 95

AD&D2E = Windows 98

D&D3E = Windows XP

D&D4E = Windows Vista

Apt analogy?

 

[Technomancer]

You missed ME. MAybe 3E was ME and 3.5 is XP

 

[Frostmarrow]

2ed Players' Option = Windows Me?

 

[Agamon]

2ed Players' Option = Windows Me?

Exactly.

3.5 is SP2.

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

You forgot Windows 3.1.

oD&D = DOS, a basic, very workable framework on which the system would be built for many years, without the familiar user interface
AD&D = Windows 3.1, an inspired (by Mac ) attempt at a substantially improved user interface, widely adopted, extremely buggy
AD&D 2e = Windows 95, clarified, easier to use, and just as buggy
AD&D 2.5 (player's option) = Windows 98, but the analogy doesn't work because 98 was a much more stable system than 95
D&D 3e = Windows NT, what serious users had been using for years (in the form of other, more refined RPGs) but which wasn't previously integrated with the home system; more stable; not completely compatible with other versions
D&D 3.5 = Windows ME, upgrading and patching NT into the main system; compatibility with prior versions of the home system was starting to fail
Star Wars Saga = Windows XP, substantially more attractive, stable and easy to use, quite different in appearance.

We can only hope 4e works better than Vista.

 

[smootrk]

I still use a machine with Windows 2000 Professional, and another with XP Professional. I have no plans to migrate to Vista with either, so it seems 4E / $4dventure is a no-go for me.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

OD&D isn't DOS, it's Unix.

 

[Dalberon]

Windows ME was the devil anyway. Feel free to leave it out...

 

[Agamon]

Windows ME was the devil anyway. Feel free to leave it out...

That's what I felt about D&D at the end of the 2E days...

 

[Hand of Evil]

I will swear 2e was a Mac.