There’s been plenty of appropriate marketing for Stranger Things 3 from New Coke, to a retro-inspired video game, but this is perhaps the best one yet.
Microsoft teased something to do with Windows 1.0 before Stranger Things 3 arrived (and was a resounding triumph), and it turns out that it became a special free Windows 1.11 app that surprisingly is actually a Stranger Things Upside-Down version of the 1985 operating system, which is the year Stranger Things 3 is set.
In it, you must solve puzzles and beat mini-games (including one where you must keep a station wagon ahead of a looming monster) in order to save the town from the shadowy Upside-Down. Each time you win you’re rewarded with a little clip from the show (which are fairly general, so not too spoilery if you haven’t caught up yet) and Easter Eggs.
As Windows OS back then was mouse-operated, this particular trip to the past is a pretty painless experience for modern users, although there’s no scroll function. Who truly cares when you can play a mini-game as a diddy Steve Harrington, wielding hairspray against Russian spies?
You can download the app for free and save Hawkins, Indiana for yourself by heading to the Microsoft app store. Though please note it only works with Windows 10.