At its 2008 peak, contained over 62,000 articles and a massive library of multimedia assets.
: It originally debuted at $395 , though this price quickly dropped to $99 as it became frequently bundled with new multimedia PCs. Encarta Encyclopedia Free Software
Although mainly sold on CD-ROM and DVD, Microsoft experimented with free access models: At its 2008 peak, contained over 62,000 articles
: Famous for the MindMaze trivia game, where players explored a medieval castle by answering encyclopedia-based questions. Historical Overview and Development
Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft from . While it was primarily a paid commercial product, limited free versions existed through the Encarta Concise Encyclopedia online and ad-supported web articles before its eventual discontinuation. Today, the software is considered abandonware and is often found for free on archival sites like Internet Archive . Historical Overview and Development